Talcum Powder

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Whatever country they're meant to be set in, it might as well be the same flavorless suburb in the Central Valley of California that all the sitcoms exported from America seem to be set in. If you don't make use of a location's uniqueness, it's pretty much irrelevant, IMO.

Hell, I don't even necessarily need a game set in Turkey to be interesting. Just get *out* of the suburb! Leave your siblings alone-there's much cooler people to fuck! Set it on a ship in the doldrums at sea! Set it deep in the countryside! Set it in an FOB in a country at war!

Or maybe it's just that the audience has bad taste. After all, what does my whining and bleating matter if a new developer sees Summertime Saga making a truly *hilarious* amount of money and wants to try and replicate that for themselves?
I think at least some of it has to do with the availability of assets, the types of interiors and exteriors of houses, or housing, I should say, especially. But you're right, there's a lot "writing what you know" going on, and American television and movies provide enough reference material to give one the impression that they do actually know.
 

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I think at least some of it has to do with the availability of assets, the types of interiors and exteriors of houses, or housing, I should say, especially. But you're right, there's a lot "writing what you know" going on, and American television and movies provide enough reference material to give one the impression that they do actually know.
Yeah, TBH, I was feeling the same way. It's not that they're trying to hint at a non-American location by throwing in uncircumcised cocks and people saying weird British slang, it's that you have an Italian or French or Russian developer who doesn't know American men are universally circumcised and watched British TV along with American TV their whole life and doesn't know where the two clash. And these games are all made with the same generic free model-set, so that's why they are all set in the same cookie-cutter suburbia, have the same restaurant and school locations, and even use the same faces.

A few of these games are near something you'd consider acceptable for even an Indie game...but most are solidly hobbyist tier. Right now, I'd say the Last Sovereign is the only game I've ever recommended to someone outside of this forum of fellow masturbation enthusiasts. It has a deep, engaging, and beautiful story and is one of the few RPGM games that makes the combat not feel like a complete waste of my time. I told a friend of mine who is largely asexual but loves RPGs, and he dumped over 100 hours in it.
 

ashitanojoe

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And why aren't there any games about India? Brazil? Arabia? Why does everyone make games exclusively about America?
Scandal, a game inspired by this one, takes place in Milan, Italy. I haven't played it.

Summer's End - Hong Kong 1986 has a great reputation, the art is top class and it seems to be made by professionals. I have not played it yet, it seems a vanilla game about a lesbian romance, which put great emphasis in the cultural context. It's 2D.
 

Alley_Cat

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I think at least some of it has to do with the availability of assets, the types of interiors and exteriors of houses, or housing, I should say, especially. But you're right, there's a lot "writing what you know" going on, and American television and movies provide enough reference material to give one the impression that they do actually know.
I do occasionally wonder if the reason Dylan doesn't play American football, and that we haven't seen Ellie cheerleading for it, is actually the complete lack of assets for it. I've looked, and the complete lack of decent sports fields really is astounding.
 

AlfredBundy4

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Whatever country they're meant to be set in, it might as well be the same flavorless suburb in the Central Valley of California that all the sitcoms exported from America seem to be set in. If you don't make use of a location's uniqueness, it's pretty much irrelevant, IMO.

Hell, I don't even necessarily need a game set in Turkey to be interesting. Just get *out* of the suburb! Leave your siblings alone-there's much cooler people to fuck! Set it on a ship in the doldrums at sea! Set it deep in the countryside! Set it in an FOB in a country at war!

Or maybe it's just that the audience has bad taste. After all, what does my whining and bleating matter if a new developer sees Summertime Saga making a truly *hilarious* amount of money and wants to try and replicate that for themselves?
I can't disagree with any of that, haha.
 

Hooah

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I do occasionally wonder if the reason Dylan doesn't play American football, and that we haven't seen Ellie cheerleading for it, is actually the complete lack of assets for it. I've looked, and the complete lack of decent sports fields really is astounding.
Well, complete lack of assets is surely relative, yes? If you were willing to pay, almost anything you can imagine has been textured, mapped onto a skeleton, and even been given movement assets. It's not like it costs a ton to buy these assets, either.
 

ashitanojoe

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I do occasionally wonder if the reason Dylan doesn't play American football, and that we haven't seen Ellie cheerleading for it, is actually the complete lack of assets for it. I've looked, and the complete lack of decent sports fields really is astounding.
It could be that or the fact tha Dylan is a little skinny boy who would be murdered by american high school football players.
 

Hooah

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It could be that or the fact tha Dylan is a little skinny boy who would be murdered by american high school football players.
It doesn't really matter what sport he plays-it's not like actually playing the sport plays a role in the story. It could be a chess club meeting, it's just a story frame location.
 

Hooah

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Have you had a look at the Daz store for sports field assets? It's either basketball or soccer.
...haha, you know, while I still maintain the exact sport doesn't matter, you're absolutely right. Thinking on it, only games like Being a Dik where they have an actual artist to render things have games other than basketball or soccer.

Put lacrosse assets on the store and watch every new boy out to fuck his mom be a star lacrosse player lol. Or do a really weird game, like curling. Oh! Caber tossing!
 

ashitanojoe

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...haha, you know, while I still maintain the exact sport doesn't matter, you're absolutely right. Thinking on it, only games like Being a Dik where they have an actual artist to render things have games other than basketball or soccer.

Put lacrosse assets on the store and watch every new boy out to fuck his mom be a star lacrosse player lol. Or do a really weird game, like curling. Oh! Caber tossing!
That's interesting, are you saying that there are not tennis assets in Daz? That DrPinkcake makes his own assets and still he is way faster than the most of devs?
 

Lust&Pateron

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There is a game called "Life in the Middle East", though it's of...uh...dubious accuracy. I don't think a lot of women in Saudi Arabia are jogging in skintight yoga pants, but maybe I'm wrong and it's an everyday thing and I'm just dumb.
I've not played the game but whatever you think of ksa is usually wrong. There's an expression of sorts, everything is legal behind the walls.

I live here. In the compounds there are parties, alochol, in some cases drugs, Arabs in bikinis, women jogging around etc. Outside the compound this is not possible. In UAE it is.
 
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