Yapper Series: Ryan Wiemeyer with Gaming After Dark: The How and Why of Adult Only Games
Sat Sep 21, 2024 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Chicago Game Lab, 60618
Description
For our fourth yapper we are excited to welcome Ryan Wiemeyer!! Please note this is an 18+ talk!
Are you curious about the "adult-only" side of game development? Why is Steam's front page littered with smut? What do you need to consider when making an adult game? Will the platforms promote or even allow your game? Will your friends shun you? Is "smut" a forbidden realm relegated only to the most depraved of our society? Or can expressing the more sensual side of the human experience be a noble (or profitable) pursuit?
Be regaled with the research, prep and development of the beloved and tantalizing: Max Gentlemen Sexy Business! A game created with the pillars of inclusivity, consent, accessibility and most importantly positive representation of adult relationships.
About Ryan:
Indie darling and occasional hat wearer Ryan Wiemeyer (he/him) is a self-proclaimed pillar of the Chicago indie community. Involved in the formation of many groups such as Indie City, Bit Bash, and much more; he served his time with the community and now focuses on making games in a shed in the woods. Against all odds he's made two profitable and beloved indie games, Organ Trail and Max Gentlemen Sexy Business! He's enviably talented, indisputably handsome, and humble to boot. But can he succeed at his greatest challenge yet? Keeping the attention of a room full of peers while talking about naked fictional characters?!? Yes. I can. I mean... *he* can. An objective third party wrote this... now get out of my shed!
Location
Chicago Game Lab, 60618