Changes Coming...
(Tlaero here)
Hi folks, I wanted to announce some changes coming to Tora Productions, Mortze's and my patreon page. As you may or may not know, we've had two pages, one for Mortze's solo work and one for our joint efforts. That's caused us to split our engagement with you between two places and defocused us a bit.
Now that I'm working with Mortze on Pandora, it really doesn't make any sense to have two pages. So Mortze and I decided to close down the Mortze page and combine our efforts here on Tora. We're hoping that everyone from Mortze's page joins us here and that this doesn't result in him losing half of his patrons. (Yes, we're a little scared about that.) If you're new from the Mortze page, welcome!
We've been doing this for a year now, and we've been reflecting on our performance. There have been some things we've done well and some that I feel we could have done better. I'm happy with the monthly perks we've sent, but feel that we haven't been as engaging as we could be. So here are a few changes we'll be making.
Starting soon (ish?) we're going to post a weekly sexy picture that Mortze will create. The posts will be visible to all $5 and higher patrons. So you wonderful $5 people who support us all year long for just the ability to play a game a week early will start getting more.
Each picture is going to be a "caption contest." I'll post the picture, say a few words, and leave it up to you folks to post potential captions for the picture in the comments. At the end of the week, Mortze and I will decide which was the best caption and make a fully public post highlighting your creativity.
As well as the weekly pictures, the $10 and higher patrons will contine to get monthly perks similar to what we've been doing. Only, now that we're collaborating fully, there's the potential for perks and stories involving Pandora as well as the Elsaverse and other things we've been doing. I'll continue to include previous perks with each monthly.
We are also going to change the Patreon payment method to the new "instant access" option. When a new patron joins, he or she will be billed immediately, and get immediate access to the weekly pictures. I have to work out the right time to make that switch, though. I'm concerned about people not seeing Mortze's note on the Mortze page until after Feb 1st, being billed for there, then coming here and being billed again. We'll have to watch how the transition goes and try to do the right thing.
Exciting (and a little scary for us) times. Thank you very much for your support over the last year, and I hope you enjoy this year even more.
Tlaero
Comments (12)
Yeah ..I'm finally in...One day to late though.
Yeah , some mergers are made in heaven
Haha, I just read Ralcen's question and your reply. Now, I am trying to figure it out, too. From right to left I don't know who the first person is. The second with the guitar seems to obviously be Jessica. I am thinking Xara is next before Chloe. I am continuing to guess with Miranda being one of the next two, I will say the one with her hair down. And then Elsa on the end with the book. So, that leaves two silhouettes I am unsure about. And they are either characters for upcoming work or perhaps you have included other characters of yours, Tlaero? Christine, Keisha?
It looks to me like left to right - Elsa, Jessika, Miranda, Zoe, Elsa, Jessika, Miranda.
I discovered your work only very recently and i think you are awesome. It´s great to have someone do sexy games with a message. The way to get your partner to fulfill your dreams is to listen to them, understand them, and be there when they need you. Thats the truth. My favorite scene is the ice rink date in FM. It's well paced, has important character reveals, developments and it's exciting. And i love that fact that you managed to put an appeal for more tolerance into it, with Lucas` friend. That touched a personal chord, because one of my closest friend is married to an awesome guy and the two of them renew my belief in the existence of love every time i see them. In that sense i consider you gys to be the Joss Whedons of erotic games. You rock!
Thank you, Acheron. I'm a fan of the ice rink scene too. It was my way of scratching the "high school fetish" itch without actually doing a scene with minors. Also, if there's anything this world needs right now, it's more tolerance (of just about everything...) --Tlaero
Good idea Tlaero. I have commented on MortzeArt and switched my support over here. I feel a lot better about it now that I am supporting the two of you. With the added benefits, cheers, and the switch you two will have your hands full. It looks like many patrons are not only moving over but upping their tier of support. Which means even more work for the two of you with emailed benefits/bonuses and such. It looks like 2017 is going to be a good year for us all.
Just one stupid question to the new Banner on top: I think I recognize Elsa, Jessica and Miranda are the three other shadows the next female main characters of your games in the Elsaverse?
Mortze has been playing with new character models and converted one of them to look like Chloe. That resulted in a super-awesome image that just makes my heart flutter. I asked him to turn it into our banner, but the image was portrait and the banner is landscape. So he added some silhouettes used in our previous games to widen the image. Those are all Elsa, Jessica, and Miranda. Now that we're getting Pandora characters here, we'll need to eventually have a banner with some of them in it too. But we'll work out those details in the future. In the mean time, just take a close look at that Chloe image. OMG. --Tlaero
It was a logical step - Good luck for both of you
I like this idea, too. Good luck with a smooth implementation. I have to admit that in Kean's place I'd be terrified by Roos' driving, too. ;-)
Hope everything goes well for you guys, and happy to see you two team up for good. :)