not bad, but I'm not a perv
Dear Bomee,
I've played this and your first game, and it looks like your game is pretty stylish, which is nice to see. The fact that you drew everything with the mouse, and the soft colors definitely helped to give you a signature style. I also like the fact that you took the time to put in some engaging dialogue. It reinforces my opinion that, in general, girls are better at creating conversations.
However, it seems that your attitude towards other dating sims is a bit... aggressive, and I'm sorry to see that. Your introduction to this game puts it somewhat indirectly, but one of your responses to a review confirms it. Here's what you wrote: "yeap and the perverts will be disappointed if they actually click to see the sex tape and hot gallery haha :) *wink wink* it's my humor and attack on standard sex based dating sims :)"
I certainly DISAGREE that people who enjoy hentai are perverts. Many people like to enjoy all aspects of life, and one of those aspects is sex, and another is aesthetics. And depictions of a sexual nature are not things that, IMHO, are to be shunned. It is a beautiful act of nature, and a very fun and important one, so it's only logical that people will try to depict and/or explore it in a more abstract way than just simply restricting themselves to doing it. For example, people enjoy going on adventures in life. Is it twisted or distorted in any way that people also enjoy writing, reading, re-enacting, and drawing about adventures? And what about people who like to live through books and stories? Are they twisted, or are they simply people who have found something they can experience without hurting anyone or wasting too many resources? What is it that forbids us from exploring and enjoying the idea of sex in the same way?
I think that sex is something that people should be more open about in modern socieities, and it should be recognized that it is something that is great to be not only experienced but also accepted as a very interesting and powerful idea that is worthy of being portrayed. It should not be excluded from the world of art simply because it relates to our more fundamental desires.
Previous civilizations were quite open about sex in their art. For example, the Romans would hang penis-shaped objects in their doorways as diversions so people would be distracted if they were thinking malicious thoughts as they entered the household. And there is plenty of classic poems from the Greek and Hindu cultures that are read simply for erotic pleasure. I think that this sexually non-oppressive environment helped to give these cultures more rounded and actually LESS perverted attitudes toward sex, because instead of having people think along the lines of what is and isn't forbidden, they were simply free to practice common sense.
Now, I'm not saying that you have to agree with everything I say, but I hope that you can at least respect my outlook. My main concern is the mentality of someone who would use do such things as conduct an "attack on standard sex based sims", as you put it, whereas these authors never intended to attack you. IMHO they were just expressing parts of themselves that most people are afraid to show. So anyway, this letter is quite long, but I think it needed to be, and I do think it is relevant to the game, since you did put in elements that address the issue being discussed.
So to wrap it up, you've got a lot of talent, and I hope you don't continue to direct it towards oppressing what some may view as simply another minority. Thanks for your time, and by the way, my girlfriend likes unusual porn sometimes too, and I do know quite a few girls who don't mind a guy who's open about what he likes, even if it seems a little wierd to some people. And please feel free to PM me if you want to discuss this issue more.
Sincerely, and with the best of intentions,
Overdrawn
author of "Twinkle Revue Dating Sim 2"
