CoG/HG business model

[HarrisPS]

@leiatalon

Hard same. Though I agree with @HarrisPS that it’s a good idea to play as many games as you can whether you like them or not, this falls apart in practice for me as I have very little time to spend reading/playing and I DNF books and other media super fast if I find it doesn’t grab my attention. I’m simply too busy to push through when I’m not invested in a story. Which means a writer has to make me care about the characters from the get-go and give me an adventure worth taking.

That is not to say that anything I’m not interested in isn’t worth reading. On the contrary, I’m super picky and not the ideal reader for many genres. My point is, the first thing people read (description and first chapter/prologue) has to be engaging enough to make them continue reading. This is obvious, and something every writer has to learn, but isn’t always easy to pull off.

I do feel this a lot to be fair, and I don’t always follow my own advice - if I had more time I would definitely play more!

@leiatalon

Is there a discord server for CS games?

There is a general one here, though it’s quite quiet.

@EvilChani

I wonder… would it be possible to make a stickied post at the top of that thread with consolidated lists of recs, possibly separated by type (i.e., “Good romance”, “Good Male [and another with female] LIs”, “Good/Responsive MC”, “Good stat raiser”, “Good overall story”, etc.)? That kind of thing would help me immensely for choosing which games to play (and which to avoid, really). But I have OCD and like making lists, so…

Ooh, that would be fun - I’m not sure it’s something that would be easy to organise with sifting through so many though, because it’s all such a subjective thing. There was a similar set of recommendations here which is great; it might be something that’s easier done by people on an individual basis. I’d be a bit wary of something coming across as “official” recs or an objective truth if that makes sense?