Dating Sim open post ideas (via helperanon)

[foundparadise]

Royal/Fantasy

Protag: Suitor is a lord or lady of repute from a neighboring kingdom or something. Cast List: King/Queen (adulterous or widowed) Prince / Princess Wizard / Sorceress Lady-in-waiting / knight Chamber maid / Stable boy Peasant girl / Huntsman Minstrel King's Fool Background setting: castle + courtyard + gardens + surrounding village + possibly forest

School

Protag: new student or faculty member adjusting to new school Cast: Art student / Nerd Goth kid Cheerleader Jock / Athlete Principal Class Clown Rebel (without a cause) Coach Counselor Setting: high school grounds + sports areas

Western

Protag: ?? Cast list: Bandit queen / Robber baron Oil tycoon / New-Money widow Desperado / Cowboy Dance hall dancer Prospector Bar keep Socialite / Gentleman from out East Setting: boom town, saloons, gambling halls, dusty streets, rickety hotels / taverns

Horror

Setup: Strange new family has moved into the spooky house next door, protag hopes to discover their secret(s). Cast list: Ghost Vampire Werewolf Japanese demon Incubus / Succubus Demi god of some kind Setting: spooky house, regular neighborhood, protag's house

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one more time {ooc info + text box; made some changes}

[helperanon]

Premise
The Love Hotel would like to present to you a little something for all those lonely hearts out there. Ubiquitously known as TLH: The Dating Sim, this program can be found on any of the computers around the hotel. For those too shy to be seen playing publicly, a laptop with the appropriate software can be delivered to their room. Expect the campy, the corny, the stereotypical: this is a dating sim after all. You may find as you play though you recognize the people playing the character you’re attempting to woo. And that’s no accident; the Hotel has used AI profiles of all its guests to build its character database! Beware, though, this game is probably more immersive than you’re used to; you may even forget you're just playing a game in the first place!

BEFORE YOU START…

1. In your subject line, please indicate your character’s name, fandom, and gender preferences!


2. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR COMMENT EMPTY. Empty comments will be deleted. What do you need to put in your comment?




i. Which setting you want to play.

ii. Whether or not you want to play with cheat codes on (see below)

iii. Some kind of yes/no permissions or kink list.


Please feel free to use the following code in your post to help with this, or feel free to make your own:

INSERT CODE BOX HERE BLAH BLAH

HOW TO PLAY…

1. Tag into each other’s posts. The person creating the original post defaults to protagonist unless stated otherwise! Feel free to be creative with the opening scenarios and cast list: these are suggestions to help you, not a set of commandments from on high. Note: By default, you will start at the beginning. If you and your partner are both up for it, you can always choose the LOAD option and pick up mid-game or at the end from your last save point.


2. The goal of a dating sim is to get to that very sexy, sexy end. However it’s not a guarantee, and as an homage to the genre, we’ve tried to keep in line with that! Every few posts, the person playing the cast member should create a “flag post.” This is a tag which seems normal but at the end gives the protagonist a list of two to four choices to pick from for reactions, making it an exciting, choose-your-own-adventure game that will advance or regress the relationship of the characters depending on the appropriateness of the action! So what happens when the protagonist picks an option?




a. Pick the “good” answer: get a heart on the cast member’s meter! ❤ (We recommend putting these in the cast member’s subject line to keep track of.) As you get more hearts, your target should become more affectionate (albeit in their own unique way).

b. Pick the “neutral” answer: nothing special happens, and the game continues as usual.

c. Pick the “bad” answer: Lose a heart, or enter the ☠ zone, which is a little lot like the friend zone, only worse. (Again, we recommend copying this symbol in the cast member’s subject line.)




After a “flag” post, it’s generally a good idea to wrap up the particular “scene”with another short tag or two and do a time skip to another interaction with the character for more realistic relationship development.




If you hit 4 hearts, congratulations! You’ve maxed out the luuuv meter and you trigger the super sexy game content.




But wait! What if I have multiple crossbones? Or I just can’t seem to get there? Or what if I just can’t be bothered to go through all that work for my smut?

