AD5

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Jul 2, 2017
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I am 100% fine with purchasing the game, it's high quality. I'm curious though as to how much content you have planned on Noriko, I love her as a character and being able to dominate or be dominated by her. She's been kind of lacking these past few updates. Thank you.
The next two updates will be about Noriko. The first one is about dominating her and second one is about getting dominated by her.
 

BigHotMommas

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Apr 28, 2023
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Apart from talking shit things will never change in the comments section here. Do you really think that for a game of this quality I only spend $200 a month?

Between making the backgrounds
sprites
CG
animations
Music
Programming
And all the other additional costs, how much do you think I'll have left at the end?

I'd also invite you to take a look at the ranking of the most taxed countries in the world. We're not world champions in France, but we're still on the podium.

So I'll say it one last time, I didn't say the game was dead because of piracy, nor did I say I wanted to make the 93% of pirates pay. I was just sharing with the community (which supports the game) the reality of things.

The game can continue to be developed, but investing more in improving the content, hiring artists as competent as my main artist isn't possible because I'd have to go through a studio to approach this quality.

So to conclude, yes, I earn almost $15k a month, but 80% is reinvested in the game, paying taxes, salaries etc.
would the game be released on any other platform in the future, or are you planning to keep it patreon exclusive?
 

theMickey_

Engaged Member
Mar 19, 2020
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would the game be released on any other platform in the future, or are you planning to keep it patreon exclusive?
Please read the OP (again) -- this game never has been Patreon exclusive. There are links to a couple of sites where you can get it from.
 

rorzy

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Sep 27, 2017
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Patreon takes in between 5-12% and I believe the French tax is 20% which means it's almost 10k-11k per month just on patreon. I'm not making a case of they earn too much btw, just disproving that the game is dead.

Personally I don't care how much they make, I usually don't pay for products until they are finished or close to completion so even if the free versions stop and it's never leaked again I'll just play something else until it gets to that stage.
Relatively recently Patreon made the displayed amount much closer to what the creator will actually earn, after Patreon's cut and whatnot. So the number is fairly accurate, and even if it wasn't it would still be an absolute shitload of money lol. Even if he only gets 50% of the displayed number my opinion would remain the same; I do not care about how sad he is about piracy, he's doing extremely well for himself. And I say this as somebody who has been a patron of his in the past, and probably will be in the future.

So I don't know how it works in France, but I imagine it's +\- similar to Norway, in which case he had to register as a (single-person) company, to which the tax rate (In Norway) would be 51%. Assuming all of this is th esame in France, we're looking at an annual 'income' of 94k from Patreon. Which is pretty good (a bit over an good software developer position).


Assuming he's (heavily) embellishing the spending towards the game, and instead say it's 50%, we're then looking at 47k (55k from tax return filing buisness expenses). That's pretty good (as in, above average in France), but not "I'm rich" good. He'd be making more money if he simply got himself a software development job.


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So I'll say it one last time, I didn't say the game was dead because of piracy, nor did I say I wanted to make the 93% of pirates pay. I was just sharing with the community (which supports the game) the reality of things.
The way it's phrased make it come accross as resentment towards the 93% that's not paying for the game, which is very similar to Ubisoft's sentiments in the past (claiming poor sales of AC:Unity on pirates, and not the dog-shit state the game was in). Reality is, if the game wasn't available to be pirated, you'd probably not see more than 'maybe' 5% of that 93% actually pay for the game, and that also ignores all the people that did join your patreon because they tried the pirated version.

Can only speak for myself, but the fact the game is on here, has increased the chance of me paying for this game when it finnishes, from 0.0%, to > 0%. I hate visual novels, but having an interactive map-system does put this into an "I might actually try it" category, vs "Ignore" category. Still haven't played it, debating if I should bother, or wait for an actual release.



Played Dystopian robot girlfriend (or something) that I downloaded from here for about 5-6 hours. Once that game is finnished and releases, I'm buying it, as I like it enough that it's on "I will buy it" list, same as Strive for Power (which is finnished, I just gotta get paid first at the end of the month).
 
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ElWorser7u7

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Game Developer
Oct 17, 2019
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Apart from talking shit things will never change in the comments section here. Do you really think that for a game of this quality I only spend $200 a month?

Between making the backgrounds
sprites
CG
animations
Music
Programming
And all the other additional costs, how much do you think I'll have left at the end?

I'd also invite you to take a look at the ranking of the most taxed countries in the world. We're not world champions in France, but we're still on the podium.

So I'll say it one last time, I didn't say the game was dead because of piracy, nor did I say I wanted to make the 93% of pirates pay. I was just sharing with the community (which supports the game) the reality of things.

