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Some thoughts about the future of this project, I would like to know what you think.
🕑 Added 2025-02-26 17:17:41 +0000 UTCHello everyone, I wanted to share some things that I have been thinking for some time and with which I want to take the next step after what happened in the last update.
In short, I always thought that offering 1 week of early access is not very relevant, that people mostly support the project to keep producing it and not the benefit as such.
The last update was probably what cost me the most so far, I'm spending too much time on this plus I put my health at risk, which was perhaps the straw that broke the camel's back to take this next step:
I thought that the game so far is excessively free, which in a way is very unfair to those who contribute monetarily, which did not seem wrong at first, but time passes, I learn, change and new projects and opportunities arise and one has to make decisions. Logically I am NOT going to abandon this game, there are still many things I want to implement, experiment and develop here before moving 100% to something else, but I consider the division of time between other things apart from this project, so I came to the following conclusion: offer to the people who contribute EXTRA content exclusive for patreons in-game (Jounin+)
A. this content could be extra animations within an existing event, or an extra pose in the erotic scene. For example, the scene where Ino in the flower shop has only 1 animation, in the patreon version it could have 2. At first, this could be a little bit irrelevant, but when the time pass the cumulative amount of private content will grow.
B. It could be the creation of new areas with new exclusive missions for patreons, this mean, extra events, quest, etc., which I will fill in little by little.
C. I will NOT cut content to put it in the private version, on the contrary, I will add more.
D. Some cheats could be private (I haven't defined it yet).
E. Extra content in the tower, for example, new characters that when defeated you can add to your team and have some extra quest / erotic animation.
F. No private content, but longer wait time for public release (15-30 days?)
What is the tower? a game mode that I have planned since I launched the first version of this game, but only now I can start to develop it slowly. It's name is provisional, I still have some things to define, but it's logic is quite simple and I can illustrate it with this drawing.
In short, you fight enemies, you get stronger, you fight the boss, you unlock its erotic content.
In the example is chi-chi, as they could be characters from another universe, but really that will be put to vote and you will choose the girl, who could be, for example, a villain/antagonist/secondary character from the Naruto universe, as long as it doesn't affect her “story” within the game. With this I intend to say that, even if this is not connected to the main game progress and is something totally secondary, Tsunade could be there, but much later.
On the other hand, I am also thinking of sharing the animations with some sound in MP4 format at the resolution at which it was drawn for some specific tiers.
All these are just ideas so far, nothing is defined yet (although I won't wait too long to take the step), they are different options that I'm writing, if you have any opinion about it I'd like to read them!
Comments
lautaro
Thanks for your opinion!
lautaro
Thank you for your point of view. The tower mode is a long term thing, it's not for the next update, as I don't lose sight of what the main characters are and what their current content status is + the amount of time it takes to do each update. And yes, I'll try to calm down a bit with my ambition to do a thousand things at once, I don't want to go through the same thing again haha.
Evan Weiner
I think these ideas are great. As a paid member extra content sounds amazing. However, I’d keep in mind with extra content comes extra ambition. Just make sure that you’re keeping within healthy parameters. I.E not delaying updates to long/overworking yourself. I think the tower mode is a great idea for sure. More ways to play makes the depth of the game more enticing for sure. And honestly adding exclusive paid content is definitely worth it since monetization goes along way.
Kashim68
That was a lot of ideas in one post. Options: A. I think this is the way to go. but not too much that it is add too much work as the dev! B. A. is more realistic C. same as B. D. The cheats could be private only. That would be logical. E. same as B. F. I think that can stay but 7 days is a good balance if you do A. It would attract a little bit of people to sub but not have too much negativity and will reduce piracy stress for you. I really don't think about others who doesn't pay that they shouldn't have access to the full game eventually. That feels more chill from the dev looking from the exterior. I just happily donate to projects that I'm enthusiastic about. Tower: I think it's a great new game + or a new area concept. About the implementation and the combat system... Why not in the tower but it doesn't flow well in the current game. I think the current quest system is better personally than combat & grind. Hence the separation in new game+ or new area thingy. Very sincerely... please slow down a little. Take one thing at a time... The current game has a really great feel, really, and it does not need to have all the gameplays out there all-in-one. That's my personal opinion but I'm afraid you're spreading yourself too thin. Maybe space the big Area/Gameplay updates between 2-3 updates advancing existing quests. That lets you either dev it in parallel or reduce the number of 4-month-long-updates that stress you and the commus. What most communities love is seeing a project that goes to completion but in the endyou decide :) Hopes you take care of yourself though. If I was too preachy. Sorry about that.
