Poll, Future, and preparing for March...
Added 2020-02-12 07:16:41 +0000 UTCFirst off, a big thank you to all of you for helping support me! And another massive thank you to those who surprisingly pledged $10. My humour and creativity must be really good or Tsumi Umi makes a lot of people happy XD
I have a quick poll above for everyone on Patreon if you would be so kind to take a look for me. It'll also let me know what areas I need to improve on, and if Tsumi was worthwhile for a game that took me less than 3 months to make while on a creative break. There are also other questions there relating to various things and Ascendance/GSim. Though I think most of you probably came because of Tsumi and never played the other games. So if you haven't yet, just click on the 'All Downloads' filter to find them all. GSim (Pre-Reboot) demo is available to download from my Patreon's intro down bottom if you don't have a GC account.
So, it's been quite cool seeing there was a lot of interest in Tsumi Umi. Also a bit sad that my first completed game of the 3 was the sexual one XD but it'll help fund the others better and itself. After all, what nutcase makes a fetish game without any sexual stuff and only foreplay/love in it.
For now however, I'll be taking a tiny break but will still be working on the next update to Tsumi Umi which will most likely be early March sometime. I'm compiling a list of lines for the voice actress that will go into the existing voiced vore event (includes more dirty lines), and I'm testing to see if I can make voice lines work for battles so those will probably be added in then too.
Right now however as some of you know, I'm currently unemployed and been spending all my time these past few months working on games. Sadly I need to find a permanent part time job of 2 days a week, or find a contract to complete that will allow me to spend a few months after that working more on games. Hence why March's update probably won't contain a new event. But I'll see if I can release just the unfinished giga event of GSim which was 80% complete when I worked on it last May. Since I'll be rebooting GSim it'll be changing anyway. After I find a part time job/contract I can then return to working properly on Ascendance. In the mean time, I'll look at updating Tsumi Umi every month. After that I should be able to add in 1 event every month at minimum. The support you guys gave me this month also made me stop worrying a bit since it's quite a lot and half my monthly rent!
Also I've been thinking about having more tiers / trying to figure out what would be an awesome thank you for $10+ Patreons past just writing your name somewhere bunched together. So check out the poll and let me know!
Lastly, For Tsumi Umi I've actually been looking for someone who I can commission realistic renders as one offs for the game. I've kind of given up on drawing/anime ones because no-one's available to make them. I've talked to a few people but pretty much no-one replies/stops replying and ignores for no reason/doesn't want to give me rights to the commission renders as I need to edit them to put in the game :S
If someone knows someone who's able to custom renders that are realistic/really good. Please let me know! I'm not picky on them except for what Tsumi would look like, and if they're affordable.
Thanks again everyone, you're awesome!
Comments
The sexual studio that's going to do 2 images said they'll send me a sketch within the week to confirm that's what I want, I'll post those when I get them back. The other artist ($20 USD) completed the drawing of Yui but didn't listen to half of what I said and just kept delivering the artwork. I had to edit it myself but if you like to see: https://imgur.com/a/fXbFQZQ The top image is the one I edited. The 2nd is their first delivery, the third is their final. Not what I expected but it'll pass with the changes. You'll also have to blame GiantAnnie at GC for the encouragement beam. While making Ascendance's preview she said that to me when I was overworked so I chucked it in and made it a thing hahaha. Thanks again so much!
Daichi
2020-02-19 04:03:23 +0000 UTCI'm glad you were able to find two potential artists! Your previous status update had me worried. I'll say the different tiers sound interesting and it may be fun to sponsor an image or two. The prospect of a gentle event has me intrigued of course but I'll keep my questions to myself. As far as the support increase you're welcome. For me the primary reasons I decided to update are two with a third minor reason. The passion and effort you put into your work makes me feel it's worth it. The descriptor Shoot an encouragement beam at me with lethal accuracy was very cute. You encouraging Yui to watch her step doesn't seem like a bad perk either. May you have a relaxing breather.
Jonathon
2020-02-19 00:20:21 +0000 UTCWhen I click the like button twice it unlikes it >_> XD Thanks Jonathon, and to everyone else who upped their pledge to $10 after I made that post. I'm not sure if it's to help my bills a bit or in response to getting something from a higher tier that I've been thinking about. But pretty much I think for Feb I'll be working on a gentle voiced event as well for March rather than a small update, I'm in the process of getting 2 images commissioned for Tsumi that are quite expensive but I think the artist's worth it if it turns out right. Another artist I'm testing is updating an image of Yui into an anime version. The voice actress for Tsumi is away till Feb 21st anyway and it takes a week or so to get it back and edit. Also I'll make a post about tiers in the next week or so what I'm going to do for March with them. But essentially I'm thinking around $10 unlocks a save point early in the VIP area (Can unlock if you're level 100), and you can choose to add 3 random lines Tsumi says in an event (if it fits her personality) or another NPC. $15 I'll create an NPC for you with lines if your choice if it fits the world unless you trust me to do it, 5 random lines of your choice also. $50 tier, Sponsor an image for the game and I'll take on the other half of the cost. But it's best to wait for the artist first to show me what they come up with. Lastly I'll be putting in a statue/sign that shows top supporters as thanks for everything you've done. Page 1/2 of it will be those who have supported the most in total (lifetime, currently a John Doe sits at #1, followed by Kevin M), then the next page will show those who currently at the time of update are at a high tier. Anyone who sponsored an image will get theirs permanently there. I'll have to finalize it and see how easy it is for me to update etc also but that's the gist! I'll start looking in March and take a small breather for now working on the gentle event for the first 2 weeks of March.
Daichi
2020-02-17 04:16:29 +0000 UTCYou're welcome. Thanks for putting so much time and effort into such delightful games and good like finding an artist. I'm afraid the only artist I know does drawings and while reliable can take a very long time to deliver. Very long.
Jonathon
2020-02-17 01:52:53 +0000 UTC
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