Unreal Engine Monolith Bay [v1.0 Beta] [Team Monolith]

[Team Monolith]

How to start Coira 's content btw. she in the house 24/7 and I can't go in the house.

Are you playing the patreon version? The Coira's content is the latest addition so it is just in the Patreon version for now.

There is always some info on how to start the new content below where you download the latest version.

 

[Derestyr]

Locking cheats behind higher tiers is some pure EA scum type of shit...

 

[trolaro]

we know cheat code plz?

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[rick911]

Game let me create this beauty in the Character Customizer. 11/10

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[name]

seeing the party scene in that preview impressed me with all the characters on screen and active at the same time. makes me wonder how high the limit is on the number of people that can be involved in raunchier content down the road

 

[Team Monolith]

Monolith Bay Character Creation Contest, with Prizes, vote now!

Hi everyone

How to vote:
Join our Discord Server:

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(No download/login required) and go to the "vote-character-contest" Channel. When there please have a look at all participants and click the star reaction button to vote for a character, you can vote for as many characters as you like. The amount of stars will determine the winners.
You can vote until: 2nd August, 12:00 (CEST)

Prizes:
1st place:
You can place your character somewhere in Monolith Bay and give him a dialogue when talked to.
1-5th place:
Your character will appear as a random character walking around Monolith Bay.
1-10th place:
If you are not a Patron you will receive a download to the latest Patreon version, if you are already a patron you will get the cheat codes for one tier above your current Tier.

 

[ADZ2EM]

we know cheat code plz?

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my name is vip code

( ADZ2EM is the VIP cheat code for Monolith Bay v0.11.0)

 

[ADZ2EM]

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[Team Monolith]

If you have to leak it and hurt the games development by doing so you could just have posted it normally,. Not like it being your profile picture changes anything, but I appreciate the effort
Edit: He now edited his post so it is just written down normaly, in case you wonder why this comment wont make sense anymore

 

[IsItNotMe]

If you have to leak it and hurt the games development by doing so you could just have posted it normally,. Not like it being your profile picture changes anything, but I appreciate the effort

Not exactly sure why this would hurt the development aspect of the game, it's just "cheats" after all, looking at your Patreon monthly pull, and I'm sure there aren't many people paying $127 per month unless they're rich or really dumb when it comes to money

 

[cooperdk]

I made a character uploader/downloader site (much like the Illusion Booru)

For now, it's on a subdomain. Here:

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[Krosos]

If you have to leak it and hurt the games development by doing so you could just have posted it normally,. Not like it being your profile picture changes anything, but I appreciate the effort

Are you serious if this Hurts the Development you really have to get some outside funding fast guys

*it smells like a very bad pr stunt*

 

[ADZ2EM]

So many Patreon games are being leaked here, along with their ‘super’ codes, and these games are thriving. In the face of piracy, good games will succeed and bad games will fail.

What I don’t understand is why are we, a group of pirates, thieves, and deviants of all shapes and sizes, NOT sharing the Patreon version of this game? We’re sharing a hell of a lot of other games, so why not this one?

 

[Team Monolith]

Sorry, my wording might came of more extreme then intended. With hurt I did not mean outright kill the project or anything, but fact is one way or another it will decrease how much we make. Resulting in less money we can pay to freelancers to make more adult animations as an example.
I am not opposed to piracy, and I don't think it is a big problem, but fact is there where 4 months our game was pirated and those months where very noticeably our financially worst months. Could be coincidence, but I really don't think so, but I won't judge you if you think it was.
Thus I am very thankful of the community here not leaking it currently (we are not doing anything to prevent it) so we can use the extra funds to improve the game

 

[Team Monolith]

Here what I am talking about, so you can make up our own mind about when I say not being pirated and cheats are helping with the games funding

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[ADZ2EM]

Here what I am talking about, so you can make up our own mind about when I say not being pirated and cheats are helping with the games funding

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The graph looks like the usual growth pattern of a successful Patreon venture. The growth is almost always exponential, as you have here (hence the slow start / nothing to do with piracy. The growth spurt is normal / nothing to do with cheats, just the extra effort your team made to add value to your game).

And if I were a betting man, I'd say keep doing what you're doing, and Team Monolith will be successful in their goals. As I said: good games will succeed, bad ones will fail.

So, with Team Monolith's future pretty much assured, still wanna know why we aren't pirating this game. At the end of the day, we are the bad guys, we are all going to Hell, so might as well have some fun

 

[cooperdk]

Are you serious if this Hurts the Development you really have to get some outside funding fast guys

*it smells like a very bad pr stunt*

So many Patreon games are being leaked here [...] In the face of piracy, good games will succeed and bad games will fail.

What I don’t understand is why are we, a group of pirates, thieves [...] NOT sharing the Patreon version of this game?

Guys...

1) You really think posting a patreon-only version will not hurt the development? I'm sorry but that is borderline unintelligent. Those who can get it here without paying will not be inclined to pay, at least for that version. It's that simple, and it's not up for discussion. Piracy DOES hurt development. And two of the consequences of piracy are 1) DRM and 2) in-game purchases.

Lots of people on this board ask for Patreon only versions. They might pay if one isn't uploaded. Figure that one out, why don't you.

