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Bringing "life" to Personal Trainer and some thoughts on pledge rewards
🕑 Added 2018-10-09 02:53:24 +0000 UTC As you may already know, I don't believe in creating any paywalls for this game. There are no early releases (aka intentionally delayed releases). The moment the game is ready to be played I upload it for everyone to enjoy. I also don't include a paid tier for a walk-through.Instead, I've been working on a system of in-game hints as well as a schedule tracker to make content easily accessible without unnecessary frustration. Now that we've established that this game is officially free and will always remain free, I want to take the time to recognize the generosity of those who pledge.
You already have free access to the game, there are absolutely no incentives in pledging. You pledge because you believe in this project. This support is absolutely amazing and I hope you understand just how much I appreciate you.
I want pledge rewards to feel meaningful without taking time or focus away from the development of the game. In the upcoming update I've been focusing on adding more "life" to our game world. The game has a 24 hour clock yet all of the locations are void of all life unless one of our main characters just happens to be around. I've been rendering nameless characters who's sole purpose is to fill these empty venues with a small fun or sexy interaction. These characters have no part in our story other than bringing life to the world. These will be scheduled and repeatable interactions. I find this to be a perfect opportunity to get our small but growing community involved by adding their various personalities and ideas to the game without detracting from the main story.
Additionally, I like this idea because it also allows the inclusion of various fetishes that would otherwise not fit with the main story.
Here is a quick example of what I'm referring to.
(A guy and a bored girlfriend at the arcade)
(She's taken notice of you and we have an opportunity for a sexy but meaningless interaction)
(Going to the gym doesn't automatically make someone a super model)
(Her shoes are untied, should we tell her?)
With this I bring you my proposed reward tiers. I would greatly appreciate your thoughts below. Let me know if this is a good idea and if not, what changes would you make?
$1 Tier:
- Access to Patron only posts and NSFW previews
$5 Tier:
- Access to Patron only posts and previews
- Vote on proposed content variations (such as character appearances)
- Dedicated Discord channel to engage in direct feedback and suggestions with the dev.
$10 Tier (10 max):
- Previous Rewards
- Small Easter Egg in the game reflecting on your username or interests, displaying your username or name of preference when found and highlighted with the cursor.
- (Example: A poster in the coffee shop, a skateboard at the store, etc)
$15 Tier (10 max):
- Previous Rewards (Excluding the small Easter Egg)
- I will work with you to make a small repeatable scene of your choice for a current in-game location with nameless characters.
- (3 characters max)
- (No depiction of underage characters)
- (No depiction of rape/murder)
- (Please contact me before pledging to confirm that I can fulfill your vision)
$20 Tier (3 max):
- Previous Rewards (Excluding the small Easter Egg and custom scene)
- I will work with you to make a small repeatable animated scene of your choice for a current in-game location with nameless characters.
- (2 characters max)
- (1 animation, 2 viewing angles max)
- (No depiction of underage characters)
- (No depiction of rape/murder)
- (Please contact me before pledging to confirm that I can fulfill your vision)
Please let me know your thoughts in the comment section below.
Comments
Domiek
Yeah the current tiers are nonsense. First month of release I only had a $1 tier because I couldn't be bothered to think about this. Then I just copied more or less from other games without giving it much thought. Now that we have more and more Patrons like you who are showing up with seriously generous support, I want to balance things out and make the rewards more meaningful. The easter egg tier may even take more effort than the custom scenes. Maybe I should do a couple months trial run to see how it plays out and what effort is needed to go into it?
firetemplar415
I like the development of the new tiers. they seem to be more balanced than what they are now. Although i feel the easter eggs should be in the tier above(15$) since it feels like its part of the game and you donated more to obtain such a right.
Domiek
What are your thoughts on the easter egg/in game recognition vs a generic "Special thanks" list? Is this an attractive option or is there something else you guys would rather see for a $10 tier?
