Who are developers of adult mods?

[amez3]

Hi!

 

I'm fascinated by quality and scale of some adult modding out there. That is some massive work done by many people.

 

But as a developer you can't share anything about your hobby with your friends and family, or can you?

You probably can't use it as a portfolito to land a gamedev or C++ job. You probably can't monetize the work.

 

All the major gaming platforms deliberately exclude adult content.

Companies even try to set obstacles for community modding of their proprietary games.

 

So it takes a lot of time without any rewards from the society. How do developers still manage to do their hobby?

[NymphoElf]

People who full-time develop adult content in any form tend to monetize their work through crowd funding, such as SubscribestarAdult or Patreon. Aside from that, it's like any other hobby. Just doing it in your free time.

Edited February 19, 2025 by NymphoElf

[jib_buttkiss]

Yeah- far as I'm concerned, it's just a hobby. I don't expect a "reward from society" any more than I would if I won a round of Call of Duty. And it has about as much relevance to my career as Call of Duty does as well.

Edited February 19, 2025 by jib_buttkiss

[Hex Bolt]

It's a hobby but also, in a sense, a necessity.  Non-adult content or basic nudity content is readily available on sites like Nexus.  If that's all you want, someone has probably already done what you're looking for.  There's no need to bother.  But for the specialized content on this site, the only sure way to get what you'd like is to do it yourself, especially if it's a niche interest.  Like any hobby, it is a passion and there is a real sense of satisfaction, but the ratio of time spent developing content versus actually using and enjoying that content is ridiculously high.

[Nuascura]

You already can’t directly monetize your work on the Nexus. So consistency-wise, it makes sense to follow suit for adult mods. Not least because the audience is smaller for adult mods, so the conditions to satisfactorily monetize vis-a-vis a categorically similar non-adult mod are extra slim. This is why the type of adult mods that have the most monetization potential are limited to sex animations in most cases.

 

Sometimes, I ask myself why I’m wasting time here, if I indeed am. But then I get reminded that sometimes the root of innovation comes from porn. Products cascade into the mainstream from niche origins.

Edited February 19, 2025 by Nuascura

[jfraser]

My spouse knows all about my mods. 

 

i make mods because games don't have the content i want, so i add it myself. or because i see a story that would be fun, so i write it. it's just another form of entertainment, but one that is more mind-challenging than movies, tv, or even books.  

[belegost]

4 hours ago, Nuascura said:

sometimes the root of innovation comes from porn.

That is probably the most bizarre thing I've read but I'll take it. And I will put it on my banner and carry it proudly into battle.

Edited February 19, 2025 by belegost

[blank_v]

It's all wrong

 

1) My mom know stuff I make, she sometimes gives opinion about the stuff

2) You can easily use it in Your portfolio... tho it rly depends...

if You do like Animal sex or CP then well... maybe it's best to keep it for urself, but it higly depends on what You really do

Also I don't rly know why You mentioned C++, it have nearly zero relation to lewd content...

3) You can monetize it...

In fact some of my friends who makes Skyrim mods are making even 10.000 USD a month... tho I need to say it's information from when I was modding Skyrim too, so like 2 years ago... don't know how Skyrim scene looks currently, but You can easily monetize it, in fact some singular mods or game content can go for as high as 100 USD a piece

 

On Steam You can get sex games, a lot of them there is, some are free some are paid...

Same with Itch.io and GoG... so I have no idea what gaming platforms You have in mind... Microsoft? Hope those motherfuckers will burn alive... 

 

True that some platforms did banned LEWD content, one of the biggest ban was made by Fandom recently ( well not that recent ), every single Fandom related to LEWD content got nuked xD

 

 

You would be suprised by how well some Hentai games are doing

or mods, pretty much if You make SFW game it's a bit of gamble either You gonna make money or not on SFW game...

if You do NSFW game, You can be pretty much 100% sure that You gonna make more $$$ than You put in, in fact as cheap as RPG Maker + some Hentai pictures from commonly used HS2 or KK can get You good income...

