Audience poll
Hey guys, I've been wondering... When I started this project I wanted to create game that could be enjoyed by both men and women.
I know the vast majority (if not all) of my public is male, but I'd like to know if anyone is or knows of a girl that has played this game and has enjoyed it. Also, I'd like to hear your opinion about the experience, in the comments or via PM!
(Please be honest when answering the poll!)
Comments (26)
I would say that while the vast majority of your financial backers seem to be male, the audience of actual female players is probably larger than the poll currently suggests. Remember, the game is technically free and people can enjoy the game without paying for it, therefore being ineligible to vote in the poll.
This poll is open to non-patrons
Just wanted to add that I think you shouldn't answer this question ever. As usual there's some people getting way too hung up on the author's gender and going on a tangent with it. You've been pretty consistent about ducking those questions, and you should definitely keep doing so. Frankly Eva, the less you detail about yourself, the more you remain a persona and the less you become a person. Right now you're something of a mysterious figure, a purveyor of erotica, defined mostly by the imagination of your users filling in the blanks. Once you start putting a face to the name that mystery is gone, and you become less a pure representative of the atmos you're trying to set with your game, and more an online personality involved in entirely different topics. I would imagine it's tempting to get personal sometimes, but you're going good as you are.
CIS white male here. Apart from the great (and, let's absolutely mention this, *consistent*) art style and quality writing, what really makes the game stand out is Ashley's agency. Want to enter a 'dark' path? Well, you can, but it's *her* (or, rather, your) choice; nothing is/seems forced. Kudos!
I'm a man and this is the first porn game I've been able to show my girlfriend without feeling like a total creep. She enjoyed it too.
I´m a male as well, and i really like this game for it´s writing and the fact that Ashley is actually doing things because she wants to, even if its just to try it out, or to "help". Would love to seee Ashley enjoying her sexuall side even more in the future and play with her seductive powers! There is room for a lot of fetishes/kinks, too.
I'm a female and i really, really love the game. Probably will become a patreon next year too :D I mostly play the bad girl route so i hope that keeps getting improoved.
I'm female and I really enjoy the game, it reminds me of the tv show Sugar Rush and the film Thirteen. ^_^
I don't wanna say my real gender - it might match my username, it might not, who knows? That said, I will say this - even tough the vast majority of your audience seems to be male, I'm begging you to not change anything about your game to please men more. The fact that your game is accessible to both (or rather, all) gender is what makes your game unique and different from all the others out there. For example, you linked to 3Diddly's game Katie's Corruption once, and as much as I like this game, it is clearly made for guys only, with most of the focus being on the sex and the domination, rather than the protagonist own desires, feelings and pleasure. Your game is all about Ashley, what she wants and what she feels. This is why you have interactive mastubation scenes, which you almost never see in game like this. And that what makes it so great.All the men I know who've played it agrees, by the way, that this game is, if I dare say, feminist in nature is what makes it so great and unique.
I'm just a lump of dough and water, but I agree with you 100 percent. I think the game belongs to the category of sex-positive feminism, which happens to be something I'm supporting. Therefore, it's hugely important to me that Ashley enjoys what she's doing and that she isn't raped, blackmailed or anything similar. Talking about things you rarely see in other games, I really like all the kissing scenes and wouldn't mind seeing it more (especially during sex, and not only as foreplay). Most games seem to go straight to oral or penetrative sex.
A short preface: I’ve come down with a fever, so I fell asleep while reading the post, woke up and thought you had written about interrailing through Scandinavia. Therefore, I might not make much sense. I haven’t recommended the game to anyone, which includes men, women and others. I am, as far as I know, the only cereal product playing this. What I like about the game: • It isn’t made in RPG Maker. • Nice art style. • It doesn’t contain paedophilia (or disguised as “shota” or “loli”), necrophilia, tentacles, bestiality or anything else that’s pretty fucked up. Of course, there’s incest, but I was in too deep when that kink appeared. That it’s optional and that I can make the dad suffer makes up for that, though. • It’s realistic. Sure, some things are sped up, but that feels necessary to have a good pacing to the story. Holds true for the character models too – the women are pretty without being cartoonish, and she isn’t corrupted by nasty old men with smelly breaths. • It isn’t made in RPG Maker. • The choices matter. Sometimes ever so slightly, sometimes more so. Just that there’s a small text variation on a passage here and there means that every playthrough feels unique, even if the main story stays the same. • Both the good and bad choices are rewarding. • The story is actually pretty good. Some humoristic moments as well, so it might be the first time that any adult entertainment has made me laugh. • Every sexual interaction is through player choice, and through extension, the main characters choice. The story feels close at home to the sex-positive movement, which is a big plus. Not sure if I really dislike anything. There’s some characters I loathe, but since sexual interactions are skippable it isn’t a big issue.
This! Definitely!
As a woman, I really appreciate this game. You can tell you worked hard to make this likable towards both genders. I honestly fell for this one because of the writing. Love how many branches it has. There are many games with "fake choices" and their doesn't seem to really be any here. I pledged because I admire how much work you've put into to this. I also want to see Ashley and (I forgot her name right now) the blonde girl to get together. Like, I ship that hard. I also want to see more from Jasmine, she was certainly interesting. Also, I like that I can play a girl. Since that's rare. And you can really define her and her personality. I'm sure you can tell I like this game.
