Hey guys!

It feels like it’s been forever ago that we posted the DevLog discussing NSFW content going forward in our game. We received quite a few responses - more than we actually expected! 

Nice. 

Before I get into the survey results, our artist, ChellayTiger, has to announce that the Bara Audience Survey he's hosting is going to end on August 7th. If you haven't already, please take it as it provides wonderful data for us bara creators!

Anyways, the team and I felt it was finally time we broke down some of the responses we got and elaborated on what we’re taking note of and what we’re not going to include. I’ll be running through the questions in order, starting with our first question. 

What NSFW scenes would you like to see in Dwarven Destiny? Be as specific as you want, however, please include stuff like kinks (if you have any), sex positions (Doggy Style, Cowboy Style, Missionary), and what body parts to focus on.

This was the big question, honestly. We weren’t exactly sure what people expected out of this game that started as more of a cutesy dating sim, but this list was rather eye-opening. I’ll start by discussing some of the positions that were suggested. 

There were some more “basic” responses we received. Requests for doggy style, missionary, anal, oral, etc. These definitely will be included. 

We received a few we hadn’t heard of before though. Prone bone is the main one. After looking at some art and references of it though, it does seem kind of hot. If there’s a place to work it in - or any other position that was requested - we will try our best. 

As for kinks and fetishes though, we received a relatively wide variety. By far, Musk and Nipple Play were our most popular requests and both are things that all the writers are interested in enough to include. 

Next up was Domination. While it’s not applicable to every single love interest, it is something that can fit within some characters' routes. Therefore, we will be including Domination. 

We got quite a lot of requests for Body Worship, or requests for parts of the body to play with. Stuff like Armpits, Belly Play, Feet, etc. The writers have varying opinions on them but if we feel it fits a scene, we will try our best to at least include one scene with them. 

After Body Worship, Watersports was our most common request. None of our writers are into watersports unfortunately but if we could find a natural spot for it, it’s not something we’re exactly opposed to including. 

We received a request to have Toys, which I will be taking upon myself to include with one of my characters. ;) Consider this a spoiler for those who are willing to actually read all of this. 

Sounding is a kink that some of us are slightly uncomfortable with. Not that it’s something to be ashamed of by any means, it’s just not something the team exactly enjoys. 

Pec Fucking is hot. I will try to find a natural fit for it.  That is all. 

While we have more stuff we’re going to be including in the full game, this is all I really want to discuss currently. I am sorry if we don’t end up using a fetish or kink that you have, but we do really and truly appreciate all the suggestions. It helps us gauge our audience and we really do want to please you guys. In both ways. 

Thanks for being so understanding with this. But, moving on…

Is there any specific NSFW content you DON'T want to see?

We got a few responses to this, but most were the same thing. People explicitly did not want Scat, Gore, Sexual Assault, and more violent stuff. 

None of the writers enjoy this in the slightest so we will definitely not include this. 

That being said, a few requests from the previous question showed up as responses for this question. Watersports, Bondage, Domination, etc. I just want to reiterate that I am truly sorry if you’re not into a specific kink and we do include it. Unless it is important to them in some way, we will allow kinks to be optional. 

What NSFW scenes (even pairings), not involving the MC, would you like to see among the Dwarves?

We asked this question mostly due to our curiosity about who our fan base wanted to see interact in a lewd way. Based on previous work experience, people tend to enjoy voyeur scenes where they can watch other characters get it on. 

I don’t want to spoil any of these, but this was definitely rather eye-opening for which characters people seemed to find the most attractive. 

I will tease you guys by saying that one of the most common requests was one of the threesome routes we will be writing, which is exciting. It’s good to know you guys want it as much as we want to write it. 

Also, multiple people just wrote “orgy”. Which I find hilarious. There’s a chunk of our survey results that’s just one word over and over. 

Do you want the MC to have sex with the Dwarves as soon as possible or would you rather a long and build up to the sex? (Given a potential 14-30 day in-game play)

We asked this question to gauge when you guys wanted or expected to see NSFW content and decide when we’d include it. Due to how many options this question had, I’ll only discuss our top 3 responses. 

Almost 1/4th of the responses wanted lewd content by a week in. Honestly, it’s inspired us to go back and add some small instances of it in previous days. However, the most explicitly NSFW content for the first week will be on Day 7, so be ready for that. Don’t expect to get to fuck one of the dwarves yet, but I’m sure you will at least enjoy what we have planned. 

Our next most common was a few days into the game. Once again though, this really does only help bolster the idea of having slight hints of lewd content in the first week itself. 

And our bronze medal goes to it being a slow burn. The team feels that it might be best to have the dwarves' lewd content and availability for lewd scenes to vary. Some will be much easier to fuck than others, so to speak. Just to get that blend to attempt to make the most people happy. 

That, and it fits rather well with our planned routes anyways. 

What role do you identify the most as in sexual preferences?

Our responses showed most of our audience are bottoms. Almost half of the results were either Bottom or a Submissive Bottom. Less than 1/4th said they were top only while the rest said they were verse. 

This is a question that isn’t too important in the grand scheme of things. We only wanted to see the general makeup of the people who are playing the game. 

Dwarven Destiny Cast's sexual roles:

This was another part of the survey I was excited to see the results of. This definitely feels like a way to judge precisely what stereotypes or tropes people expect characters to fall into and it's exciting to see a wide variety of answers. At least, a wide variety for some. Some characters had almost overwhelming amounts of votes for one position, but I'll address those as I come to them. In this part, I won't spoil if you're right or not. However, we will have a separate part dedicated to spoiling the dwarves' positions and their preferred role in bed.