 

[TRX_Trixter]

This is a most idiotic thing for me in game development. I mean taboo on sex and nudity content in games. Killing hundreds of people in extremely sadistic way, monsters, black magic, any crimes ... almost all mortal sins - its ok. 

 

But naked tits?! SEX SCENES?! NO! NO WAY!   LOL

 

I think (this is just my personal opinion and nothing more) that people who consider it normal to war, murder for the sake of religious views, fetishizing food (expensive restaurants, elaborate dishes that take hours and thousands of dollars to prepare), alcohol, smoking, violence as the norm in communication and other similar things but are ready to burn you at the stake for daring to make sexual content are clearly sick in the head

 

This is some kind of social schizophrenia?

 

1. My fammilly always know what im doing. My friends too. No problem with that. They are all adult people and dont have any problems with sexuallity.

2. Monetization? Patreon, commissions ... But yeah, I don’t think they’ll hire you at Bethesda with a portfolio like that. 😁

 

[belegost]

53 minutes ago, ̖̪. said:

On Steam You can get sex games, a lot of them there is

...and they're all shit. I have yet to find a half-decent game that is not a predatory monetization crap, an anime-waifu shit, a half-baked visual novel that looks like 1000 other visual novels, is full of an AI-generated slop, or has actual good gameplay.

Edited February 20, 2025 by belegost

[audhol]

21 minutes ago, TRX_Trixter said:

This is a most idiotic thing for me in game development. I mean taboo on sex and nudity content in games. Killing hundreds of people in extremely sadistic way, monsters, black magic, any crimes ... almost all mortal sins - its ok. 

 

Theres an explanation involving elizabethan values derived from devout catholisisism but its kinda boring and in a way sad that it still affects how we function in 2025 that like you say mass murder is an acceptable outlet of creativity , its just the way it is. 

 

We are considered to be sexist women haters whereas from my part I am celebrating the beauty of the female form in the work I do.

 

I think we are all big enough to differentiate real life from the medium that we work in but still there is a stigma attched to what we do.

 

For my part no-one in real life knows what I do. I did try to share it with my mate that I've know for 30 odd years but he just didn't get it so I gave up and keep my creative persona as an alterego of me.

Edited February 20, 2025 by audhol

[pinky6225]

On 2/19/2025 at 9:09 AM, belegost said:

That is probably the most bizarre thing I've read but I'll take it. And I will put it on my banner and carry it proudly into battle.

 

Yet very true, would be no netflix streaming without the need to transmit porn to a persons PC or any sort of amazon market place without the need to take payment for signing up to a porn site

[TRX_Trixter]

38 minutes ago, audhol said:

 

Theres an explanation involving elizabethan values derived from devout catholisisism....

Oh....

 

Sorry if it is a cinda offtoipic here but this is wery interesting moment.

 

One of the main reasons I returned to creating scripted mods (Daedra development) was a request from an old friend of mine. She is a psychologist specializing in various problems of sexuality.

 

Most of her patients are people aged 20 to 45 years. And many of them play games. She suggested that they use the game not only as a means of entertainment, but also as a tool for self-analysis and diagnosis. I won't go into the details of her request, but the general outline is simple. Basically, to successfully resolve any psychological problem of this nature, you will have to face it head on first. 

 

Let's say you have "strange" or "bad" desires, the implementation of which is condemned by society or your partner... You suppress all this, but it accumulates and does not go away. You doubt, are afraid and don’t know what will happen if... And you are not able to check it or realise IRL. And in this case game like  Skyrim with mods contained things you are interested in or afraid of can give you possibility to realize such situations and make ... selfdiagnostics of "why?", "what for?", "what i will fill?" ... 

 

Game + diary + discussion with specialist. And it works. Really.

