Erotic game for Christmas

[Liliana]

Well, it's soon to think about christmas gifts, but I thought it would be an interesting gift for my boyfriend (He'd get other presents as well, of course). The thing is, I don't know a thing about this type of games and what'd be good and what bad or boring. Can you give me any advice about some of the principes which can be usable in AGS? The star would of course be me, me and only me . Do you think it would be a good idea, anyway?  Thank you very much for your replies.

[SSH]

Send me the pics and I'll make the game for you

[Darth Mandarb]

Send me the pics and I'll make the game for you

Seconded.

Also .... I would think my girlfriend (if I had one) would be the coolest chick EVER if she made an erotic game for me.

[Ryan Timothy B]

Ahh.. this brings me back to the good ol' days when I used to make games with AGI (Adventure Game Interpreter).

This is related to 'Erotic' but I don't imagine it was made for anyone in particular.

This fellow named Richard Eter made a game called F*ck Quest; and this is with double wide pixels and text parsers.  It's mainly about a gentleman on the hunt for sex.

It's actually quite humorous.  I never expected anyone to have made a game like this, but here it is: F*ck Quest

Perhaps it will give you ideas on your 'erotic' game for your gentleman. 

[LimpingFish]

This is like...the best thread ever. I'll be horribly disappointed if it's a joke.

Make him a quiz game were he has to answer questions about your likes and dislikes. Reward him...accordingly.

...

Best...thread...ever.

EDIT: F*ck Quest is about as erotic as a brick. Nobody has, to my knowledge, ever made what you could term an "erotic" AGS game. There's been a few attempts at injecting some scenes of sexual activity into a handful, no pun intended, of games (released and unreleased), but they've more or less failed miserably.

I wouldn't say it's impossible, but they all seem to be of the "Ooh, yeah! Stick it in me, baby!" variety, rather than a serious attempt at eroticism.

Off-topic apologies.

EDIT: Actually, this may not be such a good idea. Boyfriends aren't guaranteed to last forever, and things like this have a habit of ending up on the internet. Or it might do the rounds among his friends. You can never be too careful.

[olafmoriarty]

Do you think it would be a good idea, anyway?

Uh... Yes and no.

Yes because I can't imagine any male not being thrilled and extatic from getting such a gift.

No because making a decent game, even in AGS, is hard work. I don't know you, so I don't know if you have the scripting experience etcetera to build an interesting game all on your own, but even if you are, you'll probably have to do ALL tweaking, beta testing and so on all by yourself with a project like this. And if it's to be a gift, I assume you want everything to work perfectly, so that means tons of hard work.

I imagine that your boyfriend wouldn't be very happy if he launched the game and the opening credits said "Thanks to [twenty male names] for beta testing" (and I assume that's not how you would want to make such a present either).



If you're willing to take on this task all by yourself, I wish you best of luck. Though I don't have much experience with this kind of games, here are a few recommendations (many of which I think goes for any game):

- Immediacy, immediacy, immediacy. There are basically two ways of making any kind of document. You can try to make your interface so transparent that the player feels like he's really a part of it and forgets that he's just clicking a mouse and watching sprites on a computer screen (immediacy), or you can try to make your interface so interesting that it becomes part of the experience and the player values the interface because it adds something (hypermediacy). For this kind of game, I would definitely say that you want immediacy. You want your boyfriend to feel like there is no game and that he's inside the game, so make sure your interface doesn't pull him too much out of the experience of "being there".

- Design your form to fit your content. Use AGS's settings wisely, and make sure that whenever you have the choice, you make the game serve your story instead of adapting the story to suit the game. For instance, I assume this will be a rather photo-heavy game, so 320x200 resolution with 8-bit color is a no-no. Since you're making this for your boyfriend, you can give it to him on a memory stick or CD, so there's absolutely no reason to take e.g. download size into consideration.

- Create a story. Not all games need a good story, but you're trying to create an experience here, and you don't get a good erotic game by taking a bad game and throwing in a couple of erotic photos, no matter how great the pictures are. I mean, it wouldn't be that hard to make "Strip Tetris" or something like that in AGS, but what would be the point? You're not giving him an erotic game to exercise his brain.

Create a complete experience. Make sure that every tiny little aspect of your game supports what you want to make here. If, for instance, the music in your game is awful, change it! You don't want him to remember this game as "That collection of photos with the default Sierra iconbar and ABBA in the background".

Don't forget the interactivity. This is a game, not a "My pictures" folder, so make sure that whatever kind of game you're making, your boyfriend actually gets to play it and not just watch it.

