flyrenders wrote:I think that the open letter can only do bad for all of the nsfw games creators, they are literally going against Patreon and saying "Look at me, I'm special, treat me like I'm special." Also look at the actual game developers that have signed, they must be less than 10%.
Yes. I have mixed feelings about that opened letter. I just posted it here to exemplify that there's more to it than just NSFW game creators that dwell with the Incest theme.
I don't know, specifically, which creator pages got suspended. I don't know much of them. I know, for a fact, that Mr.Dots "Dating my Daughter" got suspended and he had to change the content significantly by erasing any incest theme in it. He mentioned other Incest themed games' creators also had that problem. I don't know any - nor want to know any - Bestiality, Sexual Violence glorification, or Minor Depicted themed games creators.
While I totally frown upon, even despise, these sexual themes when using real persons or animals, I have a different opinion when the medium is paper, or pixels. That's a conversation for another topic perhaps.
Game developers are maybe less than 10% yes. And there might be a reason. Making a game usually takes time and effort. Promoting a webcam show for 20$ tier patrons is something utterly different.
We can't forget that some people are abusing Patreon's system and goals. They're using that platform as a credit card payment system only (because Paypal and others won't accept them). I've always spoken about the Patreon patronage spirit. Patreon, patrons; it's in the very names.
Patreon has always stated that they don't allow pornography, but will accept something akin to R-rated art. I've personally always made a difference between pornography and erotica. In the later there's always something more that just sexual objectification, there's a meaning the artist projects or invites the audience to interpret. Either for shocking, mesmerizing, or inspire, there's art in Erotica. The former, pornography, has only the purpose of arousing the audience. You can have a couple having intercourse, and even show penetration with Erotica. But you can't inspire anything but arousal (or disgust) with pornography.
That's where Patreon stans I believe.