Sounds right, no problems. I just appreciate your input. I will just start a new playthrough. If I don't encounter the same issues, you will have a patreon supporter. I typically wait til a project is around the .5 update before I start supporting. Have been burned by a few too many abandoned projects. By the .5 update I can usually feel the project will eventually reach completion.
You're an awesome dev and if I made more, I'd have gladly supported your work as much as possible financially. I respect the crap out of avn devs who are at least wanting to interact with us and is okay with our criticism while not demonizing us because we don't have the means to pay at the time. I love your game dude and recommend it to anywhere I can because it is fun with a lot of fun characters (Gabby is best girl).Eh.. I got my money, and there’s no putting that genie back in the bottle.
I’ve been pretty adamant about not pricing people out of early access to the game. Which is why my highest tier is $15. And as time’s gone on, I’ve taken steps to make my tiers more affordable. The $50 tier I had at the beginning dropped to $15, because I honestly felt some anxiety over some kind souls giving me $50/mo. My $15 weekly “sneak peek” feature dropped to $5 this year.
If I really wanted to start fighting piracy, I’d start releasing it at $30, $40, $50, embargoing it for a month or more, sending out DMCA notices, and being a general skinflint dick about it. Orrrr I can keep doing what I’ve been doing, and focus on delivering solid weekly content to my regular supporters who have been so very, very good to me.
I like making stuff, and I like cultivating a nice little community. I don’t necessarily see the chapter releases as the sole product. It’s the weekly dev updates I do for free, the $2 NSFW art feature I do bi-weekly, the $5 weekly ‘sneak peek’ posts with script samples and advance art, the $15 playtester builds, and THEN the chapter releases. Plus whatever nonsense I post on Discord.
So, am I thrilled people don’t want to wait for the improved $5 release in a few days? Not really! But, it’s out of my hands, so I’m not going to sulk about it.
Pirate sites continue to drive a lot of traffic towards me. So, I’ll take the good from that and try to entice as many people to sign up and support me, by delivering the best possible content I can week-to-week. Because that’s really the only thing that I can control! No use sweating the rest.
That's actually a very interesting consideration.
Great to see people that can weight pros and consPirate sites continue to drive a lot of traffic towards me. So, I’ll take the good from that and try to entice as many people to sign up and support me, by delivering the best possible content I can week-to-week. Because that’s really the only thing that I can control! No use sweating the rest.
It was in 0.375. the last update I played. And yes it was a questionable decision by the dev to say the least.
The dark path has consequences. You'll only get to do so much with them before they leave.
No, it's not new, dev has said that would happen from the start.
Thats a really vaild question , Also the link sons sent for 0.8 is it In need or indeed?.
Wait what? You changing Nicki? Her story? It's bad enough she can leave, I hope you are not changing any of the great scenes of her.
Gah, hate consequences in vns. I had no idea the dev stated that it would happen. It's the one thing this vn had going for it above others. Thanks for news albeit sad news.
Kind of defeats the point of even having the dark path in the first place. If you aren't going to let people enjoy going down the dark route then don't offer it in the first place. Will be fun playing the dark path in a few more updates when there's no girls left
Exactly, the dark path is what this game offers different to others. If the dark path is moving away from what the dev is going to do, I would appreciate it being told.
I mean imagine someone irl being a dick blackmail you etc.. you want to leave ASAP, So this gives this VN kick of reality which is good.
I don't play these vns for real life or realism if I did I wouldn't be playing incest or dark paths lol. I play vns for fantasy wishfulfilment and escape from the real life.
Yeah thousands of other games where you go love route whereas dark routes are far and few between. It was the main appeal of this one for me but now we're pretty much getting forced onto the love route
