Opinion poll: Story Tone (Patreon)

Poll spam day 3!

This one is about the nature of the stories you'd like to see. With the framing device of this series being a dating site, it makes a lot of sense to do a lot of 'first date' stories, but that might start to feel a bit formulaic and I've been seeing some comments expressing interest in some more serious romance, so I thought it might be a good idea to have an open poll to see just how much interest there is.

Would you rather have fun light stories about casual dating, or serious romantic relationship dramas?

This time I'll explain the options a bit.

First Date Stories: Keeping within the model set by the pilot episode release for the most part. Stories about getting to know each other, wooing potential partners and showcasing the early part of relationships. Despite what I said in the first paragraph, I'm pretty sure we can keep this fresh for quite a while; but there might be a bit of a wait on the 'sexy stuff' given some characters might not be the type who have sex on the first date. Expect 'typical' date activities in these ones. 

Casual Sex Stories: Stories about hook-ups, one-night stands, and 'fuckbuddy' arrangements. If you're mainly here for the sexual content; these types of stories will make it easier to 'get right to the point' so to speak. This does not mean we'll resort to 'bad porno writing' and we'll still aim to have compelling characters and interesting situations. 'Date' activities here might be things like playing a game of strip poker or visiting a BDSM club. 

Serious Romantic Stories: This isn't necessarily mutually exclusive from 'first date stories' but, this is the one to pick if you want to see some hardcore, sappy sentimental stuff. By itself the 'first date' option will still have a more casual tone, a la Isabel's pilot episode (while an Isabel pt2 might lean more towards this direction) Also these stories would likely dip into 'serious' mid-term relationship events, like say... meeting each other's families, for instance. 

Long-Term Relationship Stories: Stories that are way past the 'getting to know each other' phase and deal with relationship drama and events. Stories about moving in together, getting married, having kids, or things of that nature. These things are typically waaaaay past the scope of a 'dating sim', so if this proves to be a popular choice that might be a bit of a focus shift. 

All that said; regardless of the 'tone' my personal goal as the director of these games is to have compelling characters with interesting stories behind them. The main thing I'm trying to gauge here is how 'sappy' you want things to get and if you're looking for something more dramatic or fun and light.
Disclaimer: the results won't have any effect on the scripts for the episodes currently being worked on, but can be taken into account while planing future scripts.