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Update ETA + Poll~

Hello everyone!

Spring update is on his way, we are working everyday to bring it to you as fast as possible!
Our new recruit Max already does wonder with 3D rendering, some of you could notice his work in the last render pack reward.
The Spring update overall progress is around 65% , It's one of the biggest update we made, with new places, new characters, new outfits, many new choises, Karma option and the 'conclusion' of Tomoe arc etc...

Recruiting new people to work with me accelerate Update release, increase quality and content, wich is pros for you :p
However it has a financially cost for me, and unfortunatly we are bleeding the 3$ pledge to "Free members" a lot since Patreon came with that...
The 3$ per month support was essential for us! I will be honest we lost almost half of the incomes, and it hurt us badly... While our motivation remains intact, if the Free members bleeding isn't reversed, it will become very difficult for us to keep up with great content.

So Im making this poll to understand and know what would make Free members to support us.
I need your honest answer (please only Free members should vote.)
I welcome any advice in the comment section.
Thank you!

Irphaeus.

Comments

中国人的银行卡不支持国际支付/(ㄒoㄒ)/~~

哈哈 唐山

Ok... bloody hell!, this page needs BETTER DESCRIPTIVE TEXT!... are you embarrased to say you made a bloody skin game with a story? i have to pay before i can see the contents of the box? is ridiculous! you are lucky there are 5 other titles i follow, or i might hav chosen to STEER CLEAR! just on the lack of info as to WTF the bloody game/novel was about! iif you cator to feeding lions, you should let us smell what is coming out of the kitchen, not just trust you that it is TEXAS chilly or vegetarian lasagna!...

Darth_Kabronus

If Arabic is supported, I will gladly support you.

Devil May Cry

Filipino

Kenneth Madragon

I'm still broke to support but I'll try in the future when I get a job, I've been following this game since I was in highschool now I'm a college student.

Kieth Justine Redondo

I knew it, you will forget about posting every week 😂

God Orwhat

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Roshan thapa

I don't like subscriptions, but I'd pay a bigger one-time price if it was possible to get all the girls in the end without having to rely on mindcontrol.

Joel Rydberg

i upgrade member ship i wanted the 35 dollar one but did not made it in time because my GF want a character like her since no one makes girls with her condition

DrEzShrooms

If i buy v.i.p and ask for sheila scene How many scene will i get if possible . pls be more active we will always Support you. I brought international master to support you.

MAHER ASHKOR

Give me link download this game Irphaeus i want play

Hafizuddin

You can "buy" it here also, which is what people should do instead of asking for a Steam release. There can't be a Steam release for this game since it's using copyrighted Illusion assets. It's also why the game can't be permanently paywalled and must always remain free.

Seagal

Your story is captivating, but not localizing it will lose a lot of potential enjoyment. If you want more support, why not release it on Steam? Simultaneously entering the Steam China region and using an adult content patch to circumvent censorship, I guarantee many people would buy it.

Mola

I Will join,must joint to discord first

Tony Farhan

Mi piacerebbe che il gioco venisse tradotto anche in italiano

Francesco Bersani

First of all, I love your work, the designs, and the story. Now regarding what I think about paying the monthly fee. 1. Obviously the language, despite knowing a little English, it becomes very tedious to read hours of content in another language that you do not master. 2. The frequency of updates, really to feel that the payment is worth it, it would feel good to have a monthly or bi-monthly update but with a monthly statement of how everything is going. I really don't think people will be bothered with a small half hour update, it's better than waiting half a year for 4 hours 3. The relationship story and sex scenes. I understand that as a developer you try to make the story as satisfying as possible, but as consumers of this type of games we are obviously interested in sex scenes, I think that finding a stability between these two or a repeatable one that doesn't go with the thread of the story would be good, Waiting half a year for 4 hours of reading and 1 or 2 scenes that are actually worthwhile also gets tiresome. Thanks again for this great game, and we'll see what you decide to do so many of us decide to pay you to continue developing this great work.

julio chong

We wanted to have a full story, and the game has been updated for so long that we've lost hope

桃 郑

don't mind if it's two months and the updates are a bit shorter but as long as the content is published more consistently that's fine. this game has been has had a place in my heart for years and i really want to see it through to completion

dikinbaus

How many scenes we will get on this update?

