Badman

I always do my best and leave the reat to GOD

[Badman @badmantheyknow]

@Onlgig 3:1

[Badman @badmantheyknow]

@Nudix_io @hotbyte_studio 🌆🧍🏾‍♂️➡️👩🏾→ 💘🎶🌙→✈️🏝️🍹→📸🐒💥→😨📱🌊→🏨🚪❓→🕯️📜🗺️👀→👩🏾👉 “💎?”→🧍🏾‍♂️👉 “🤑!”→🌧️⚡🐍🪤→🏃🏾‍♂️🏃🏾‍♀️��→🐒🗝️🚪→😮📦✨🍌👑→🧍🏾‍♂️😐👩🏾🤣→🐒🏝️👑→🌅🏝️🍹😂✨
@Nudix_io @hotbyte_studio

[Badman @badmantheyknow]

@hotbyte_studio Just give me the wheel, leave the control to me captain nice 🙂

[Badman @badmantheyknow]

When payment processors define what is "gratifying" or "suggestive," they aren't just managing risk; they’re acting as global moral arbiters. We’re letting a few financial institutions in SF and NYC decide what the entire world is allowed to create. @Nudix_io think about it.

[Nudix @Nudix_io]

Censorship Timeline: Adult Gaming 2017–2026

The pattern is the point. One platform at a time, same playbook, every time.

Full thread below 👇

[Badman @badmantheyknow]

@Nudix_io The pattern just keeps repeating itself LoL

[Badman @badmantheyknow]

@Nudix_io Ohhhh, how I love privacy

[Badman @badmantheyknow]

When creators have to split their identity in two,
You don’t just lose transparency…
You lose collaboration, recognition, and long-term career growth.
That’s a hidden cost people don’t talk about enough.
@Nudix_io

[Nudix @Nudix_io]

Most adult game devs work under pseudonyms, just because the industry actively punishes you for being visible

Real name means banks flagging your accounts, payment processors freezing your payouts, and some future employer googling you three years from now. Going anonymous for just survival at this point

The fact that people making legal content, legally, still need to hide who they are tells you everything about how broken this whole system is

[Badman @badmantheyknow]

@Nudix_io You can’t build a sustainable career if you have to hide from it.

[Badman @badmantheyknow]

@Nudix_io A very hot take: removing stigma alone won’t fix the industry, quality and innovation still matter more than freedom. C'est fini

[Badman @badmantheyknow]

You can’t optimize creativity around invisible rules.
If the boundaries aren’t clear, devs don’t push them, they stay far away from them.
That’s how entire genres get watered down over time.
@Nudix_io

[Nudix @Nudix_io]

The bans are what make headlines, but the real damage? That happens way before anyone files a single complaint.

Devs quietly cut scenes, water down stories, soften entire arcs - just to stay off the radar. Self-censorship is worse than censorship because nobody sees it happening. It just shows up as a slightly emptier game.

You can't fight a rule that was never actually written down, the fix isn't asking devs to be braver - it's giving them infrastructure they can actually trust.

[Badman @badmantheyknow]

@Nudix_io This explains why some games feel like they’re holding back.

[Badman @badmantheyknow]

The biggest shift isn’t access, It’s attitude.
Older generations hid it.
Gen Z organizes it, discusses it and even builds businesses around it.
That’s a completely different economy.
@Nudix_io is helping out too.

[Nudix @Nudix_io]

Gen Z grew up with the entire internet in their pocket and now they're the ones driving the adult games market.

This generation just doesn't carry the shame their parents did. Adult content isn't some secret hidden under the mattress anymore, but another tab in the library - same shelf as everything else.

And the stigma isn't fading because culture had some big change of heart. It's fading because the people who held onto that stigma aren't the ones buying anything anymore.

[Badman @badmantheyknow]

@Nudix_io Gen Z didn’t break the system, they just stopped following it.

[Badman @badmantheyknow]

A small, finished game is way greater than a massive unfinished one.
Every time.
Players care about experience, not your roadmap.
@Nudix_io

[Nudix @Nudix_io]

The #1 killer of indie adult games isn't bad art or weak writing - It's scope creep

Devs keep piling on scenes, characters, side quests, convinced the next feature is the one that'll finally make it ready, two years later nothing has shipped, the team's burned out, and the Patreon is on life support.

Your first release isn't supposed to deliver the full fantasy - it's supposed to prove the core loop actually works. Ship small, learn fast, expand from there.

That's how studios survive long enough to eventually build the dream version.

[Badman @badmantheyknow]

@Nudix_io A lot of devs are building for an imaginary audience instead of real players.

[Badman @badmantheyknow]

The future of adult gaming won’t be built on restricted platforms.
It’ll be built where:
✔️ creators can publish freely
✔️ payments aren’t blocked
✔️ communities decide value
That’s the real unlock.
@Nudix_io @hotbyte_studio

[Nudix @Nudix_io]

Adult gaming revenue vs Hollywood

The adult entertainment industry already outearns Hollywood, and adult gaming? That's the fastest-growing segment inside it

Think about that for a second - category most mainstream platforms won't even list is quietly pulling numbers that make Hollywood look like the underdog, nobody saw this coming five years ago

The wildest part isn't the revenue though. It's that this growth is happening despite payment processors, app stores, and half the internet actively making it harder to operate. Imagine what the numbers look like once the rails actually open up

[Badman @badmantheyknow]

@Nudix_io This feels like early streaming vs cable TV all over again… just a different industry.

[Badman @badmantheyknow]

@Nudix_io Literal goosebumps, this is a place to be tbh

[Badman @badmantheyknow]

Why don't we have adult game publishers?
Is this category that bad to be published?
@Nudix_io @hotbyte_studio

[Nudix @Nudix_io]

Publisher vs self-publish - every adult game dev hits this wall eventually

Go with a publisher and you get reach, marketing muscle, doors that would stay closed otherwise. But you lose control and a solid chunk of revenue

Self-publish and it flips - full freedom, full cut, except now you're also the marketer, the support team, and the legal department at 2am

In adult gaming the math gets weirder though. Most traditional publishers won't even touch the category, so self-publishing isn't really a choice for most devs. It's just the only door left open

[Badman @badmantheyknow]

@Nudix_io We need adult games publishers