le_french
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1st Year Anniversary!
🕑 Added 2023-08-18 20:43:55 +0000 UTCHappy 1 year anniversary to the cast of Red Lucy. An amazing year all around, I constantly kept thriving for better in every aspect and still continue to do so. I realize what I do today is leaps apart from what I introduced in the initial release.
Looked for help where I couldn't get better, met lots of new friends... I came from nowhere and just started doing 3D art one day for no reason in particular so it means a lot!
I wanted to thank you all for the support you've given me and cheers for many more friends to meet! 💖
Unfortunately it's only a half celebration, I started this passion project with the mindset of working how I feel like it and adjust after first year accordingly. But after reviewing the year summary, it's not looking too bright. I'm lagging behind all my peers financially by a large margin, many distribution platforms are closed shut for me for reasons you probably all know.
This project's only support is from you guys, here on Patreon, and it's very limited. Developing this passion project has become insanely expensive on my own. It's bleeding me dry and I'm way past my safety net.
Personally, I feel fine, I keep working like always and live off very little.
But technically it's worrying... If any of my 2 GPUs or other expensive hardware goes toast someday then the project stops right there, as I have no means to replace it.
So, as a creator, nothing changes. Project goes on as usual and much faster while still not sacrificing my graphic standards. Very excited to see this story unfold and many more lewdness to set up.
As a developer, I'll shift my stance toward a more aggressive marketing and attitude. The +3 months leeway I used to give members who leave is no more in effect. Website access will be cleaned very often, starting today. Also I'm all for piracy so eventually everyone plays it but the speed at which I've seen leaks come out (25min) is absurdly un-proportional to my current status. This is the kind of leaking I've seen on other projects' I can only dream to compare to. On someone as tiny as me, it's a death sentence.
Anyway, half-celebration but still very very veryyy happy! 😁
Thank you everyone, see you soon 😘
And sorry in advance if I may appear cold sometimes due to my change of attitude. It hurts me first. It's not who I am.
-LeFrench
Comments
_Loren_
The problem is too little content for one year of development. You should speed up, people don't want to waste money on a slow dev.
Blobby
P.S. I think if you finish the VN at this level of quality, you'll recover your money and more on Steam where I think it will be a huge hit..