NARROW YT

Or can also pay a month or two when it’s released or before and after. it’s not a ‘hey pay every month’ if you feel like supporting and seeing updates and packages as the post suggests then u can pledge every 4 months or whenever It’s a pledge system that people want to see the game to succeed and grow. Like Kickstarter more or less

Josue

Fair point. Truth be told I think the challenge with your game was the fact you had a large cast. Not sure if you are doing this alone or with small help on the side or not. I definitely see the effort you put in the game and respect for that too. But I think my mentality like my previous point also becomes the dollar value over the years spent and reviewing other things I could of done with those bucks instead. I'm still definitely looking for a finish product but I can't endlessly support especially with the increase cost of living in Florida.

Classicnote

That's one way to look at it but finishing also builds creditability and if they do consider doing future projects it'll allow people to stick with it and support those projects.

Classicnote

To tell you a secret, players will judge whether you're updating more or less by the number of galleries, and they won't mind saying your game can be played for 60 hours. Like buying coffee, the coffee itself is bitter, and they don't mean anything about it. It doesn't matter what portion you give. Two years ago CG Gallery 6.After two years, one more was added. So if you join the NTR branch, you can change from one CG to two CG. So I'm saying that you update your CG once a year is too small. Some games are updated once every 6 months and include 4 CGs. So you want to increase the number of CGs, either by adding branches or by updating more sex scenes.

The orange cat.

diff is that i can go and buy that coffee anytime, while for the game i have to wait 8 months, i would prefer to pay 100$ for the finished game than 3$ for 8 months for just a taste.

Mauricio Rios

I can't thanks you enough for your support! Im on the track to adress the update delay/content with the new members. The post was more about the people who downgraded from the 3$ support to free :)

Irphaeus

Thanks a lot for your support!

Irphaeus

You need to pledge to be able to join the Discord server, since there is rewards uploaded over there.

Irphaeus

This reasoning don't makes much sense, since you can buy a coffee for 3$ and it will last 10minutes.

Irphaeus

I'm not going to pay 8 months just to get 2 hours of content.

Mauricio Rios

Puedes tomar ideas de contenido de aquí (Expanding Universe Games) también es de Patreon

JONKWICK

Otra obsion sería dar cupones o descuentos aparte de los que ya aya pero solo para los que compren el de un año así más jente compraría o pagaría alguna de las obsiones

JONKWICK

Yo sugiero que tardes todo lo más que puedas no hagas caso de que se termine porque una cosa si es segura cuando todo termina todos se van y buscan otro entretenimiento y si apenas te apoyan ahora imagínate si acabas o terminas rápido la jente se irá porque muchos aunque se quejen o se molestan están aquí porque quieren ver continuación pero si lo acabas todos ellos se irán

JONKWICK

De echo siempre todo tarda ay que ser conscientes que lo mejor tarda más es como el otro que también es de Hipnosis ese es otro parecido a este al menos en lo de que tarda mucho no se si de ese puedes sacar ideas ya que ese también tiene sierras cosas parecidas y bueno abeses tomar ideas o ejemplos de otros te ayuda también

JONKWICK

Hi, how can i add to your discord. It's a better way to communicate. You're too slow to respond to messages here.

The orange cat.

We need Chinese.

Zixiang Zhang

People are really strange... the "free membership" is functionally the same as the previous "follow" option... I had been pledging earlier until I thought had paid a reasonable amount (achieving the loyalty package). I'm not so much into that subscription things... I prefer to pay a one time payment. But I definitely don't want this project to cancel before the conclusion of the story! So, chipped in a few coins again to keep you going! And I can see that a subscription is more easily for a developer to plan his budget on the mid term.

