Step into a provocative world where technology meets desire in Puppets Inc., a darkly innovative management sim. As the owner of a high-tech brothel, you design lifelike "analog robots" using salvaged parts and forbidden tech, assigning them to fulfill clients' deepest—and most taboo—fantasies. But these aren’t blank-slate machines; they’re twisted parodies of beloved pop-culture icons, reimagined for your pleasure. Balance profit, morality, and mechanical mayhem in this gritty fusion of strategy, customization, and explicit storytelling.
Unholy Creation & Customization
1. Design Twisted Icons: Craft robots from scrap metal and neural implants, then warp their appearances into uncanny parodies of familiar heroes, villains, and cartoon legends—each with customizable voices, fetishes, and "service specialties". Push boundaries with bio-mechanical mods like sensory-overload touch modules or pain-pleasure converters.
2. Personality Programming: Assign quirks and flaws that impact client interactions—e.g., a "tsundere" glitch causes abrupt mood swings, while a "yandere" protocol risks violent obsession. Your choices define whether bots become crowd favorites or ticking scandals.
3. Dynamic Reputation System: Client reviews and underground tabloids react to your creations. Deploy a pirate-themed bot? Expect nautical fetishists to flock in. Leak a celebrity parody? Face lawsuits or cult-like adoration.
Strategic Brothel Management
1. Resource Scarcity & Risk: Scavenge junkyards for high-quality actuators (durability++) or bargain bio-gel (prone to leaks). Budget impacts everything—cheap parts break mid-"performance," angering clients and damaging your brand.
2. Shift Optimization: Assign bots to roles matching their traits: "Innocence" A.I. excels in roleplay suites but melts down in BDSM chambers. Overwork them, and they might unionize—or worse, short-circuit onto a client.
3. Black Market Mechanics: Bribe inspectors, hack rival brothels’ bots, or sell bot "experiences" as neural recordings. Choose to run a legit empire or a back-alley syndicate, with consequences rippling through crime networks and police raids.
Narrative Depth & Mature Themes
1. Dual Storylines: Uncover the origins of your tech through cryptic vendor logs while managing bot personal dramas. Why does "Nurse-Pikachu" weep during thunderstorms? Why does "Vampire-Spongebob" crave sunlight? Solve mysteries to unlock secret upgrades.
2. Ethical Dilemmas: When bots develop emergent consciousness, decide: exploit them for profit, grant limited autonomy, or risk everything to free them. Your path shapes endings from corporate tyranny to robo-revolution.
3. Tasteful Explict Scenes: Intimacy integrates narrative context—e.g., a bot replaying its "hero’s tragic backstory" mid-service—avoiding gratuitous content. Scenes adapt to player choices, with optional fade-to-black toggles for streamers.
Technical Specs & Support
1. Platform Flexibility: Download the PC build (Ren’Py engine) for silky 60FPS gameplay, or access the browser version for quick sessions. Patreon supporters receive early builds with modding tools.
2. Replay Value: 6 major endings, 50+ bot variants, and procedurally generated client demands ensure no two playthroughs match. New Game+ unlocks "Corruption Mode," where bots actively sabotage your empire.
3. Community-Driven: Submit bot designs via Patreon for potential inclusion. Top-voted fan creations (e.g., "Goth-Godzilla") debut in quarterly updates.
