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After chatting with Tsunade, I went to the training ground, and everything shows normal on my end.Are you unable to trigger the event?
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Great, thank you for the speedy fixIt’s already fixed now, you can give it a try.
Looks interesting but I don't recommend to play simply because everything interesting is closed with the code
And the free version doesn't give you almost anything to look at.
And the free version doesn't give you almost anything to look at.
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Bro, this isn’t about greed. I earned over $200 this month, but just hiring a writer cost $400… and that’s not even counting the programmer’s fees. I’ve been working full-time on this project for over half a year. My personal expenses aside, the cost for the script and programming alone is already several thousand dollars, while the total income from the game so far is just a few hundred. Without implementing some paid measures, it’s very hard for me to continue producing the game. And honestly, the free content doesn’t affect understanding the story at all.
I’m not complaining about being poor—I’m just a creator asking for reasonable support. Those who are willing to pay help me continue making the game and improving it. If no one chooses to support, that’s okay too—I’ll understand and find other work to sustain myself. If you like the game but don’t want to pay, that’s fine as well—you can wait for a pirated version (I know that’s hard to avoid), and leaving comments saying the game is good still gives me motivation to keep going.
I hope you can understand.
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Okay, you're honest, so I will be too.
Creating a porn game shouldn't be your main source of income, at least not initially. If the game becomes popular, maybe then it will be your job, like Dark Cookie and other big developers.
But a game won't become popular if you start with paywalls and Patreon codes. Summer Saga, 4Elements Trainer, and other super popular and money-making games are COMPLETELY free. And thanks to that, they've grown into a large community that supports the creators. You can't create such a community if you start with initiatives like Patreon codes.
You say it's expensive to hire a story writer. Well, don't do that. Write the dialogue yourself. It might be tedious, but that's how it is at the beginning. Dark Cookie also wrote everything himself until the game took off. And the dialogues were horrible, but this is a porn game, and dialogue isn't a priority.
In other words, you're starting from the wrong end. Just like those developers who have an idea, launch a Kickstarter, raise a few million, and then think about how to start making a game, only to suddenly realize they can't, and the Kickstarter turns out to be a scam. For a Kickstarter to be effective, you have to make 80% of the game and then ask for support once you actually have something.
Porn games are a bit different. You can also release the game after a lot of work is done and ask for support, but many developers take a different path, making a game in their spare time out of passion. And they slowly develop it. If they work hard and the game looks good, a community will slowly form, and maybe the creator will be able to work on it full-time.
You, my friend, started off super seriously right away. The problem is that you don't have a community, but you already need a lot of support, so you think you have to resort to anti-community, capitalist tactics aimed at whales who have more money than they need so they can spend it on nonsense like porn games. The problem is that I doubt many whales will show up in your game this early in its development journey.
I've been following the development of porn games for years, since the very beginning of this phenomenon. And believe me, you can earn a lot, but it takes perseverance and building a community, which can be even more important than the game itself at the beginning. People have to like you, and paywalls won't win you friends. They'll make a few people pay, but the rest will get angry and follow another project. So even if you notice a slight increase in rewards at the beginning, you'll ultimately lose out.
There are several types of situations with porn games:
1. A completely free game, a passionate developer, frequent good updates. The community grows quickly, they like the game and the developer, and supporters appear. Lots of money, a cool job. Happy ending.
2. Scams. Games that are prepared as demos encouraging donations and then abandoned. But some idiots pay, and the scammer developer makes a few hundred dollars.
3. As in 1, but lacking passion and drive, the game is abandoned because there's neither a community nor updates. So, no money either.
4 Projects like yours. Where there's a paywall, there are a few payers, and the developer gets paid, but the game never grows and either dies when the developer realizes it's not enough and goes nowhere. Or the developer makes the game for several years for little money because they have no other choice. Nobody is happy. (As a bonus, some people seeing this type of game may think it is a scam, type 2. So they will not want to support it even more.)
Why is that? Because you need to know one important thing. People don't like paying for porn. Wait a minute... So where do these huge porn game Patreons come from? Oh, right. Let's go see what games they are. Yes... They're free. People don't want to pay for porn, but they like to support their favorite creators.
I understand you want to make money. Everyone needs money. But I think you started off on the wrong foot. You have the motivation, the skills, your game looks great. The beginning was really good. And then suddenly there's this situation, a paywall, and everything can go to hell.
