- Jan 11, 2022
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Awww, such a wholesome comment man I'm glad two of my favorite devs are buds!We have decide to introduce NTR.
Just fucking with you.
-Over under how long from the time the game leaks that we get the first comment along the lines of, "that was short" or "that's it for X months!?!" I'm going to say third comment...15 mins.
-I worked my IRL job all week busting my ass and in my limited free time I worked on the NEXT update after this one. I get the Beta version a few days ago for this update and discover there are errors.
That meant I had to wake up on my one of two days off from IRL work, tell my wife and friends I was busy and spent my Saturday morning squashing bugs. Now, if it was you, is that how you'd like to spend your Saturday after a long work week? Me either. But I did it and do it.
I'm a real person doing the best I can to drain your balls of high grade baby making juice. I'm trying to make sure you don't go out with a full sack on any given night and impregnate the wrong chick who takes 1/2 your money five years from now (you're welcome by the way).
-So many of you have been beyond supportive on here the last...weeks, months however long and I can't tell you how much that motivates me personally to push thru tough times. This was BY FAR the most difficult update from a technical standpoint. I'm not sure we get there without you guys just leaving supportive comments on here and elsewhere.
I got a DM this morning from a fan that was very kind. When I woke up this morning I was fucking bummed to have to work on QC. But the msg he/she left really gave me the morale boost I needed. Financial support is awesome but a kind fucking word often times gets me in the mood to write, do art or push thru laborious shit.
-Please don't forget the Patrons who do support the game financially and give them a shout out here or on Discord. Honest to God you think my wife would let me spend this kind of time in my basement if we had no financial support?!? These folks make it fucking happen. On Discord, the supporters are some of the nicest fucking people. They deserve your thanks and ours. Much respect.
-Also, a quick thanks to NeonGhosts who continues to be a supporter and a fellow developer/friend I can lean on with ideas and just as a sounding board. thanks homie.
I appreciate you guys sticking with us.
This is probably going to come off as dick sucking to some drive-bys, but who cares, right? Being a consumer and a critic (maybe not a good critic) are the easiest things in the world; overstated, but true. And the people who just leave nothing but naggy comments I honestly think are just lacking in self-awareness, EQ, maturity, etc., or perhaps just have never had the opportunity to create something in their life so don't empathize with any given dev. I mean, they just have no idea that a dev actually creates drama and struggle in their lives all so some complete strangers from across the globe can lessen the load on their sacks a little. Working your ass off to put value out into the world without much, if any, recognition or acknowledgement for it is one of the most painful things a creator can experience. And how often does a dev even make minimum wage from it? And because the naggers have no experience developing a game, they probably don't know how to tell the difference between an excellent dev team that takes longer to update, due to the game's complexity and less personal time to devote to it, and a dev team looking to milk. So, I'm not sure if that helps at all, but changing your perspective on how you view the critics and the drive-bys can sometimes help offset the negative mental load that they throw on your lap, whether intentionally or unintentionally. I suppose mindful meditation would really help with that (i.e., the act of simply focusing on w/e emotions or thoughts pop up when you read a negative comment can itself cushion the fall, so to speak), but I thus far haven't had the patience to try it yet. Maybe you'd fare better?
Anyways, I seriously can't describe how excited I am for the next update I seriously love your game man and I have nothing but respect for the work you and the rest of your team do (jealous, really.. I've always wanted to attempt a VN myself and I could only hope to make it as high-quality as this game). I consider myself pretty picky when it comes to the games on offer here, especially when it comes to the dialogue; no offense to any other hard-working devs on this site, but there are just so many games that have very awkward, cringe, try-hard dialogue to the point where it legitimately makes me all too aware that I'm not so much experiencing a character in a sex fantasy I wasn't even necessarily aware I wanted, but cybering with a dev who's sitting behind a hot 3d avatar. Yours and a few others absolutely make the cut, though, and it's one of the few threads I take the time to look through just about every day I'm not sure what more I could say that wouldn't just be a repeat of things I've already said since I've become a fan, but I do hope you're aware that you're testing the limits of at least one bloke's breeches, roughly in the zipper region