Posted by [FEB] In-game Sexual Art Toggle

Firenkyo 🌼 (#128989)

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2023-01-09 20:54:43
Hey!
So, February has a lot of sexual art. For many users, it is awkward, uncomfortable, and/or disturbing to see. I am proposing an in-game toggle that just removes the art from these encounters but keeps the text. So, for instance, the mating achromatic and melanistic lion decor would just show the explore biome background and no character art, but would still show the usual text and options.

I am aware that there is a tutorial on the wiki (https://www.lioden.wiki/blocking-images) to block the sexual images. However, many other users probably are not, and it is not stated on any event posts or on the event page. This method also requires an extension to be downloaded, and will not work on mobile. I know several lioden players, myself included, that play on mobile and would really like to stop seeing all that. Yes, this game is 16+, and no genitalia is shown, but users can still feel uncomfortable with it.

There are already in-game toggles for a variety of things, like pregnant images, custom decor on lions, and of course the marking censor. There is also the opportunity to opt out of the event entirely, but seeing as not all of the encounters are sexual and the event is a major money maker for players I don't think it's a valid option for people just interested in losing the sexual art.

To restate - a toggle, perhaps on the event page or on your user profile, that gives the option to remove sexual images from explore encounters. If not that, a link to the wiki page about blocking images would be nice on the news post or event page.

I'm not sure how difficult this idea would be to implement, but I think it might be a good thing to think on for future Feb events!

Additional suggestions!

From Lunarmoon - the mating encounter is hidden behind a bush
From Taevali - the mating encounter is replaced by a black screen or a nsfw warning to prevent the player from skipping over the encounter by accident
From Fern [side] - this toggle or another one would also block out extreme gore like that seen in the March event

To restate, this would be a TOGGLE, so users that prefer the explore to be the same would simply not turn the toggle on. It would not affect their gameplay in any way.



This suggestion has 716 supports and 96 NO supports.



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Edited on 21/02/23 @ 18:58:03 by Firenkyo 🌼 (#128989)

Milk [G2 Onyx Smilus
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Posted on
2023-01-11 17:45:45
Definitely support. I haven't gone through a February yet but I'm a sex repulsed asexual and a lot of the time NSFW art makes me uncomfortable



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Morrow (he/ask) (#403002)

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2023-01-11 17:49:52
Super support this. We have to be very careful moderating exposure to adult content (we're a syskid-heavy sys with inconsistent communication and triggers (if anyone would understand this without explaining lol)) -- it's such an explore heavy event that we'll want to play a lot but it's hard to justify with the risk that these images could come up at a bad time (blocking images isn't a great solution for us because it seems very hard to toggle on and off and we don't need it all the time)



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Vael (#59195)

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2023-01-11 17:51:17
Personally, I am not bothered by the images but I would like this. My coworkers are aware of my lion sim addiction and I'd rather not have them take a glance at my phone while I'm exploring.

Support!



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Angela |Skyward
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2023-01-11 20:57:43
I don't personally feel strongly either way about this, but I can see the merits of having a NSFW image filter of some kind when it comes to explore images.

Support, hopefully this can get some sort of solution that will work for everyone! A toggle of sorts would be ideal I think!



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codfishezz !! (#342592)


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2023-01-11 21:01:08
I personally sort of like the *odd* art in a way, It makes me chuckle when I see it, But I see how people get awkward and/or uncomfortable.

I just think it should be the lions/hyenas/leopard+lioness should just be sitting next to eachother with the toggle on, It would be a lot more work because of the extra art, but I definitely support just blanking the images out entirely!

Support 100%



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starcrosser (#371912)

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2023-01-11 21:07:27
Support!! I love how funny the sexual themes are but I can totally see it being strange or uncomfy for some people. Love the idea of a certain setting allowing the user to chose!



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Polaris (#24909)

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Posted on
2023-01-11 21:08:34
No Support - There's already a feature to hide the sexual art, a toggle on the event page to disable the event. Maybe it would be better to implement a more obvious (hide event) button?



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Edited on 11/01/23 @ 21:09:07 by chamango | g2 RL arctic (#24909)

Eiri | G2 SEPTA Dawn
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Posted on
2023-01-11 21:10:57
[@24909] Users shouldn't have to miss out on event items/currency due to dislike for NSFW content.



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Polaris (#24909)

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2023-01-11 21:12:58
Eiri, most of the event items themselves are NSFW. The text content for the event is even NSFW. That would mean the explore encounter text would be censored as well. At that point, the event toggle just serves the same purpose.



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Firenkyo 🌼 (#128989)

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2023-01-11 21:13:38
As I mentioned in the thread, the feature doesn't work on mobile, so mobile users can't toggle the images (except for the firefox thing mentioned in the first page, but that's not mentioned at all on the wiki). The guide to blocking images also isn't mentioned in the event post or page, and I myself stumbled upon it by accident.

Plus, the event is a huge money maker for players, so I don't see many choosing to stop playing. They would just have to go through the images to get breeding items, which sucks for them. Other features in lioden that might make users uncomfortable, like the pregnant pose, are able to be toggled so I think this should be as well.

There is also a big difference between nsfw/suggestive text + balls skinned and removed from the body and straight up illustrated sex between lions.

At the VERY least I'd like the blocking images wiki page to be linked on the news post.
(or for the artists to stop drawing lion sex)



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Edited on 11/01/23 @ 21:15:27 by Firenkyo 🌼 (#128989)

Polaris (#24909)

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2023-01-11 21:19:59
The breeding items themselves that are the big money makers are NSFW. I think in order for this suggestion to fully work out, it should also block the item images and names. Maybe something like February Event Item #2?

There's also a lot of decor that portrays lions mating in some way. Definitely would need an image blocker for items and text censorship.



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Firenkyo 🌼 (#128989)

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2023-01-11 21:23:04
I think with just the name "scrotum" in them and some vaguely ball shaped meaty items in the image desc they don't have the same effect as seeing art of feral lions mating while clicking through explore.

Also, what decor??



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Polaris (#24909)

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Posted on
2023-01-11 21:26:07
There's BDSM gear and intimately posed lions in the decor shop. Those should definitely also fall under the image blocker for the rest of the year.



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Firenkyo 🌼 (#128989)

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Posted on
2023-01-11 21:34:50
The intimately posed lions…do not really seem that intimately posed to me? Like, the raunchiest ones are probably the pregnant lioness and the flirting ones…which are nowhere near the explore encounters. Also, the leather decor not at the same level as the encounters.

However! This post is about the actual drawn sexual encounters in explore, not about suggestive decor. You’re free to make a suggestion about that if you’d like!



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Zambz (#2687)

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2023-01-11 21:36:22
For me personally as someone who hates nsfw sexual images items like Buffalo Scrotums and Lion Scrotums are weird but as they are not sexual by themselves so its not much of an issue. It works similar with decor usually and items are easy to bury and ignore if needed. Its the whole context along with the art of animals getting it on tht can make me feel physically ill.

Idk if it's the same with others like me some may have it worse tho I hope not! Even a simple 'hide event explore imagery' would probs work or something since ppl I think also get really bothered by the poacher event too but still want to participate in the event for example.



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