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I understand your concern. I guess you've been pouring lots of hours of work and money in this project and a time comes when you start questioning yourself. I hope you don't do that in a negative way. Like I said before I've been following The Roommate since the first version and already saw something there and you even progressed beyond my initial expectations.Now for something completely different, just looking to get some thoughts/feedback.
Patreon:
Clearly it's not bringing in anything like enough to even cover costs on a project like this. Everything in the game was legitimately acquired from Daz, Renderosity and a handful of other sources, or built by me (a lot of the character morphs, MC's laptop, Kari's belly-piercing) and there's a lot of re-working of commercial products to make them usable (MCs car, for example).
I know there will always be some people who don't understand the concept of "give and take" and I'm not looking to MAKE people pay. So I guess it's fair to consider Patreon a tip-jar, which makes it feel like a kick in the teeth when people cancel the last day of the month.
Personally, I'd rather someone sign up for a dollar than come in like a big cheese only to cancel before the billing cycle. I know you can switch to charging up front, but it seems like people have been burned by developers who've gone that route and then delivered nothing.
Are there better options? Come to that, are there other places to promote the game?
Release Schedule:
I still feel there are areas of the existing game that need to be fleshed out and I also think I've not entirely fulfilled the original premise of a less linear structure, although part of that is to do with the way story lines develop.
So far, I've been trying to do a new point release a month, although it's been more like six weeks on average, I think. That's been based on the concept of adding a week of game time to each version.
Is this working for people? Am I losing people because the expect more and sooner?
Compatibility:
Again, still some issues because of the learning curve for me, but I think we're past the point where saves break between versions. Barring any undiscovered bugs, I think saves from the current game should be fine going into version 0.5.
That said, there will probably be another build (0403) before that anyway.
Hey, don't get me wrong, my point was that I'm committed to this. I find it very engaging, and it's taken off in ways I didn't foresee. But I know from experience how frustrating it can be as a player waiting for the next installment!I understand your concern...
We're not THAT demanding.Now I'm just waiting for someone to ask if I can add tooltips that summarize each girl's life story...
well as you know I only care about one girl KariView attachment 1416639
I hope you all remember this when you're wondering why there's not so much hot sex in the next version...
That might actually be worth the effort.could you add a feature where when we hover the mouse over their portraits, the girls flash us?
Putting the 'creep' in feature creep.That might actually be worth the effort.
All good points, the one about the letter, in particular, being simply the fact that I ran out of time at the time I was putting 0.4 together.I very much liked the v0.4 and 0402 updates...
Thank you for your response, that does answer most of my questions/comments. I wish I still had a copy of v0.2, though. But I'm looking forward to 0403. And I myself am well aware of the mountainous chaos associated with moving dwelling spaces; good luck with it.All good points, the one about the letter, in particular, being simply the fact that I ran out of time at the time I was putting 0.4 together.
It's always difficult with something like this to decide the best way to fix it afterwards, but in this case, I fudged and decided that the letter wasn't to be opened until MC officially became CEO, which is on day 29. That seemed like the best way to go.
So I have amended things to add that in the next build, which is 0403 and I hope to have out in the next few days.
I would like to considerably extend and enhance MC and Kari's first night together, but it will have to wait for version 0.5.
A slight complication is that I am moving this week and we're in utter chaos, half in and half out of the new place and the old!
I'm sorry, I will dig that out for you next week, if that's okay?I wish I still had a copy of v0.2, though.
I there togs-games. Glad to hear from you and wish you good luck with moving.All good points, the one about the letter, in particular, being simply the fact that I ran out of time at the time I was putting 0.4 together.
It's always difficult with something like this to decide the best way to fix it afterwards, but in this case, I fudged and decided that the letter wasn't to be opened until MC officially became CEO, which is on day 29. That seemed like the best way to go.
So I have amended things to add that in the next build, which is 0403 and I hope to have out in the next few days.
I would like to considerably extend and enhance MC and Kari's first night together, but it will have to wait for version 0.5.
A slight complication is that I am moving this week and we're in utter chaos, half in and half out of the new place and the old!
I'd appreciate that if you happen to have the time, thanks.I'm sorry, I will dig that out for you next week, if that's okay?
yesssssss Kari my love here I comeOkay, the move is done (ish), although I have yet to get computers hooked up, etc.
I'm hoping I can get the new build done and uploaded tomorrow.