Gate Noire

I'm super stoked to see where this goes, godspeed!

is this game actually real or fake

It appears a  error mensage:

LowLevelFatalError [File:D:\build\++UE5\Sync\Engine\Source\Runtime\RHI\Private\PipelineStateCache.cpp] [Line: 348] 

Shader compilation failures are Fatal.

Crash in runnable thread Background Worker #3

What is wrong about?

its a bit raw but playable and can get very good.

keep on working on it. :)

From the little I played, looks like a good start.

Unfortunately my old 3770k isn't enough CPU to handle this. (yep it's very old, but can handle most newer games including Cyberpunk 2077 and Baldur's Gate 3.) You might want to put some recommended specs on the main page and your website.

Good luck :)

Frankly, we have no idea why we got absolute zero support from the community so far. We are pure techs, with proudly no marketing

I shall rise to the challenge and give you some feedback. I might not be marketing nor pure tech, but I do be a gamer. That plays lewd indie games, that is.

Wall of text incoming. But I have time while waiting for download to finish.......

People do not understand what you created and your game pitch reads like a scam pitch. Too good to be true. And too much stuff that will not even fly with AAA non porn games released on major platforms. Also, itch is not a platform to gain a fellowship out of nothing. That takes years. You have an adult game and would need word of mouth and there ain't such a thing on itch. You will not get promoted on page 1 or things like that. They do not do that with adult games. You can be found via tags, and your tags are not good. You can be found with related games, but that will take three months or so, to activate. You can be found via google from outside. But with your tech garble, people looking for lewd games might not be directed to that game.

If you wanna do zero effort marketing, post some gameplay naughties on actual porn sites.

I only found you, because I specifically looked for the combination of unreal and adult games. You might have heard about the unity situation.

Further deterring is system requirements and file size. Most indie games here run on a toaster. Also, you used a bad word in the beginning paragraph. AI is hated here. And people are stupid and do not understand, that you probably might have meant a different kind of AI stuff. Or maybe you didn't.

Did I mention your tags are lacking? You are on itch. Tagging indie is like tagging game. Adult and Erotic is the same. True multiplayer adult games on itch (and in generall) are so rare, that singleplayer is no information, also your pitch dreams of multiplayer. You could also tag straight, that would be just as helpful. And I suspect that mind-bending does not mean in the adult context, what you maybe thought it meant. Or maybe it does and it is the content of the game, if you meant that with those "favors". 

You talk lots about what the game is supposed to be, but not what it is. Like, story, protagonist, type of game play and such. If there is character customization, brag about it. The tiny fluff about that corp is hidden in the uninteresting promises what you might want to do with the game. Nice. But that overwhelms players, if you lead with it. Maybe start at the beginning and leave the hopes for the future to end of the description, after you lured the players to read into the fluff and wanting to see what is there already. Otherwise, they might think, cool, I shall have a look in a few years when there is actually something to play.

I hope there is something to see, the download is finished soon.

If I remember correctly, there are some real adult multiplayer games on itch. Or at least a plug for them. Those games that advertise everywhere and have microtransactions. To me they are a bit shady, so that might also be a reason, why people shy away from your pitch. Plus the download size - for a demo.

I know the engines can do real time nude stuff, but games around this, are rather rare. So there is a nieche. But if you can't play it on a phone or a cheap tablet, you lose those players. But on the other hand, I suspect those are the players that would not support the game anyways.

Finally. Oh, how nice, the cute indie game made by people I do not know want's to install system files. Yeah. Not going to happen anytime soon. Sigh. This is user level stuff, why thinks Windows it has to restart, just because some libraries have been installed? And it does only think that. Game runs, after installing redist from official source. I wonder why no app in the last years has demanded higher redist versions of c++ sooner.

Text too small to read. How do I leave the keybinding menu. Do I really need to restart my system, or is this a bug. Do not see a button and escape does not work.

You really should brag about character-customization and gender selection. The customization should be a tag even.

Ahh. In the game there is return button in key binding. Below the bindings. In start screen that one was missing or out of frame.

There is dress up elements. Camera swiveling immedatly disturbs view of character. And now it does not swivel anymore. No idea what I did. Seems to be tied to the location. Very odd and confusing.

Tube elevators! Put those in an animated screenshot and brag about the customized character swooshing up and down in one of those. Those are cool.

Ohhh. You have to actually select a quest, to get those nav arrows. Now that is valuable starting information.

I am gonna call it quits for now. Current verdict, there is enough framework for questing and doing adventure stuff. I am not sure, where the game is headed on the lewd side, as I did not encounter any yet. I was promised an orgy by the cultists, though. But just running around doing silly things, questing and having lewd stuff happen would be a good start. Lewd sandbox games are fun, for those seeking game play. There are enough linear visual novels.

tl;dr the game description does not do justice to the actual game. from the description i expect vapor ware. the game i downloaded had a solid sandbox basis and i did not even encounter the lewd stuff yet, besides my custom character being able to undress.

Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to VR support!