No break next month
I know it will start to sound like some kind of recurring joke, but a lot of things are happening in my life right now and I can’t really afford to take a break. I always had the intention of stopping the billing for the month if I did take a break, so now it will have to wait a little.
Which means I’ll be releasing an update next month.
Also, I just want to clear up some misunderstandings. Maybe it’s because of the word ‘break,’ but what I meant by it was that I wasn’t going to release an update on that particular month. It didn’t mean that I was going to stop writing, or that I would stop commissioning the artists. I just thought I would take a month to concentrate on re-reading and making sure I’m not rushing things. Quality control if you will. I love writing, so for me not writing would actually be a lot more psychologically straining than the alternative. I’m just not comfortable taking one month of everyone’s money without giving something back of equal value in return, that’s all. I know a chunk of that money would go into developing the game one way or the other, but I’m just not really used to doing that.
In any case, I won’t be bringing up taking a break until I’m 100% that I will be taking one. Sorry about the confusion and everything.
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I vote paid vacation.
Off topic but i have a question, without going too much into spoilers. But how are we gonna balance Aya getting corrupted by Luca? It seems like Laura is slowly getting corrupted more and more while nothings really moving with Aya, she is still infatuated with Harry without Luca making any moves on her?
Aya’s route is early in the story. If you decide to reciprocate her kiss during the business trip, you will start her route (it isn’t implemented yet). There’s also one of Laura’s endings where Luca will target Aya. I don’t want to go too much into details, but let’s just say that Luca doesn’t care about Aya if Harry doesn’t care about her.
In most civilised societies, vacations are payed :)) so I would hazard to say yours should be as well. hence no stoping the billing.
I said last time on this topic that most people probably don't mind you having a break once in a while, but now that I imagined next month being update free, I was kinda bummed. So I am thankful no break next month, but I still think you don't need to stress so much about the breaks and updates. Everyone knows you will be working even with no update. In the future, think about it, see what is best for you, tell people they can opt out for a break month and see what they think.
I’ll think about it. I still think it’s not worth taking the chance of losing Patrons for it, but I do realize that a lot of creators do take multiple months to release an update. Maybe the best option would be to run a poll and see how popular/unpopular the idea of not pausing the billing is.
Take a break whenever you need, i dont think you should even pause the patreon for that month, i dont think most people would mind still subbing for that month.
Ofcourse it is good news that an update will be here next month too, but really if you need a break i will still be here when you return! :D
Alternatively, you could commission an extra CG that doesn't appear in the game so patrons are still getting something for their money. (You could even run a poll on what they want to see which could be fun.)
I’ve already decided that I won’t be taking a break next month, but your idea is really cute. Will keep it in mind if/when I decide to take one.
You've never missed an update so far. I think most patrons would be fine with you taking one month off without pausing billing given your track record. Just be upfront about it in advance - then people can make the choice to either unsubscribe for one month or continue to support you during the month of no content.