Hurt Me Plenty
A downloadable spanking simulator for Windows, macOS, and Linux
a short game about spanking the heck out of some dude
by Robert Yang www.debacle.us
UPDATE: a new and improved version of this game is bundled in Radiator 2. Please play that version instead of the standalone versions here. Thanks.
- PRICE: Pay What You Wish, $0 USD minimum.
If you like it, please consider buying me a beer, thanks. - PLATFORMS: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux.
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: a DX9-compatible computer manufactured within last few years
- CONTROLS: mouse / trackpad, or a Leap Motion (optional)
- ARTIST'S STATEMENT: "notes on sex, consent, and intimacy in games"
- SISTER GAMES: Succulent, Stick Shift, Cobra Club, Rinse and Repeat
This a short game where you spank the heck out of a dude and learn about how BDSM communities attempt to formalize consent / caring. I was really interested in how we can make games about intimacy without a "kindness coins = sex cutscene" trope, and how we can use expressive gestures to roleplay / think about pain and intimacy. (For the record, I don't think my game gets it right, and it has a lot of flaws... this stuff is hard to design!)
Also, um, this kind of went viral on Vine (1,600,000+ loops!) and on Tumblr (26,000+ notes!) so I guess the internet is pretty thirsty.
PRESS: Kotaku, Rock Paper Shotgun, Killscreen, Mic.com, Butt Magazine, Queerty, ねとらぼ, Pewdiepie, Superlevel.de, Boing Boing (Offworld), Fast Company, Wired
If you are interested in work like this, also try playing:
- Consensual Torture Simulator, by Merritt Kopas
- Realistic Kissing Simulator, by Jimmy Andrews and Loren Schmidt
- Encyclopedia Fuckme and the Case of the Vanishing Entree, by Anna Anthropy
- .error404, by Lana Polansky
IS THIS "SAFE FOR WORK"?! I genuinely do not think of this game as pornography (there's too much distance / formality to it), though I suppose I can't stop anyone from getting off to it...
but seriously -- the most nudity in this game is some hairy beefcake chests and (maybe, if you negotiate it) some naked jiggling butts... technically, this is nothing worse than a US PG-13 movie kind of thing. I imagine the light BDSM context might make it NSFW in some workplaces; hopefully you don't work in those places.
MAIN CREDITS
- Code, design, most art assets by Robert Yang
- Music by Liz Ryerson (@ellaguro) and Eddie Cameron (@eddiecameron)
- Character model and texture base by Kris Hammes (@Kris_Hammes)
- Character shader work by James O'Hare (@farfarer)
- Special thanks to Eddie Cameron and Bennett Foddy
TECHNICAL SUPPORT: see http://debacle.us/support/
Download
Install instructions
1) Unzip all files, directory structure intact, to somewhere on your computer.
2) if you want to use a Leap Motion: (a) you must download game version RC4 or earlier, (b) Make sure you have the latest version of the Leap Motion drivers / runtime installed, v2.1+ at least (c) Make sure your Leap Motion is plugged in, comfortably near your hands, with the green LED facing toward you. (d) MAKE SURE YOU ENABLE "ALLOW IMAGES" IN THE LEAP MOTION CONTROL PANEL! This game uses image-based motion detection.
3) Double-click on "hurtmeplenty.exe" or some variant thereof.
OSX users:
If you get an "unidentified developer" pop-up or problem or somethng...
- Ctrl+click or right-click on the app and select Open.
- You'll get a pop-up... then press Open again!
TECHNICAL SUPPORT: see http://debacle.us/support/
