Player Survey Review

Hi everyone,

Recently I posted the player survey and now - two weeks and over 500 responses later - I thought I'd go over the results with you.

First of all, thank you so much for all the really nice words in your replies! I was really overwhelmed with positivity after reading how much so many of you enjoy the game and how much it means to you. I'm very happy to be in a position where I can spread that positivity by creating something fun for you all and something that I am truly proud of :)

Besides all the really nice compliments, you also gave me a lot of great insights into the game. It took a little while to go through all the answers (perhaps I shouldn't have asked so many open questions), but after reading through every response, it's time for me to summarize it for you!

Let's start with some statistics! On average, people rate the game 8 out of 10 stars, a really great score! 42% of respondents are currently Patreon subscribers and roughly the same percentage of people are up to date with the latest content released for the game.

For the art style, 65% of respondents play the game using the custom art style. I'm happy to see that by far most players use the custom art. There's been a lot of replies with positive feedback about it and how it fits the gentle vibe of the game. Though, it remains a topic of controversy as a number of people replied saying they actually dislike the custom art style and prefer to use the AI art. We will definitely keep improving on the art, but unfortunately there are no plans to make any kind of AI art paper doll body in the game, that would sadly be too time consuming.

About the game's content, 60% of people prefer the princess route and 28% enjoy both paths while only 12% of people prefer to stay a prince. 74% of people enjoy both romantic and erotic scenes, followed by 18% of people who are mostly just interested in the erotic scenes. 62% answered Morgana to the question of which character's intimate scenes interest them the most, followed by Kathryn (54%) and Sybille (53%). For my question about whether or not to add more world-building to the setting, only 4% of people replied negatively about it, and 63% replied with a strong yes, so this will definitely be added to the game!

The biggest unison seems to be in the sub/dom question, 80% of respondents prefer to play submissive, this is followed by a write-in option that I forgot to add as a default response: 11% of people actually like switching between dom and sub. Interestingly enough, from the open questions I've gathered that most people who like playing dominant really appreciate that the game lets you be both feminine and dominant as that's something rarely seen in games like this.

Now to talk about fetishes: 75% of people play with cum fetish content enabled and 66% of people are enjoying the small penis humiliation content, which is actually way higher than I had anticipated! It's nice to see so many people enjoy that content after I for some reason thought only like a quarter of the people would be into that (I guess I should know my audience better by now haha). For fetishes people would like to see added to the game, most people replied with wanting more BDSM, followed by requests for cucking content and some form of losing mental control.

From the open questions I've received a lot of great feedback and interesting ideas to work with. Some suggestions I have immediately written down to implement in the game, like better colorblind support, an in-game walkthrough to get a better sense of how to continue the story or access scenes with all the characters, and rewriting some parts to be less sexual until the player actually opts into the scene to avoid confronting players with content they are not really interested in (mostly Leopold's crazily frequent boner was the real culprit here but do let me know if you see any more potential issues).

You've also gifted me with some really fun story ideas that I really like but would definitely be too much work to implement all of it. Like going in disguise as a maid in the castle, having a royal tournament with competitions, or legitimizing the bandits as a militia. There's also some fun ideas that are simple to implement and I will definitely be looking into, like the option of switching your disguise to be cross-dressing in masculine clothes after you transition to princess, an artifact that lets you automatically do some morning stuff, and your romantic interests actually bringing you gifts at some point.

I've definitely also taken note of some spicy suggestions that will probably be implemented. Like having a second, more gentle, keyholder for your chastity cage, being able to bottom for Caspar, and finally: buttplugs. The game definitely needs buttplugs.

There's one final topic I want to address to finish off this really long post: one of the frequently requested changes to the story was to add more forced feminization. As some of you already know, the game used to be catered much more directly to this subject but then at some point I switched directions and started rewriting things to actually have way less of a 'forced' feeling. I realized I much preferred to write a story about someone who is secretly trans and is slowly exploring this (also receiving quite some help in this), instead of someone who is simply forced to become a woman whether they really like it or not.

I recognize this is different than the original pitch the game gave players when I started it two years ago, and if I were to entirely rewrite the game I would probably set it up different now. But I've also come to realize that I actually really like writing for the current direction. Creating a medieval fantasy world that is also a little queer utopia is really fun to do. I love the balance of writing a gentle and positive story while still having intense fetish content in there.

I realize that for some people it might feel like it's less hot to not be forced to do sissy things, but I would just suggest to bear with me, I think I can show you that I can make a game that gets your rocks off and also makes you feel positively about the journey that your character went through. Or if you're not interested in any of that and simply want forced feminization content, then A Prince's Tale might not be for you.

Thank you for all the feedback and all your support! If you have any questions or would like to chat about this, feel free to reach out through here or on discord. I'm super grateful to be able to make something fun for you all :)

Love, Lucy <3