Kenzie Shores on making trans games for horny people

Content warning: this episode is primarily about porn

Kenzie Shores (she/her) is a game developer and artist best known for the pornographic visual novel, Hardcoded. Nearing the game’s full release, Kenzie joined me to chat about Hardcoded’s origins, the challenge of monetizing porn, and why it really sucks to work on the same game for seven years.

You can follow Kenzie on Twitter @yoplatz, support Hardcoded on Patreon, and download the free demo on itch.

Kenzie’s Cool Things to Share
- Using vegetable stock instead of water for rice (!)
- The Erotic Poems of E. E. Cummings

Things Discussed
- Hardcoded
- Why Patreon sucks for porn
- Ladykiller in a Bind (Love Conquers All Games, 2016)
- Ancient porn mods for The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
- Manhunt (Gretchen Felker-Martin, 2022)
- Content warnings in games (or the lack thereof)
- Untitled sexy fantasy card game

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