At 1/2/24 11:12 AM, Thetageist wrote: You’re approaching this with the wrong philosophy.

If there are games “for girls”, there must be games “for boys”, which would mean there are games girls “shouldn’t play”. If you ask women what they like to play, their answers are going to vary really wildly, and include some games that are normally marketed to guys! And this applies to games normally marketed to girls, too: I could see your idea for a hentai game with male characters being really appealing to queer men as well!

Make the game you want to make, not what you think is going to attract hot singles to your area. If you put a lot of love in, others will love it too, and you’ll be surprised who turns up to play your game.

Then, once you’ve got your concept, you can do market research and ask the gals in your life what appeals to them in the games they like. What seems to be the case a lot of the time is that appealing character personalities and interactions help draw them in, but that’s not the only thing. (If you’re making online multiplayer, a big part of it will also be the ability to report people for being toxic, because, you know, assholes will tend to target the woman in their lobby.)

At 1/2/24 01:16 PM, wxr wrote:

At 1/2/24 11:12 AM, Thetageist wrote: You’re approaching this with the wrong philosophy.

If there are games “for girls”, there must be games “for boys”, which would mean there are games girls “shouldn’t play”. If you ask women what they like to play, their answers are going to vary really wildly, and include some games that are normally marketed to guys! And this applies to games normally marketed to girls, too: I could see your idea for a hentai game with male characters being really appealing to queer men as well!

Make the game you want to make, not what you think is going to attract hot singles to your area. If you put a lot of love in, others will love it too, and you’ll be surprised who turns up to play your game.

Then, once you’ve got your concept, you can do market research and ask the gals in your life what appeals to them in the games they like. What seems to be the case a lot of the time is that appealing character personalities and interactions help draw them in, but that’s not the only thing. (If you’re making online multiplayer, a big part of it will also be the ability to report people for being toxic, because, you know, assholes will tend to target the woman in their lobby.)

That’s a dumb idea

At 1/2/24 03:53 PM, Guidodinho wrote: M'kay. Just hear me out on this one.
So it's like, an oldschool, arcady rail-shooter. Or a little bit more simple like this ol' game right here:
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/476742

But you're in the POV of the girlie, and instead of shootin' up cats like in the example I poasted above, you toss a bunch of dishes and furniture and shizzle to the boyfriend you just broke up with, who pops up and down all over the screen.

I'll take 5% of the proffits in royalties, tyvm.

At 1/2/24 07:10 PM, Thetageist wrote:

At 1/2/24 07:02 PM, Jojo wrote: Well, maybe I WANNA play your undressing game "made for ladies"! Did you ever think about that? HMM?!
P.S. This is a joke; don't worry

Hehehehe. My point about the meaninglessness of gendered labels on games has officially been proven.

At 1/3/24 12:17 AM, OpusFreiling wrote:
Or that's what I WOULD be saying until I saw the art was ok, just not detailed enough.
while "Otome" is a good category, it's also a large genre. It might be better to not only "take after" a specific company's output, but use their tools, too!

there's a tool called Renpy specifically designed for games like this, and you might want to look up the company Hanako Games as a place to start, beginning with Cute Knight as a base. It will probably be easier to use that first and then port it to flash or whatever we use these days, than start immediately in flash itself
Cute Knight also has even today a little seen innovation where you DON'T have to hook up if you don't want to. There are like 4 dozen possible endings, and you can marry a stereotypical gallant prince, become a "warrior princess" yourself and snag the little innkeeper boy as a house husband, or just give up on love and become the local Crazy Cat Lady!

At 1/3/24 12:58 PM, TurkeyOnAStick wrote:

At 1/3/24 11:27 AM, NIFYX wrote:

At 1/3/24 09:06 AM, Scootakip wrote: You know that women are just people, right? They're not some alien race with unwordly tastes in media

Sitcoms, kpop, and fabulous theatre would disagree

Nope.

What the world needs now is a Seinfeld HTML game to unify everybody.

At 1/3/24 01:20 PM, TurkeyOnAStick wrote:

At 1/3/24 01:02 PM, ZombieGhost wrote: Can you stop shiposting here, this is not your playground.. Please.

If you want a serious opinion, you’re better off creating a game that you want to develop than attempting to cater for an entire gender. Mainly because you’d be driven to fulfil your ideas.

The other impression is I think trying to target an audience that you are not a member of, or have little interaction with, is going to backfire.

At 1/3/24 01:29 PM, TurkeyOnAStick wrote:

At 1/3/24 01:22 PM, ZombieGhost wrote:

The other impression is I think trying to target an audience that you are not a member of, or have little interaction with, is going to backfire.

Backfire, interesting.. Can you elaborate your thoughs more?