 

All things in this world are "tools". And tools cant be good or bad. Only your personal reasons and motivation make something good or bad. Can be sex content in games dangerous? Yes. Same as technology, religion, food, scince .... Anything. Even cup of tea.

Edited February 20, 2025 by TRX_Trixter

[audhol]

16 minutes ago, TRX_Trixter said:

All things in this world are "tools". And tools cant be good or bad.

 

Couldn't agree more, well said. 

 

You make an interesting point about mods being an outlet for desire, like living out your fantasy in the digital world stimulates the nurons to achieve satisfaction without the side effects of being responsible for your actions.

 

I mean if we want to have a philisopical discusion isn't that the whole basis of social media? To be the person we desire to be without the constraints of supporting the lifestyle in the day to day?

[TRX_Trixter]

11 minutes ago, audhol said:

You make an interesting point about mods being an outlet for desire, like living out your fantasy in the digital world stimulates the nurons to achieve satisfaction without the side effects of being responsible for your actions.

Not so simple. Its not about only "do what i want withoun any  responsibility". Its a way for more deep understanding of your sexuality. And when you understanding of your reasons and fillings in simulated situation you will have more options to accept some of your "problems" or solve it because you now have more clear understanding "why?" and "what for" or if you cant solve it or dont want to then just realise you "hunger" without hurting anyone. Its complicated. My English is not good enought to make detailed explanation.

Edited February 20, 2025 by TRX_Trixter

[FauxFurry]

1 hour ago, belegost said:

...and they're all shit. I have yet to find a half-decent game that is not a predatory monetization crap, an anime-waifu shit, a half-baked visual novel that looks like 1000 other visual novels, is full of an AI-generated slop, or has actual good gameplay.

That or they are unfinished. Kincaid and Carnal Instinct have great potential, but they are not even really in the Alpha phase yet. 

[Grey Cloud]

1 hour ago, audhol said:

Theres an explanation involving elizabethan values derived from devout catholisisism

Elizabethans (Tudors) were Protestant. The Stewarts were Catholics.

 

34 minutes ago, audhol said:

I mean if we want to have a philisopical discusion isn't that the whole basis of social media?

The majority of social media users wouldn't know philosophy if it jumped up and bit them in the arse. Hell, most of them don't know their arse from their elbow.

 

59 minutes ago, TRX_Trixter said:

Even cup of tea.

Steady now. That's fighting talk where I live. 🫖

[belegost]

48 minutes ago, Grey Cloud said:

That's fighting talk where I live.

I heard about this wild party in Boston once. They say it was a riot.

Edited February 20, 2025 by belegost

[Visio Diaboli]

To provide a bit of additional insight, I developed my mod while I was a student/intern. It indeed wasn't something I could put on a resume, but I think it gave me an edge nonetheless. It was hundreds of hours of experience working on what's essentially a pseudo-application, and the difference showed when it came to university/early career group projects.

 

The other unexpected upside is that it served as a mechanism to "fix" my brain in a way - I could channel my degeneracy into building something, and build up the habits needed to work on hobby projects rather than play sexed-up skyrim all day. Every now and then I lose direction and end up back on skyrim all day, and trying to mod it is like a weird mental staircase I can climb to get back up to productivity. Not sure if this second one will be applicable for the average person or if it's a byproduct of my rampant ADHD

Edited February 20, 2025 by Visio Diaboli

[Grey Cloud]

32 minutes ago, belegost said:

I heard about this wild party in Boston once. They say it was a riot.

250 years later and we can still see the consequences of drinking tea made with saltwater. 👨‍⚕️

[belegost]

26 minutes ago, Grey Cloud said:

250 years later and we can still see the consequences of drinking tea made with saltwater. 👨‍⚕️

I'm not sure if drinking it with milk is an improvement. Both sound equally disgusting.

