Johan Smitt

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So, as I'm waiting to hear back from Uber with regards to the latest script written, and I want to hear all your thoughts on something.

What from a management standpoint do you think would make Patrons want to stay longer? Or for non-Patrons watching this thread now, to entice you to come on board?

It's no surprise to anyone that I'm keen to reach the next goal so we can hire on some additional staff/get some new equipment etc to make these updates faster and hopefully higher quality, so...

- An 'Update completion' bar is one proposal I want to bring forward as a suggestion to Uber, plus hopefully (finally) launch the Discord.

What else would you want to see?
That's a fair question, it's always good to know what your base wants and as you said, what might bring more into the fold.

I'll preface this by saying I'm not a Patreon, though I do thoroughly enjoy the game and have considered it being my first Patreon subscription.

Your idea of introducing a progress bar would be pretty good, though it doesn't need to be as comprehensive as other games which show progress for Art and Coding etc. Just an overall percentage would be nice as an indicator.

When it comes to additional staff, can you quantify the increase in output? The last update was a big increase in quality and quantity, thanks to an additional artist (if I remember correctly). Other game devs are held in contempt for having the funds to hire additional staff, but do not, and instead have an absolute bottle-neck of output. One very popular game struggles with its solo artist, for example. To finally get to my point, it may be worth advertising what an increase it staff will allow you to accomplish, i.e say a ball park of how many additional scenes per staff increase or reduced release time. Quality is peak atm (for me), so quantity is what I'd personally want to see.

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The only thing that I could think of was some kind of commissioned art. Be it a $200 patreon tier to keep the picture count low or you and Uber come up with 8 or so picture ideas every two months and hold a patreon vote where the top 2 get drawn by Uber.
This could possibly be a bump to income, but wont increase overall subs. My only questions regarding this, would be, where is the bottle-neck in production? (You don't need to answer, but just be aware of it). If art is the bottle-neck as it is elsewhere, doing essentially 'omissions' would be a determent to the game. Though, if they have 'spare' time (term used loosely), then there's no harm.

My own personal gripe with the project has nothing to do quality or quantity. From reading the thread from a while, it's been stated that the UberPie only converses through email, which at times, leads to a few people left 'hanging' for info during the days upcoming to release. Don't get me wrong, only peeps here and not the wider audience will know that's a thing, it's just a personal 'annoyance' is all, not a Patreon though, so can't say it offends me (yet ; ) ).

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The game needs some serious proof reading. There's a sentence that should be "...a paltry "Hey! What are you doing!?"" but is instead spelled as "...a poultry "Hey! What are you doing!?""
 

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This could possibly be a bump to income, but wont increase overall subs.
You're correct, my idea was more a bonus suggestion than any kind of solution, but I'm not sure there is one to increase the number of patrons. My suggestion for that would be to continue on with the plan and get the "housemate" updates out, preferably with some way to make it incest, be it a patch or some kind of system to name the relationships that some games have adopted recently.

My only questions regarding this, would be, where is the bottle-neck in production? (You don't need to answer, but just be aware of it). If art is the bottle-neck as it is elsewhere, doing essentially 'omissions' would be a determent to the game. Though, if they have 'spare' time (term used loosely), then there's no harm.
I think it's fairly clear that the bottleneck is the coding. They're trying to hire a coder and we're getting quite a bit of art for the holiday specials but they are linear stories that require a lot less coding than the open world main game. If they hire a coder it would hopefully allow Uber to focus more on the art and get updates out quicker.
 

Johan Smitt

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My suggestion for that would be to continue on with the plan and get the "housemate" updates out, preferably with some way to make it incest, be it a patch or some kind of system to name the relationships that some games have adopted recently.
That's a pretty reasonable suggestion, given that it's becoming the standard bypass in games nowdays. That being said, it might not be worth the potential flak they may receive from Patreon, it'll ofc be up to the devs to implement it if possible and if they're comfortable


I think it's fairly clear that the bottleneck is the coding. They're trying to hire a coder and we're getting quite a bit of art for the holiday specials but they are linear stories that require a lot less coding than the open world main game. If they hire a coder it would hopefully allow Uber to focus more on the art and get updates out quicker.
Coding is definitely the one to be careful on. Much like Art, it's never quite a finished piece, but the difference is, it crashes your game lol. Hope they can source a good code guy when they reach the next tier.


On a side note. I do think the game will have a boon once the pregnancy system is established, since its a fetish with plenty of appeal, especially in a sandbox setting. That being said, the roadmap is established, and content needs to be balanced, so it can't be rushed ahead (to my personal dismay).
 
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do you do anything with Danny in this? or is that only the Christmas one?
my first time playing this game and just wondering if i missed anything
 

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What from a management standpoint do you think would make Patrons want to stay longer? Or for non-Patrons watching this thread now, to entice you to come on board?
Regular updates.
Every month a minor release with SOMETHING new, ideally with rotating material: one month a Danny scene, the next a Priscilla one, the one later a NTR route scene, etc etc.
 
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Hi guys and girls was wondering were you find the gym clothes in this game. Been looking everywhere.
 

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is this max i could reach in sara progress in latest version? i stalked Darnell got keys found out sara addicted to drugs then????
 

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is this max i could reach in sara progress in latest version? i stalked Darnell got keys found out sara addicted to drugs then????
 

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So, as I'm waiting to hear back from Uber with regards to the latest script written, and I want to hear all your thoughts on something.

What from a management standpoint do you think would make Patrons want to stay longer? Or for non-Patrons watching this thread now, to entice you to come on board?

It's no surprise to anyone that I'm keen to reach the next goal so we can hire on some additional staff/get some new equipment etc to make these updates faster and hopefully higher quality, so...

- An 'Update completion' bar is one proposal I want to bring forward as a suggestion to Uber, plus hopefully (finally) launch the Discord.

What else would you want to see?

1. Weekly dev diaries. Every monday let's say, you do a short status update. We are working on Clara, scene 3 out of 7, progress is 30%, eta March 20th. Nothing huge, just hate being in the dark. Doesn't even have to have a picture or be longer than this. Knowing when to expect the game and what is happening helps with deciding to stay subbed.

2. Make your 1$ tier give game access. People who support you on patreon do so because they want to support you, and not because it gives them game access, for most part. I can have access to the game the day it releases right here and yet am a 5$ patreon because I can afford it and want to support the game. Some others though may care about it, and after all those people are paying, even if less than others. Besides, by the time the game is done they'd have paid more by far than they would have for a AAA game title that comes out finished.

3. Make saves transferable instead of starting over from begining or having to enter cheat code.

4. Focus on finishing someone's story, a-la Dark Cookie, rather than spread it out.

5. Do the NTR that you plan as a DLC, rather than slow development of the game. Maybe hire a new guy to just work on that alone.
 
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