I have committed to a journey to create fun and exciting games. In my free time I like to think about cool new gameplay mechanics that I could try for future games. When I was playing Queen's Brothel 0.13.4, I felt like I was on the right path. The girl's skills are cool and interesting, but I found myself prioritizing Suki's skills because it was fun to click her 'Finger' ability. It's like I, the player, am doing that. There was no auto-battle. There was no buffs. It was an immediate, "I pressed the button to arouse the client."

I Did That

My first epiphany was when I pressed Suki's 'Finger' ability. I was having fun because I caused the client's arousal to go up and I was in control of what Suki was doing. Perhaps the very first rule of game design, being in control of the character. My second epiphany I had was when I added a sound effect to Suki's 'Spit' ability. Now, I have a button that has an immediate effect in-game and has a satisfying sound effect. The final epiphany I had was when I changed the fucking noises to be synced with the animation. Ball slap noises were now synced with the animation and it felt good to see the animation play out during battles. I now knew that when I hear the sound effect, that's when the client was actually aroused.

I did that. I pressed the button and things happened. No auto-battling. My next step was to remove auto-fucking and replace it with a 'Fuck' button. I wanted every girl to have the same feeling I had when I used Suki's 'Finger' ability. After my first shitty prototype, Queen's Brothel started to feel good. At this point, everything was horribly balanced, but I knew that this is a fun direction I have to keep going with.

Testing

The first beta test I did was very rough. Lots of fucking. Lots of clicking involved and you only had one skill for the girls, skills that didn't feel good to press yet. The feedback I received was that there was just too much fucking. It might be fun to click to have sex, but not when your fingers hurt from clicking.

I think I learned something really important during the second phase of beta testing. The way the game feels is dependant on MANY factors. If something feels too strong, you don't have to nerf it, you can change other aspects. The fuck button still felt good to press. People suggested I change it to a toggleable action, but I chose to re-implement auto-fucking along with having a fuck button for manual fucking. To keep it balanced, I changed how much arousal you gain per fuck and I completely shot the girl's stamina stat so that you shouldn't spam unless you 100% need to.

Overpowered Abilities

In an effort to balance the game, I realized that a balanced game is no fun. We need some crazy shit because it feels good. Why do people relate to certain classes in video games? They like their play-style because it feels the overpowered to them. I like to play necromancer classes in video games because I think it's OP to have my minions slaughter everything while I stand there. My friends like assassin classes because they like to one-shot enemies.

Queen

Queen's best stat is her mouth. The blowjob queen. Her regular ability has always been good, it's "Kiss". It's fun to press, it arouses the client. All I did to balance this was make it do more damage than her regular blowjob fuck. This skill is great because it makes sense in every position. Queen kissing you will arouse you no matter how you're fucking her.

Queen's ultimate is "Face Fuck". Her old ability was "Makeout" which was a buff where she would constantly inflict blowjob arousal to the clients, but I wanted to give her something that felt good to press. I was trying to find a way to implement some kind of kissing type move, but she already has the kiss ability. I ended up saying, fuck it, and I said I'm going to force the client to switch to her mouth. No matter what body part they're fucking, the client will switch to her mouth because they want it.

I did not like the idea of a buff that only switched the client's preferred body part to mouth. I wanted to make the ultimate feel better so I locked the player in. If you use Queen's ultimate, you can't do anything else for 5 seconds. In those 5 seconds, I'll raise the fuck rate so the client fuck's Queen quickly. And then, you can get back to playing the game. Feels good to press. Feels like an adrenaline hit. Feels like the client is fucking her, but gets really horny and grabs her head to fuck her face for a second.

Suki

Suki was difficult to create abilities for because I had basically taken her existing moves and replaced them with the fuck button. I don't want the player spamming Suki moves, she's already got the fuck button and she has low stamina. I gave Suki a modified version of the "Spit" ability where the player can press it and watch Suki fuck the client quickly for a second. Similar to Queen's "Face Fuck" ability, but faster. It's not spammable because Suki's stamina is low, but it feels good to press because it's a mini-break the player can take. Relying on Suki to clean up the clients, just like she does in the story.

Suki's ultimate was difficult to create because I thought it was really difficult for Suki to bring arousal to 100% alone because her stamina is so low. And then I thought, well fuck that, she'll be a girl that can use her ultimate without being at 100%. She's fast, she's chaotic. 50% arousal seemed like a good balance. Now, I wanted to her to have a one-shot. I thought of the "Slap Ass" move. An ability that feels good when you press it because you hear a slap sound and does a bunch of arousal. In combination to being able to use it twice. Suki now fucks you, spits on your cock to fuck you faster, and lets you slap her ass.

Esxea

Esxea was difficult to balance because her abilities were TOO overpowered! I gave her a gangbang ability so she could have sex with everyone at the same time and then I gave her a bukkake ability where the guys cum on her 3 times! That's infinite stamina and arousal! She can fuck everyone forever! This is where that important lesson from before came in. Esxea's moves were overpowered, but I don't need to change them to fix her. I want her to gangbang everyone, I want her to get bukkake'd. Those are cool unique skills.

