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Happy New Year from Silver Bard Games The following is part of a 2017 recap and 2018 preview post. For the sake of convenience, I'm just going to include the preview portion: In 2018, we can predict a much higher budget than I’ve been used to working with. Half of that is earmarked for art...

Ideally when you're designing a game, you want to align 3 things: the player's goal, the player character's goal, and the primary means of progressing the game. This type of game where the sexual content is attached to the failure condition is never going to be able to achieve that. However that...

There is an inherent design flaw in this type of game where the player motivation is in conflict with the player character motivation, creating a cognitive gap between the player and their perspective character. Typically you'd want to avoid this, but it's so fundamental to the game design that...

For reference, before partnering with AimlessArt, I was paying $30-$60 per image commission.

This isn't specific to adult games and is more relevant to the designer, but start small. If your project lead is new at this, they may not know it, but their most important responsibility is controlling the game's scope. Scope creep kills most projects, especially for inexperienced teams. I'd...

The most recent version is now available to everyone! You can download it from either my blog or my Patreon. As always, if you're interested in getting the Premium build with a bunch of extra art, it's not too late to become a Patron.

It doesn't really matter since it's not very well known, but there was an adult visual novel called One that came out about 20 years ago. I doubt you're going to run into any title confusion, but it's something to be aware of.

There's a new version available to Patreon supporters. If you're a patron or thinking about becoming a patron, you can get it here: https://www.patreon.com/silverbardgames Changelog: Added Sprite and clothing for Kat Added Sprite and clothing for Samantha Sprites now show when strapons are...

I'm currently working on a gameplay system suggested by Varoen, where opponents get temporary buffs after being defeated to make consecutive fights more challenging and interesting. To keep things interesting, I want unique buffs for each opponent that relates to their playstyle and/or...

It's still weird to me when other devs have heard of me. I'm not particularly well known. I'm glad you're a fan though. http://forums.hentai-foundry.com/ https://forum.deviantart.com/jobs/offers/ I've had good luck finding artists on both of these. Be aware that prices vary dramatically...

I like a lot of things about this design so far. It would probably be a good idea to invest in commissioning some art of the enemies. It's a significant up-front cost, but you'll probably see an increase in Patreon income to make up for it. Also, be aware that having permanent penalties for...

If you make a female player character, it's totally femdom. It doesn't, however, fit into that weirdly specific set of platforms that don't really have anything in common. That's the bit I'm confused about.

Quick update: I just put out a bugfix update with some minor bugfixes and tweaks. Probably worth downloading.

The most recent Night Games release is now publicly available. You can get it from either my Developer blog or my Patreon. Changelog: Yui can now be unlocked as an opponent by talking to Aesop after she pledges her loyalty and you’ve visited her a few times Art for Slime pet Art for Dominate...

Do you have the most recent bugfix? The bugs in the initial release caused a lot of random crashes. If you do have the newest bugfix, which NPCs have you unlocked?

AimlessArt cropped together some of the art from the Premium version to give you guys a taste. Check it out. https://www.patreon.com/posts/14670893 And before anyone asks, the art in game is all uncensored. This is just a Patreon ToS thing.

Hi everybody, There's a new and quite large update for Night Games. It's currently available for all Patreon supporters. There's also a version with extra art for higher tier Patreon backers. There's a new opponent, new skills for every advanced attribute, and some new scenes. It will be...

Work on that elevator pitch a bit. I like that you have a mission statement and a minimal build after about a month. That's a good starting point. However it's really unclear where you're planning to go with this. The description has a bunch of assorted ideas, but I don't see a design in there yet.

I'm kinda curious, but the site appears to be dead and the developer hasn't posted anything in a couple years. The source is on Github though, so I may see if I can get it running locally,

Here's the difference: how much money are you willing to throw at your porn games? Otaku in Japan don't mind paying $90 for an eroge, so developers can get by despite the small player-base. Western gamers are not willing to pay those kinds of prices, especially for porn. That sort of market...