My game launched today.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2293660/He_Fucked_The_Girl_Out_of_Me/
It took a lot of pain to get to this point. My worst fear is that it will be met with a wave of hatred or silence.
Steam's algorithm due to the nature of this game will likely work against it being seen.
Please boost if you can.
For context due to the nature of steam's adult tag and the use of the word fuck, it's going to be targeted towards games made for erotic consumption.
There isn't really a place for adult games that exist for things other than gratification on steam.
In an ideal world there would be a place for both games that discuss or explore trauma and sexuality- and a place for games designed to gratify the viewer.
Unfortunately right now that doesnt exist so my game is pushed towards people seeking porn.
Then when it isn't positively received because there are basically zero sexy elements, it goes into obscurity.
It's not steams fault or erotic games fault that it is that way. It is more the nature of our society that anything "adult" is treated as porn.
I hope one day we can live in a better society where people can explore sexuality and trauma openly in games and have a space beyond just porn.
I don't think we are there yet or even have the language for it but I hope to see the world where that exists.
This game is free and will always be free.
If you are interested in playing it outside of steam, it is available on itch.io as well at:
You can play it there in a web browser without needing to download anything for those of you who do not use steam.
Thank you for taking the time to read this thread.
@taylormccue Thank you for your bravery and hard work, I can't imagine how many hoops you had to jump through to release this on Steam.
PS: Very happy to see you here on Fedi 
You are awesome 
@endali Steam was really cool about some things and easy going and then on others it was super tough.
There was hoop jumping but it wasn't as bad as some other game things I've had to do before.
Also I am glad to be here.
I use twitter since it's got a lot of intertia but my hope is the fediverse wins out.
@taylormccue me too, people are really so much more human here. Reminds me of old web in the way, with all its pros and cons.
It's not as easy to get a bigger following on here, but it feels like the ones that follow interact a lot more and feel like actual human beings than just numbers ❤️ Plus it's easy to create a lil queer bubble on fedi made of mutuals and the stuff they boost.
PS again: I've played HFTGOOM recently for the first time and I cannot understate how much of an impact your game had on me. It's been an experience which will stay with me for the rest of my life. Thank you for sharing your memories, they brought out some of my own which I hid deep inside of me.
@endali I agree that it doesn't have as big of follower accounts but the people here really do feel more human.
I think part of it is that the people who use mastodon are choosing the less comfortable to use social network that is kinda better than huge corporate ones.
But O_O
I am glad you played through HFTGOOM and that you found value in it. I get what you mean by memories and I hope you're okay. Normally I'd have something more profound to say but im just exhausted.
I hope you are doing better now and are in a good place 
I think I replied earlier to this but my memory is hazy.
It is also available on itch for free and is the same game.
https://taylormccue.itch.io/trauma
But be warned the game is 18+ and has extensive trigger warnings.
@h5e @Pierrec https://taylormccue.itch.io/trauma
The game is available on itch but I can get you steam keys if either of you would like them.
@Pierrec I am exhausted and post launch doing the thanking and social mediaing but I can actually let you know in dms or have a chat with you about how it went.
Steam is both really chill and good about some things and super tough about others.
It's kinda mixed and itch is my favorite place to be but this launch actually went really good.
@MishaVanMollusq Thank you so much.
Just as a warning, the game is 18+ and has an extensive list of trigger warnings so please take care before playing it.
@EnaWasHere Thank you so much.
Just as a warning, the game is 18+ and has a huge list of trigger warnings so please take care when playing it.
@witchthimble I really really hope so.
I think the problem is with a few companies having so much control over distribution it will take a while since this stuff exists at their whims.
@EndlessMason @taylormccue hm!
It's a good question. I think you can call it anything so long as you're going to support and promote the category, teach people what it's for
Some options could be: traumatic experience, autobiography, grown-up games, introspective maybe?
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