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Yes, by Angus Watson. It isn't the best book what I read, I have seen better, but it hit me similar with that game.
Thank you for the recommendation! I have never heard of the book or the autor before, though.
Maybe I will look it up, when I have the time to do so!
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Well, I put a ”question mark" in the title, because right now, the circumstances are not that great, to say the least.
And because of that, I want to give you guys some background information, so that you can understand the situation that I'm in right now.
But let’s start at the beginning:
In early 2018, while working full time, I began to study everything that I needed to know to create my own game.
After several weeks/months of learning and testing things out, I began to work on my first game called "Alenja's Adventures".
Then everything went downhill from there…
Beginning of 2019, completely out of nowhere and from one day to another, I suddenly lost my job.
At that point in time, I was still developing the very first version of the game, as a hobby. I didn't have a patreon account nor did I release anything from the game.
But because I have lost my job, I decided to take this hobby more seriously and so I kept on working on the very first release of Alenja's Adventures. Beginning of March, the game was going public for the first time.
But since then, I'm pretty much up in the air in terms of my finances. Luckily, I did get some support (outside of patreon), not much, but at least enough to pay my rent and bills, but unfortunately, that will be running out at the end of this month.
Without this support, I only have a little part-time job (which provides a very small amount of income) and what you guys are donating here on patreon (thank you so much for that). That's it!
Sadly, because of the "covid-19" chaos going on in the world right now, my financial situation got even worse and it's one of the reasons why I feel the need to let you guys know about all of this.
As you can imagine, it's something I'm not very proud of, but of course the covid19 matter is something we all have to deal with and I wish us all the best of luck!
With all the above being said, the money I’m earning right now can't cover my costs (rent, bills, game assets etc.) and I'm honestly not sure how much longer I can go on like this.
So the big question is:
Will I go on?
And my short answer will be:
Yes, I want to go on with this project!
I know some people won't believe this, but I didn't start developing this game for money. If that was the case, I wouldn't have chosen to create a fantasy game with a female protagonist. It's practically a niche in a niche. In other words, not a goldmine to begin with. No, this is a project I’m very passionate about and I started it because in my opinion the fantasy genre is lacking good games. I wanted to bring something unique to the table. Something I would like to play myself (if I wasn't the developer ofc.).
But at the same time, without any money, there will be no game at all.
So, whenever I thank you guys for your support, I really mean it. I know how valuable every single patron is and because of that, I want to go on. I won't leave you guys hanging and as long as I can see a chance to go on, I will do that.
But obviously, I can't go on exactly like I did for the past year. I really need to change some things before it's too late. If I'm not able to increase my income at least to a level that can cover my costs...I can't continue working on the game, at all.
Especially over the past few weeks, I have thought a lot about what I can do to keep on going and I will let you know what changes I will make. I will tell you everything in another post, very soon, since this one is already long enough.
But one thing I can tell you straight away - I won't do anything that will change the story or the game itself. In other words...you don't have to worry about me completely revamping the game or doing something crazy, like replacing Alenja with a male MC. HELL NO!!!
The changes I'm going to make won't effect the game itself in any way. All changes will be outside of the game.
I know why people do like my game and especially what my patrons want and I won't disappoint you guys!
Without you, I would have given up several months ago!!!
...ok, that's all for now!
I will let you guys know what I have planned for "Alenja's Adventures" and what changes I'm going to make!
What I can say right now is, that everything is well thought-out and for the better of this game and I'm quite confident that you will like what is coming up!
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT, IT'S NEEDED NOW MORE THAN EVER!!!
Thank You Guys So Much For Everything!!!
I wish you all a fantastic day!
Stay tuned and safe!!!
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- Jan 23, 2018
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Hey guys,
it's time to talk about the changes I'm going to make, to secure that the game will have a future (at least I hope so)!
So let's get right into it...
Well, I think my main problem is that the game is flying under the radar for the majority of the playerbase.
I still believe in this project and everything I have planned for future installments and that it can become huge someday, but there are only so much people out there who actually know about the existence of this game.
That's why, I need to change some things quite drastically. Especially in terms of the release schedule and how I advertise "Alenja's Adventures".
The best advertisement I have had in the past, was releasing a new update for the game! Taking that into account, the very first change may seem quite obvious. I will change my release schedule once again, but in a more drastically way. And to achieve that I need to change some other things as well. Because time is my most valuable ressource here.
But what does this mean?
As you all know, (except the time I need to work for my little part-time job), I already work fulltime on the game. Which means it's nearly impossible to invest more time into the games development and staying healthy at the same time. In other words, I can only work with the time I already have, BUT I can reschedule some things.
The majority of my time I developing the game itself of course, but I also do lots of Wallpapers, Render-Requests, Animation-Requests (very time consuming) and some other things as well, on a monthly basis.
And that's where the changes coming in:
I plan to bring out "Game Updates" way more frequently!