Make it personal. You have a target group of one person. That is a luxury most game makers don't have, so use that for what it's worth. Integrate his personality in the game. You can call him by name, you can refer to or play his favorite bands, and so on, and so on. On a larger scale: What kind of video games is he interested in? You can create a story tailor-suited for his interests. If he loved Nelly Cootalot, dress up as Nelly and make him a pirate game with an erotic twist. Also, don't forget the love. The great thing about a gift game is that it can be personal. This is a gift from a girlfriend (I assume you are a girl, apologies if I'm wrong) to a boyfriend. Make sure that the message you send with this game isn't "hi, I'm a dirty skank and I want you to do me" -- make the game as spicy as you want, but the bottom line you're mediating should be more like "I love you, and this is my way of showing it".

Best of luck on the game. I agree with all statements saying that this sounds like a really great gift, but let me add that one of the things that make it great is that you make it yourself. If you send photos to SSH as suggested, it would still be a good game (possibly better), but it's a difference between a great game and a great gift, and making something yourself, no matter what it is, is the best way of making the gift personal.

[Tuomas]

EDIT: Actually, this may not be such a good idea. Boyfriends aren't guaranteed to last forever, and things like this have a habit of ending up on the internet. Or it might do the rounds among his friends. You can never be too careful.

Huh what? Was that not the original purpose?

Hmm, perhaps you could just make a plain game where he's the main character and the main goal was to get you to pose for some pictures. Then the pictures would just show as images. No hard core nudity or penetration, just some cute pictures with a christmas lingerie on. That'd be very man's dream, that is, if they had a girlfriend who did games or so...

[Liliana]

Sorry, no photos...  I've got to meet with my friend before I'll have them.  She's quite good at photografing

I'm not too afraid about it ending somewhere it should't. After all, I know him for more than two years (and we never, for all that time, argued) and I'm quite sure that if we ever split, he wont do such a thing, he's not that type:)

[zabnat]

I'm not too afraid about it ending somewhere it should't. After all, I know him for more than two years (and we never, for all that time, argued) and I'm quite sure that if we ever split, he wont do such a thing, he's not that type:)

Paris Hilton probably said the same thing about Rick Salomon

[AGA]

Here ya go.

[Domino]

When you have a demo ready, please post it. 

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

I'm not exactly certain that addressing a forum predominantly made up of young males about erotic games is a high percentage idea.

[Ryan Timothy B]

F*ck Quest is about as erotic as a brick.

I must be attracted to quite a few bricks then  .

Although F*ck Quest was the first and only type of game I've played like that, I'm pretty sure I'd prefer the

"Ooh, yeah! Stick it in me, baby!"

over something with the attempts at being sincere and heart warming with a sprinkle of eroticism.



Ok, so I MAY prefer a dirty sex filled game over any other attempts.. doesn't mean I won't Enjoy something of the likes of which Thoumas posted:

Hmm, perhaps you could just make a plain game where he's the main character and the main goal was to get you to pose for some pictures. Then the pictures would just show as images. No hard core nudity or penetration, just some cute pictures with a christmas lingerie on.

I think if it were a 'serious' girlfriend of whom I've been dating for at minimum one year, I'd prefer Thoumas' suggestion.  The other approach would probably just be too strong and give the wrong signals.

I'm not exactly certain that addressing a forum predominantly made up of young males about erotic games is a high percentage idea.

She wouldn't ask a bunch of young men, if the present was going to an old lady instead.  It's probably better she asks us, we'll be able to tell her if it's a good or bad idea, better than any of her female friends.

[olafmoriarty]

There's nothing erotic about pornography.

[Nikolas]

Sorry, no photos...  I've got to meet with my friend before I'll have them.  She's quite good at photografing

Will she be a part of the photos? Cause you do realise that your boyfriend seeing you with your female friend would weild unbelievably good results!

*ahem*

I actually do think it's a good idea. Then again there are alternatives. You could make a video of yourself (or with your photograph friend, even better), and post it somewhere... There are sites to do that.

and yes, it is porn, but in the end, it is a gift, it 's specifically for someone, not some random porn on the net.

And certainly I would be most eager to beta test it. 

[big brother]

Just when things are starting to get creepy, we can count on Nikolas to jump over the line with both feet.

[vict0r]

Just when things are starting to get creepy, we can count on Nikolas to jump over the line with both feet.

What? How?

There's nothing erotic about pornography.

Now that really depends, now doesn't it?

I personally think this is an awesome idea! If you manage to pull this off by christmas, I'm sure he would be exhilarated. I know that I would be thrilled if my gf would make a game for me, let alone an erotic one

[Akatosh]

I'm sure he would be exhilarated

I too think he would be quite flabbergasted, if not even exuberant!

... yeah, sorry. I'll stop that. 

[SSH]

If you manage to pull this off

MUST... RESIST... OBVIOUS... JOKE

[vict0r]

I too think he would be quite flabbergasted, if not even exuberant!

Erm... What? I don't get it