Panya:

19.1% of our audience voted that Panya was a Bottom with no preference for being dominant or submissive. 20.6% said that he was a True Switch. And finally, 25% said that he was a Submissive Bottom.

Having a 50% vote for him being a bottom is somewhat amusing, but I definitely understand why. Panya's attitude definitely lends to him being a bottom and his somewhat passive nature doesn't help that. 

Kellan:

13.2% of people voted for both Dominant Top and Dominant Verse, while 20.6% said Kellan was a True Switch and 22.1% just said Top.

This is an interesting one. Kellan seems to be the character that people had the most trouble truly pinning down. (Ha!) However, one thing seemed to be a reoccurring trend for him. People seem to think he's some form of Top or just enjoys being Dominant. Even beyond his top three results, Kellan has a wide variety of answers. His are probably only contested by another dwarf I'll discuss later. From his design and personality, Kellan is quite different than most other characters in the game, so I can understand the conflicting results.

Oghram:

11.6% of people voted that Orgham is a Dom Verse while 15.9% decided that he was a Top. However, almost overwhelmingly, Orgham was decided as a Dominant Top. In fact, almost half (49.3%) of people picked this option.

To me, this one is obvious as well. Oghram is a buff, commanding man. It only makes sense that most people would think of him as a Dominant Top. 

Horgath:

23.2% of people voted for Top. 26.1% voted for Dominant Top. However, 29% voted for Dominant Verse.

This is another interesting one to me. Horgath is a lot harder to figure out, in my opinion, than most of the other dwarves. He doesn't really give off many vibes that would make me think he's anything specific. Maybe that's why he was voted as verse? Other than his somewhat domineering physique though, I can't quite wrap my head around him being seen as dominant.

Arondal:

22.1% of people voted for Arondal as Verse. However, he received a 23.5% for him being a Submissive Verse and a 25% as a Submissive Bottom.

Arondal is another character who seems to have received almost consistent votes. The top three answers combined make up almost 75% of his results. Which, I find interesting as well. The player consensus seems to be that Arondal is a total Sub while a sizable portion seems to feel that Arondal is some form of Bottom. Personally, I think it's the pose. He's bent over all the time, after all. But maybe it's from carrying around that large backpack… or something else.

Lurik:

10.3% of people voted that Lurik was a Dominant Verse. 11.8% of people voted that he was a Top. However, much like Orgham, Lurik received an overwhelming amount of votes for one category. 41.2% of people voted that Lurik was a True Switch.

Lurik is the other character that had fairly consistent votes. Somewhat similarly to Kellan, his results after his top 3 are almost all tied with a 5.9% in almost all of them. It's kind of interesting that he's not as easy to read as other characters since that's a pretty big part of his character. It makes sense though, Lurik is a big perve so he'd likely be down for whatever position. With that said, at the end of this DevLog, I'll include a link to a doc containing the actual answers for the dwarves' positions and preferences. This WILL contain slight spoilers for certain characters and parts of the story, so be warned. However, the link is there for anybody who is concerned about being upset that their favorite isn't the position they wanted after being locked into romancing them.

Regarding the MC's preferences, do they match yours?

92.4% of people said yes, while 7.6% said no. This question was just to see how people preferred to play. Personally, I enjoy making characters to play as, and sometimes they don't exactly match what I am in real life. 

Last question: Who do you think has the biggest dick of the Dwarven Destiny Cast?

Finally, the most important question on the survey. The one that determines everything going forward. The one that could change everyone's life-

Yeah, this was a joke question. We included it as a laugh and to hint at a rivalry between Orgham and Lurik. However, I could discuss our results and answer that now... y'know, as a laugh.

It was roughly a vote of 80% Orgham and 20% Lurik. However, given that Lurik has since received a redesign, I am sure these votes would be slightly more balanced now.

But, for the answer… It's neither of these two. They both have impressive members, but they're not the biggest. You all got pranked. <3

Thank you guys for reading this and being so patient with us and what we've been working on. We're all somewhat busy with stuff in our day-to-day lives and it makes it difficult to find time to spend writing all the time, but having people who are willing to wait and be patient makes it worth it. As a reward, I do have a fun sketch our amazing artist Chellay did for you guys. It’s a non-canon scene based on Chellay’s redesign of Arondal, by the way. Please check out his DevLog on redesigns here:

https://gryphbear.itch.io/dwarven-destiny/devlog/392822/being-a-character-design...

Chellay does have a tendency to draw his beefy, hairy men bottoming though, so if he draws any art of the dwarves, even if they’re a top, don’t be surprised if you see them in situations where they’re bottoming.

Anyways, onto the art. It seems like Arondal just got out of the shower and is taking his time to get dried off… I wonder if anybody has caught him. 

And finally, for those who are truly curious and want to know so they aren't disappointed, here's the link to the NSFW information about the cast. Click on "Spoiler Content!" to view the link. As I stated, only use it if you are worried about not being happy about the direction we go with characters OR if you're just curious. Since the preferences for the dwarves are considered spoilers, please DO NOT talk about them in the comments without an appropriate spoiler warning. Your comment will be deleted if it doesn't have the warning. If you want to discuss the dwarves' sexual preferences, you can leave a comment on the Google Doc. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed it.

 -Oliver