Also,

Please don't call "we" as in "us" pirates. Speak for yourselves. Lots of guys here actually don't pirate stuff and I, for one, am a patron of this project (even though I actually can't afford it atm), simply because it is a great idea AND it has survived more than just a few updates, unlike lots of 3D games.

Simply put... if you don't really care if the game will have funding / be successful, please, go ahead and post Patreon versions here.

If you want a game that has the potential to be something great, act like it. Support the developers. And don't share their work without their permission. It's highly illegal even though "it's just on the internet" and compensation are usually in the thousands (€). I am saying this because I know someone who lost a case AND I know someone who won one (in that case, which was simply sharing of a few model photos, the court ruled compensation of €10000).

Also, it is no excuse that "so many Patreon games are being leaked here"... What do you think a judge would say to such a remark?

The graph looks like the usual growth pattern of a successful Patreon venture. The growth is almost always exponential, as you have here (hence the slow start / nothing to do with piracy. The growth spurt is normal / nothing to do with cheats, just the extra effort your team made to add value to your game).
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I strongly disagree. The curve would have climbed much faster without a released pirated version, just as you can see in April to July. A game like this would have grown faster. You're talking about exponential growth yourself and the graph displays anything BUT exponential growth.

And if I were a betting man, I'd say keep doing what you're doing, and Team Monolith will be successful in their goals. As I said: good games will succeed, bad ones will fail.

... and loss of funds means risk of having to end development of the game increases. Unless, of course, you have a way to pay for ordered/commissioned assets/artwork design/sound tech with insufficient funds..? You know damn well that Patreon creators base their investments on their fundings.

 

[Krosos]

Yes but you shouldn't anyway do shady manipulation strategies like making cheats a value proposition, it has todo with morality of a developer my dear finance expert friend.
You doing well why are you manipulating people this way ?
Geez you should have the lowest fear rate compared to many others seeing your steady production growth and value deliver and a product that is simple but consistent and even keeps delivering on most of it's expectations.
Why you would floodgate this down the drain with such strategies is beyond me.

Not even any real indie studio in the whole world would ever do this neither any publisher, they would do other shady things yes but not this craziness and try to monetize cheats and simple engine functions but he ya it's porn lets get really shady, shouldn't we

If you try to monetize something monetize on something of real Value, do i think it's Value to make a Menu option and some link to basic debug functions nope it is certainly not.

Monetization strategies like this will only cause bad backfire on everyone else and their reputations.

They will push us "Higher complexity" Porn Devs in a very very very bad light.

And finally it will also push Patreon in a very very very bad light

Also it makes few sense seeing how open you guys are trying connecting here and even doing these competitions for your community growth, might be pure calculation but i think there is more ticking a lot of fear of course, you found a nice team and you putting things well together that immensely shows

That Cheat Monetization doesn't feel like you and your work at all and it's really disturbing and a strange contradiction.

 

[Team Monolith]

Yes but you shouldn't anyway do shady manipulation strategies like making cheats a value proposition, it has todo with morality of a developer my dear finance expert friend.
You doing well why are you manipulating people this way ?
Geez you should have the lowest fear rate compared to many others seeing your steady production growth and value deliver and a product that is simple but consistent and even keeps delivering on most of it's expectations.
Why you would floodgate this down the drain with such strategies is beyond me.

Not even any real indie studio in the whole world would ever do this neither any publisher, they would do other shady things yes but not this craziness and try to monetize cheats and simple engine functions but he ya it's porn lets get really shady, shouldn't we

If you try to monetize something monetize on something of real Value, do i think it's Value to make a Menu option and some link to basic debug functions nope it is certainly not.

Monetization strategies like this will only cause bad backfire on everyone else and their reputations.

They will push us "Higher complexity" Porn Devs in a very very very bad light.

And finally it will also push Patreon in a very very very bad light

Also it makes few sense seeing how open you guys are trying connecting here and even doing these competitions for your community growth, might be pure calculation but i think there is more ticking a lot of fear of course, you found a nice team and you putting things well together that immensely shows

That Cheat Monetization doesn't feel like you and your work at all and it's really disturbing and a strange contradiction.

You said it yourself, cheats are nothing of value and low effort, and they're not relevant to the game's content. And this is exactly WHY they are the rewards for high tiers. Or would you rather suggest locking real content behind high money tiers or not giving anything to high money tiers?
Also, if it was not for these tiers they would not even be in the game in the first place, for example, the Steam version will not have them.
I don't want to name them because I don't want to badmouth fellow creators but I know of many Patreons where cheats go up to 200+ euro, and we at least limited it to 100 euro. Also, others even limit the amount of height tier cheat rewards that can be bought, to give a feeling of having to grab them before they are gone. We would never do this for something like cheats. But only for things which require extra personal work from us, since we have limited time to fulfill such rewards.

But I will try hearing you out, no rewards are not an option, and if simple cheats do not work, what would you suggest as a reward instead?

 

[Team Monolith]

Here is proof I am not just making things up, but I had to censor it heavly so hopefully it is unclear from which Patreon this is. But again in case you do find out the source let me tell you I don't think ill of it at all, it is just a random example, many Patreon creator do it
Here supply even gets limited, and as you can see by that it even gets bought, what we would not be doing for something like cheats

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