Maybe it's a language barrier. And I don't want to disrespect the mod's warning in the thread, but I'm not posting to create a flame war or to torch the creator. Just being a critique. Now....
You said quote; "I am not going to facilitate the work of those who want to hack the game by going against my interests and those who finance me. I remind you that this project will go on only if I have a certain number of patrons who justify its work if it is not so, the game will be abandoned."
As a creator posting your game on this site, you can expect it to be pirated, mod'ed, patched, hacked, whatever. It come with the very nature of this site. But you also get in touch with a lot of players that can be potential supporters and patreons of your project. Could be a language barrier, but the way you worded yourself it sounded more like a threat of "support it or else it get abandoned", and the "limited" lower tier pledge kinda make it feel like a moneygrab.
Support come over time, you need to build a following, this is equal for every creator. Focus can't just be about money, money and more money. Very few games is a instant moneymaker. There is probably quite a few people that would be interested to just tip your lower tier jar and still pirate the game. Just look at like SummerTime Saga, how many lower tier followers that game got.
Also, this just me being a critic, but I would never put a 20$ pledge on a game that use real life porn assets. Because at such a cost you could just as well go get a monthly premium to pornhub or something and see all these adult stars in all their glory until your dick fall off. You would probably been better off trying to focus on a lower tier pledge, and once the game getting beefier with more content etc. You then start to "paywall" some new added content for higher tiers.
In anyway good luck with your game.
I'm sorry if I sounded grouchy or aggressive. It was absolutely not my intention. It is very difficult for me to have a conversation in a language that is not mine. I have to remember to use smileys
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As for the tiers, if you see, the benefits from the 10$ tier to the 20$ are practical all the same. This is because they are placeholders for benefits that I will add in the future, at the moment they exist only for those who believe in the project and want to finance me with more than 5/10 $. I created that number of tiers to have the group (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior) which if I'm not mistaken is the nickname that is given to high school students. I only did it because it seemed nice to me
. Pioneer is a separate level created to have a certain number of users immediately so as to understand the interest in the game and also start any poll on some features of the game. The limited number of the Pioneer was initially 30, now I have increased it to 75 because there have been more subscribers than I expected and I don't want to start limiting some benefits only for those who are willing to pay 10$ or more. If I see that the number is still growing I will probably bring the limit to 100. So that many users can benefit from all the benefits with 5$.
Furthermore, I have not yet established exactly which benefits to assign on each tier. It is only two months that this game exists, and I try to learn gradually what the users' wishes are.
I have been on f95zone for a few years with another account and I have also downloaded pirated games, so I do not intend to offend anyone who does it because I first did it. My hope, especially in this initial phase, is to be able to limit this because I still don't know if this project is worthwhile or not to be continued. I am working diligently on this thing, and I am using all my free time. Believe me, it is not easy to invent stories, write them, program the game code, search and edit videos and translate everything into a foreign language. It is a very tiring job and it is important for me now to feel motivated. Aggressive posts towards me do not help my job, on the contrary, they push me to abandon everything and look for another way to earn
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I repeat I never want to be aggressive, if I seemed offensive I am sorry, it was not my intention and it is not in my character. I hope, however, that there is also cordiality towards me. Aggressive posts don't benefit anyone.
Peace.