CHEAT CODES
Everybody knows there’s always certain glitches or Easter eggs included in games that let you do things that the creators didn’t necessarily have (officially) planned. The Love Hotel’s Dating Sim is no different, and someone has been so kind as to leave you a list of possible codes. The following codes can be entered in at any time (with your partner’s permission) to trigger the following:

• ♋SMUTTALICIOUS♋: The simplest of the codes , this one just skips you straight to a sex scene.
• ♋SMUTTALICIOUS SQUARED♋: You thought four hearts was maxed out? Try sixteen. This code acts as a heavy aphro option, just in case you want your partner to be super head-over-heels for you.
• ♋NEVER SAY NEVER♋: Triggers a smut scene too but with the difference that this scene is one outside the cast member’s usual comfort zone! Ex: A stoic character brings you to a bed strewn with rose petals and candles. IMPORTANT NOTE: This is not an excuse to do something outside your roleplay partner’s comfort zone. Please be open and honest and respectful of one another here!!
• ♋I HATE YOU BUT I LOVE YOU♋: This cheat code triggers both ‘dislike’ and a smut scene. Hatesex for the win!
• ♋IT’S COMPLICATED: Wrong answers earn you a skull and right answers earn you a heart, but they all stack together. Warning: May make for some very hot, but very confusing, sex.
• ♋FISH OUT OF WATER♋: Ever want to find out how a housewife of modern-day suburbia would take to being in a horror setting? The future? The wild west? For the lulz, lift your wooing partner out of their proper setting and into one of your choice.
• ♋HARDER AND LONGER BABY!♋: For the more experienced gamer, start the game off with your character in the negative zone earning half the hearts for each correct answer.
• ♋DOUBLE OR NOTHING♋: For those experienced gamers who just can’t be satisfied by one partner, try for two!
• ♋CODENAME COCKBLOCK♋: Perhaps you’ve maxed out all those hearts, but for some reason you’d like the PG-13 ending instead. We can do that, too!

CREDITS & OTHER

• As always, be good to each other. Respect those kink lists and preferences!
• DO NOT LEAVE YOUR POST BLANK. Blank posts will be deleted. Please see “before you start” for advised content.
• Major thanks and credit for the original code and idea goes out to Neko at superfluousaccount. Thank you for allowing us to adapt this into an open post at TLH for everyone to use. Without you this would not have happened.
• Neko’s original code and ideas have been revamped by paradisefound and helperanon.This Open Post was designed for use at the_love_hotel.
• PLEASE DO NOT REPOST THIS OPEN POST WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION. We’ll be happy to share and adjust this post for use at other communities, but we want to have creative control here.


