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Having got out the old calendar (and taking into account next week I need to back at work for the first time in two months...which will be so much fun I'm sure). Delivery dates for each remaining chapter are as follows:
Chapter Three: 14 June 2019
Chapter Four: 26 July 2019
Note no chapter delivery nor patreon charge will be made in August
Chapter Five: 13 September 2019
Chapter Six: 25 October 2019
Chapter Seven: 29 November 2019
Note no chapter delivery nor patreon charge will be made in December
Chapter Eight: 31 January 2020
Chapter Nine: 13 March 2020
Chapter Ten: 24 April 2020
Following completion I'll be spending two months for retrofitting optional choices for the player such as being able to choose their gender and race and remastering earlier graphics.
Laters!
Note that the above makes allowance for most things including optimism bias, contracting the plague, being elected to Parliament but makes no allowance for space hamster abduction which is beyond my means to plan for. Just saying!
Chapter Three: 14 June 2019
Chapter Four: 26 July 2019
Note no chapter delivery nor patreon charge will be made in August
Chapter Five: 13 September 2019
Chapter Six: 25 October 2019
Chapter Seven: 29 November 2019
Note no chapter delivery nor patreon charge will be made in December
Chapter Eight: 31 January 2020
Chapter Nine: 13 March 2020
Chapter Ten: 24 April 2020
Following completion I'll be spending two months for retrofitting optional choices for the player such as being able to choose their gender and race and remastering earlier graphics.
Laters!
Note that the above makes allowance for most things including optimism bias, contracting the plague, being elected to Parliament but makes no allowance for space hamster abduction which is beyond my means to plan for. Just saying!
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Apropos of nothing may I just say that it's an utter delight to have our favorite Sci-fi Smutress back!
I'm just gonna sit back here and grin like a mad fool - you folks carry on.
I'm just gonna sit back here and grin like a mad fool - you folks carry on.
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It's -so- good to be back.Apropos of nothing may I just say that it's an utter delight to have our favorite Sci-fi Smutress back!
I'm just gonna sit back here and grin like a mad fool - you folks carry on.
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Time is growing limited these days, but I am always willing to put aside a bit of it to give you a hand.
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Sold to the gents in the corner.
Thanks guys. Let me finish re-tweaking it and I'll send over a standalone version of it. Appreciated.
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*grins*Their opinons matter, no?
Fair enough. Three testers is it.
I don't need more than that I don't think tho. It's not a writing issue, it's more have I actually made a mini-game that works....
Will send you three a PM in a few days.
*plays eastenders drum exit on her way out*
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I think it is not necessary to pause Patreon just because you can't deliver a chapter each and every month. As long as you keep a steady output of good work, and your Calendar looks very much like you plan to do just that, everything is fine. Most devs only make significant content updates to their games maybe 2 times a year. It's perfectly fine in my book if you give yourself a "paid vacation" two times a year. (Based on the Dates and the preplanned nature, I am assuming August and December are your Vacation Months)
Frankly, if i look at the rate at which most Patreon funded games progress, most devs give themselves 3 and a half weeks of paid vacation each and every month
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Thanks
You make, as always, a very reasoned point jdoch.
But I'm conscious that people work hard for their money. If I was working on something in the background during August and December (GUI improvements or something) then I'd concur with you and feel OK for taking the cash without patrons having anything to see for it that month. But I know that, (and yep, those will be months I'll be taking vacation or know I'll be too busy) other than maybe some "arsing around" images or perhaps some Christmas fun, I'm more than likely not going to be doing anything on the games. So...it just doesn't feel right to me for taking the cash.
It was why I refunded my guys all their cash for the months I was off ill. They got nothing, I did nothing so why should I keep anything? It just seemed fair to me.
I know, I know...it's not a terribly common viewpoint - a lot of my patrons have had the same discussion with me when I started issuing the refunds - but it's a viewpoint I'm happy with. I can look you all in the eye and know I've done my best to give my sponsors value for money. It'll always be subjective of course of whether people like the output, and that's fine. That's a different issue. But I know I'll never feel any shame.
Y'see H5, or indeed any of my planned games, are never I suspect going to be terribly popular. They are more games with adult themes than perhaps true "blue" games if we compare to others (although there are some jolly corking sex scenes coming up...). They'll have a tendency to be too dramatic or too whimsical (an odd mix I know) so this is about not only trying to bring enjoyment to people but enjoying the whole process myself. I can't enjoy myself if I think I'm ripping people off (even if I'm actually not).
Does it make me a bad person if I confess I laughed out loud at this?Frankly, if i look at the rate at which most Patreon funded games progress, most devs give themselves 3 and a half weeks of paid vacation each and every month
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Happy to help if you need playtest feedback.
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do you know any other Sci-fi Smutress ?Apropos of nothing may I just say that it's an utter delight to have our favorite Sci-fi Smutress back!
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That's really kind of you to offer but I have three testers in place which is probs enough to check to see if it works. (after all it may not, my score on mini games so far is designed two, scrapped two!).
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