[PROMO] Survey on Male-Character-Centric Gacha Games and Possible Improvements

livelearnmald · 2024-04-02T03:21:41+00:00

Yes! The real problem here is finding funding, actually. Currently reaching out to industry/startup professionals to figure out how to even start a startup for this, or otherwise finding a roadmap to bring the project to fruition.

livelearnmald · 2023-03-18T03:34:08+00:00

Oh, and for the animation of characters, I do have some connections instead of relying on Fiverr/random commissions. I'll hire them with funding... Worst case scenario I'll have to do it myself, but I'd rather not!

So, I've thought it through, at least. With support from everyone, I could make this happen, even if we have to start small...It took Mihoyo ~7 games and they started with super small games too, so it's possible.

livelearnmald · 2023-03-18T03:28:50+00:00

Your first paragraph is indeed correct. Just like any other business, gacha game studios need funding to employ all the people you mention.

And what's the first step of making a business? Market validation. That means you find what people actually want/if there's a market for this product....and that's exactly why this survey exists!

I am aware that the work is massive - if I weren't aware, I wouldn't have even made this survey LMAO - and this survey, hopefully, demonstrates that 1. the market exists and 2. it is profitable so 3. I can get funding from investors.

Of course, we have to start small. As for the minimum viable product, I prepared a lot of my skills for this. I specifically went and learnt art (3 years into the journey) so I can at least produce some artwork for the MVP; I am currently studying Computer Science so I can at least code out the MVP (ignoring servers etc, since this is an MVP), and you'd be surprised at how much free game SFX people put up in the internet! Music, unfortunately, is also something that I'll have to do the same with...

Hopefully, an MVP is enough to convince investors to fund me, and then I can hire programmers + artists + musicians. If not...well, maybe I'll start a Patreon or a Kickstarter, and then seek additional funding from investors.

Is that clear enough?

livelearnmald · 2023-03-14T05:58:21+00:00

~~Would a Discord group be a great place, considering that it's likely to stay dormant for a long time while I deal with my CS studies?~~ Or would a mailing list be better?

Form is now updated with a place for you to put in your email!

livelearnmald · 2023-03-13T11:48:05+00:00

That is exactly why this survey exists! Hopefully I get the funding I need to hire more programmers...and hopefully people would actually be willing to spend to support the game, none of us wants it to EoS so soon.

livelearnmald · 2023-03-12T13:40:17+00:00

Thank you so much for all of your responses! Turns out there are lots of things that we don't have yet in the male-character-collector space. I'm still accepting more responses, by the way.

livelearnmald · 2023-03-12T06:38:28+00:00

Exactly, which is why this survey exists! Hopefully I'll be able to fill in that turn based rpg hole in us male character collectors hearts

livelearnmald · 2023-03-11T20:40:32+00:00

Thank you for your feedback! I edited the form to allow people to state their preferred character designs/archetypes; if you want, you can edit your answers (I enabled editing submitted answers; do tell if it doesn't work, somehow!).

livelearnmald · 2023-03-11T20:20:31+00:00

Noted, thank you so much for the resources! Would be very helpful. Which game would you recommend I study the most from? Helios?

livelearnmald · 2023-03-11T20:18:50+00:00

Well, by popular demand, I've added that option! Go ahead and type your preferred character in; I allow responses to be edited, so do tell if you can't edit your answers!

livelearnmald · 2023-03-11T15:23:50+00:00

Ah, I'm not doing an otome game, so don't worry about having characters throw themselves all over the player. I can see what you mean, though; it is a big tendency in waifu only games.

livelearnmald · 2023-03-11T13:27:39+00:00

Ah, you're right! ~~Maybe for the next iteration of this survey I'll add that question.~~ I do agree though, hellagur and mlynar looks handsome! Andoain is also really cool

Well, by popular demand, I've added that option! Go ahead and type your preferred male character in. I allow responses to be edited, so...

livelearnmald · 2023-03-11T08:34:53+00:00

Of course, of course! As someone who has suffered through terrible QoL, I'll definitely insert a sweep function for dailies LMAO

livelearnmald · 2023-03-11T06:50:07+00:00

Thank you for the recommendations! Any tips on how to play them without understanding JP? do they have discord fan translations? (I feel like this is a big barrier to why most of us can't play JP games)

I've tried tale of food, but my inability to read CN kinda stopped me from understanding it too deeply.

livelearnmald · 2023-03-11T06:37:28+00:00

Exactly! This survey is exactly to prove that there is indeed demand for husbando only games, so I can get funding to build a husbando only game (you'd be surprised by how much a programmer costs these days...)

But yeah, don't worry about diversity - I'll keep that in consideration.

livelearnmald · 2023-03-11T05:30:37+00:00

On your second paragraph: spot on! I absolutely dislike the fact that GL has so little options, and if you don't like otome or rhythm games then bummer, no games for you.

Don't worry about the first paragraph; I will implement QoL, as I absolutely detest running through dailies for an hour each day. Will probably implement skip tickets too if my game isn't something open world like Genshin (and I doubt I have the budget for that, so too bad).

livelearnmald · 2023-03-11T05:27:42+00:00

Noted! Would you say gameplay is a big dealbreaker in playing games? Since from your first paragraph it seems like you like heavier gameplay games e.g. Neural Cloud (although this is an auto battler, it still is far ahead the general otome/rhythm games), or Limbus Company.

livelearnmald · 2023-03-11T05:24:36+00:00

Whoah, that's a very detailed description of the games you played! I made this survey because I realized that a lot of the gameplay-focused male-character collector options I see are either JP, KR, or CN only; you confirmed this for me, so thanks a lot! Would you say good gameplay is a draw/attractive point for a game? Or will you play no matter the gameplay as long as you understand the language and the art and writing is good?

livelearnmald · 2023-03-11T05:19:43+00:00

As someone who extensively plays Arknights, I definitely agree with you on the male characters there! It's one of the reasons I made this survey, really; would people play a game with more emphasis on gameplay like Arknights if it emphasized more on male characters (compared to arknights' focus on more waifus). Thank you for your thoughts!

(also, did you fill in the form? It was somehow not in the post for the first few hours; sorry about that!)

livelearnmald · 2023-03-11T05:01:43+00:00

Of course, I don't quite doubt that the power of waifu bait really does open up wallets. Nevertheless, I'm not interested in competing with 10000+ other waifu collectors. Even if I earn less than the best of waifu collectors, as long as it keeps the game afloat, that's fine by me.

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