And I thought that this game was supposed to be... Inclusive for your characters? I can at least accept the fact that there will likely always be more feminine characters than anything else, but I can't stand it when people lock content to a specific type of character build, like feminine characters only (or god forbid take it up a notch and require no flat chest and no dicks).
And good grief, I'm not insulting anyone's writing. Out of all the text based games out there, sexual or otherwise, TiTS has managed to keep my interest and lust for so many years. It's made me stop skipping through things and actually READ what it has to say. It has the best quality control in terms of the writing, I've never read something (outside of silly mode of course) that sounds like something a horny teen wrote on the spot.
But, just because content is well written, that doesn't mean it's immune to criticism and is perfect. Now, when I list these characters, I am NOT insulting the writers, keep that in mind.
Gender locking characters is, quite frankly, the biggest bullshit ever. In a game where everyone is bi (or pan, since there are more than 2 sexes), even characters that prefer, say, guys over girls will still at least let your fem PC blow them or get assfucked. Then, one day, along come the picky NPC's.
Lieve is a lesbian only. You can talk to her about MOST things, but any sex scene involving her alone is blocked. Okay, that's just one character. So what if her content is very well written, just one character you can't sex.
Next up, we have Riya. Aside from her "charming" personality toward non-humans (aka most PC's), those that can get past that are blocked from having sex with her. She also becomes more restrictive, only accepting feminine non-taurs who have a vagina and NO dick, meaning that even herms (everybody's favorite thing) can't have sex with her. Sounds rather picky, doesn't it? Especially considering she's a dickgirl herself...
Next we have Busky, a character who is only into masculine males. Of course, if you're a cuntboy or maleherm, you can still sex him, but nobody cares about them, apparently, making this character locked out for the majority of players.
Then there's Edan. We finally get a male Leithan that's fuckable, and... He only likes females who have a vagina. To top it off, he's one of the few male doms. Sure, you can have drunken sex with him, but after going through the locked content and comparing them, it's just not as detailed, sadly.
Ciaran is at least not so bad. Sure, he prefers females, but he'll take a trap, even though they're still locked out of some content. And apparently, they're gonna get a drunken sex expansion for normal males, so there's that.
Also, Ramis only likes men and won't fuck females, herms, or dickgirls. Then again, her content is short anyways, and heavy on the SPH if you're a trap, so whatever.
Then there's ridiculous things, like the manor gangbang only allowing people with a pussy to participate in it. You have a mouth, an ass, hands, and a body in general, shouldn't that be enough? And although you still CAN do it if you're a cuntboy or maleherm, the writing doesn't take that into consideration and still calls you a girl, so it's probably a glitch that'll be fixed up anyways. You still can't become a male stripper at Beth's unless you're a trap or maleherm/cuntboy, again the maleherm/cuntboy things probably being a glitch because who gives a shit.
Now, those characters aside, if someone tried to make characters locked out of spite, that shit wouldn't fly and they'd be rejected, no matter how good their writing is. How did the others end up getting accepted without being told to be more inclusive (especially since they had lots of content) is beyond me, and while it's only a handful of characters that are content-locked, I fear that the number will grow. Being inclusive is one of the guidelines for writing a submission. Not everyone's gonna play as another fucking female bimbo cow, not everyone wants another dickgirl/femherm even if they're well written. These quotes are from the submissions guide, and it's starting to feel like they'll end up quietly removing these due to how much they've been ignored:
Keep in mind that the game is played by other people. One of the worst and yet still commonest things to do as a game writer is to fall into a mindset that assumes everyone plays the same character type as you and is equally attracted to your fetish. Maybe you're writing the perfect girl-next-door type for consensual vaginal intercourse with your purebred human male doctor. That's neat, but there's a hermaphroditic slug-girl with dick-nipples and a mean streak out there who wants to ooze up her body, dumping a load in her with each cock that comes into range of a hole. You should be ready to handle other body and personality types; picky NPCs are unpopular NPCs.
The bare minimum for an entry would be scenes for males, females, and the unsexed. Hermaphrodites can and will be considered for scenes of any of the other three types unless specifically excluded or given their own. In case of a combat encounter, double that: you'll need both win and loss scenes for those categories.
Am I missing something here? Aren't NPCs supposed to at least have ONE sex scene for each if they're fuckable at all? Or at least have one sex scene that considers both sexes? Inclusiveness, both for the player and the player character, was what made this sex game unique from the rest. But it's starting to slip away now. It's starting to become standard, identical. And even when male/maleherm/cuntboy characters DO get written, they're either rejected in favor of a feminine NPC (even if written good with no blacklisted fetishes) or are forgotten, at worst hated. So our only option left is to commission them, but surprise surprise, some people either can't afford it, or simply don't want to spend their money on certain things because apparently WE'RE HORRIBLE. The "don't complain unless you give me ur money" sentiment is becoming more prevalent these days, and it's disheartening. WE GET IT, you need to make a living too, but why even have a thread dedicated to saying what you want in the game, even though we all know that doesn't guarantee anything.