First off, I hope everyone enjoyed happy and safe holidays, and a good start into the new year. I was planning on drawing a themed picture, but a hand injury, nasty cold and the usual christmas stress got to me I'm afraid. Don't worry though, I've more or less all healed up. Anyway, on to the topic in the title of this journal:
I've picked up DiD Games's
Bonds, and while I'm not through the whole story yet, I can already confidently say that it's great. The art and audio are great, the story is adorable and Session Mode is a neat dress up...I would say mini game, but it's honestly too expansive to be called that. So while I doubt you haven't heard of it if you're watching me, I definitely recommend this game if you can spare the cash!
So while I'm still not through Bonds I was wondering if there are any other bondage or BDSM themed visual novels/dating sims to be found. The only thing quick googling turned up that isn't a simple hentai game with little story and even less choice is
Ladykiller in a Bind. And even there, the bondage part seems to take a backseat, at least with the choices I made (though I'm also not done with it yet, so I may be in for a surprise), though the story and characters are interesting. There is so much potential exploring different angles from a more lighthearted and playful little dose of kinks to a full-blown D/s relationship, themes of trust, self-exploration, stereotypes, shame...so while understandable, since the market would probably be quite small, it's honestly a shame there's not more of it. So, to get to the point, does anyone know a game like that? Especially a dominant protagonist would be interesting, but I'm curious about games exploring the other side as well. I'm honestly half tempted to look into developing one myself, if my track record with big projects weren't...well, abysmal...