Believe me, I've played ALL the naturo games from this and other sites. I've seen many projects that started well and then died. I wish you success. So I'm trying to give you some good advice. Remove the paywall. Cut costs, make the game in your free time, take it easy, and start by yourself. If you get supporters, consider hiring help. Build a community, earn people's goodwill. You could be the next big developer. This could be a game on par with 4Elements Trainer. I see quality, it just needs patience and dedication.
Believe me, I wouldn't write such a long post if I didn't wish you well. Because I like Naruto and I want there to be a great game set in this universe. You want positive reviews, right? You want people to say, "Wow, great game, I can't wait for the next update." You don't want people to say, "Paywalled, scam, all the scenes from the new update are blocked behind a paywall, don't support this developer."
Think about it, my friend. You have the skills and motivation, this could be your career. But don't start out like EA Games, Nintendo, or Ubisoft. Start out like Valve or Larian Studio. People will like you, they will support you.
But if you need to make money now because you really need the money, and you've decided that either people will pay or I'll abandon the project. Then in my opinion, abandon it immediately because it won't work.
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Oh, I almost forgot. There's actually another solution. Something in between option 1 and option 4: a timewall instead of a paywall. The game is completely free with all scenes, outfits, etc. But Patrons get updates faster, or they're one update above the currently available free version. Or the scenes from the Patreon version are only temporarily locked, and in the next update they become free—base scenes, while some new scenes become temporarily locked and available only to supporters. This is fair, and may be a good compromise for you.
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Thank you for your reply, and also for taking the time to answer so thoughtfully.
At the very beginning, my plan was simply to create a short, free story that could be completed in about a year, as a stepping stone toward my next game, which I intended to release on Steam. (In fact, I believe that ultimately most games do need to be released on Steam—just as you said, many successful crowdfunded projects eventually go that route. However, the fan game I’m working on right now can’t be published there, which means I can only rely on sponsorship as the main path forward.)
But plans never quite keep up with reality. With rising costs and the actual pace of development, I estimate it will take at least another year and a half (and that’s being conservative). At the moment, I can complete over 10,000 words of story content per month, and I can feel my speed increasing as I gain more experience. If I continue part-time, the project could easily stretch to three years, with updates coming only once every two to three months (and I feel it wouldn’t be fair to existing supporters if I can’t guarantee at least one update per month). If I also have to write the story myself, progress will be even slower, and I find that the daily hassles of life can easily make one want to give up.
Keeping the game free is indeed one possible path, but it’s not the only option. What you said is absolutely true—but in my view, this approach works better when a team can share the workload, which significantly reduces the pressure. In reality, however, it’s far from easy. Coordinating schedules and progress is a major challenge, especially for someone like me who is naturally impatient. Before this project, I had a friend handling programming, but many tasks that could have been solved in half a day ended up taking him several weeks. That alone cost me several months of wasted time—it was extremely frustrating. So, I decided to learn programming myself, and now when I encounter problems, I’m more inclined to hire outside help. Because of this, I personally bear more of the cost, and since I cannot rely on Steam nor plan to do crowdfunding, relying solely on subscriptions makes it necessary, in my view, to lock certain story content. I’m not the first to do this, and it doesn’t affect the overall understanding of the story. Of course, the benefit of developing solo is that costs are kept to a minimum, and it allows the project to move forward without being affected by factors outside of my control.
The reason I’m sharing all this is because I believe different circumstances call for different solutions, and the goals change at each stage of development. Personally, I’m not very good at managing communities or running operations, and I don’t have the ambition to earn huge amounts of money. Right now, my focus is simply on finishing this game smoothly—and if I have the capacity, to keep making it better.
Of course, I could have taken shortcuts to reduce the pressure—such as relying entirely on AI, updating infrequently, and keeping the story static. But what would be the point? There are already far too many games like that on the market.
Ultimately, this is all part of exploring and figuring things out. This is my very first game and my first real attempt at navigating this process. It may not be the perfect path, but so far it has made development run much more smoothly.
That said, I’m not a stubborn person. I truly appreciate your advice, which has been very helpful to me. I will make adjustments and optimizations to the game’s experience and the balance of encrypted content as updates progress. At the same time, I hope you can understand me—this isn’t done out of greed; at this stage, it’s simply about ensuring the project can “survive” smoothly.
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Not only is the gallery locked and paywalled, but even just playing through the game normally locks you out of the sex scenes with a paywall. Like wtf, seriously?