Hi everyone.
I'll start this update post with the most important thing first:
I am, as of writing this post, jobless. Friday, the 11th of july was my last day at work. Technically I'm still employed until the end of July, but with overtime and mandatory holidays, I don't need to come to work anymore. I also completed all necessary steps to not go back to that workplace (returning keys and so on). With this in mind, I'm jobless now and I have 2 options available, one more risky than the other.
1. Patreon/Fanbox as a jobI could focus and prioritize Patreon/Fanbox and only earn money through this. This is quite risky, because I would need to earn a lot more through Patreon/Fanbox now. There is also the mental state to consider. Even if it's something you like you to do, as soon as it becomes your job, you might start to hate it. I'm not sure if this will happen to me. This is why I'm trying to get into game development as well. Maybe the extra variety in content alleviates this issue.
2. Search for a new jobThe most obvious choice would be this. I just search for a new workplace and work there. It's less risky, but this would also affect the amount of time I have available for Patreon/Fanbox. Even more than before. Chances are also high that the new workplace might be more stressful. It's also possible that I can't even find a new workplace at all.
Either way, the future is uncertain, but I would like to take the risk of doing Patreon/Fanbox as my main job. It's risky, but I think releasing short games to Patreon/Fanbox and maybe even selling them on itch.io or alternatives might be good enough. Of course, don't forget my 3D Stories. I'll 100% keep making them. They still are my priority, but I also want to start game development for real and finally put something out.
I'll now talk a bit more about my plans for games. RPG Maker as an engine is decent enough for the first few shorter games. It's even good enough for the longer games I'm planning to make, but it's not the vanilla RPG Maker. To improve the quality of all games, I want to invest money into plugins. Later on, I would also like to invest money into custom art, sprites, tilesets, soundtrack and so on, but this would be limited to the longer games. Problem with this is, I'm jobless now. This is to some extent a call to action. If you would like to see TSF themed RPGs with the "high quality" storytelling based on my ideas, consider supporting with a higher Tier. So far, the amount I need for plugins alone is roughly $170.
Now I'll explain few things that I already mentioned and listed in discord few days ago.
1. Pixiv Request prices changed. 300 Yen -> 200 Yen per page.
2. Minimum amount of pages increased. 30 -> 40
3. Skinsuit Commissions/Requests will cost 20% more(Example: 50 Pages = 100€/10000 Yen + 20% = 120€/12000 Yen)
4. Extra kinks/fetishes will cost 10% more(Example kinks/fetishes: Head/Body Part Swap, Futanari, Fusion and more)
5. Skinsuit combined with extra kinks/fetishes will cost 30% more
Example Prices: 1. 100 Pages -> 200€ 2. 80 Pages + Head Swap -> 160€ +10% = 176€ 3. 50 Pages + Skinsuit + Futanari -> 100€ +20% +10% = 130€
(Skinsuit is more complicated to make and extra kinks/fetishes are not always something I want to create. I hope this is a good enough explanation for these changes.)
(No Price changes!)
I would love to hear your opinion about the current names for memberships. Are they easy and clear enough to understand? I'm considering changing the names again to make it even easier to understand.
- Access to Public Releases
- Access to Fanbox/Patreon Releases
- Access to Full Releases of Games
- Access to Fanbox/Patreon Releases
- Access to Full Releases of Games
- Access to Teasers/Previews
- Access to Test Builds of Games
- Access to Polls
- Access to Fanbox/Patreon Releases
- Access to Full Releases of Games
- Access to Teasers/Previews
- Access to Test Builds of Games
- Access to Polls
- Access to Doujins
(The extra money of this membership makes it easier to fund doujins from other creators) (if someone believes a 50€/5000 Yen membership would be popular for this, I might add it. They would of course have a lot of power to decide what the doujins are about, be it story, character designs, personality, the selection of artists and so on)
- TSF Stories (All TSF Genres Series)
- Swap Rings (Body Swap Series)
- Possession Drink (Possession Series)
- ??? (Skinsuit Series)
- ??? (Gender Change/Transformation Series)
- Playful TSF
- Idol Search Project
- TSFVR
The upcoming series projects are NOT the only projects I'm working on. There are still oneshot projects coming among commissions, requests, games and (rare) doujins.
I'll also activate the Discount "BIRTHDAY25" for Patreon memberships starting in 3 hours from now (available until mid of august). The discount will be displayed publicly when viewing memberships.
I added the option to get commissions through Deviantart, but I might remove it if nobody uses it. I also added memberships to Deviantart and they do have the same benefits as Patreon/Fanbox (but limited to the Basic membership only).
Of course I'm open to discuss anything I mentioned here. If anything, I want to hear your opinions on this. You can either write a comment, send me a dm or use the google form to anonymously give feedback: https://forms.gle/Qhcz2u149dnZdwES7