Mid Cycle Update
Hello Everyone,
We usually prefer the element of surprise for our updates, but given the recent information gap, we believe it's important to keep you all in the loop.
Update on SU:Themyscira
We've overcome the hurdles we mentioned earlier. Our initial plan was to innovate some new methods for smoother content transfer between SR7 and Henshin. However, we encountered a snag due to stringent deadlines, which limited our flexibility. Consequently, we reverted to SR7's tried-and-true methods, resulting in a more efficient content flow. Rest assured, for our next joint venture, we'll have ample time to refine these processes.
We're thrilled to report that we're right on track with our schedule. Thanks to the accelerated content integration, we're confident in meeting our internal deadlines.
Changes to Our Patreon
As we evolve, so does our approach to Patreon. To align with the leaders in the Adult Games sector, we're making a couple of adjustments:
Hiding Patreon Income: Starting February 1st, we will no longer publicly display our Patreon income. This is a trend among many creators, and though we've resisted until now, we feel it's the right move. However, we'll continue to share our total patron count, keeping you updated on our growth.
Advertising & Promotions: Post our February 29th release, we're excited to explore advertising and promotional collaborations. This means more interaction with other top Patreon developers and exclusive offers for you, our supporters. These partnerships will add even more value to your support.
As always, we're incredibly grateful for your continued support and enthusiasm. Your feedback and engagement fuel our passion and drive our success. Stay tuned for more exciting updates!
Comments (13)
I had to start the game over from the beginning. However, early in the game, when Lois first appears in her cell wearing a black nightie, the last sentence of the scene "Lois lets out a loud sigh as she flops face down onto her bed." The screen freezes and the program stops working. I would like to have the program repaired.
Hey, guys, what about Korra game?
We have intentionally left Dec open for a reason. However an announcement on what Dec will be won't happen until Oct most likely.
I came back to this myself after being away for a few years and was pretty disappointed that many of the features present back then still remain inactive (I mean, to call it a game is a bit of a stretch really as you can't truly fail and get a "game over"). A nice idea for sure, but one that definitely needs more of a sense of anticipation that Superman and Co. could actually crash your party and ruin Lex's parade as it were, if you go on making too many bad decisions over and over again. (^_^)
We struggled with a game over situation before, and decided against it.
I don't see a problem with hiding your income. People don't understand the cost of things and usually criticize for nothing. What matters is what the next updates will be like, whether you will be able to maintain a good quality of content in each update.
We get complaints from users who support for $1.00/month but complain that they don't get $19,000 in value per month. We don't set the overall support level. We cannot make sure someone who supports for whatever tier gets the total patreon income level in value. We can only make sure we present value based on that tiers individual price.
I have to agree with OmniNerd above that concealing your patreon income does feel like trying to deflect criticism over an unfinished game that you are trying to turn into a forever income stream. I love the work you folks do, but you need a timeline to actually finish the project, or at least complete all currently incomplete portions, before adding more stuff. Scope creep is a killer in all tech development.
This is in no way a conspiracy to hide our income. You can easily go to graphtreon and find our entire patreon income history along with per patron rates historically. We're keeping the overall membership number visible as well. This is because we get many complaints regarding the overall patreon income figure. Many top devs in this space do the exact same thing, for similar reasons.
While I understand the need for privacy I also don't like the fact that you are hiding the game's current budget from the community. This game has been in development for years yet there are so many features still unfinished like Private scenes for Wonder Woman. And instead of completing that work you continue to add on new features that also languish unfinished. In my opinion by hiding the patreon income it feels like you are turning this one game into a career we will have to pay for indefinitely instead of a product that will ever have a final finished version.
We have been working on the suggestions you mention. We cannot go further into them, as we are currently focused on the February delivery. On the subject of the budget. Unfortunately we get many complaints from supporters and non that revolve around the overall Pateron income number. All we're doing by hiding the number is making someone who is curios do some extrapolating. All our Patreon income history is publicly available on other sites, and you need to just use a calculator to find the current value.
Keep up the great work you guys.
When will you guys do live Streams again?