Might need to clarify the poll a bit completely thought you were talking about fast food and laziness vs more weird gain stuff as opposed to just different food.
In general Fast Food is a symbol of unhealthy, cheap (honestly not even the case anymore), and good tasting that people just understand. I can see why many games focus on it, however I find alternatives much more interesting if done well.
As someone who loves a lot of different foods and actually reads food labels for allergy reasons it is amazing how many things people eat that are more calories than fast food.
Yeah as @danget indicates, that can be the problem with polling, unclear choices, poorly worded or expressed ideas, or (unintentionally) biased options may contaminate your poll results. It also helps to give your polls a bit of breathing room, as not everyone browses the site daily. It’s probably more common for some to only log on or check once a week. So, some results might shift as more people see it to voice their opinion. Such as the Daz vs AI poll, now that it’s been around 5 days after it was put out there the results on the top end lean in a larger spread then how it looked on the first day. Just something to keep in mind.
@jcc309 - Thanks! I remind you, however, my goal is to go after majorities. I wasn’t planning to cut out fast food. My goal was just to see how many people would like something different.
If there’s enough interest, I’ll just add alternatives to fast food, allowing players to choose which foods the character will eat.
@danget@Krodmandoon - The polls above were too general, so the next two will be about the same themes. And ok Krodman, I will wait more days.
Two new polls:
First poll: What kind of negative impacts from weight gain would you like to see? More than a choice is allowed.
Mild humiliation
Heavy humiliation
Social issues
Mobility issues
Health issues
Loss of confidence/self-esteem
Other (specify in comments)
0voters
Second poll: Would you like the characters to gain weight by…
really nice idea for a WG game, also, i’d like to volunteer for possible writing help and ideas, i’m no artist or genius, but if i have an idea, i can squeeze it to the fullest.
I would suggest with how people are voting, i would say add special events and stuff that help with her mobility & making new friends while losing old and perhaps personal friends in the process
I’m fairly pleasantly surprised by how high Heavy Humiliation is. I would have thought that would be a much more niche preference. I wonder if part of that has to do with how few games actually feature it.
Humiliation is a weird one I like it way more as a one on one thing between partners. While stuff happening in public and general populous reactions are part of the fun, it can become weird or off putting depending how it is done. Typically the line I draw at it being a mood killer is when someone unrelated starts yelling or just picking a fight because a fat character exists. When the person trying to humiliate is doing it to actually cause harm I guess would be a more accurate line but its honestly a vibes thing.
Spectacle humiliation stuff is fun though as long as the majority of the crowd is along for the ride. Stuff like everyone cheering at a kegger, commenting on weight but in a mostly neutral way.
@jcc309 - The overall polls results were very surprising, at least for me. And preferences were way more heterogeneous than I thought. This will make my work much harder
On the bright side, at least if you are doing it in the style of D.I.E.T. you can just pick a theme or two for each story. It also might help keep things fresh!
I think this is a really good way of putting it. Like obviously part of the humiliation in many scenarios is the third parties being witness to it, but I tend to prefer two things in humiliation (even in what I would call heavy humiliation, which I really enjoy):
I want to feel like her partner actually likes her. Yes, part of the humiliation is that you may intentionally put her in very humiliating situations. But I want to feel like the partner actually likes her and this is a consensual part of the relationship. Not that the partner actively hates her.
If there are third parties who don’t know the humiliated person, I prefer their words/actions to be non-personal. Some of it will obviously have to be quite negative (looks of disgust, comments to friends/partners, etc.), but I prefer these to not be active and personal like ripping a stranger’s clothes off, actively standing up and getting in their face to berate them, etc. I do make an exception for people known to the humiliated person though (such as a sports team).
@jcc309 - You’re right. I’m not doing it in the style of D.I.E.T though. The game will feature interactivity.
Alright, the voters have spoken! The game will include a variety of food options. About weight gain’s impacts, there’re two possible developments. My idea is to make a lot of optional scenes, but this might be overly ambitious. If it turns out to be too challenging and/or time-consuming, I’ll instead vary and choose different impacts for each storyline, aiming to meet as many preferences as possible.
Two new polls:
First poll: Which of the following are you interested in seeing?
Burps
Farts
Belly rubs
Force-feeding
Sex
Other (specify)
None of the above
0voters
Second poll: Which of the following typical fat bodies features would you like to see?
“Double chin” and “Belly rolls” may be voted by 100% of people But again, I don’t want to take anything for granted, especially after the many very unexpected results.
First poll: Which of the following are you interested in seeing?
While i don’t mind and enjoy most of them, i do think it would be fun to also interesting to see the social dynamic of some characters change as they gain weight as well once they would take charge but now perhaps the mc or someone else is under a dominating type of feeder or another type being spoiling the protag to the point they barely need to lift a finger and just eat eat eat!
Second poll: Which of the following typical fat bodies features would you like to see?
Pear shape no question about that, just to see them get stuck in door ways sooner than other body types and i have seen enough Breast expansion content done so much it gets kind of annoying that the other expansions don’t get enough love
Stretch marks are difficult to get looking good in renders. If you are able to do so, they are awesome to include! But from what I’ve seen of other creators, it is difficult to get them to a high enough level to where they add value.
What kind of negative impacts from weight gain would you like to see?
Perhaps, a part of humiliation and mild health issue could be becoming gassy, specifically flatulent in public. Then again, indigestion and flatulence could be a “punishment” for the player not pacing themselves with their gorging for weight gain.
Which of the following typical fat bodies features would you like to see?
Lovehandles, thunderthighs, bingo wings, jowls at higher weights.
What type of features do I want to see?
To quote the users above:
Love all the details. Sure, mentions of how big the belly and butt are getting is great, but adding in little details like how the elbow join gets covered as the upper arm gets fatter is gold.
Going to agree with @maldy in particular about the breast expansion side of things, a lot of weight gain games seem to lean heavily on the trope of “Oh I gained weight so therefore my tits have become huge!” which honestly is getting old in my opinion.
Would love to see a bottom heavy growth where her breasts reamin a B cup, sure they will be “comparatively” large compared to a thinner woman with the same cup size but compared to the rest of her body they are small.
But again, I don’t want to take anything for granted, especially after the many very unexpected results.