And would he be a viable romance? Or would his sexuality just be used as a way to beat him?
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Having characters with preferences can be nice as long as itās not all one-sided. If all the romance options are largely straight and none gay, that feels imbalanced.
Itāll be easier to talk specifics when we know more about the particular characters, though 
You could just make it so thereās a limited number of possible romances per playthrough 
Maybe like love triangle possible with A&B or C&D or A&D, but you just donāt write other possibilities. Something prevents those. So itās not locked based on genders but on specific individuals. Which could also work if characters have specific orientations like in @ParrotWatcherās example, which would also reduce the number of possible love triangles.
This is where the difference comes in between restricting the charactersā choices, which Iād argue against, and writing different reactions from other people, which can make more sense the former reduces the playerās control while the latter does not.
That could be a good example which could be quite fun to see 
provided there are gay characters who arenāt villains, of course 
Not sure who Beth is, but the first part is true 
(Iām off to bed so no more responses from me for a while.)
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Im sorry I think i missed my pointā¦
on the context of roleplay yes I do try to aim to make other characters react differently depending on the PC. 
But im asking more on the context of gameplay. Making females have more of an edge in something and vice versa for male pcs. I think it would make a more dynamic playthrough?
What do you think? 
No he would not be open for romance. Though im open to the idea that the villain is open for romanceā¦
Thanks for mentioning that. It is very interesting.
However I dont really want to limit the PC in anyway. So if say the pc is gay. And they wanna date a straight guy because they like the character then I wanna make it possible. Just harder.
I think you shouldnāt stereotype genders ā¦ each MC is an individual. A more dynamic playthrough would be achieved by customization of the MC into a unique entity.
If you have not yet played Zombie Exodus or its new sequel, Safe Haven, you should. It embodies replayability because the MC is so customizable - and the story itself is different on choices you make to customize your MC. A soldier MC has different text then a bank robber MC, just to cite one example.
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Soā¦ youāre fine with romancing a villain, but not romancing a gay villain?
But didnāt you just say you werenāt giving any gay romances? 
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Wow thanks for citing that example.
Off to research I go! 
But they are very complex, code-heavy games. For a first-time author, Iād suggest trying something smaller-scale.
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Im sorry im so lost right now hahaha 
I keep mixing you up with TSSL as you both write very in-depth criticisms. Haha
I think I replied to you saying that I wanted to provide bisexual romance, but if it becomes too hard i might consider genderlocking it?
So my original aim is still freedom for playersā¦ im just seeing how far i can goā¦
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I agree - yet this is exactly the level that @Tayato is shooting for now.
See - this would be limiting @Tayatoās ambition at the starterās mark ā¦ let him/her at least try. If they need to go simpler after trying, so be it. At least that is the route I took myself with Helvetii - a very complicated and ambitious project that I began with
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Donāt worry - they get each other mixed up all the time too. Often they complete each othersā posts.
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Awwwwwwā¦
Hahahaha. Thats so sweet
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Well, heās the cute one.
I would suggest finding other ways to simplify it (e.g. only specific love triangles are available.) That way, you can keep some love triangles without basically denying the existence of an entire minority.
Fair enough. Go for it, @Tayato!
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btw, as for the elemental stats bug,
My aim is to make Lightning a sort of harder to get element. something rare.
And although the possibility to getting all the elements for specific genders are possible,
Iād like to implement a small change that would make it harder for Males to get a certain element,
and vice versa.
Which im failing miserably at
I plan to make lightning a very special element,
one that is not easy to get but still possible.
And when you do get it, you get a bit of a different reaction from other characters
But other than this, the element you have only effects your playstyle and doesnāt
mean that youāll get an unfair advantage over the other elements.
Yuri is love!
Interesting start and so far I do like what I am seeing XD.
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Btw does anyone know how to set achievements?
Iād like to put up achievements when certain things happenā¦
Though it is a minor detail, and will be implemented very late in the development process.
Use the *achievement command in start-up and put the trigger in the place you want it to fire at.
The Wiki should help you here: *achievement command Wiki page
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Everybody keeps misspelling āyaoiāā¦
Basically, at the start, you have something like:
*achievement achname visible 20 Achievement Name
Description before achieved.
Description after achieved.
or
*achievement achname hidden 20 Achievement Name
hidden
Description after achieved.
The number doesnāt have to be 20, you should put something proportional to the achievementās difficulty there. The name (āAchievement Nameā) and tag (āachnameā) should be different for each achievement.
Then when you want to award the achievement, use: *achieve achname, using the appropriate tag.
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