F4C430
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I noticed your first game is listed having PlayDRM. That likely hurt your sales by itself.
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You are actually right.
How do you know that? You a seller?
It is stated in dlsite that PlayDRM protection actually reduces sales for some reason.
it was a bad game to start with tho. XD
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I do understand that in heart.
I love people that gives usefull feedback. I did analyze all the usefull feedback from people here, dlsite and itch.
But still, some people mock my work that took me months that I put my heart and soul into.
The worst part is that I know that they say it because my game isn't enjoyable enough. XD
Anyways, did check out MrZed's games.
He seems to have reused assets for all of his games. With slight improvements.
He did start off bad but gradually got better after time as the most recent one got "very positive".
He also seems to be doing great on patreon.
I must start patreon as soon as possible. I will regret if I start late.
F4C430
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No but i do buy games from DLsite and some Japanese devs put it only on the English version. The irony is that even though i wanted to pay for their game to support them, having the PlayDRM actually makes me pirate it instead.
Anyone who bothers to
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would easily understand how shitty it is for legimate buyers and why it should be avoided at all costs.I'm not trying to derail your thread though. Just pointing out that you can't use your first game's sales numbers accurately because of the presence of PlayDRM potentially affecting the sales.
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You seem really committed to your work and I truly respect that. I'll check out the demos soon.
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What an incredible job! Congratulations! Your dedication to your games is inspiring. Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I’m sure this thread will help beginner devs like me understand the best strategies for promotion and publishing. Keep up the great work!
Doing myself R18 stuff around 4 years. Good survival history.
Can say Patreon need to be avoided in current situation, with massive censorship from Visa, Mastercard.
Itchio saved me about 3 years, my games "shit" so no mass advertisement was here.
After itchio censorship all income dropped 70%.
So searching new methods to "live".
Really interested in publishing on dlsite, but with visa, mastercard situation probably will be impossible.
Can say Patreon need to be avoided in current situation, with massive censorship from Visa, Mastercard.
Itchio saved me about 3 years, my games "shit" so no mass advertisement was here.
After itchio censorship all income dropped 70%.
So searching new methods to "live".
Really interested in publishing on dlsite, but with visa, mastercard situation probably will be impossible.
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Yeah, really surprised how shit can go wrong in a few months.
I always knew visa and mastercard paypal was attacking lewd content but this year was unprecedented.
Some of my friends are also getting attacked as they banned early access entirely on steam.
Recently dlsite has changed paying its foreign creators from paypal to direct bank transfer.
I have recieved bank transfer this month and it seems to work. (for now)
If things go wrong feel free to hop on, because DLsite is the only major platform that directly rejected visa / mastercard.
And might be the only platform left that cares for sexual freedom.
Really cool to see you sharing the stats, and great dedication! Keep up the great work, hope the payment processor stuff isn't hurting you too much.