Markus S.

My Country doller is kind of locked. Can't indose doller but when i get a chance i will definitely support this game. My fav game. I like mc sister a lot.

MAHER ASHKOR

max update wait time would be around a month or bi weekly time frame to make things at least abit easier for us to stay around at least lol would be bad if we dont hear from you in a year which makes us unsub for obvious reasons

Zenny Fira

1. Have a consistent update date, no matter if it's every month or every 3 o 6, but has to be a concrete date. (E.g at the end of every 4 month) 2. Rework sucks, you can't make a entire update about reworking things, at most reworks should represent 20% of update content 3. People want to see big number, 0.12 version looking a very small number, if your update takes 4 month you should increase the number 0.10 for every version. 4. ADD a ROADMAP then we can know what you should expect or not for x time. 5. Sell you product better. Players don't feel the story is progressing. Either you work harder, and faster or find a way to show us all the work you are doing.

CLKS

Majority of devs are 3~ months brotha

Josue

Man, you are making 2 updates/year.. 3 at most. Lets be honest,its not worth it.. make an update at least once per 2 months and you get me to pledge

Guti

So do I sponsor $15 or $35to consider my proposal? If the money I sponsor is more than $3, then I deserve something better than they do. If I only get to experience the game a week in advance, I feel like I might as well wait

The orange cat.

Been paying 15$ a month starting December 2020 feel as if I’ve given you financial support for quite some time. And I somewhat agree with a lot of the people I can only understand that it’s difficult to produce a game however small updates every month or so would make me feel a lot better about the amount of money I’ve given, that’s just my opinion doesn’t mean it’s correct. Or maybe more poster per month idk. Just keep doing your thing I guess.

RETRO

paypal可以绑定国内的银行卡,你可以试一下

奶酪 月夜の

I would support financially if PT-BR translation was added.

João Vitor Feitosa dos Santos

Yes, NTR will be an option, but it won't be forced. So everyone got what they want.

Irphaeus

Yes but people also constanly ask for more content, while asking to also wrap it up to end it ^^

Irphaeus

Excuse me? The game received many update... There is more than 60hours of story driven non-repetitive content. There is almost no other games with so much content, stories and characters on that "market". I don't understand the criticism on the time frame, I'm "slow" because i was alone working on this for years and focus on quality work.

Irphaeus

In addition to wanting to support the game, I think the number one thing to keep people pledging is 1) frequent releases so that people feel like they're getting something for their money every month 2) a benefit that can't be acquired outside of patreon. It may not be suitable for this game, but polls that determine characteristics of a new character, or which character will get their story first, etc. A vote can't be pirated, so passionate people will pay for it.

Rev

Should be update more then, first time play this game was 3 or 4 years ago, only update like a week in game, I'm really wanna know why you work so slow.

007 misty

Kind of wish this game was wrap up by now. Been years since you first started. No offense but it's hard to keep supporting. Seems to have endless updates but no projected end date insight. I rather have a finish game that gains extra content than an incomplete one. If you have a plan date I'll be happy to support again.

Classicnote

What if I sponsor the highest level every month? Can NTR be added?

The orange cat.

Yo intente comprar lo de un año de patron pero no entendí bien como poder pagar así que mejor lo deje así seri bueno una publicación fija que diga como pagar aquí esque de verdad Ami me gusta el contenido y como se ve todo pero acaso ay un método de comunicación aparte de aquí?

JONKWICK

I have and continue to be a paid supporter. You make a product I like so I pay you for it.

UpsJedi

I'd prefer NTS, but it's fine doesn't need to happen and I believe should be optional anyway, based on MC's decisions.

DemnorTheSwede

I prefer NTS, but yes amongst other kinks I agree. I also prefer games where I can't get all the girls in the same playthrough. Having to choose and try to get with as many as possible is fun, but getting all of them by default takes some of the thrill away.

