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That MxS game kind of reminds me of the old Princess Maker games, where you were responsible for scheduling this girl's training, education, and free time. It's also reminiscent of the newly-burgeoning management sim games like Diner Dash.

In terms of porn games, the two big variables are in terms of Structure and Narrative. While obviously these variables represent a whole spectrum of possible designs, for the sake of the discussion let's pretend they're binary.

So in terms of structure, on one end you've got the Task/Reward model, where you jump through one or more gameplay hoops, for which you're rewarded with an arousing picture, cutscene, or interactive sequence. The task itself may or may not have anything to do with reward you're pursuing; the classic example is Strip Poker, but the traditional h-game also falls in this category.

On the other end of the structural axis is the Participatory model, where the arousing content is immediately available and the player's involvement determines how the sequence plays out. You can find this a lot in flash and in adult interactive fiction. Sexualized fighting games (hello SCIV and DOA) do this, too. There's also a company called Illusion Soft that makes several games based on this structure; they wind up being little more than a "creepy digital sex doll" program.

There's a similar range in narrative approaches; without going into it too much, some games have a very specific setting or characters or scenario, while some games are extremely generic, unassuming affairs, presumably to encourage the player to come up with his own ideas about why these people happen to be doing whatever it is they're doing, wherever they happen to be.

SO TO SUMMARIZE:

The generic task/reward game is poker or pong or any other typical game with pornographic rewards for success.

Specific task/reward games include traditional h-games, some AIF, and hybrid games like Soul Calibur.

The generic participatory category contains Illusion Soft's products, among others.

The specific participatory category is the one I'm most curious about, because I'm having a hard time thinking of examples. There's some AIF, but probably the most interesting thing I've found that might qualify is this old series of KiSS dolls made by this obscure German guy who went by "the Owl." Equal parts fairy-tale, romance, and pornographic content, they told a variety of stories about this girl who got transformed into a scarecrow; using a variety of everyday items, some magic, and an indefatigable sense of trial and error, the player could transform her back, win her heart, and then try to sex her up without accidentally summoning a demon or destroying the world.
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So, I finally got around to checking these links out, and wow. Talk about a nostalgia trip. Back at KU I kind of went on a KiSS spree for a couple months back in late 2000, early 2001, just to try to figure out what the hell was going on here. It all came across as... really, really foreign, even when people were using western art designs or properties.
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How did that old sig quote go?

Asked how to avoid lust of the flesh, Diogenes began playing Godhand. When rebuked for doing so, he replied: "If only I could soothe my hunger by playing Cooking Mama."

What a classic.

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Sorry this thread broke down "that way", antitype. It's the voices of dissent that make these discussions worthwhile for me, and I didn't feel like yours ever struck the wrong tone.
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