I changed Esxea's recovery speed and stamina. MUCH smaller stamina so you can't spam fuck her, but you can! She recovers stamina very quickly. This just prevents a player from literally spamming, but they're also forced to fuck quickly. It does not feel good when you see her stamina reach 100% and you're pressing the fuck button. The player notices that she can be fucked more quickly without any repercussions so they click faster. The final change to balance this was to make the cum eating ability have a cooldown. Yeah, you can fuck really fast with Esxea, but now you can't chug the bukkake cum for infinite stamina. The skills were fine, I just changed the stuff around the skills.

I've always wanted Esxea to have some ability to make her feel like she can fuck forever. A fun little sex toy. But, it turns out I achieved that in a different way. Esxea is not faster than the other girls, she's reliant on the player pressing the fuck button quickly. Esxea is chosen when the player needs a quick fuck and then the player switches to another character. I think Esxea herself is the sex toy ability.

Scarlett

I remember when I was working on Scarlett I would have my mind set on femdom. Stepping on clients, spitting on them, whipping them. Her skills clicked when I remembered what she did in her story. Lust. Scarlett stands around and looks pretty because she knows she's hot and that everyone wants to fuck her. At first, her Lust skill would raise the girl's arousal by 50%, because I thought it was just way too overpowered to raise it by 50%. And then I played the game and realized it's not actually like super strong. It's a nice boost, and pairs with Suki's ultimate, but it's not like game-breaking. So let's make it stronger. I raised it to 100% and raised the cooldown to balance. Scarlett now has the ability to guarantee an ultimate every 25 seconds. This is the equivalent of Scarlett walking into the room and everyone getting a boner.

Scarlett's regular skill feels like an ultimate. It's just so strong to have her be able to bring arousal to 100%. It was tough to figure out an ultimate for her, but I chose "Charm". Charm is a skill that heavily increases her body part stats. Scarlett, alone, is a bad character. She's weak and has low stamina recovery. She doesn't want to have sex. Her Lust skill is actually a decoy. She want to raise the arousal to 100% so that you go to a different girl and use her ultimate instead. If she must, Scarlett will have sex with the clients. Scarlett's charm makes her a very very good character to use in battles. She is the strongest girl on the team for every body part once her ultimate is activated. She will shred through each client when you press the fuck button quickly. And that's where she needs to be balanced. When I fixed Esxea from being a cum monster, I also fixed Scarlett. Not able to drink cum for infinite stamina anymore, and she doesn't want to fuck for a long time, and she's the hardest hitter on the team. That's Scarlett.

Ardura

I've wanted Ardura to be a tank with an enrage ability for a long time. Ardura's regular skill is "Choke". I was trying to think of a fuck type move that feels better to use, but that's pretty much Suki and I don't want to copy her. I like the idea of Ardura choking someone so I kept going with it. I thought, well if she's choking someone I want it to be like the client is holding their breath. The Choke ability is no good alone, you have to keep using it to increase arousal. It's completely dependent on how much stamina Ardura has, which I picture is the client's breath. If Ardura has enough stamina, you can spam the choke button to arouse the client, but very quickly you'll have to stop to breathe. I wouldn't consider this the most fun ability to use so hopefully I can make it feel better in the future.

Ardura's ultimate is "Enrage". It increases every girl's attack rate by 70%. No need to press the fuck button, the girls are moving fast! This skill is great because you can switch girls to pick the perfect girl for the job. This skill is also great because Ardura is pretty strong alone. She's not the perfect pick for every body part, but she dominates the anal body part. Ardura also has the most stamina out of the girls so you can spam the fuck button on her which will lead into her ultimate which makes her fuck quickly. Personally, I don't think this makes her feel fast, I think this makes her feel strong and reliable. She is a tank, she can fuck for a long time and quickly! But she's not going to one-shot everyone like the other girls do.

Ardura's skills and stats match her personality because she's on a mission to take your cum. There is no time to waste, give her what she wants. Ardura is fast and has enough stamina to move quickly. Everytime you use Ardura in a battle, it feels like you're trying your hardest to extract the cum from the client. Watching Ardura fuck them as fast as she can, even if she does not arouse as quickly as the other girls.

Natasha

I have not started working on Natasha yet, but I think she should be a support class that encourages combos with the other girls. Her ability to use magic is a good way to create some kind of strong buff instead of a one-shot ability.

Combos

For half of the game, you're pretty much picking girls depending on what body part the client wants. This changes once you unlock Scarlett because now you have the ability to raise your arousal to 100%. Suki + Scarlett is a good damage dealing combo. Raise arousal to 100%, spit twice, change to Scarlett, Lust, switch to Suki, spit twice. Scarlett and Queen for massive blowjob arousal.

Once you unlock Ardura, you have speed. Enrage combos with every girl. Enrage + Scarlett Lust. Enrage + Scarlett ultimate makes her unstoppable for 10 seconds. Enrage + Suki spit makes her a fucking machine. Enrage + Queen ultimate makes her the blowjob master.

What ended up happening after I created these skills, is that I finally found a good reason to play as a team. In every other iteration of Queen's Brothel I would just pick one girl, but now I had fun maximizing how fast the girls were fucking or how quickly I can make a client cum. It's fun!

Conclusion

I hope you guys like the new mechanics. This wasn't just some random impulse, it has been marinating in my brain for months. Constantly thinking of ways to make games fun and then finally acting on a good idea. You could say adult games are all about the adult part of the game, but that doesn't help push the meta forward. I'm here to make a game that is fun at doing both. I'm looking forward to making more games in the future.