Thanks, I'll look into that.
It will have a harem path. As for NTR...Since the term is used pretty loosely, I'll try to get into more detail:
- Netorase/Cuckolding aka, the type of fetish where the focus is on the cucks humiliation and/or him getting off on getting cucked: Not into that stuff, won't be in the game at all.
This would be a good start but what follows is disconcerting.
- Classic NTR aka, where you have a healthy relationship that gets destroyed by some other guy snooping in, who corrupts the girl and makes her his own: If the player really fucks up, the MC may permanently lose a Love Interest, but it'll be a one and done and not a focus of the story. There won't be constantly recurring NTR scenes, rubbing it in the players face.
This begs the question, "Why have them anyway then?" If they require the player to make bad choices and aren't the intent and focus, why would you
reward negative choices with a sex scene? It encourages some people to make negative choices and to actually
avoid the story as you would want it to be told. While simultaneously functioning as a deterrent to even play and worry point for those who actually want to see the best outcomes and the story unfold as intended and have an aversion to seeing NTR.
I had written more in this section, but honestly, I don't see much point in having the same old discussion drawn out further.
- Netori aka, where the MC is the one doing the cucking: If the player wants to have the MC act like a complete sleazebag, this is absolutely in the cards.
Nothing to say here.
- Sharing (not really NTR, but since you asked): Again, if you want to play the MC like a sleazebag, you will, for example, have the opportunity to use your harem for your personal gain aka, pimping them out. If you choose to do so, of course. Freedom of choice is the most important aspect in all of this.
Making a distinction between sharing and NTR, as if they aren't the same thing, is like trying to say that cheese and queso are different. NTR
includes sharing, it's what the term Netorase means. And depending on the manner the sharing happens, even Netorare can be a type of sharing. So, you say you aren't into Netorase/Cuckolding and it won't be included but then say here that it will be. Perhaps you meant to use Netorare earlier, as that is cucking in the classic sense. Natorase, still included in the umbrally term NTR,
is sharing.
Netorare: (jap. 寝取られ, 寝(ne) as in 寝取られ means "sleep", in this case, "the something from the rest of the word is sleeping with someone". 取られ(torare) is a noun coming from 取られる(torareru), "have something stolen/robbed". While Netorase is “Borrowed” in Japanese 寝取らせ. So, they are both NTR. I hope that helps.
There was much I had thought to say about "Freedom or Choice" but again, I decided against having the same old discussion drawn out for paragraphs on end as I often end up doing. Suffice to say, there is no real freedom choice, you determine the degree of all the "freedom" the player has, it is unlikely that you will allow the player the "freedom" to kill ever NPC they come across, so you are already limiting "freedom," anyway. It would be an easy thing to draw the line before adding pimping out the love interests.
I hope that clears it up.
I would advise putting your plans in the dev notes, so your stance is findable without having to look through the thread or use the search function. I wish you the best for your game, even though it doesn't seem like it's for me.
