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π I Was Wrong... (and WIP)
🕑 Added 2025-08-20 19:56:06 +0000 UTCMy time on Patreon has been full of judgement calls and I know I go against the grain on plenty of things. I've constantly prioritized being able to put out content above nearly all else in hopes that it would grow the subscriber base to make this self sustaining.
This was the source of my decision to split Trials of the Succubi into four Chapters. I took the FAR shorter route than spending my time converting it to RenPy to be able to transition right into new creation. I was counting on Milovana preforming about how well it has for the past decade or so. However, this downturn is quite different.
Milovana Status:
Last month I had TONS of Milovana issues. Things took 3x as long to make because of slow servers, things not saving, servers going completely down, and sometimes even saves were reverted in a few cases. Bugs are never fun to fix, imagine doing it multiple times over again for each
Currently Milovana is up and actually functioning rather well on most days from what I can tell - only had a few hours this week that were spotty.
However for the past 2-3 weeks, no one has been able to add more pictures to their games. I've even tried both of my historic workarounds to this issue which failed.
What I was expecting was a true site shutdown which eventually gets the attention of the Admin and historically comes with a few site improvements. With the way things are going currently, I would almost put money on the fact that the Admin probably logged on once a quarter, saw things were still up and left.
Though anything could change and I could definitely be "wrong" again:
I don't see any change to this on the horizon. π£οΈ
How I've responded:
This has caused me to spend much of my time bug squashing (There have been far more bugs than expected with the TOTS chapters and Keystroke Experience system) and with Fall of Haven work.
I completely understand that in it's current state FOH appeals to probably only 5% of my subscriber base and in it's "finished state" would probably only appeal to about 30% of it. I have also been more excited to work on an actual game system for once because this has long been a dream of mine. While the potential monetary rewards for the Milovana games is lower than what I believe FOH to be (a gamble), I certainly don't want to put anything on complete hold without announcing such a change quite a bit before it happens.
What I've Decided:
Though the prospects of a year or so of work to JUST port it over if things go moderately well... I have decided to start playing with RenPy and see what I can make.
In the meantime I will still try to fix whatever bugs appear to the best of my ability but the Milovana status is outright preventing me from anything further.
What I've Done This Week:
I've had discussions with other Milo creators that are testing the waters but none have had a good time with it so far.
I finished the Keystroke Tier 2 Library reward but I still can't get it uploaded.
Outside of FOH art and programming meetings, things are still very much progressing.
Though previously things like parasite infections and other status affects progressed over time - I am re-hauling my entire time system now that I have a sleep system in place! (sleeping is the fastest way to progress time currently)
There is a new body hair system now that will grow over time and can be trimmed down in the bathtub to customize your look.
For any leather lovers out there, I've been sitting on my leather underwear art for almost a year now and I'm finally happy to finally start coding it in. As a reminder, it has a different asset for every single chest size and turned on variation! 
I can't promise any or all of these things but there is also the possibility to finally get the tentacles implemented in the game now as well! Hopefully by Friday they will do more than just whack you once. (I think we've all seen enough hentai to know where this is headed...)
However, I would count on at least 1 or 2 of these things to be delayed until next week.
What hopefully shouldn't be delayed as much is an extension of the village - come visit the Docks this Friday!
Many of these things have been worked on over the last month so it is forever exciting to have them materialize and go to be seen by the world!
Comments
indyc
I'm in complete agreement!
maximus
As long as Milovana starts working again, I think the chapters approach is a really good solution as soon as the bugs are fixed. But Milovana stability being what it is, trying out RenPy while Milovana has issues sounds like a good idea.
indyc
I primarily wanted it to be huge and super replayable so sadly RenPy doesn't help much on that front. I haven't completely changed course to RenPy yet, consider this more of a exploration and reconsidering instead of simply rejecting the fact it would take a year.
Bon
Definitely the right call! RenPy will let TOTS become what you've always wanted it to be.
