Tonbelly
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An important question...
🕑 Added 2021-12-15 13:11:31 +0000 UTCHow many of you here are interested in the dating sim?
Since committing to the project more, it has provided me with more fulfilment than any other project has, so I have been considering dedicating my Patreon to it.
This is mostly (although not exclusively) a question for the meal tier subscribers, and whether or not you want to see the comic strips keep going as they are in the future, or have that kind of content included in the dating sim instead. Any story I was planning for the comic strips would be included as part of a main or side character arc, and you'd be able to vote on which I work on first.
I understand that some people will likely prefer to just look at some art or a comic rather than load up a game, and the explicit stuff is delivered faster and easier for the reader of the comic, but also consider that I can deliver a greater quantity of content in the dating sim as it is quicker and easier for me to write up a script in Ren'Py than it is for me to format a comic strip. I can also do some more interesting things in Ren'Py, such as sound and animation.
Each to their own though, and I am perfectly willing to keep going with the meal tier if it appeals more to a greater crowd!
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Steelmaker
I am gonna send you a offer i your DMs... I might be able to help out there a little 🤔
Tonbelly
Given the number of people there are enjoying feedism content, the number of people there are who enjoy visual novels and games, and the severe lack of feedism VNs there are in existence, I feel that there has to be a lot of people who want this, it's just matter of getting them on board. So spread the word!
Steelmaker
then i guess we have to hope that enough people sign up 😉
Tonbelly
If I had enough of a subscriber base to work on the project full time, I reckon that I could do a release with a decent bit of content every month. That is, after a few months of setting up the ground work- I need to work on a lot of backgrounds still, but once they are in I can re-use a lot of them and keep writing scripts and painting characters. I'll also be working on systems such as inventory, player stats, etc. and once those are in I could potentially be doing bi-weekly releases, or maybe even weekly if it's just scripting.
Steelmaker
This question here is kind of VERY hard... On one side I love your art and comics and of course want to see as much of it as possible for what i pay... But on the other side WG VNs are REALLY rare! And this is the only project besides "Forks" which isn't made with Paint 😅. (for some reason all other VNs in this genre are optically garbage) And the last life sign of "Forks" was in JANUARY!?! In the end i am hoping that you can somehow pull off a release every month or something so i can justify staying subscribed...
Tonbelly
FAQ As a follow up, I'm going to make a little FAQ here, so feel free to ask questions and I'll add them. Will the dating sim be available on mobile, or just PC/Mac? At the very least I will release it on Android. iOS will be a little trickier, but I will be looking into this more. Would there still be a meal tier, or just one tier again? With a dedicated Patreon, I would make multiple tiers with different levels of influence on the development of the game. The plan is not yet fleshed out, but there would likely be a base tier where the majority can vote on which of the main characters gets their story extended next, a top tier which is limited to a few people where they can work with me to develop a whole side character story (similar to a commission), and a few tiers in-between. How much will the game cost? Patreon supporters will get every build included with their membership. I have not yet decided whether to make the 1.0 version of the game support based and therefore free to the public, or whether to eventually sell it.
