Thank you for the response. I went ahead and supported the Patreon now to try out that demo, and I have some additional thoughts from that to share, as I think there were things that were a major step in a good direction in providing content that real life BDSMers can enjoy. I've only got a Cardboard streaming to my phone until my Rift gets here, but it's a very solid VR experience. I also appreciate the comment that you can't satisfy everyone in one session, which is perhaps the beauty of module-ized content, in including different fetishes and kinks. Not everything needs to be everyone's ideal, but I understand that the merit the time to be created, it needs to have wide appeal.
I'd clarify to say that I don't find anything you're producing "boring" by any means, as it's by far the best looking adult VR content I've seen. I've only got my PC streaming to my Cardboard until my consumer Rift arrives, but this is good stuff. I wouldn't have written so much feedback if I didn't like what you were doing and want it to be as great as possible! If I sounded rude at all, I do apologize; I'm just very excited about what you're doing, and want to see it be something that anyone, regardless of their experience level in BDSM, can enjoy. I'm also that I'm not suggesting you go for hardcore BDSM.
What also doesn't reduce mass appeal to a product designed to make you feel dominated are things that work to establish some sort of power exchange or dynamic. Dynamic is the word BDSMers often use to describe a BDSM relationship, I.E, the dynamic of power shared between a Dom and sub. This is the thing that people that practice the D/s component of BDSM require, and while it takes different forms and it is of course impossible to represent each, it is possible to represent exchange of power, which is universal and inherent in the definition of domination.
Of course hardcore, fetish-heavy BDSM reduces mass appeal. There are, again, certain kink practices that are so popular that they are enjoyed by so many practitioners, and vanilla folks as well in different ways, that you're in a (sometimes unfortunately rejected) minority group in the BDSM community if you're not into them. These are mostly the practices right in the word, being bondage, sadism and masochism.
-You're clearly including lots of bondage, which never reduces mass appeal considering that upwards of 45% of all couples in or outside of the BDSM community practice bondage. Collars, leashes ect. are also extremely popular.
-Sadism and masochism don't exclusively refer to pain; light humiliation, emotional enjoyment from a sadist at a bottoms helplessness, ect. are also this, and extraordinarily common, again, even in vanilla relationships.
-*What is not popular with everyone* would be specific name calling--some people enjoy being called a bitch, for example, others are turned off. "Good boy," "Good slave," and other endearing words though are pretty safe for mass appeal.
-Spanking and light pain are also extremely popular in vanilla and BDSM, and run no real danger of reducing appeal.
-It also looks like you're including strap ons based on the Patreon trailer, which are also extremely popular, but perhaps *less* universal than humiliation and pain. (That said, I certainly do hope you include strapons content, but based on the statistics it's much more niche than humiliation or pain).
What I enjoyed in the Patreon demo that wasn't part of the Public Demo:
- Voice over lines like with teasing pity, "poor you, all you can do is look" "Good boy," "helpless" ect. are a strong positive. This falls under light humiliation for some, simple dirty talking for others, depending on their experience level. But what it's actually showing is enjoyment from the domme at your helplessness--sadism. Combine things like this with some of the binaural beats and submission inspiring hypnosis and you've got something teasing, lightly humiliating and solid. I hope to see more active enjoyment from the top in future experiences, as their sadistic pleasure at your discomfort, difficulty being teased, ect. is a form of masochism. It also just makes the dommes seem more alive to actually be exhibiting pleasure at toying with you.
-"Eat me out *like you did before*." The "like you did before" subtlety implies past service. Referring to past things, if they happened or not, isn't only a good writing tool, but works here to establish that you've served her before and that there's an ongoing exchange of power.
-Servicing her before you get any pleasure feels like submission much more than just being tied down and teased relentlessly. Again, this isn't kinky inherently on its own, but with other thngs at work like teasing dialog, light humiliation, enjoyment from your difficulty ect. it's kink, and even a dynamic of power exchange.
-Being made to cum on yourself, vs. all over the domme, is humiliating. I'd definitely like to see more of this new the future. While there's nothing un-dominant about getting cum on you, it is still an additional layer for humiliation and enjoyment if you're in strict bondage and have been being teased for ages. Again, cum eating is also probably more popular than strapons, but I don't know if it fits your theme. Ending up with cum all over yourself is fun to make you feel a little humiliated and dirty though, haha.
Again, I'm very excited about this simulation, and just want to see it be all it can be. Making a dynamic doesn't need to be flashy or reduce appeal. Other simple things like walking where told ala the public demo can be used to establish submission.
I suppose to summarize, if I wanted to describe my dream for a kink VR sim that still has mass appeal, it would include:
-Teasing, edging, ect. Checked.
-Bondage. Checked.
-At least light humiliation. (Seems to be a possibility from the Patreon demo, in some ways at least?)
-And actual power exchange, not just sex (Seems to be trending upwards from the Patreon demo? You could also use hypnosis not just for arousal, but for domination).
-Light pain.
-Strapons anal and orally (Seems like at least one of those two will happen?)
-Dommes that enjoy your discomfort/difficulty/helplessness/ect in a enthusiastic and real way. (I felt this was much closer to being established in the Patreon demo.)
Again, thank you, and I appreciate willingness to at least meditate on feedback received.
