Corporate Development Memo 5/26/2025
Hi everyone!
We've got a holiday tomorrow so up really late to write this, sorry for being a bit later than normal! I hope everyone that celebrates in the US has a nice Memorial Day!
I have multiple family members that have served and I respect and give thanks to each and every one of them! Most of them are long gone (World War 2 especially) but my family still remembers and honors them! (especially two in particular that are truly about Memorial Day and not just Veterans Day) A few of my highest tiers even know of my very strong interest/connection to another federal agency so government connections are not so strange for me!
1) Apple Payments - Just doing another PSA because I do notice some people signing up through the Apple app for Patreon tiers. Keep in mind that you are paying a premium price over using a normal website and/or Android. I think you can even join through a non iOS method and still use an iPhone later, but don't quote me on that as I could be wrong! I'm just mentioning this again in case someone that has joined doesn't realize they are paying an extra I think 30% on the price. Now if you're ok with it, totally fine but just wanted to mention it :)
2) TQA Face Models - While these are characters in KG, Anais has asked for a little bit of feedback on two faces for possible use in a future game. She is testing these two a LOT in the last two weeks so any feedback is nice -- either here or on Discord. But no need to of course, but this is a chance to give feedback on the ground level before she finalizes anything!
The two face models (remember hair/bodies/eye color/other things) are easy to change but the basic mouth/nose/facial shape is a bit trickier at times. The two models are:
Sunshine --the middle maid outfit lady and character in Dom Kane's path in KG and Lily, the school outfit female on the right who we just met thanks to the nicest character in game donating her to Kane. :)
So take a look and just let her know how you think they look more or less :)
3) Current Pics for Preview -> The sub pics are basically part of Game 4, and Kane gets to hang out with four nice ladies. The two dom pics are still in the writing stage so I only have about 6-7 renders so far, but it's basically a scene for Kane if he has both Rank K9 AND one EXEC PT from the last episode. It's a short detour before he does VIP stuff more formally. If you are not sure how to get the EXEC PT, it's in the walkthrough :) Free hint there.
4) Current update: I completed 113 renders this week - 1,584 total renders after 16 weeks so I am just barely short of a 100 render/week pace, which is mostly because of the polls that one week. I still believe 100/week is about my reasonable limit except for crunch time when I can go 150-200+ (near the end I will try and do this again as always)
5) Polls - I will do a poll in 2-3 days basically asking about doing another poll set, either short by design, longer ones, or none at all before the update finishes. I will explain the options in more detail and how it impacts my workflow and such...but just giving this heads up now.
6) Short Trip - I will be going back to Las Vegas for a short trip for my cousin's high school graduation but it's not very long (2 nights) and shouldn't be too much of a big deal overall. I'll probably get more writing done on the plane as always...
7) Overall Road Map - I am still outlining some changes to the endings as I said before -- likely now 16 endings versus 15 but with some changes. I'm not quite ready with all of that but I want to be sure I really lay out the entire endings in outline form so I can imagine them on a game screen, the music, etc. One thing I learned from Anais for sure was seeing a few games with good endings (Fallout New Vegas which is likely to be a model for me, a combination of scenes but also slides for minor characters a bit) and one that got me upset (Mass Effect 3) So I am going to try REALLY HARD not to blow it. I understand endings won't necessarily be what people are imagining/want in their mind, but I at least hope they are good/compelling to most people.
But personally, my favorite ending (and game) of all-time is The Outer Wilds but it's not really applicable to something like KG. I also wrote another ending (I termed it a secret ending) for Exp 33 after Anais got me to play it (I was satisfied with the two endings but thought a third option was even better so I wrote it for my own fun) and for her it's a Top 10 game all-time, while I liked it but dislike parrying/action combat so the gameplay for me was just ok.
8) Patreon msgs - Please remember that my msgs are being screened by my fiance so don't write anything too...err...just use your common sense. My public post covered this, but expect maybe a 48 hour response time versus 24. If I take even longer (like when I go on the short trip) please be patient and I apologize!
Sorry for typos, it's 3am and I'm not bothering to screen this too hard now! Have a great week all!