No one has to say anything about it? I would really be happy with any criticism.
I think you should re-calibrate your expectations... you didn't give us much to work with. The threads in this subforum that get lots of engagement have two things: a history of many posts from the OP, and plenty of sample contents.
Let's see what info about your idea / game that we have got so far (i've snipped out the parts that are NOT related to the actual game content):
" CYOA style game about a young man who is desperate for money so he signs up to be a test subject for a medical trial. Only later he finds out that the trial is for a brain implant that forces him to do whatever anyone tells him to do. Now that he is vulnerable he has to choose who to trust - to hide him for the time of the trial. "
" [mind control] The MC is mind controlled, this won't change throughout the game
[incest] If you choose to hide with your mom or dad
[gay] If you choose to hide with your dad or your ex-girlfriend (she has a new boyfriend) - Parts with homosexuality will be clearly labeled: you have to choose them. You can play the whole game exclusively with heterosexual relationships
[rape] Well, you can't say no. It's in the title. "
- ~150 words of description.
- 4 basic AI generated images.
- 1 download link to a random file that has not been vetted by a Moderator - i.e. who knows what is in there.
This is not meant to be harsh negative criticism, so please take it as it is intended - friendly advice:
1. You've picked a fetish (male protagonist who is helplessly mind-controlled, with potential for homo rape(?!)) which is certainly not something I personally am interested in, and given that it appears to not have many other games on the same topic is probably quite niche. Absolutely no kink shaming, but you have to admit there is not a huge audience and therefore the percentage of visitors who will be interested will be relatviely low.
2. The number of visitors to this subforum is not very large compared to other parts of F95. And this specific post has had - 510 views over ~2 months. Given the poster - commenter - lurker ratio is normally 1:10:100 in online forums, you've not had a lot of people who might engage once you multiply with the low percentage of people into the fetish I mentioned above.
3. So far you have delivered neither a meaty chunk of example content (we all love OC, give more OC) nor a visible history of progress reports. Gotta give out free samples to get interest! SHOW, DON'T TELL!
Some things you could try to get more attention:
1. give more content, regularly. not only will more content give more surface area for newcomers to interact with, if you post semi-regularly then your thread will stay more visible on the first page of this subforum.
2. go post a question in General (which gets a lot of traffic! although also lots of jaded trolls...) "Do you guys like Male protagonist who is mind controlled games?" and then dump some content, linking back to here.
3. keep developing and then just release a beta, even if it feels embarrassingly unfinished - that's the only guaranteed way to get feedback! To copy a section from a response I gave another developer recently:
" in the end, making a small porn game under a pseudonym is a very low stakes endeavor, so you don't need to worry about embarrassing yourself or disappointing anyone. "
JUST DO IT! 