Left Hand Magic - Protagonist Gender Poll (Patreon)

Right! Here we are then. With the undisputed victory of Left Hand Magic in the New Game Poll, it's time to start answering some questions about what exactly you lot want to see. I know from the previous demographics poll that a lot of you like the Female Protagonist angle I've been going with for...well, pretty much all my games except Cosplay Café.  However, with Left Hand Magic, there are distinct Pros/Cons to either a Male or Female Protagonist.

First and most importantly there are not going to be ANY romanceable male characters in the game. Full stop. Due to the much more limited cast in this game, all 4 (possibly 5) planned characters that can be romanced in the game are female. Depending on the results of a later poll, one of them may be a futa. This means that if you want to see MalexFemale action at all(Possible Exception: Transformation Magic), it will need to be with a Male Protagonist.

Second, and somewhat more neutral, is the fact that this game is very much a classic harem-style VN. While it will only be accessible in New Game+ Mode, there is going to be a harem route...and there will be threesome routes available even in the first playthrough. The majority of such games tend to have Male Protagonists for...reasons? Take that as you will. In truth, I can kinda see this game working better with a Male Protagonist myself, but I can frankly make either work, so don't put too much weight on that opinion.

Third is the fact that, from an animation standpoint, it's a bit easier to do MalexFemale animations or FutaxFemale animations. Honestly, though, there's a reason this is the third point. I will make it work one way or the other. There just may end up being slightly fewer FemalexFemale animations if we go with a Female Protagonist. That's simply because those are a bit harder to animate and will thus take more time per animation. The things two female characters (or, you know, real people) get up to are just more complicated by nature than 69 variations of insert Tab A into Slot B. There are also fewer pre-built animations for me to acquire for FxF, so I'd have to build virtually all of them from scratch. Again, something I can do, there just might end up being a lower total number of them. 

Of course, the fourth point is simple that lesbians are both hot, and oddly rare in adult games. We all know it, and it might well be the primary reason you're here. So even if I think this story might work slightly better with a male protagonist, I totally get it if you guys and gals mostly want to see lesbians. I actually did consider offering a Futa Protagonist as an option as well...but frankly, I'm trying to hit more mass-appeal with this game than previous works, and I don't know that there are enough people who would enjoy that to make it an option.

I suppose there's also a fifth point? If you're attached to the idea of the protagonist ending up in chastity at any point, you should definitely vote female. I don't like doing male chastity as it doesn't appeal to me at all. Mostly because I tend to prefer things like playing with remote toys over simple denial with that particular kink. Note that there's going to be chastity content either way, as I'm planning it to feature in a big way with one of the romanceable characters (No, I'm not telling you which one or how it will feature!). So this only applies if you're set on the MC being the one put in chastity at some point...

And...the rambling is over! Please cast your votes. Do you want Left Hand Magic to have a Male or Female Protagonist?