The game can continue to be developed, but investing more in improving the content, hiring artists as competent as my main artist isn't possible because I'd have to go through a studio to approach this quality.

So to conclude, yes, I earn almost $15k a month, but 80% is reinvested in the game, paying taxes, salaries etc.
Somehow, i agree with what you're saying. After nearly 2 years of development and what I consider to be a significant increase in the game's quality, it's reasonable that the expenses associated with it have also increased. I say this not only because of the sheer amount of things that have been added update after update, but also because the cost of each of these additions varies considerably. For instance, an artist who creates backgrounds for the game cannot charge the same as a "full-time" developer dedicated to this project. The difference between the two is quite significant, and both are essential parts of it(y)

In particular, i discovered this game through this forum and immediately subscribed. Not only because I liked the content and style of the game, but also because, for me, the greatest confidence a project can give me to ensure that supporting it will not be a waste of time and money, as in other cases, is through constant updates. Keeping your followers informed, providing additional content, sharing work in progress, each of these things matters. I don't understand how people can start comparing this great project, with an amazing future, to other games that only receive one update every two years, excuses, and "progress" that has been announced more than 20 times over that same period, all while having profits ten times greater and being "OK" with it :confused:

As long as this game continues to update its content and doesn't start charging its followers for literally doing nothing, I will continue to support it as much as I can.
I am very excited about the Noriko update, can't wait to see what lies ahead for this great project.
I wish you the best of luck ;);)
 

rpgfan4life

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Jul 3, 2020
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25
Hello, I remember this wonderful game!

I know not everyone might be into this like NTR, but may I please request urination in this game?
Sorry it's even difficult for me to request, please don't judge too harshly thank you ^^
 
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HentaiGamerN00b

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Sep 6, 2020
951
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A question, to see Sakuya's path do I need to make another save? I followed the "Mom" route last update, but I just get to Sakuya's threat and then the game tell me to wait for another update, I don't know if I just need to do it from the beginning.
Perhaps, but it could be possible that in the actual development state it'll become useless, the game it's pretty green and some of the Patreon - fan base are unusually very unlikely to test things and use the head properly to select obvious choices to active a path since the beginning, if you can find and download very old first builds, there were pretty earlier choices that can make you avoid some paths (like going after Yasuka and Asami), much later RNGeusEX seems to be like obligated to do a guide just for Yasuka's Path and later he seems to become unable and later become invisible those choices, right now the game is pretty linear, but i have the feeling that later he will add those Paths that will make advance Main Story (for good or worst) of MC, changing things drastically, it's very hinted in the message when Sakuya's Path become available, she'll make MC responsible of his past actions for being a womanizer and Kimochi signaling MC as a Pokemon Master *i mean* guilt for trying to build an harem, actions, dialogs, scenarios and destinies will be changed for what we are seeing now, a pretty example would be if we rationally choice to only going after Sakuya, doing it will change how Yasuka and MC will deal with Netoru, the dynamic with Noriko and Asami as only friends and no more... But more importantly how Sakuya will interact with MC, as she can play an act of being a Normie Person, until she reveil herself pretty late and perhaps in a way more dramatic and shocking for MC after thinking that she was as any other Normie Girl... And those changes may not be available with the actual development state as they are changed in the code of the game, it would break for sure in future builds when those Paths (if they are develop) are added.
 

kurosx

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Oct 1, 2017
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From Patreon, this is quite interesting:





To the moon
Hi everyone! I hope you're doing well. It's time for me to give you an update on the ongoing development of Goodbye Eternity.
The release of version 0.7 has been very well received, and you have truly enjoyed it, which reassures me about my ability to provide you with quality content.
That's why I'm proud to announce today that Goodbye Eternity has been accepted on the GoG platform. I am currently working with them to prepare for this.
For those who are unfamiliar with GoG, it is a platform similar to Steam that offers numerous advantages. The most interesting one is that Gog allows you to download the game files and executables directly to your machine, without the need to connect online to enjoy all your games. No DRM.

Another interesting but important point is that on Gog you have access to many more payment methods than on , for .
Furthermore, their refund policy is much more generous than any other platform. I highly encourage you to give it a try. (This is not product placement.)
Another important point: we will be saying goodbye to Renpy and transitioning to a more powerful game engine, Godot. The advantages are numerous:
  • Much better RAM management, which means the game will be able to run on lower-end Android phones without requiring a minimum of 4GB of RAM.
  • Access to 3D: if there are any mini-games planned in the future, I will be able to offer true 3D experiences.
  • And many other things.
Rest assured that the transition will be seamless for you. All the functionalities of Renpy will be available in Godot (otherwise, I wouldn't do it).

In the meantime, take care

PS : I don't have a release date for Gog, so you'll be the first to know when the time comes.
 
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