Hello everyone, @Catch42 here, your friendly mod. I’m here to ask for feedback on what you think the boundaries of what’s on topic for our otome game magazine!

Edit: I have updated the magazine with a new set of rules I’ll still be checking this thread for a few days; I can always update them again.

<s>As you can see</s>, the initial rules that I posted only disallow explicit content. That is a hard rule because I don’t want that here. Other than that, I’ve just been posting what feels like related content as someone who was a longtime contributor to r/otomegames back on reddit. I think it’s worth fleshing out what we want this magazine to be in more detail so that newcomers who aren’t coming from an established otome community know what to expect.

Some suggestions I’ve already seen brought up:

games should have:
-a strong/primary focus on romance.
-majority male romance options
-Option to play as a woman (I also suggest that games should have the option not only to choose she/her pronouns but also to have a feminine gender presentation)

Art:
only allow original fan art here, not reposts

Let me know what you think! Feel free to discuss these aspects or anything else.

  • phorayz@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    @Catch42

    I am NOT saying we follow reddit otome games, but I’m bringing their definition here, and then I’ll comment on it.

    What are the requirements?

    • A clear romance must take place in the story and is a major part of the story progression.

    • Romance must be the central conflict or of equal importance to other plot elements.

    • It should ideally culminate in a confession scene or kiss scene.

    • Friendship routes are fine, provided that it does not make up to half of the available routes.

    • There has to be gameplay that affects the story or ending.

    • Choices do not have to be part of the main story.

    • In stat-raising games, raising certain stats can push the story towards the appropriate ending or unlock parts of the story.

    • Role playing games such as the Persona, Harvest Moon or Fire Emblem franchises are not otome games since the romance elements are not the main focus of the game.

    • The protagonist or Main Character (MC) needs to be female. This can include trans MtF. Games where you can choose to change the gender of the MC are fine, provided that female is an option.

    • There has to be mostly male Love Interests (LIs).

    • The number of male LIs must be greater than the other genders in total.

    If there are more than 3 LIs, the number of male LIs can be equal to the other genders in total. There can be female LIs, but if they are equal amount or more to the male LIs, it will not be considered to be an otome game.

    Examples of otome game LI gender distribution:
    2 male LIs, 1 female LI and 1 non binary.
    3 male LIs, 2 female (including trans MtF) LI and 1 genderfluid LI.
    5 male LIs and 2 genderfluid LIs.
    2 male LIs and 1 female LI.
    It needs visuals (ie. character sprites, CGs, backgrounds, etc).

    • Character sprites should change expressions.

    • Protagonist sprites are optional.

    • Voice acting, music, background music, opening themes and sound effects are optional but preferred.

  • Elevator7009@kbin.cafe
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    2 years ago

    It’s pretty nice here right now, but most communities have a rule about being respectful and not being bigoted for a reason.

    We probably also want a spoiler policy.