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Re: Ayame's Adventure - Public Demo Release
Haven't decided yet, to be fair it's not something that worries us right now as the monetary incentive is necessary and so far the support has been amazing but we have to put in work, PERIOD, that's all we're focused on right now, working.
If we were channeled towards profit we would just release any half-assed demo with one scene and a poorly designed map and shit story, or release a public version a long time ago to gather more patreons but that's not how we operate. There's really a ton of Patreons with extremely shitty games that I couldn't stomach to finish out there making over 1K+ dollars, with story and mapping that could be done by a 8 year old me and 3D art.
Yes, we need money to live and to work the hours we do on the game, yes it's awesome, but I think that our patreons are people that really support us, that don't mind that we take our time to do something GREAT, because like I said in Yummy's thread, if you want an average game, you have to wait an average amount of time, if you want an amazing game, just add one and one. People have no idea how much time we've spent on our game, every time someone says "I'd take like 5 minutes to do X thing you have in your game", and it took us DAYS, I just can't help but instantly hit ignore on that person and move on, because a lot of people like to talk, but then when it comes their turn to put their money where their mouth is we all know how it ends.
It's hard to say "wait for it, it's gonna be amazing and the story is going to get much more awesome" and then not being able to back it up without spoiling, and I'm not gonna do that because we have so many surprises reserved that take the spectrum of the game to be so much more than just another Hentai game that it kills me a bit inside not being able to share it, all for the community's good!
We're always thinking on ways to show appreciation for our Patreons, we have decided in the future after studying where we can get it for cheaper, etc. to make dakimakuras, figurines, t-shirts, unique signed drawings, etc. for our longest supporters, but in the end, patreons going to come and go, and some stay for a looooooong time, some people get behind us, some people don't, as long as we have enough money to eat and pay bills, working is going to keep being our focus, not money, in the end, money doesn't make you happy, but seeing something so awesome that is your creation growing and people enjoying it and giving you positive feedback, that's priceless.
If I wanted money I'd have stayed in my old job writing programs and administrating networks making 4.5k a month, in Portugal, where the minimum wage is like 500 bucks. When the time comes, who knows, maybe it even comes out for free, let's face it, probably not, possibly yes, depends on what the patreons think of it and if they think they're getting their money's worth, maybe we can do a special version for patreons only with a few more scenes, next game for free, admin tools, whatever, it's not something that we shouldn't be deciding right now.
Shit that was a mouthful.
Haven't decided yet, to be fair it's not something that worries us right now as the monetary incentive is necessary and so far the support has been amazing but we have to put in work, PERIOD, that's all we're focused on right now, working.
If we were channeled towards profit we would just release any half-assed demo with one scene and a poorly designed map and shit story, or release a public version a long time ago to gather more patreons but that's not how we operate. There's really a ton of Patreons with extremely shitty games that I couldn't stomach to finish out there making over 1K+ dollars, with story and mapping that could be done by a 8 year old me and 3D art.
Yes, we need money to live and to work the hours we do on the game, yes it's awesome, but I think that our patreons are people that really support us, that don't mind that we take our time to do something GREAT, because like I said in Yummy's thread, if you want an average game, you have to wait an average amount of time, if you want an amazing game, just add one and one. People have no idea how much time we've spent on our game, every time someone says "I'd take like 5 minutes to do X thing you have in your game", and it took us DAYS, I just can't help but instantly hit ignore on that person and move on, because a lot of people like to talk, but then when it comes their turn to put their money where their mouth is we all know how it ends.
It's hard to say "wait for it, it's gonna be amazing and the story is going to get much more awesome" and then not being able to back it up without spoiling, and I'm not gonna do that because we have so many surprises reserved that take the spectrum of the game to be so much more than just another Hentai game that it kills me a bit inside not being able to share it, all for the community's good!
We're always thinking on ways to show appreciation for our Patreons, we have decided in the future after studying where we can get it for cheaper, etc. to make dakimakuras, figurines, t-shirts, unique signed drawings, etc. for our longest supporters, but in the end, patreons going to come and go, and some stay for a looooooong time, some people get behind us, some people don't, as long as we have enough money to eat and pay bills, working is going to keep being our focus, not money, in the end, money doesn't make you happy, but seeing something so awesome that is your creation growing and people enjoying it and giving you positive feedback, that's priceless.
If I wanted money I'd have stayed in my old job writing programs and administrating networks making 4.5k a month, in Portugal, where the minimum wage is like 500 bucks. When the time comes, who knows, maybe it even comes out for free, let's face it, probably not, possibly yes, depends on what the patreons think of it and if they think they're getting their money's worth, maybe we can do a special version for patreons only with a few more scenes, next game for free, admin tools, whatever, it's not something that we shouldn't be deciding right now.
Shit that was a mouthful.
dont get me wrong it was no critic towards you. I just wanted to know. I will just calmly wait and buy the game when its out (if you sell it) and until then i will just play other games. you are doing a good job and i like your game so far. keep up the good work!