DemnorTheSwede

Greetings, Kinda broke right now, but also, I'd like more updates. (And when I can, I intend to pitch in : I like your work.) I've endorsed a few Patreons/games before for some 3/4/5$ per month, and these took over a year and more to make, ending up with paying 72-120$ a game (about 108-180$ in my country's $). Yes, I like endorsing Creators and their work, but it's still quite a cost for what I/we get in the end (no offence).

Keirb Z

淘宝搜订阅卡代付,找到visa虚拟卡那种美元店铺,买了就可以用于patreon付款了

狐 獴

Just demonstrate the updates will be constant and as promised, without much delays and no updates for weeks, then I'll more than gladly pledge even more than 3€.

Edward.Andrei

Thanks for your support!

Irphaeus

Generally I'm new one and joined a few months ago but.. Just subbed for a year since you have increased your team and I like that we will recieve more content ❤️

Орхальдор Грешников

I can't make other payment method, everything has to pass by Patreon :( You may need to check on your side, if there is a way to support with Patreon/Paypal.

Irphaeus

Im not requesting you to change your pledge, the post is about people who downgrade their support to Free members.

Irphaeus

We have a Discord, you need to pledge once to get access :)

Irphaeus

Never, and it has lot of new content.

Irphaeus

I open VIP slot on request and only if you wish to support for several months. I had issue with patrons making me work on their unique rewards stoping their pledge in the middle of the creative process :/ But you can pm me if you are serious about it :)

Irphaeus

I don't use this software very often, but my friends and I are happy to sponsor you, but this software doesn't have the payment method in China. I hate the trouble. Can you add WeChat payment or Alipay? After all, your game has been with us for a long time. I remember that when I first played it, your works were updated quickly and the quality was high. We all liked it, but then there was no news. I thought it had stopped worse.

陌上塔塔

I don't understand what is happening. I am at $3 tier and it is enough for me. You want $6 instead of $3? And why wouldn't you translate in romanian, because there are some romanian things in the game already.

Melciah

One more thing to add, as far as I know, there may be several Chinese translation groups translating renpy games on patreon. Not every Chinese translation group is so bad, but the first two versions I saw were indeed badly translated. If you want to cooperate with them, please pay more attention. Steam supports Alipay and WeChat in China, but I remember that its policy is not friendly to R18.

addari Ron

I am a Chinese speaker. I am not very proficient in Japanese and English. I often use GPT to translation games and play it. I can share my gaming experience in the Chinese environment. Because Chinese law prohibits any R18 works, most of these non-Chinese games are translated by folk Chinese translation groups, repackaged and share through resource sites (BBS etc.) and enthusiastic netizens through IM soft(like the QQ,a chinese's telegram\whatsapp) and network disk(baidu cloud,like google cloud). In China, accessing most non-Chinese websites requires a proxy, otherwise strict network blockades will prevent all access(Those who can leave a message here are obviously already using it). Steam is on the edge of normal legal permission. Under normal circumstances, it is not so usable, and often has slow access and cannot connect. But compared with other completely inaccessible websites, steam can work normally most of the time after various accelerators or proxy software. Payment methods: Most people in China use local payment software, such as Alipay and WeChat. Few people use bank cards and cash. Most bank cards that can only be used in China. If you need to pay on Patreon, you need to use Visa or other bank cards that have foreign payment support. For example, I currently use Visa credit cards to pay on Patreon. It is not easy to issue these bank cards that support foreign currencies. Most Chinese players (especially students) probably don't have bank cards. If you want to translate your work into Chinese, you can consider contacting some localization groups. But be careful, many localization groups do not behave very well. There are often merchants who charge for reselling resources and many unethical paid machine translation localization groups. The translation quality of these localization groups may not be as good as GPT translation. I have seen a low-quality translation version circulating outside in 2021, and its content is worse than my own translation using GPT. But as far as I know, there are the most players playing these versions around me, and only a few people use AI translation like me. Finally, the VISA bank card I just listed is not a good choice from a security perspective. Chinese banks can technically know that the payment is to a specific company, but they have not banned financial transactions with this company. Credit card alliances such as VISA have also forced pixiv to ban some works before, so this payment channel is not very stable. However, the Chinese government has not banned it but has let it go. It may become invalid due to policy changes one day. i hope these can help you ,thanks

addari Ron

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vhg

I really think this game would benefit from a Discord and/ or itch.io page. Going back on the support thing, I can't support as of right now because my income is really not stable. (Im a French translator and its kinda hard to find work.) That said, ill be willing to Translate your game in French.