lautaro
Si, la torre creo que es un buen concepto para agregar contenido exclusivo, pero todavia tengo que definir cosas para que no sea tan grind y tedioso ya que al final de todo es un juego H. Gracias por el feedback!
lautaro
Hello, thanks for the feedback! Of course, I like to listen every suggestion
Golden Fox
Option A is the best, I think that adding more animations and poses will be amazing. And the whole tower thing is as well a great idea, you can always add different stages with different bosses like Chichi or Rias Gremory from High School DxD. Although, I feel like Rias would be an intriguing encounter within the main game. If you'd like I would love talk more about the whole Rias thing, I think it would be pretty cool how she could be apart of the main game.
Beni
Banco la opción A. Y con respecto a lo demás me parece bien igual, osea más beneficios a los que pagamos me parece bien, algunos creadores hacen lo mismo, este es mi juego favorito H, sigue dándonos contenido de calidad, lo de la torres banco pero tampoco quiero q los combates sean tan largos para la escena Erótica, y que cuanto más fotos y animaciones mejor .
lautaro
Thank you for the feedback!, I have 0 plan of leave the project, just wanted to be transparent about it since well, a lot of things happens last month lol
Locust
Definitely option A. I think you don't have to get too hot under the collar for the free people in the project. Think of it this way, exclusive content for patreons can translate into more and more people supporting the project (especially if the extra scenes are for a character they like). I mean, those who only wait for the free content... they also don't really support it where it counts, which is helping you to further develop the game, either by buying plugins or being able to spend more time on it if you get enough funding. About the cheat option… someone with a little bit of idea can edit their save file and have infinite money or infinite attributes anyway... The tower mode could be implemented like the chunnin exams, something like that, but for very, very advanced versions. Please don't talk so lightly about abandoning the project. It's one of the best naruto H games out there right now. And your animations are chef kiss. If you decide to abandon it I have you on salary to finish it even if it's just for me lol
lautaro
I'm still thinking about it, there are many things I have yet to define, but thanks for the suggestion and support!
denjiro
A is okay
Dobje
you should even charge more because I don't know how much you invest out of your pocket per month but you have to manage to get by and I think that here no one wants you to abandon the project: above anbu I don't know what there is like at the hokage level
lautaro
I didn't define the exact day but 2 months / 2 months and half more or less
lautaro
Thanks for the feedback, it is an interesting point of view to take into account. I understand that there are people who just want to get straight to the point and that's fine with me, I don't try to lock them in a fight for a long time or anything like that, so I try to add options for those people (like cheats or the possibility to decrease the difficulty), but there are certain aspects that slow down the gameplay a bit like getting equipment, I feel it's not implemented in a natural way and it can become tedious if you don't want to take a few minutes to craft, I still have aspects to review. Thanks for the game recommendations too!
Shirobine01
HCG boss rewards, an old concept for H games and it was done with great boredom sad to say. Go to dungeon, level up, fight enemies, fight the boss, win (or lose) for HCG, rinse and repeat. This formula has never been popular for obvious reasons, the time it takes to enjoy fappy hour is cut short by the fact you only get one or two scenes before it's back to the grind. YamamotoDoujinshi is a great example of a circle that makes very boring H games with fantastic art and animations. People who's had experience with H games don't play his H games, they just use the gallery saves to skip all that tedium and talk about how delicious his art is now that they can enjoy it without that bloat. I would recommend you play some more H games and get more experience in good H game systems. H games like Karryn Prison, Castle Evil, Fallen Noble.
Araxo
One question I have is if you have already thought of an estimated date for your next update? I don't want to pressure you but I wanted to know if you have already thought of a possible date.
scott houpt
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Araxo
I think it's an excellent idea. Normally other games of this style do several of the things you mentioned, such as giving more early access, scenes or extra content, and I was surprised that in your case everything was free. Personally, I think it's a great idea, especially the extra poses for the scenes.
Tenshin-Ta
Yooo Chi-Chi that’s neat. Would also open the door to some filler characters as well.
FallGuy
I think the idea of extra animations for specific scenes sounds great, and fighting to unlock erotic scenes also sounds like a fun idea
