Plan changes for Games/update/schedule
Subject: I’m going to work on all three games: Confined with Goddesses, Divine Heel, and Ero Initium.
Ero Initium: The story continues.
Confined with Goddesses is getting new side content: a late-night day step with new scenes, dates you can go on outside, things to spend money on, and maybe even new development quests. (I will start with late-night) These will include suggestion you've made in previous post.
(No complete rework, it's mostly about additional content, as people voted)
Divine Heel: An ending event in the same spirit as CwG, possibly split into several events so I can drop a few revelations that are still secret (especially one). Post-ending events are also on the table.
Why:
The main reason is something counter-intuitive I’ve noticed with Ero Initium.
The game is getting very little attention. Views and downloads are low, and the latest update barely moved the needle, which is unusual. At the same time, the feedback I’ve gotten is the best I’ve ever had. The ratio of positive comments is the highest of all my games, and the ratings are the best too. There just aren’t many of them. Far fewer views, downloads, comments, and ratings than Divine Heel had when it was just starting out, with about as little content.
What I think is happening is that the game is good, but it fits fewer people’s tastes. The RPG side, the weapons, the combat. It’s a bit more niche. People who already like that kind of game really like it. People who don’t lose interest fast. I might attract more people when it will have more content though.The other reason is that I’m not animating "pure" s€x scenes right now, because Ero Initium doesn’t have any yet. Working on CwG and DH again would let me make some, and let you see some.
I can see that many people are still there in the hope for content for Confined with goddesses, or Divine Heel.
Where I stand:
I don’t know yet how this is going to go, so for now I’m only committing to at least one update for CwG and one for DH (or until the event are finished). After that, we’ll see.
I’ll admit I miss my older characters a bit, and in the short term it feels good to make content for them again.
This will slow Ero Initium down. You won’t get less content overall, it will just be split across the three games.
I still plan to spend about 60% of my time on Ero Initium, 20% on CwG, and 20% on DH.it also means you will have game's update a lot more often, but just different games (like for example 3 game updates in 2 month) I was not talking about a monthly rotation of games, CwG and DH will be smaller content it's not monthly work. I planned that every games will be updated every 5-6 weeks ( so 3 different game updates in 5-6 weeks maybe)
The schedule will be proportional to the time of work.
example of schedule:
- (In 1 week) Friday 9th October: CwG update (I already started to work on it), late-night event are starting (only Sarena/Emma stuff for this time)
- (3 weeks later) Friday 30th October: Ero initium
- (1 week later) Friday 6th of November: Divine Heel update, we start the final eventsEro Initium is still my main game in development, so I don't plan "huge" updates for DH and CwG, that's why it's only 1 week. However, I think I can do more content in 1 week of DH/CwG than 1 week of Ero Initium, because there is no complex story or game stuff (new items, monsters, many small interactions, background etc...)
It is possible that I planed way too tight schedule, maybe I will space things, I don't know yet, we'll see. I am also experimenting more horizontal production (it's like when I am in a creation process, I do it for all projects at the same time instead of waiting to finish one and start again)
I will keep you updated on how things goes.
Let me know what you think.
Comments (7)
Nice work!! And about ero intium it maybe because they have left it to marinate it can improve on game play and such but its a good game!!
I agree that maybe fewer people are playing ero initium. I myself am one of those. I download every update, but the RPG aspects hold me back from playing it. Personally, I prefer visual novel for sex games. You could also give life to those shorter projects you mentioned months ago: the game set in an office; and the game with the landlady and the roommate. Nevertheless, i'm anxious with New content for DH and CwG.
That sounds great, Divine heel could replicate CwG’s expanded content.
One reason you might not be getting many downloads for ero initium also is that people may be waiting for the full game to drop. Since that is something i do tho i can't speak for other people
Low activity might also be due to the time of year, being that school is back from summer break. But idk what the actual statistics on that are, it might be a combination of things around the world
Uni has started too so that's one too
Amazing absolutely amazing, but Ero don't work too much