Louidjy09

I thought this game was abandoned

Jesse de vos

that sounds very promising. i will wait till the next update & if it fits that statement, you get another paying supporter

Marvin Baltes

I used to support you for months with 3$, but frequency and duration of updates became worse. If you can improve this I could subscribe you again.

Zerberox

I'm a bit worried about committing to any subs (Patron or otherwise), because my financial situation has been unstable for months now. It's not looking to get any better anytime soon, so I'll have to wait a bit. With that said, I appreciate this update. This kind of information is useful as a supporter. Now I'll keep this in mind whenever things pick up. Thanks for the content. Best of luck with everything going forward. 👍

G0ne_Gh0st

Are the VIP slots always limited? I'd like to upgrade but you're out of stock

Severino Cabolli

I didn't even know you guys were still working on the game tbh. Glad you're still here though

HogThunder

all good, best game ever

MASTER

Don't trust him, if NTR is introduced in WAIFU Academy, at least i won't play this game anymore. NTR content is not unacceptable to me, while it's just not suitable for WAIFU Academy. Maybe you can try it in a new game developed.

Smith

more pledge will come with more frequent updates

Smith

With my new coworker I will release upodate every 3 months with good content.

Irphaeus

I see, thanks for the info! I would need a Chinese speaker contact to translate and offer my work to the Chinese users, im curious how Patreon works for you too, if proxy are used etc.

Irphaeus

I will update Patreon weekly yes.

Irphaeus

I will release update quicker, and post more often on Patreon. But I won't ruin the story pacing of the game to please some fans, since it will undermine the game strengh and will disappoint others fans.

Irphaeus

2 months update would result in very short content, or i will have to drasticaly lower the quality and I don't want to.

Irphaeus

I can't work much on Waifu Hunter for now T_T

Irphaeus

Also subbed for awhile but switched to free tier because i also prioritize creators that update more often. A good timeframe i like is every 3 weeks there is an update or so but i also understand there is a lot of work. This game is top tier in my opinion though

Dragonslayer212

needs ntr

MASTER

honestly been waiting for waifu hunter for years, long time fan just kills the vibe on waiting for the #1 game at the time

MASTER

I choose other ... I would support if we have a fixed time of update release like 2months. I know the updates might get delayed sometimes but atleast we know that we will get to play every 2months

God Orwhat

I chose Other. I supported for quite a while but stopped and switched to the free tier because I was fed up with the inconsistent release times, lack of clear communication, and how it feels like this game is just being dragged on and is never going to actually get finished. If you can fix that, then you might start earning people's trust back.

JLucci

I can even flex to $10 if you update it weekly

Dogo

Hello... In my opinion I am from the free group, I would like to support but I still do not know by what means I can pay since I do not have here in my country an account to save money and to do it they ask me too many requirements, that is why I can't but as soon as I can fix that I can support creators like this and others I just wait for the day that I am enabled

Chicol cocon Jhonatan Alexander

I can support on steam, but I haven't bought anything on patreon,And there is no Chinese version available

qwe aaaa

I am currently supporting sevaral creators and need to prioritize within my budget. Currently I have selected to support other game creators over you. This is mainly due to consitency and timeframes of updates, size of updates as well as content of updates (ie fit of kinks and fetishes for me).

DemnorTheSwede

i am hesitant to leave the free club since the game updates needs extremly long & tends to feel very small considering the time. i am still fencesitting (more regular updates on patreon & regular packs would make it feel a lot better).

