Full - Time Aspirations

I Have replayed your Game many times and still do so, It is on my steam wish list, but as some suggest its break time. But not go away break time do a short game one Ep only type, Like Brie Take her out of the world of “Hearts” and use her in a fun for you build. Build a Novel that has a potential to expand but does not require it Check out developer called Clever Name Games that dev has several other stories going at once so to keep it fun and people supporting.

Take care of yourself your mental and physical health should always come first. If the game takes that place, it will eventually fail because the developer (you) will suffer from burnout and exhaustion. I really, really enjoyed Episode 1 and look forward to the future of this VN, but there won’t be a future if your health isn’t the priority. You’ve created a great VN and shown amazing talent, so please take care of yourself first. As long as the game stays alive, is being worked on, and there’s good communication, it doesn’t matter if I have to wait six months for a new update.

First of all take care of yourself, as long as you are healthy the project will be alive and you'll have people supporting you. That said, if it's not you main income and you are doing enough money, you could always get someone to help you with the project, perhaps on the coding side

Hey bro, please don't make this project a burden for you, your health is a foremost asset you had so please keep it together. I like the story of yours, it's not just a corny p*rn game that exist but you made an absolute cinema from your writings. I wish you just listen to your heart and take a rest, i don't want you to die (please). But humans have their own will. Humans have their own limit. I just want to say that your game can be finished as soon you still breathing. We can wait, you can wait, Well that being said. Good luck for this project!

Your work is good, the story is good, the art is good, everything about the product is good. But to achieve success you have to engage you audience, your fans. How hard you work is important, however, how much people like you is even more important. I asked you a questions sometime back. Here on Patreon, and over at discord. Both times it was a DM. But you never answered. I went over to Steam, to look at your release there. That platform can really help you grow. Alas, you chose to use a middleman. And you are not engaging your potential fans there either. Mind you, when I say engage, you need to pick you platform wisely. For example I would not choose to do 100% of my engaging over at F95. If I may nag you a bit more; A good product is only 30% of the journey. The market has to know you have a product, and the market has to like you. You can just be yourself, but you must engage your fans. If you care, then they will care. If not, you will remain where you are. A talented story teller, frustrated because he cannot make his living telling stories. And for the record, HOH is phenomenal in my books. But will you profit from it? Or rather, do you really want to profit from it?

I gotta say I agree with comments here... But I also understand too well sleep problems. When they are certain point crossed it's not easy task correct. i need say your game is top tiers easily... But it's not bad idea ask tips from other fellow devs if possible... But what you're doing is awesome and I hope you find your way to do what you love!

Hey Spark, I agree with everyone here giving their opinion, first thing you need to do is to work less on the game and take care of your health, sleep is one of the most important thing that our body needs, if you don’t receive enough sleep your body will start to break down and you being sick doesn’t help anyone especially yourself, I know that you want to get your updates out faster but we can’t control everything and you’re a great communicator so if updates take a little longer I’m 100% positive that people will understand, sooooo many devs burnout and get seriously sick don’t be one of them, another member mentioned about cross promotion, I get many emails from other devs supporting and advocating games that are not theirs, try talking to other devs, can you take something to help you sleep? Please take care dev, it’s obvious from all the comments that people care about you❤️

As the other patrons have said, none of us want you to burn yourself out or sacrifice your health for this. I love the avn and think it’s top tier but seriously put your health first. You seem so passionate and love this project that none of us think you would abandon it or “milk” subscribers for more time. Take your time with the project especially if it helps your personal life and sleep deprivation. Your health comes first! It’s worth it to be a patron to your games so all the added benefits are not needed as someone else has stated. Do what you gotta do but please don’t overburden yourself!! We’ll still be here.

Thanks for the kind words. I'll do what I can to progress at a more reasonable pace with my workload. I just can't stand the idea of keeping everyone waiting too long. And to be clear, I love this project, and I love what I do. That has never changed since the start of the project. I'm anxious about the same stretch of constant crunch time repeating again in the next episode. It's twice now that I went through that, and the notion of a third time of that exact scenario is just... horrifying, to say the least. My workload this year has been through the roof. I need to do something about that. Full-time or not, I will do my best.

I appreciate your honesty. I echo another comment asking what we can do to help. Your game is the best - bar none - and I respect your desire to hold quality. I'm fine waiting a little longer for updates, as I know you won't sacrifice quality. I just upgraded my subscription level to help. Can you reduce your workload without sacrificing quality? For example, I noticed you increased your supporter obligations. Some may like that, but personally, I'd rather the focus be on the game - I don't need more wallpapers. Can you hire somebody to manage certain parts of the game, programming, or subscriber fulfillment? How do you increase visibility? Again, maybe there are ways to promote the game (even paid promotions). We, your community, want to help as well, just let us know what we can do (reviews on F95, Steam, etc.). Do you have signatures available? (I couldn't find any, and signatures are one way I find other games) This game is in its own tier, and you should be among the most subscribed creators...it just doesn't come overnight. But I have notice your number of paid subscribers has grown significantly since the beta release.

No AVN is worth having its dev sacrifice their health making it. Any person in their right mind would prefer for you to take longer to release while taking proper care of yourself rather than rushing it at your own expense. That said, wishing you the best of lucks in whichever path you end up taking :D

I really don't think your project is niche at all, otherwise it would be much more controversial/small on forums but instead it's fairly beloved and has a lot of eyes on it. I really think it's mostly a visibility issue to paying customers so going on platforms full of paying clients (steam, oppaiman...) is a great first step, you can also do mutual advertising with other creators. I'd just hate you lose your drive as your work is so high quality it's almost a cinematic-quality vn. Good luck on your journey.

Wow, I knew making a VN was difficult, but doing it solo must be even harder. Listen carefully, bro, take the break you need from the time you need to develop the episodes. Don't worry, it's worth the wait. Quality is better than quantity. And remember, Rome wasn't built in a day.

Absolutely love the both games, the quality is definitely way better than most games out there. Here is my personal take. Even if you go full time you will still be suffering the same issues. This is a typical project management issue. You are simply pushing the timeline too aggressively. My suggestion is to be realistic about how often you can update and what is to be included in each update. Because realistically a person (even young one) can only crunch for 3-6 months before the person will suffer major health and mental issues. I would rather receive less updates if it meant you having a better health.

Just my two cents - I don't believe that AVN Development can be a full time career decision. I'm very sorry for that. But your product is AMAZING. I don't care what anyone says, the visuals are STUNNING. I will admit, I'm not a huge fan of the storytelling. Not because it isn't good, but because the ultra naturalist dialogue is a bit exhausting to slog through. Yes, it lends authenticity but it makes scenes take a long time and the story to move slowly. My advice - Cut your work load by removing most choices in the game. Make a true visual novel rather than a "game" so you don't have to write and render so many variations. The story itself is good. Just let us experience the story YOU want us to and don't worry about us having so many choices. Just my opinion. Keep up the good work.

You're searching for a solution in which you can work at this pace without burning up. Doing it fulltime might be an option, but it'll also give you headaches: if it's your only income, things like members leaving or criticism will hit double as hard as it does now. Because you rely on the money. As long as you're doing it as a side-job, it's an extra. I think the extra stress from doing it fulltime (unless you're making a ton of money with it) is to be considered as well. Isn't it a solution to be happy doing it as a side job, and slow down the pace? Either keep your 6-month-release window, and release smaller episodes, or keep the content the same and increase the release window? I understand (well, I think) that the more releases, the more growth, but if you burn up, that's not worth it. Is a slower release, slower growth but better worklife balance not better in the long run?

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