Well I am male, but I got my wife to play it too. Like me she is not into most of Ashley's "romance options". I think what we enjoyed most is the interactivity of your game. How you can form and mold Ashley's personality and relationships. The way I play Ashley she is not into arrogant macho guys, but is okay with fucking the stupid, but harmless Doug (also telling her still boyfriend about it, since cuckolding him is weirdly exciting ;) ), likes to seduce the artist guy with whom she might could be more in control and only submits to the weirdly attractive transsexual massage therapist. Concerning my wife, she likes to be in control during sex, so she flat out rejected most romance options.;P She likes the artist guy though and surprisingly also came to like the blonde party girl. She didn't like the boyfriend though, because of the looks, but also his boring, vanilla personality. She also slept with the stupid Doug guy though. I think mainly to humiliate her in game boyfriend... Anyway the artist guy looks a bit like me, which I like to think made him her more likable to her.;) From what she said, only him and for some reason the blonde girl (it's been a while that I played so forgot the names) are people she would want to have closer relationships with. She probably assumes a threesome there... I could see something of a love triangle too though, since artist guy and blonde party girl seem to have some mutual affection.
I'm having a blast and I love the direction you're taking the game. A lot of this is fantasy and wish fulfillment, and I don't expect everything to make perfect sense. That said, I can't speak to whether and which women enjoy the game, or why.
I suggested your game to a female friend, she liked it, but identified more with 3Diddly's Katie - since that's her name :) and I guess she liked being pushed more than making her own choices...
I really like your work and how its turned out, the ability to make choices is wonderful. The only exception I can point out though is the "bad ash" scene when she goes to the club the 2nd time, and if she takes the drugs, she is forced to have sex with the tatooed dipshit gangsters. Admitedly I think I can honestly say that unless I were ruffied or otherwise incapacitated, there is no way that I would have sex with those loosers, and if I did, it would not be willingly. Other than that one 'forced' scene, I love it all, even ths tuff I dont love, I love because I have a choice! Thank you for all your hard work, and I look forward to more! :)
*raises hand*<br><br>We may be rare and elusive, but you do in fact have female fans in your audience. ;)<br><br>I think your writing is quite good, and I really like how you somehow balance the conflict between player agency and avoiding exploding branching paths. Somehow, the players choices result in a very different experience, but the overall story remains the same. This is really impressive.<br><br>There are certainly some moments from the MC that seem a bit off to an American woman, but of course that may be unique to this particular American woman.<br><br>I'd be happy to elaborate if you're interested.
The only American part of me is my jeans*, but Ashley & Co going by train instead of taking the car to the beach felt very un-American to me! And I think it would've been more fitting if they lived in dorms instead of living at home, but that's a minor issue since it depends a bit on social backgrounds. *American brand, made in Bangladesh.
As a girl with a life experience pretty similar to 'Bad' Ashley (I sleep around... a lot, have piercings...) and also been before (and still some consider me one) called a good girl who studied, got good grades and didn't do anything against the flow, I love the way the game is going. Found it through a Showcase at Fenoxo's forums and pledged after trying the demo. I loved it from the get go, and I'm still heavily aroused by the art and story. Looking very much forward to the next release :)
This project actually gets mentioned a fair bit on one of the discords I frequent. Personally I first encountered it through a mention by another creator.
I like it a lot. Originally I tried it because I like the art style. The good/bad morality system is always interesting to me. Even though few ever seem to do it well or even makes sense most of the time. But I've enjoyed the varieties and pretty big differences between the ways to play. I've always been pleasantly surprised by the outcome of a different choice. Also the fact that even when Ashley is either "good" or "bad" she still maintain her personality. I like the inner monologue questioning her choices. Including the fact that sometimes choices don't effect her good or bad points until the inner monologue. And even though of course I'd like to do everything. It's actually far more interesting I can't and requires several playthroughs. Multi choice and multi layered stories are always difficult but you so far have wrangled that beast well. I'm very curious how you proceed especially with the different possibilities of how the last update ended.
Eva the game is awesome. I sponsor like 40 something developers and you are one of my top 5 favorites. I have had fun with the game so far and looking forward to more in the future.
So far, the game has dissapointed me because I only backed the game because it promised girl-on-girl and, unless I missed something with the decisions I made in my first playthrough, if I deliberately try to avoid fucking guys, the only encounter I get to have is with the trans massage therapist at the gym, along with some risque instagram posing with our bad-girl-mentor. I'm mostly holding onto my (admittedly low pledge) hoping that the implied-as-forthcoming f/f content is simply still in the planning stages, so was giving you time to do a few more iterations of the game and see how it panned out.
There is girl-girl stuff between good Ash and good Eva. I am not sure if it is accessible with other good/bad combinations or not. You have to get just enough bad points early on (buying the dress instead of a gift) to ask Jack for the dick pic. Then he will be interested in Ash instead of Eva, and you can keep her from sucking him off, which will keep her good. Then you can reject Jack when he takes you home, and follow the good path from there on, keeping Ash and Eva both good.
So far, the game has been great I love the way you used to keep all the possibilities within a central story