Marvin Baltes

I'm a patron member since 2019 and you still have my support.

John Raatz

A mix of I subbed for quite awhile so feel I did my share and running short on cash, sadly college isn't cheap and the job market sucks for new programmers right now. Hopefully I can go back to supporting in the future.

Lavan

Thanks a lot <3

Irphaeus

I understand, no worry :)

Irphaeus

Thank you! The new recruit is here to stay, but he started 2 weeks ago so the pacing result will be seen in next update.

Irphaeus

Patreon can be very strict or arbitrary with Adult content, so I try to not post too much :/

Irphaeus

I would honestly love to subscribe but I current am a guy who lives on my parents money and when that changes I will subscribe to you and you will be the first I am currently thinking to join but Idk if I would continuously subscribe when I get a my money I will definitely do subscribe I am a part of world where working isn't easy thanks for the work it's a piece of art

masmasmeris

Render, pools, spoilers, even ai artworks would be welcome. I understand that it is difficult but if you can make at least 1 post per week I'm sure many people will want to subscribe

MegazordDoForro

Really wanted to try your game but noticed there's no Chinese language option.

snow season

You came up on my recommendations and I usually follow to see what type of game it is and how are the visuals, story, elements, mechanics, etc. You don't pop up much so I'm guessing you're not one to put out posts or updates frequently so you've been slipping under my radar.

Jason Rogue

I'm from India and 3$ is a large amount in Indian rupees, and I'm currently not working but I'll support you for sure when I'll be graduated . Thanks for the great game : )

Indian Hacker

Personally, I really enjoy content with themes like NTR, characters like the Otaku, Thomas Faris, or older men with strong personalities. I believe giving players the option to explore scenes involving those characters—or to stay on the main character’s path—adds a lot of depth and variety to the game. You’ve already hinted at this direction: the Otaku’s scene at Honey Bee, Faris during the photo shoots, and the mother’s moments at the pool and on the train were all really interesting examples for those of us who enjoy that kind of content. I’d be happy to support a higher tier if I knew that kind of optional content would continue or even expand. It helps manage expectations between updates, and knowing there’s a route that appeals to a group of supporters who enjoy these themes—at least for me—keeps me way more engaged. Thanks again for your amazing work and for listening to the community!

Fer

So ive subbed £3 to help support. Please show me my trust has been well placed this time around.

Juice2000

Man, I'd support your content without a second thought if I could. But conversion rates in my country are literally the devil lol. That 3 dollars would end up taking away half of a week's groceries (believe it or not).

CamunonZ

I'm a 2021 Funder Member. I've seen your efforts and the struggles you've had. I'll continue to support you.

kio zkto

Deberías hacer una forma de paga como las tienen los juegos f2play ya que ellos convierten la moneda automáticamente como los pagos de dragón ball Legends

Jorge Perales

Soy de bolivia y quisiera saber cómo apoyar a este proyecto de manera segura no uso pay pal ya que así hackearon a un amigo

Jorge Perales

I love your game but for me I'm in a serious financial hardship so all the games I play are only supported with free accounts if they even offer them or just followed sorry I can't do more

bill gibson

Agree with juice. Update frequency makes a huge difference. I only have so much money to spend to support creators and if they don’t produce regular updates I can’t justify supporting them.

Sim

Your lowest tier is $4.50 in the US. I’m sure if you had a lower tier of say $2-$3 here you would get more supporters. I would think any money is better than $0.

Danno11

LOL, had to go back to an old post from Oct 2021 to see what Waifu game this was about.

MisterTM

It's an adult game with 50+ hours of content, it's more a novel than a sandbox but it has choises elements :) 3$ isn't much to try it even once ^^

Irphaeus

£3 is not alot to ask and if you got updates down to 2 months as youve mentioned above ide go back to supporting you again in an instant and it would be higher than £3. Ive been with you since the start and update time has varied massively as well as update size which is a problem. So its hard to justify the spend when theres other games of similar quality being regular with less time. I saw in another comment that your almost down to a release per quarter but yopu need the support for it. I think your going to have to earn players trust before you get the support for it unfortunatly. Its the case with me but prove it and youll definatly have it.

