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A little bit of cultural (?) shock.

A topic by bl00dyBUTTerfly created 40 days ago Views: 310 Replies: 4

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bl00dyBUTTerfly40 days ago(+3)

So, im playing this for the very first time, right now im on the 19th chapter and im absolutely loving it! The story, the music and especially the character are top tear! The thing that shocked me is a bit hard to explain.. Im aromantic and i came onto Little stars romantic rpute and t actually surprised me! I thought i was reallynice and frienddly, then we kissed and that was also okay, bcause i kiss with my friends often and tell em that i love em too, so it was a hella surprise for me when all of a suden Asterion started to be refered to as ''your darling''! I'm not complaining nor do i mind, i just findd it so very intresting and peculiar, how different people see different actions. Any otjer aromantis people who encountered (im not sur if thats the word i should use) anything like that?

Minoh WorkshopDeveloper40 days ago(+3)

That's an interesting topic you bring up.

Speaking as a developer, back in 2019 when we started production we made the assumption that our player base would consist of "gay and bisexual men", and with the benefit of hindsight we also assumed they'd be into the romance and sexual content too. Later on we added a SFW Mode, more for a matter of helping players who do not feel safe carrying explicit gay content in their devices.

We also heard feedback from people who liked the game but did not want to have a romantic relationship with Asterion, which I consider a high compliment. Still, the premise of the game started around a romance with Asterion, so that really has always been our top priority.

Later on we realized that our assumptions weren't entirely correct. Nowadays we even have straight readers, which we honestly thought would never happen, we even joked about it.

Ultimately I don't think we made a bad call in focusing on the kind of content we were passionate about, but it really is interesting how these assumptions we make about a project and its audience aren't exactly perfect, particularly with a LGBT audience in which we're always meeting incredibly diverse people.

TrinexxSlayer39 days ago(+2)

to be fair, the vast majority of FVNs tend to be gay porn/ dating sims. personally i treasure having this sort of content around to actually explore sexuality and intimacy. it's really difficult to come across media that has those themes without being far too raunchy and debaucherous. sex could be a much richer experience, but sometimes it seems like everyone is way too afraid to talk about it.

GatoPanda22 days ago

I'm AroAce, so I feel something similar, I'd hate to be in a relationship, it makes me uncomfortable, but see other people enjoying romantic and sexual actions makes me always wonder "Why I'm not like them?" I already accept myself and my sexuality, and also love to see wholesome love, but I always ended troughing "Man, I'm such a odd guy" it's strange, and doubt that someone who ain't in the spectrum of AroAce would understand, jeez, I don't even understand myself sometimes xd

bl00dyBUTTerfly21 days ago

I totally get you! Tho, i also have this weird thing that i find faking romantic is kind of fun! Like.. calling oter person that sweet shit lovers call each other, spend valentines day together and go on dates! I especially love dates! I may have no idea how dates are diferent from just hanging out, but i love calling it that because its... groovy! You know what i meen? I think a lot of people would understand.

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Minotaur Hotel

A little bit of cultural (?) shock.