i dont think gameplay would be very valuable here , since its fetish fulled and .... yeah , i think a game like this should be more like an intereactvie ..movie ?_?

like mutiple choice and stuff , or idk

id say in such an fetishy sexual game , the media quality is importend , the gameplay not so much , but id be fun if it would be alittle interactive

perhaps even with minigames inbetween , a game made out of games *w*

Well, I've played a couple of text based vore games, so animations aren't mandatory, though I will admit that the visuals do add a fair bit to the experience. Gameplay, however, is where I would love to see more emphasis. I want there to be a balance between vore being integrated into the gameplay meaningfully as well as just being enjoyable from a fetish standpoint. I'd be inclined to avoid seeing vore as an "I win" button or as just an after combat footnote ("The enemy is defeated. Devour?"). I'd like to see retention of prey come into play, though admittedly I believe that's a comparatively niche area of vore, as the potential for escape in most vore art is generally non-existent. But in a game with a level of continuity, I think it's a dynamic that can be explored that can make vore interesting from a game play standpoint.

Perhaps to put it more simply, I'd like to see a game where vore is a supporting actor: it's not the primary, integral focus of the game, but it's still front and center enough that it just wouldn't be the same without it.

As for the base, an RPG seems the most logical, but at the same time perhaps the most complex. Still, something with exploration I'd like to see, with some kind of combat system. Character development off some form would also be nice. I'm not at 100% right now, so if more comes to mind, I'll try to remember to share, but that's the basics of what I'd like to see in a vore game myself.

well yeah animations are half the point. they should possibly be tweaked for reward vs loss.

as far what GAME they're in, i hope more people see this journal. an (j)rpg is mostly story so vore, can try for victory/loss deal, as i know it might be hard to return to vore fable. however a tactical or strategy rpg might be funny but hard to get the complex factors wanted (your pokemon problem... only on a grid). it'll be easiest for both cases to have a vore "map" or dungeon with minimal difficulty and that'll cater to macro/micro people as a bonus, but that's just one fraction of things.

a mario party thing would be just a grid (entire field is inside body or preferably a smaller section of map is a stomach/body part) then minigames. worry more on getting a grid (with single direction movement at first) and storable statistics (coins and stars as far as mario goes) as minigames would simply be where it takes so long to make (got to have enough to not be boring x3). but taking turns (and listening for them)? D: oh god what, i'm sure you can ask  Jeschke and  Hopfel

can always just do a few minigames to get into swing of things ^^; interactive stuff is what people seem to prefer in general.

honestly, I favor balance, sure having an interactive vore story is great, but I always seem to be wanting a good solid game, simple or not, behind it. something like the old DQ games maybe, text is used for at least some of the description, enemies have some visual animation and sprites, would fit better than just animation. If vore were a combat thing it'd need to not be an instadeath, maybe it could even be used to recruit allies, say you're playing some big predatory bear, you gulp down this little mouse, you could digest [for damage] threaten them to try scaring them into joining [could also increase escape difficulty] maybe try charming them into joining [lower the damage they could do to you] or maybe heal an ally you eat. For the more preyishly inclined there could be a similar set, a struggle to escape, bellyrubs to charm, maybe a way to flat out deal damage, and a way to keep an ally you're inside healthy.

Well, you're going to be getting a different answer from everyone I'm afraid. A good vore game has good vore and gameplay, but an awesome vore game somehow implements the vore itself into the gameplay. Dunno how else to describe it. I also feel it's important to not only have things try to eat the player but for the player to be able to eat things if they want (Most vore games I see you 'play' as the prey, possibly because it's easier to do it that way).

For your pokemon-esque game you could just make it so vore attacks are like capturing 'pokemon' where lower health means higher chance to capture/vore them.

I find that while games like barb where you just purely get fetish scenes are fun,

I actually enjoy games where theres a plot or reason much more, if that makes sense, like jabu jabu.

Its like roleplaying, where yea, you CAN just rp fetish, but the ones I really like have a reason.

As for fun? For me when vore is used as a benefit rather than a death scene. Thats almost a cliche at this point, in normal games and fetish games its always -grab, fail to resist, die- would be nice to see it in a positive light, maybe for transport or healing, something like that

Hope ive helped!

I've played a few vore games, and the best ones are very character-focused. The vore becomes more fun the more you can relate to the characters. Along with the vore being fun, a few of them have the nice feature of a fatal-vore event simply set you back a little instead of game-over (for bosses and things that have interesting player-killing scenes). All to avoid having to go through a save-reload-repeat cycle in order to get through all the good and naughty content. It's important not to punish the player for seeking the good and fetishy content. Maybe a little punishment for obvious errors in judgement

The RPGMaker engine is pretty popular for these, since it's easy to set you against monsters and to have battles and danger all for relatively little effort. There are a few text adventures that are also fun, but they're usually not as well-developed for game-mechanics, and tend to work like "Go find the thing that lets you eat/be eaten by ____", which is pretty boring. The better ones, in both cases, give the player a good sense of the setting and give/help you develop a sense of purpose in that setting.

If you want me to point you to specific examples, I'd be happy to walk you through the things that delight me.

I enjoy a vore game based on a few things, and the game doesn't need to meet all of these things to be enjoyable.

- Good game play
- Great animations
- No major penalty to becoming a meal
- Small details, both in vore and in how the characters act (if it's story based)

The game, depending on what type it is (and even then) doesn't have to focus on some epic story, or the characters, or anything. As long as it's fun in some way, it works imo.

So, make whatever you think you want to make.

I would have to say based off of your vore rpg you worked on so much would be most enjoyed as a dungeon-type gameplay. Perhaps without the story and instead focused more on the enemies and difficulty progression as you get to the deeper areas of the dungeon. Perhaps a shop or two every now and then. I think trying to merge a story with vore-games is very difficult to do, and sometimes even causes games to be dropped. I personally enjoyed the way you had Vorefable set up in the combat methods. Maybe if you took enemies from VF and just made a similar game but more of just fighting enemies and vore aspects of the fights being the focus. And as Wolfwrighter said, no big penalty to being digested, perhaps a easy mode so the gap between people who like vore games with a challenge and ones who prefer easy access through the game for the vore aspects is solved.

Hmm...here's a thought. How about something "managerial"? I know idea has floated around the vore community of a "vore parlor", where patrons come to indulge as both pred and prey (either straight soft/non-digestive or preferably a context for reformation), so why not expand on that? The core of such a game is that you run the parlor, matching clients with staff to give them the experience they want. The parlor starts small with minimal staff which the player hires, so that they can't accommodate everyone perfectly. As the player makes an income, the parlor expands, more rooms are available, more staff can be hired, and more patrons can be accommodated to their preferences. All forms of vore can be involved if reformation is part of things, but the player only plays out the vore scenes of the patrons they want. Staff are ranked in how well they perform certain aspects of vore, which can either affect the "tips" given if played out well or make it easier to get higher tips in the little vore games, depending on how the game play of such are handled. For vore scenes skipped because it's not something the player wants to play out, income can just be generated on a comparison of the matched staffs vore attributes and the customers preferences scores to give a static number. Playing out the scene would likely generate more, but the player isn't really "penalized" for choosing to not play out a vore scenario they don't enjoy.

This set up allows for frequent vore scenarios, non-vore game play in expanding the business (though there should perhaps be some kind of end goal to achieve along those lines other than just "get bigger"), allowing all types of vore without alienating people (I think, unless there are those turned off by its very presence even if they don't witness it), and even relatively simple allowance of cameos for those on FA as either staff or customers.

In other words, kind of like those business/order-up type flash/app games, just preferably taking out the time crunch perhaps.

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