This is one of the better VNs I've played. The setting and characters are interesting and feel natural. I actually got invested in the story. I hope to play a complete version someday.
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DEAR GOD OF THIS GENRE OF GAME. WHY WON'T YOU TAKE OUR MONEY!!!!!!!!! TAKE IT !!!
TAKE OUR MONEY!!!!!! It hurts man..... To come back here months and months and months between updates. You could be missing out on 300,000 a year. Thats how much summer time saga makes. That's a massively substantial amount money. Sighs jesus dude why..
Just take it. Please. Stop being so its not about the money.. yeah we get that.
You have the best content out period. While using older game assets. You are way more talented then you know. Obviously. Sighs
TAKE OUR MONEY!!!!!! It hurts man..... To come back here months and months and months between updates. You could be missing out on 300,000 a year. Thats how much summer time saga makes. That's a massively substantial amount money. Sighs jesus dude why..
Just take it. Please. Stop being so its not about the money.. yeah we get that.
You have the best content out period. While using older game assets. You are way more talented then you know. Obviously. Sighs
- Apr 16, 2020
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You have been here since at least 2016, actually you should know how this works.
He doesn't want to feel pressured by himself to deliver on a schedule by having a patreon or similar. As I understand it its more about his mental health than the actual financials and I respect that. He wants this to be a thing he enjoys doing rather than something he either delivers on a self imposed schedule or feels guilty about not being able to deliver on said schedule.
You keep doing you bro, we'll just keep quietly waiting and appreciating your work for the quality it is when it comes.
- Apr 16, 2020
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Some developers see their projects solely as a hobby for their free time. In addition, very few developers earn enough from patronage to actually be able to quit their 9 to 5 job. For example, $3.000 (which is well above average) a month from Patron might look fine on paper, but most people forget that those sums after taxes and other deductions are shrinking significantly.
- Apr 16, 2020
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Hmm, an update by Halloween is at least more likely than being struck by lightning twice in a row.
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Throwing away a well paying and reliable job for something as unreliable and volatile as making crowd funded porn games is a very very bad idea.
- Jul 21, 2017
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He had one at one point but people started asking for things from him. Hitting dates, put this kind of content, and the dev said "nah" and shut it all off. My ethical and morals would have me doing a hard time doing that as well while I do a full time job. This would be a side hobby and me making my game - is just that. I make it for fun. I work 50+ hours a week for my main job. When I get to the weekends and late nights, that is my fine time. There are darned few that can make that good a living (the $300k) that you mentioned. Yeah you can turn on the spigot and see what happens, but at the end of the day, you have to deal with the emotional stuff that goes with it along the way. Then you have to decide do I give up health care, benefits, retirement for a game. The answer for me, I know my dollar figure. It would have to be about $500k a year. I am not that good a dev or writer.
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A bit of a correction. He ran Patreon with a "payment on releases" model from the start. This means that Patrons were only charged upon release of an update. I don't think anyone really complained or asked for releases. I don't remember how many updates he had this page for. I think Chapter 1 and Chapter 2, maybe? Someone might correct me on this.
So basically, he probably didn't want to have these perceived constaints that he sets for himself.
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Uh-ho. What have you done now?..
Hello! Hello!
It's taken a while to get back into the dark arts of Honey Select (Oh how I didn't miss parts of the process), but production is ongoing with Chapter 6.
No deadlines. See how it goes. But I have committed to hours per week, come Hell or high water.
I'll make sure the next update is sexy... (ish).
- May 29, 2017
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This has been covered a few times, but there's a hundred pages here, so just to clarify...
I had a Patreon that gathered funds (on chapter release) for the first three chapters. However I wasn't happy on Patreon, due to Patreon things, but also because I felt that I was being unfair with the delivery times.
To be clear, all of my patrons were fantastic, I just felt that I had a ticking clock following me around.
And, this is important, I made a grand total of $160 for my entire time on Patreon. I could've made some more with Chapter 4, but that's when I stopped collecting funds.
So, as a platform, the only thing Patreon was any good for was the fantastic, but double-digits number of supporters. I appreciated every cent, but that soon wasn't the point of being on Patreon anymore.
Of course I'd like to make some cash with this, but I think the reality is that, like Patreon, this thread is a bubble of fantastic and vocal supporters that doesn't translate into a viable income irl.
Never say never on other funding avenues, but it won't be Patreon and it won't be something that will ever replace a job or support my time.
Welcome back dev i hope you're doing fine.
glad you're back working on the game
pls take your time just don't abandon the game
maybe drop sneek peak from time to time
regards
- Mar 25, 2018
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Maybe once it's complete you could release it on Steam as they seem to have no interest in blocking hentai anymore. Not sure if HS renders could actually cause copyright issues, but I believe it's worth checking out, when the game is nearing completion (whenever that is).
Though it's a completely different game and genre, Unturned is a game on Steam (it's different in every way). The model it was released with that the game is completely free with a 5$ DLC that which really just gave the player some very basic cosmetics and access to Gold servers (which didn't really change much). I believe a similar model could work for you as it functions more like a tip jar. Maybe the DLC could offer something like a digital manual or HD renders.
Anyways, it's always good to see these peeks. Let's me speculate about possible things that could happen.
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idk, i never seen HS indie game on steam.
But maybe on itch.io or similar. that would be a good idea when the game is finish
