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Well, to begin with, I would like to apologize for the post at the beginning of the month called "Thoughts." Apparently Google has incorrectly translated the phrase "
unsubscribe from me" to "
subscribe to me" Otherwise, I don't understand
why I have so much support this month.
A quick FAQ for what I plan to do next.
Is the game closed for good? - No,
I think in January-February 2021 the game will start updating again.
What are the reasons? –
Slow development, with low support.
What are you going to do during these 3-4 months? -
I'll try to completely redo the first and second chapters, edit all the English text, add additional animations and make other minor edits and changes. In addition, I am considering
creating another simpler game in terms of storyline, to make money. To pay the bills, so to speak.
Long explanation. (I look pretty pathetic in it, I apologize for that.)
I'm sorry I started making The Intoxicating Flavor. TIF is a game with a long storyline, complex dialogues, well-developed characters and high-quality rendering. Well, or at least that's how I intended this game. The problem is that
I myself was not ready to make a game of this size and complexity. Now I understand that.
I should have started with something simpler, with a game in which I would not have to constantly think over every word, and redo each frame several times. It was necessary first to earn some money, buy the necessary equipment, and then take on a big project.
Let me explain.
I've been doing TIF for two and a half years now. During this time, I barely released
6 chapters, out of about
15-16. Can you imagine? I have not done even half of my plan! At this rate, I will finish the game for another
4-5 years! You yourself understand that
this is not normal, especially for a game where the main feature is the plot.
How did it happen? Well,
when I created the game, I didn't think about money at all. That is, I did not think that they would be the main problem. I naively believed that in the first year I could completely update my computer, in the second I could leave my job, and in the third year I could hire a few people to help. XD Yes, yes, yes, I know, too cocky.
But I believed that if you constantly improve the quality of the picture and text, then people will notice and support the game. I honestly thought that I
could make game development my main business, that I could spend 8 hours a day on it, working calmly, and not like now, returning home tired after work and with the last bit of strength to work 4-6 hours, falling asleep at the computer...
The reality turned out to be more disappointing. In the first month I was able to earn
$ 21, in the second
$ 66, taking into account the fact that
I spent $ 750 on the translation of 1 chapter... And in the third month I again had to pay for the translation of the second chapter.
Well, am I not an idiot? Perhaps then I should have realized that something went wrong. In general, until August last year, I was in the red. And then I decided that if a year later, in
August 2020, I don't have $ 1000 of support per month, then there is no point in continuing the game, I simply cannot do it. This is why I was very upset when support dropped so much at the end of August.
And in addition to the transfer, during these two years, I
burned 2 video cards (for one I was refunded money under warranty), I
had to update my computer, I
got a serious spine disease due to the fact that I sit at the computer at work and after work. And all this has driven me into such debts that I still can't pay them off, especially the loan I took out for the operation.
But you say, "
Now you have $ 900 of support, that's a lot!" This is really very, very much, but I do not have such support, this is a
one-time help. Next month it will be $ 700, and another month $ 500, and here
I am again fighting for survival. But even $ 900 is not enough to fully focus on the game.
This is what I want to achieve - by the end of 2021, make the creation of the game your main work, and in 2022, completely finish the TIF. I don't know any other way. Making the game for another 5 years is crazy. Well,
either give up on the quality that I've been striving for for 3 years and release updates as quickly as possible. Which I really don't want.
I tried never to say it, but it's stupid to get off the subject now.
I need a lot of support to continue making the game. Very large.
But not from you. You've already done more than I could have hoped for.
Thanks to you, I was able to hold out for so long. And I can't ask you for more. Every time someone signs up for $ 10-20-40, I get scared. It's a lot of money for me, and that someone is giving it to me is a bit discouraging. All
I want to do now is bring as many new players to the game as possible. So I want to
stop, fix the mistakes I made at the very beginning, and try to understand how other developers were able to attract so much attention to themselves, and then make a new start.
And here's what
I want to ask you: Don't forget about the game. It will be a very long 4 months, but when the game starts coming out again, at least try to play it again. And if you also recommend it to someone, I will be super-grateful. <3 Yes! And
check out the demo of the new game, which I will release in late October, early November. Maybe this is my new masterpiece!
Hm... It turned out a lot of text, and I'm not sure that I was able to convey my thoughts correctly…
I hope I could. If you have any questions, please ask them.
P.S. I understand that one of the reasons for the low support is that I do not communicate much with the audience. I write few posts, but, firstly, I always tried to devote all my free time to work on the update, and secondly, most of the audience of the game communicate in English, which I know awfully. I always write messages and posts through Google translator, and then I also try to correct this translation.
Therefore, I usually do not respond to comments for a long time and do not write news. I tried to take a tutor and learn the language, which I now have to know, but it costs $ 200 per month. Now for me this is an impossible amount, since I have to pay the loan for the operation and constantly buy medicine. So I apologize for constantly pulling the news to the last. The main thing is to remember that every message, comment, review, I read.
Thanks for leaving them. :-*