Juice2000

hi ,Personally, I am in the "free" zone because your page was recommended to me by other game publishers, but the idea of ​​supporting you does not come to me until I know what you are making... few visuals available for the free zone and no idea of ​​the type of game it is (graphic novel, 3D sandbox...?, and I also deduce from this that you do not have a French translation either, which always puts me off before investing... (which is not irremediable depending on the work done, many of my games are not translated)

OuTcH

Could you provide a brief overview of the next upgrade ? (Examaple: How many in-game day(s) / Any improvement of character or map). This will affect my decision.

Saryn Prime

of course its a banger game

AKIRA_YOSHIKAZU

Same problem here. But i think if hame will be on steam, id definitely buy it in some time

Alexey

Thanks for your support

Irphaeus

Continue your great quality work in any case, it's the most important I think. You don't have to be perfect either as long as you do please. :)

TheLegend

With my new recruit we aim to release update within 3 months while keeping the quality and content :)

Irphaeus

i know i had problems with using my bank card before not sure if it was this game or a diffrent one but the creator was from ireland and my bank wont allow payment to ireland and because of this i had to use a friends cashapp card to get it

AKIRA_YOSHIKAZU

Thanks! I hope you join us later :)

Irphaeus

Thank you <3

Irphaeus

I'd like to support you. I really appreciate your work, but unfortunately, my country doesn't accept PayPal payments. I'm still figuring out how to pay by credit card. I understand people's opinions about how long each update takes, but I also understand your desire to provide quality content and not be just another one of the crowd with a tacky, unfinished story.

lic.jorgeZ

maybe one day on Steam ^^ But for now i need Patreon support, adult creator can't get financial help like common creators.

Irphaeus

I apologize in advance for my English (I speak Spanish, haha). The truth is that the game is amazing, but at the moment I can't support it. I’ve seen comments saying that the problem is the lack of posts, which I understand, but I don't see it as an issue since I really want to support the game for how incredible it is. But anyway, as I said, I can't at the moment, but as soon as I can, I would like to support this game properly because it totally deserves it. Thank you very much for all the effort from the creator and their team for providing us with great quality in every update :3

Barcha Gamax

I am one of those people who find the long updates. However, I understand very well why. The work done is really very good and of quality. I think that even minimal update every 3 months, for example, would motivate more people. After I want the quality to remain the same. Better that it is long, but good, that fast and regular, but bad. In any case, good luck and continue like that :) (I'm not English so my translation may not be perfect.)

TheLegend

I recruited a full time coworker to help me release update faster. But i need more support to pay him.

Irphaeus

I will release an update every 3 months after this one, with the help of my new coworker this is a promise i can hold. But people have to understand that it's unstable for me to receive money only once the update is out, even if it's a large amount. It's more safe and stable for me is people remain subbed for several month, even if it's on a smaller pledge. For exemple if you plan to pledge at 15$ for release only, I rather you remain 3 months at 3$ and upgrade your pledge once you feel like it, or downgrade it when it's during devellopement time.

Irphaeus

The problem I have with the model is I have been burned in the past by subscribing to other creators' Patreon. They will milk their subscribers while putting out minimal content and big promises. However, I believe these content creators deserve to be paid for their content. So, I will happily pay for every update, but I hesitate to subscribe. Your game is phenomenal, so I will continue to support and play. Here's my question: if I choose to pay only when there is an update, what is the recommended amount to keep Irphaeus in the black and continuing to create this wonderful product?

RuggerAl

I would subscribe if game update is a lot more frequent.

7theaven

I straight up just don't like patreon for anything other than news. I have supported other games for a single month when a new update came out, but ideally I'd prefer to buy the game on steam or gog upon full release.

lolhat

What would you want me to post? There is two 3D render packs below this post btw.

