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Good evening folks,
It's been a while since I last posted anything and I deeply apologize for it. I think the Holidays has left me a little depressed and I didn't feel like talking to anyone. That being said, I was able to get a lot of work done. My New Years resolution for the previous year was to reach 500 pledgers, and unfortunately, I wasn't even close to that number. This year, I want the same goal. I want to make SL one of the best games in its genre. But I will admit that my motivation for the project has dipped compared to how I was last year.
It was a terrible month for SL. We lost about $250 in revenue. I get that it's probably the holidays and folks are probably spending their hard-earned money on gifts instead of games but it's still depressing when you see such a huge loss. I'm hoping we can pick it up this month but we'll just have to see. I think the scenes that I worked on look very good, and I honestly think I'm getting better with renders/animations. I try my best to keep scenes as interesting as possible and I want a little story in each and every scene I make. I truly hope you enjoy what you see.
I swear, the game grows significantly for the month whenever I make an update for Estelle. Maybe it's not the same relationship as a roommate, but I'm hoping folks are looking forward to some ara~ ara~ action with their landlady. It does make me happy when I get to work with older characters. The game was never supposed to have stories for a lot of the girls, but I think I've grown very attached to each of them since I see them everyday.
I have a lot of plans still in the store for the game, still. I'm not completely out of ideas just yet. But I do feel like my motivation has tanked a lot, possibly due to the dip in finances or maybe the holidays. The game makes about $2,000/month which is a lot for some people around the world. But as an American living in a major city, over half of that goes into rent. And since my rent/bills/groceries are increasing at a rate higher than the growth of the game, I think you can understand that I'm a little disheartened when I tally up the yearly numbers for SL. It's just not enough to live around here and nowhere near close to where I want to be considered happy.
Thank you all for your support and I apologize for sounding moody. Every few months, you guys just hear me complain and moan about my mental state and I really do apologize for that. I think these posts act as a sort of diary for my sanity. It's pretty lonely working by yourself.
JYP

Sven Tyrson
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