I already have a particular schedule in mind, but I can't talk about it right now. First, I need to test some things out, just to make sure that everything will work as intended and that I can keep up with the workload I need, to release game updates a lot more frequently.
And to achieve the above, I need to change some other things, as well. And I thought a lot (and I really mean a lot) about this. Because I want to keep all the benefits for every Tier I have right now, but still save some time to invest it in the development of the game.
Ok, let's go into detail here:
Monthy Wallpaper-Request?
Will stay the same as they are! They are not that time consuming and also a "nice to have" bonus for everyone, I think!
Monthly Render-Request?
Time consuming, but doable as long as not everybody has a request. Then it can go out of the hand quite quickly.
So here is my solution for this one, because I wan to keep them as well:
The "Render-Requests" will change from "doing a specific render for every single person" to "doing one Render-Request for all (starting next month) ".
How will this work?
Well, it will work quite similar to the wallpaper requests, but in a more individual way. I will do different polls to get all the information I need for the monthly render request.
More details will come next month, with the polls themselfs.
BONUS: If (for whatever reason), you are the only person in that tier, then everything will stay completely the same and you can do your individual request as usual. Because doing a poll for just one person, would make no sense!
Monthly Animation-Request?
Very time consuming (several days). An Animation on its own is quite expensive, but several very specific animations are on a whole other level. I really like doing them, though! But it takes a lot of time, both in creating the animation itself and rendering around 60 frames (two camera angels) with my crapy hardware.
So here is my solution for this one, because I wan to keep them as well:
The "Animation-Requests" will change from "doing a specific animation for every single person" to "doing one Animation-Request for all (starting next month)".
How will this work?
Well, it will work quite similar to the wallpaper requests, but in a more individual way. I will do different polls to get all the information I need for the monthly render request.
More details will come next month, with the polls themselfs.
BONUS: If (for whatever reason), you are the only one person in that tier, then everything will stay completely the same and you can do your individual request as usual. Because doing a poll for just one person, would make no sense!
But that's not all...
With the changes above also coming several New Benefits for you!
So let me SUMMARIZE and point them out:
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• New Release Schedule
- Updates way more frequently (starting after v0.18 Final is out)
• Render-Requests (Grandmaster-Tier)
- One for all
- Not everyone had used the request in the past, but now everyone will get one
• Animation-Requests (Legend-Tier)
- One for all
- And also... Well, just read till the end
And now to the BEST part...
• All Patreon-Count-Limits will be removed from the Tiers
- Now Everyone can get acces to the Premium Edition, Render-Request, Animation-Request
And in Addition...
HUGE Benefit for the "LEGEND-TIER"
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OLD:
Get an "Animation Request", instead of a "Render Request"
NEW: Get ALL Extra Content available!!!
- All Wallpapers, Premium Edition, "Animation-Request" AND "Render Request"
As you can see, there are a lot benefits coming your way with those changes. You will not only get more Updates way faster, but also get more value out of every single Tier and especially the Higher Tiers have increased their value a lot.
I hope you can see that I have thought a lot about how I can make the best out of it for Everyone!
Because in the end, we all want the game to continue and I want to give you the very best value for your support!!!
There is still a lot more to talk about in the near future!
I will do another post for the advertisement part (I have something to show you) and also a post for the games future content and progression.
Thank You Guys So Much For Everything!!!
I wish you all a fantastic day!
Stay tuned and safe!!!
- Jan 23, 2018
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Hey guys,
I just want to tease you a little bit of what is coming in the near future.
In the past few weeks, I have worked on a lot of things in addition to the development of the next update. And I can't wait to share all this stuff with you guys!
As for today...the new set of wallpapers will come out later on! And if you haven't seen it yet, Alenja has won all the polls in april. In other words, I have three very hot Alenja-Wallpapers in store for you.
All the other things will follow very soon!
Stay tuned...
And even more important, stay safe!!!
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New Wallpapers are available now
Well, even so you are not completely wrong with that, I can't tell you a specific date right now. But I will talk about it in my next progression update. Stay tuned
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Hey guys,
it's time to talk about the Progression Status, the Future and the Games Content in general.
Because, during the past few weeks, I was working on a lot more things than just the update itself. And now, it's time to share these information with you guys, so that you get (at least) a rough idea what there is coming in the future.
Well, let's start with the games content in general:
Overall, the story itself is far more complex as you might think at the moment. I have thought a lot about the story and there are two major things standing out. First, I want to keep the story fresh and exciting, but also believable and comprehensible as well. A lot of questions will be answered as the game progresses.
The content I have planned for the game is more than enough to let me work on it for several years. To give you a rough idea where we are at right now (storywise), let it me put like this: If I would roughly split the story into three huge acts/parts, we still would be in the very first one, so to speak.
On what I was working on in the past few weeks?