Irphaeus

There's no reason to subscribe if you don't post anything

MegazordDoForro

Understood! So what about a one time pledge ~30$ (3$ pledge) once the Update is out? You'll suport once, but it actually offer me a support every month. The game has more than 50hours of non repetitive content, even if yet finnished, It's kinda unique in the genre. ^^

Irphaeus

I recruited a full time coworker to help me releasin update faster. But i need support to pay him.

Irphaeus

It's impossible to make relevant update in suchshort time span if I want to keep somekind of quality control. Even if we were 20 peoples working on this, I need time to create meaningfull storyboard and story events. It's a creative process unfortunatly. 2 months would be the least possible, and the update would be very short.

Irphaeus

I just buy things that are done, preferrably from Itch or Steam, but can buy from other stores or from patreon. I'm mostly here to see how things are going. If I am to buy something that is not done, then I still only want to pay once for the chance of it being completed, like pay from EA on Steam.

Uppajupp

To increase the updateing rate, I need more support, so I can pay the new team members. You know I lost incomes since 2023, my 3D renderer recruit left because of the Free members thing.

Irphaeus

We are close to be on once quarter, seasonal release aka Winter, Spring, Summer and fall. With my new coworker it will become a more regular thing. But to do so i need support... I need money to pay the recruit, or I will be alone again managing Discord/Patreon, making renders, animation, storyboard, sound mixing etc. This takes an incredible amount of time to do this alone.

Irphaeus

NTR is very controversial, if im adding NTR i may lose more supporters than I would win supporters. It would be also not good to sacrifice game story pacing just to win more supporters... However NTR can and will happen in the game depending of your choises, it happens with Yoko, it will happen again, but It will never been forced, it will always be the player decision.

Irphaeus

Let me answer this, from 2019 to 2021 the update were fast because I had work already made in advance. I also wasn't making quality renders with proper 3D lighting, the game didn't had so many characters and story arc, the game was way more streamlined... But I enhanced my work, made renders quality a LOT better wich require a LOT more times, same for animations, I had to create new map/environement for new area, added the Karma systems and a map roam option etc. I understand the criticism, and I will work faster with my new coworker. But I find the comparison unfair, specialy with other creators who never finnish their project, don't interact with the community, or doesn't care about story quality... I think quality matter more than "fastfood" content, it's important for me as a creator to want to do better in each update, even if it require times.

Irphaeus

The main reason I dont subscribe is because the updates seem to take several weeks to months, if there was at least 1 update per month or even every 5-6 weeks I'd probably subscribe again.

Eman

The bad Karma route is slowly ramping up so NTR will have more plot and more scenes tied to that specific route only.

HuhnDoener

Update speed is your main mission to fight back. Also, will your game upload to Steam ? I promise 120% paid for it.

Saryn Prime

I'm a combination of it patreon was updated more and releases faster, 6 months is a lot, it can also depend on who getting scenes, my girls no scenes, I eventually come back though.

NeoKilua

You’re not really known for updating the game.

Haru Sakurai

If you can update faster, for example, once a quarter, instead of once every 7 or 8 months, and there is less content updated for such a long time, just take last year's update as an example, the creation time is long and the update content is less. I believe many sponsors think so. If the update speed can be improved, I believe that many people will be willing to sponsor and support it. I will post here as evidence. If the update speed can catch up, I personally am willing to sponsor $100 per month.

狐 獴

Personally, it's because "NTR" has too little plot. I don't know if anyone is the same as me.

wcy

The biggest reason is that the updates are getting slower and slower, and there is less content every time you update it. There are many complaints about the game forums in my country that you are slow to update and you don’t do anything with money. I don’t want to sponsor any more, and I’m more willing to sponsor those newer and more diligent creators. In recent years, your update speed and game content are really not as good as before 2021.

狐 獴

Can you give me more details? How much would it cost you? From what country are you? Thanks!

Irphaeus

I don't like to pay patreon tax which adds extra to $3. I would support on another platform that doesn't have any fees.

CivilizedSnowman


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