<b><center>Premise</b></center> The Love Hotel would like to present to you a little something for all those lonely hearts out there. Ubiquitously known as TLH: The Dating Sim, this program can be found on any of the computers around the hotel. For those too shy to be seen playing publicly, a laptop with the appropriate software can be delivered to their room. Expect the campy, the corny, the stereotypical: this is a dating sim after all. You may find as you play though you <i>recognize</i> the people playing the character you’re attempting to woo. And that’s no accident; the Hotel has used AI profiles of all its guests to build its character database! Beware, though, this game is probably more immersive than you’re used to; you may even forget you're just playing a game in the first place! <b><center>BEFORE YOU START…</b></center> <ol> <li>In your subject line, please indicate your character’s name, fandom, and gender preferences!</li> <li><b>DO NOT LEAVE YOUR COMMENT EMPTY.</b> Empty comments will be deleted. What do you need to put in your comment? </li><dl></div> <dt>i. Which setting you want to play.</dt><dt>ii. Whether or not you want to play with cheat codes on (see below)</dt><dt>iii. Some kind of yes/no permissions or kink list.</dt> Please feel free to use the following code in your post to help with this, or feel free to make your own: <center>INSERT CODE BOX HERE BLAH BLAH</center> </ol><b><center> HOW TO PLAY…</b></center> <ol><li>Tag into each other’s posts. The person creating the original post defaults to protagonist unless stated otherwise! Feel free to be creative with the opening scenarios and cast list: these are suggestions to help you, not a set of commandments from on high. <b>Note</b>: By default, you will start at the beginning. If you and your partner are both up for it, you can always choose the <b>LOAD </b> option and pick up mid-game or at the end from your last save point.</li> <li>The goal of a dating sim is to get to that very sexy, sexy end. However it’s not a guarantee, and as an homage to the genre, we’ve tried to keep in line with that! Every few posts, the person playing the cast member should create a “flag post.” This is a tag which seems normal but at the end gives the protagonist a list of two to four choices to pick from for reactions, making it an exciting, choose-your-own-adventure game that will advance or regress the relationship of the characters depending on the appropriateness of the action! So what happens when the protagonist picks an option?</li><dl> <dt>a. Pick the “good” answer: get a heart on the cast member’s meter! ❤ (We recommend putting these in the cast member’s subject line to keep track of.) As you get more hearts, your target should become more affectionate (albeit in their own unique way).</dt><dt>b. Pick the “neutral” answer: nothing special happens, and the game continues as usual. </dt><dt>c. Pick the “bad” answer: Lose a heart, or enter the ☠ zone, which is an awful lot like the friend zone, only less pleasant. (Again, we recommend copying this symbol in the cast member’s subject line.) </dt> <li>After a “flag” post, it’s generally a good idea to wrap up the particular “scene”with another short tag or two and do a time skip to another interaction with the character for more realistic relationship development.</li> <li>If you hit 4 hearts, congratulations! You’ve maxed out the luuuv meter and you trigger the super sexy game content. </li> <li>But wait! What if I have multiple crossbones? Or I just can’t seem to get there? Or what if I just can’t be bothered to go through all that work for my smut?</li></ol> <b><center>CHEAT CODES</b></center> Everybody knows there’s always certain glitches or Easter eggs included in games that let you do things that the creators didn’t necessarily have (officially) planned. The Love Hotel’s Dating Sim is no different, and someone has been so kind as to leave you a list of possible codes. The following codes can be entered in at any time (with your partner’s permission) to trigger the following: <ul><li><b>♋SMUTTALICIOUS♋</b>: The simplest of the codes , this one just skips you straight to a sex scene. </li><li><b>♋SMUTTALICIOUS SQUARED♋</b>: You thought four hearts was maxed out? Try sixteen. This code acts as a heavy aphro option, just in case you want your partner to be super head-over-heels for you.</li><li><b>♋NEVER SAY NEVER♋</b>: Triggers a smut scene too <i>but</i> with the difference that this scene is one outside the cast member’s usual comfort zone! Ex: A stoic character brings you to a bed strewn with rose petals and candles. <b>IMPORTANT NOTE:</b> This is not an excuse to do something outside your roleplay partner’s comfort zone. Please be open and honest and respectful of one another here!!</li><li><b>♋I HATE YOU BUT I LOVE YOU♋</b>: This cheat code triggers both ‘dislike’ and a smut scene. Hatesex for the win!</li><li><b>♋IT’S COMPLICATED</b>: Wrong answers earn you a skull and right answers earn you a heart, but they all stack together. Warning: May make for some very hot, but very confusing, sex.</li><li><b>♋FISH OUT OF WATER♋</b>: Ever want to find out how a housewife of modern-day suburbia would take to being in a horror setting? The future? The wild west? For the lulz, lift your wooing partner out of their proper setting and into one of your choice.</li><li><b>♋HARDER AND LONGER BABY!♋</b>: For the more experienced gamer, start the game off with your character in the negative zone earning half the hearts for each correct answer.</li><li><b>♋DOUBLE OR NOTHING♋</b>: For those experienced gamers who just can’t be satisfied by one partner, try for two!</li><li><b>♋CODENAME COCKBLOCK♋</b>: Perhaps you’ve maxed out all those hearts, but for some reason you’d like the PG-13 ending instead. We can do that, too!</li> <b><center>CREDITS & OTHER</b></center> <ul><li> As always, be good to each other. Respect those kink lists and preferences!</li><li><b>DO NOT LEAVE YOUR POST BLANK.</b> Blank posts will be deleted. Please see “before you start” for advised content.</li><li>Major thanks and credit for the original code and idea goes out to Neko at <user name="superfluousaccount">. Thank you for allowing us to adapt this into an open post at TLH for everyone to use. Without you this would not have happened.</li><li>Neko’s original code and ideas have been revamped by <user name=paradisefound> and <user name=helperanon>.This Open Post was designed for use at <user name=the_love_hotel>. <li><b><u>PLEASE DO NOT REPOST THIS OPEN POST WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION.</b></u> We’ll be happy to share and adjust this post for use at other communities, but we want to have creative control here. </li></ul>

[helperanon]

...except for the unorganized lists appearing in bold for reasons beyond my comprehension, I think this is.... exactly what we want. I hope. /expires