Re: Malise and the Machine (New RPG!)
I get the idea for Patreon, what I don't get is why it takes repeat pledges to play the current version of the game with each patch.
It seems more like gouging the supporter of the game for more money to me, which I see as pretty bad PR, but hey, you serve as an example of how I could be wrong.
The money you pay to play each version, as it's made, is for two specific privileges;
1) To get to play the game earlier (get content before the full release)
2) To get to shape the game by offering critique and feedback, changing future releases by doing so.
It's not gouging more money, when you get the full version of the game after paying a certain amount of money; if you just want the full game on release, you've already paid for it, just like pre-ordering a game from any other company. You don't have to pay a dime to get to get the full game past that point.
This is pretty much the reason any Patreon account has pledges setup like that, for those two reasons etc.
B) I'm going to assume all versions of the game are uncensored.
As with all hentai games, he'll legally need to make a censored version, because almost any site he sells the game on that currently exists, won't allow an uncensored version (which is again something all hentai game creators have to deal with). So an uncensored version would need to be delivered by hand, and will likely only be delivered to Patrons due to that legal rule.
See here's the thing, I don't think there is going to be 10$ worth of content every 2 months.
I just do not see that being a possibility, especially with the endgame product being priced at 20-30$
I'm not speaking on behalf of Malise and the Machine, but just hentai games in general; can you really say that there's enough content nowadays in most AAA titles to warrant paying $60+ for them, despite a lot of them being rife with bugs and having massive development times (3+ years generally) or being rehashes with almost no new content?