Well, there are four major fronts I'm fighting at:
1. The Next Update (v0.18 Final) < WORK IN PROGRESS
2. Advertising and Marketing < WORK IN PROGRESS
3. Patreon Requests and Additional Content < DONE
4. Buying New Game Assets and Preparing Future Content < ALMOST DONE
For 1. and 2. I will do a seperate post in the next few days!
So let's talk about 3. and 4. As mentioned above, the first of the two is already done, but nonetheless there are some things I want to let you guys know about.
Well, 3. was a very important part why I needed to overthink my tiers and what they offer. But I think, what we have right now is a much better concept for everybody. You still get your individual requests, the tier value did even increase and I have more time to work on the actual game which will result in more frequent updates. So overall, it's a win/win for everybody!
But to the point...
Why was "3." so important for those changes?
Well, after I did release the last update on April 1, I needed to work for around 3 weeks on all the requests I have received, to get them all done. Especially the animation requests took a lot of time to create. That's why, I needed to cut those things down a little bit, to an amount, I can calculate with.
So don't get me wrong, I had a lot of fun creating your ideas and put them into motion, but all those things were keeping me away from working on the next update and the game itself.
In the end, I can only blame myself when I put (more or less) unlimited offers into my tiers. But as you know, I'm also a man of my word, if I offer you something, I will deliver in the best quality possible, no matter what.
And I have to say that some of your requests I like that much, that I might consider putting one or two into the game somewhere (only if it makes sense, though/we will see).
Ok let's talk about another very important point...
What does 4. actually mean?
Well, besides on working on v0.18 Final, I bought already new 3D Game Assets for the games near future content and beyond.
Because, after the next update is out, the new (more frequent) release schedule will change some things for me and how I need to plan and create the content. That's why, I need to plan more ahead and prepare some stuff here and there to keep the content flowing, later on.
With that being said, New Characters and especially New Environments will be introduced within the next few updates. And to give you a little example of what you can look forward to, one of the locations I bought, I have heavily modified, to make it more detailed and unique. The one I'm talking about, you won't find in any other game. That's for sure!
Ok, that's all fow now...
I will let you know very soon about the progression of v0.18 Final and so on!
Thank you guys so much for your Support, Likes and Feedback!
Stay tuned and have a Fantastic Day!!!
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How could this work? If I'm one of three patrons requesting a render or animation and the other two want e.g. futa incest I'll end up paying for stuff I don't want. We can't even see how many patrons you have on each tier! Not going to take that risk.
Have you considered taking requests for game overs instead of renders and animations? For example it would be really nice to see that cave scene between Yorik and Alenja added to the game
With couple of these you would actually have a decent update. The higher tier patrons could vote for these or you could make this option only available for 100$ patrons.I have downloaded the game today and i must say i love it. I've played it completly through now. Keep going like that and this will be one of the best games this planet will ever see!
It works very similar to the wallpapers, but with the option to get exactly what you want, despite voting via poll (if more than 1 patreon are in this tier). Just put yourself in my shoes and think about it. The question is, do I want to make a game or just requests all the time?! Both isn't possible, at least not at this rate/level!
To give you a little example: Imagine I would do individual wallpapers for all patreons in those tiers. This would mean I needed to work on the same amount of wallpapers like the number of patreons I have (because every patreon gets at least one) or even many more if you take all three kinds of wallpapers into account. It's easy to see, that this wouldn't work!
PS: I wasn't aware that you can't see how many patreons are in a tier. My developer page differs from yours (the public one). I will have a look into it, though. In general, you can always ask me via PM if you consider stepping up a tier.
Overall, I like the idea of requesting specific game overs for the game. But I can already tell that it wouldn't be as easy as it sounds, at least not if I care about the lore of my game, which I do. But still, the idea is not bad and I will take it into consideration. Maybe I find a way to do something like this in the future...we will see!Have you considered taking requests for game overs instead of renders and animations? For example it would be really nice to see that cave scene between Yorik and Alenja added to the game
PS: Oh and it's nice to you who was the one requesting the sex-scene with Yorik and Alenjas in the cave. Because of different nicknames, I didn't recognize you
Welcome on board mate! Thank you very much for the kind words, really apprectiate that
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Hey guys,
I just want to let you know, that after countless tries and errors, I seemingly have found a way to embed the gametrailer in both versions. I hope it will stay this way!
(The automatically convertion while uploading reduced a little bit the quality and fps in some parts, but its still watchable.)
If you have missed the trailer, just follow the links:
Gametrailer - Public Version (censored)
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Gametrailer - Patreon Version (uncensored)
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Enjoy!
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I have implemented the Gametrailer in the OP!
Of course the "Uncensored Version", because someone once told me that adult content/nudity is allowed on F95zone
Is there anywhere that we can see this scene? Or has it not been completed yet? Thanks!PS: Oh and it's nice to you who was the one requesting the sex-scene with Yorik and Alenjas in the cave. Because of different nicknames, I didn't recognize you