AcademyOfFetishes
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Demo details and reward revisions
🕑 Added 2021-04-19 17:40:32 +0000 UTCThere comes a time in everyone's life where they must split their lewd game into two pieces: a free demo and a paid full version. If you haven't experienced this, you'll understand when you're older.
First -- why? Why am I doing this? Honestly, I don't want to.
Most of you probably don't know this, but I quit my job to work full time on lewd games. That was over a year ago, and -- with my stratospheric cost-of-living -- you can imagine my bank account looks... well, let's just say I don't even want to look at it. For over three years, my games have been free to play, but the definition of insanity is trying to sell a free lewd game year after year and expecting different results; even Einstein knew that. Hope that explains my predicament.
Back to the topic at hand: the current game has over two hours of content. But lewd demos, like fish, begin to stink after 30 minutes; even Benjamin Franklin knew that. For this reason, the demo will contain a subset of content, maintaining most (if not all) the current functionality. Keep in mind, they'll continue to evolve in tandem because I want to show an accurate representation of the full game and enough information to answer, "Is this worth paying for?"
At this point, you're probably wondering something else. Namely, how much will the full game cost? Short-term, $1. But at the end of next month, the price will be $5 dollars. I'm not going straight to $5 because this is big news on short notice near the end of the month. It felt unfair to make this change so close to its announcement.
I also want to announce a shift in philosophy. I'll no longer be "holding features hostage." e.g., If the game should have music, the game will have music. I won't wait until I have x pledges first. In that spirit, I've removed all goals. Pretend there's only one left and it's already been met: to make the best game I possibly can.
I'll also be making some changes to the tiers.
At the end of this month, I'll be modifying some of the $1 rewards:
- For promotional purposes, I may need to share artwork before it's available in-game. Therefore, artwork will still be available to $1 tiers first, but as early access. In extreme cases, I may need to use the art as promotional material the next day.
- Feedback is a crucial to me and the game -- the more, the better. That's why I'll be making more polls publicly available. But don't worry, there'll still be pledge-only polls in the future.
If you follow the history of the game, I've had a lot of trouble finding a reliable artist. Sometimes this is because they don't like sharing their source files with the public. For that reason, at the end of this month, I'll be removing the $10 tier reward that allows you to download the Photoshop files. The ones that are already there will remain.
Thank you for your understanding and support. In closing, I'd like to leave you with one last quote:
Lady Astor: "Winston, if I were your wife I'd put poison in your coffee."
Winston Churchill: "Nancy, if I were your husband I'd drink it."
... nothing to do with this, I just like it.
Comments
Bawdy Ink Slinger
I understand. I appreciate the support you've given me up to this point. Thanks for everything.
Wild Bill
I don't support devs who lock behind a paywall. My patreon money is for people making games and artwork freely available.