[yorpers]

38 minutes ago, Visio Diaboli said:

The other unexpected upside is that it served as a mechanism to "fix" my brain in a way - I could channel my degeneracy into building something, and build up the habits needed to work on hobby projects rather than play sexed-up skyrim all day. Every now and then I lose direction and end up back on skyrim all day, and trying to mod it is like a weird mental staircase I can climb to get back up to productivity. Not sure if this second one will be applicable for the average person or if it's a byproduct of my rampant ADHD

This hit really close to home. I learned how to use the CK about 9 years ago and it was my only creative outlet at that time. It had been so long since I actually did something that felt productive and it lead me down the road of sound mixing, getting back into creating textures, learning to edit meshes, and eventually the entire blender process of creating meshes from scratch this last year. I don't even really share many of the mods I make because I couldn't care less about providing support or trying to profit off of it. In fact I feel like it would loose all meaning to me if I started trying to make income from it. In my mind it is just "I can't find this thing I want in game...cool I'll make it myself." Screw coding though; dyslexia makes that part of the puzzle more frustrating than it's worth. 

[Ashal]

A few of my friends and family know I run "an adult website," but I usually leave it at that unless they push for more info. A few friends also know I made one of the original main sex mods for Skyrim. Generally, when people ask what I do for a living, I just say, "I maintain some web servers for a website" which is usually enough to satisfy the question. Still, if they probe deeper, I'll admit it's an adult website, and that tends to stop the questioning. Few have asked past that, but I'll tell them what site if they really want to know.

 

This has been my only job for 10 out of the past 14 years running this site. My problem now, however, is that ad and subscriber revenue from the site isn't what it used to be and no longer makes enough to cover the cost of both maintaining the site and covering my rent and other bills. I've been losing money on the site every month for the past year and a half, and savings are drying up. So now I need to start looking for an additional job to help keep living and the site running. Unfortunately, that's pretty hard considering I'm 10 years out of practice with my previous profession and now also have a large gap in my resume I'm hesitant to explain to any potential employer. Feels like once you start primarily working in an adult-oriented job like this, it's hard to get back out into "normal" jobs.

[audhol]

10 hours ago, TRX_Trixter said:

Not so simple. Its not about only "do what i want withoun any  responsibility". Its a way for more deep understanding of your sexuality. And when you understanding of your reasons and fillings in simulated situation you will have more options to accept some of your "problems" or solve it because you now have more clear understanding "why?" and "what for" or if you cant solve it or dont want to then just realise you "hunger" without hurting anyone. Its complicated. My English is not good enought to make detailed explanation.

 

Now I  understand better what you are saying and the purpose of the physcological game, you explained it very clearly.

 

 

9 hours ago, Grey Cloud said:

Elizabethans (Tudors) were Protestant. The Stewarts were Catholics.

 

 

What I  meant was the second post war elizabethan age of stoicism, duty above all else and represion of emotion, the "stiff upper lip"

 

And around the same time the catholic influence in bringing about the hollywood code to remove anything risquè being shown on screen to the public.

[Blehbreh]

I mod games to get what I want in them, as a fun puzzle to solve, to give people nude mods for more obscure games, and to coerce buyers into supporting a game I think needs more attention. I'm a sick freak that likes looking at naked women. I don't watch irl porn due to disagreements with my moral code. Video games have women that aren't real in them so they get a pass. My close circle of friends and my closest family members know I do this and they don't care very much about the social abnormality aspect of this hobby. It's not my job and it's not my only goal, just something to do when I can no longer stare at a drawing tablet for 6+ hours straight.

 

Nude mods were the entire reason I got a gaming PC all the way back in the Fallout 3 days. Since then I have learned a lot about 3D modeling, game development, and have met a few more accomplished modders along the way. We all strive to improve and stay in practice so that we can always have polygonal titties, no matter what any major gaming publisher says or whatever slop they put into a game to dis-incentivize attraction to women. Needless to say, if I weren't so driven to see tits I would know substantially less than I do now and even be less skilled artistically as well.

 

This hobby has been a net positive for me, personally.