🌸 🌺 You’ll produce something that is rubbish. 🌺 🌸

At 1/3/24 12:58 PM, TurkeyOnAStick wrote:

At 1/3/24 11:27 AM, NIFYX wrote:

At 1/3/24 09:06 AM, Scootakip wrote: You know that women are just people, right? They're not some alien race with unwordly tastes in media

Sitcoms, kpop, and fabulous theatre would disagree

Nope.

What the world needs now is a Seinfeld HTML game to unify everybody.

At 12/29/23 08:58 PM, ZombieGhost wrote: Hey,

I am thinking about making some short games for ladies.
It will be rated M or A depending on what you prefer
and which thing you like.

I have little experiences in game making, but yeah.

I am good at drawing both genders.
But since it's a game for ladies.
I though maybe a undress game with different males characters.
Or maybe something more like a woman discover a 18+ magazine
made for here.

And what else..

Maybe a dating sim game?

But I am not really in depth with the development part of this..
So yeah. Something very simple and naughty for the ladies.

I will try to make decent drawings for that matter.

Here is what I can draw.

You are all free to give me ideas and hope I will be able to reach your expectations.

Thank you, ZG.

At 1/3/24 04:54 PM, Degernated-Code wrote:

At 12/29/23 08:58 PM, ZombieGhost wrote: Hey,

I am thinking about making some short games for ladies.
It will be rated M or A depending on what you prefer
and which thing you like.

I have little experiences in game making, but yeah.

I am good at drawing both genders.
But since it's a game for ladies.
I though maybe a undress game with different males characters.
Or maybe something more like a woman discover a 18+ magazine
made for here.

And what else..

Maybe a dating sim game?

But I am not really in depth with the development part of this..
So yeah. Something very simple and naughty for the ladies.

I will try to make decent drawings for that matter.

Here is what I can draw.

You are all free to give me ideas and hope I will be able to reach your expectations.

Thank you, ZG.

I think enough people in this thread have told you to reevaluate your actions than actually helping, lol. Not that they are wrong. Just be sure you know if it is really what you want to do.

First off, you are unlikely to gain much useful information, at least regarding data for adult games for females on this forum. Sure the accounts are are pseudonymous, but people aren't very likely to self admit what kind of adult games they prefer. Actually, I just tried looking up insights and statistics, but there sparse any about what adult games female do well. Actually stats about adult games in general are sparse. You could probably get a general guess by looking up insights, on what games females prefer, what are popular adult game categories, what are popular adult categories with woman. Again this isn't all encompassing, but in theory will be better than groping in the dark when making a game not for yourself.

Like other's suggested, in general for making games as a new person into game development, I would suggest Ren'Py, at least since that is a pretty popular way to make visual novels (which a lot of adult games nowadays use). You can also consider GDvelop, which is a visual programming based game engine (that is free and open source), or if you want something more closer to a full game engine, Godot (another free and open source game engine).

Also since you are new to programming, I would suggest a small of project as possible, and not worry to much about the quality, but more about finishing the entirety of the project, start to finish. I'd just make a short visual novel with maybe 2 or three different endings, or maybe dress up game. Learn how the whole process works, then try to expand and try something a bit more elaborate. Just like when learning drawing you start with simple shapes, then you learn how to make more and more complex shapes with the basics.

I could maybe discuss more in a DM if you want, but I am not really experienced in game development, just have made a couple of small games as a hobby.

At 1/3/24 05:41 PM, Gimmick wrote: Some of the replies in this thread are proof that everyone is a fuckin' game development expert when they want to clown on somebody for the sake of...what? memes? being edgy/toxic/etc.? showing how "funny" you are? Take that shit to General, oh wait, it got shut down, womp womp. Go get mommy's credit card and shitpost in the Supporter Party forum if you really want to.

As others have said, asking how to make a game "for women" is probably asking the wrong question. It's kinda like asking "how do I make a popular game" because it's very vague -- there's several factors that contribute to a game having a particular demographic, and I don't think anybody really fully knows them either. Hell, I don't think anyone could've predicted that Friday Night Funkin' would be popular amongst kids - not even teens, mind you, kids - and it's probably easier to see in hindsight? But hindsight is just that, 20/20. In the moment, you can't say that your game will attract a given audience even if you attempt to target them.

That being said, it's not impossible to create a game that is geared towards women...but I'd be hesitant of the effectiveness of whatever strategies are used to do so. It's far easier to decide what type of game you want to make and then decide what you can do to market it to women more effectively. Societal and several other factors shape the end result, and as a result it's far more difficult -- but not impossible -- to make some games easier for women to play, even if you can't market them outright.

But if you want a "good chance" of targeting a primarily female audience, then you can look at Quantic Foundry's analyses on this topic for more information.

Granted that otome games are one suggestion that have been mentioned -- and it makes sense, given the success of erotic novellas like 50 Shades of Grey -- but making one doesn't guarantee a female audience for the same reason that adding a "female" character option in a game doesn't mean that only women will choose it (with probably far more men doing so instead).