Stretch Goal Suggestions
Thanks for your ideas for stretch goals, guys! At the moment, I'm figuring out what will be doable, at what budget and how.
New Backers from News Outlets and Advertising
Hello new backers! News continues to spread! Welcome those of you who found out about this game from gay.net, gamepolitics.com, facebook, twitter, and yaoi911. Yaoi911 is the site of Alex Woolfson's cool graphic novel, Artifice (read it, it's great!). I've been dropping ads there and a surprising number of his readers seem interested in this game. Thank you for joining the campaign!
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My Current Activities
I've been trying to juggle numerous things lately. Campaigning is pretty much a full time job in and of itself, but I'm still trying to get Ian's storyline up to speed (since this game is happening) as well as working my other job (the one that pays the bills.) In other words, I'm as busy as shit! I'll be trying to catch up on emails and messages this weekend.
Ian's Route
In any case, I can't wait until you guys play Ian's relationship route. I described a pivotal Ian/Mark scene to my husband today and he was stunned. He doesn't get flustered easily, and this is the first time in my life I've seen his jaw actually drop, his eyes get really, really wide, and gawk at me with absolutely nothing to say.
Finally, he mumbled the five magic words that I love hearing as a writer.
"That. Is. REALLY. FUCKED. UP."
Looking queasy, he added, "Your players will LOVE it though."
XD
Spreading the Word
My thanks to those of you who are getting the word out. It's amazing to see so many people arrive here from so many corners of the web.
If you've just joined us, please help spread the word and encourage people to try the demo. I feel the demo has been doing a good job getting people interested in backing the project. For a while, it seemed that for every 10 of you who downloaded the demo, 1 of you would back the project, which I think is a pretty good ratio! (It's a little more spaced out now...1 in 12. The demo has been downloaded over 5150 times, and we currently have 448 backers!)
Why spread the word when the project is already funded? Remember, 5000 was what I minimally needed to finish the project. The more backers we can get, the more content we can add, and the better the game will be when it gets delivered to you. It will be funner, funnier, hotter, prettier. The more time and resources I can devote to working on the game--the better your overall experience. Seriously--you guys know I've been working tirelessly on this thing. Every cent I can raise is gonna go to making your experience awesome when you play it. XD
And here's a side benefit to the success of this Kickstarter: it will let other game designers know there's a market for games like this one, both as a dating sim and as a game featuring gay relationships.
Thanks for sticking by me, guys. I love and appreciate all your emails and comments.
Here's to an exciting holiday season!
Is there any chance of making a censored option? I love reading this game, and the original demo had me hooked, but the new demo almost turned me off with the adult content (no offense, it's just not my cup of tea). I didn't figure adding the option to turn off adult content would be difficult, so I thought I'd ask. I'd really appreciate it - I really want to play the full version (especially Ian's route, WHOOT!).
ReplyDeleteSince there's been more than one person asking for this, I'm going to try to make this available as an add-on for a later date (couple of months after I release the adult version).
DeleteI just don't want to slap something together really quickly (some of the eroticism is integral to the story) and have you feel like you missed out on quality.
And by censored--do you mean any mention of sex at all, or just the artwork? Some specifics would help, thanks!
I'm so glad this will actually happen now :) Looking forward to it! And I'm glad you're really considering what is lost in the process and not just skipping through (I've played games like that, and it really had a lot of "...wait, what?" moments where I had to just shrug and go "oh, they just had sex and I missed it, that's why this is weird"). Anyway, I was thinking more of just not as explicit - the artwork, obviously, but the writing too. Sex doesn't have to be cut out completely, I'd just rather not read about the entire process, you know? Like with the demo, I don't mind anything that happened, I just would rather have not had so many details, like with Mark getting interrupted by text messages or his dreams/daydreams - I get what's happening, moving on please - that kind of thing, as opposed to the 'romantic' moments that were sexually charged as well, like with Alex in the locker room, which I ADORED. Does that help? :)
ReplyDeleteYes it does, thanks!
DeleteHi Obscura,
ReplyDeleteI personally love all the erotic content (the more the better I say as long as it's not damaging the storyline one bit.) Perhaps for those individuals who wants it censored, I hope it be entirely separate from the game rather than affecting the rest of the readership (many being predominantly gay) who wants a more physical and sensual storyline.
Hi Night Flower! I'm glad you like the erotic bits! They are integral to much of the game's entertainment and humor.
DeleteThe adult version is my highest priority right now, you need not worry!
The toned down version will be done as a separate release after the adult version is shipped.
A straight guy freaked out? Sounds promising ;)
ReplyDeleteYeah...he had a look on his face like "HOLY SHIT." A good sign!
DeleteOh god, as if I didn't want to play Ian's route enough already! *excited*
ReplyDeleteI'm trying to harass anyone who might be interested into pledging although I don't know how successful I am at it. >>;
Ahahah, thank you so much Spring Gloom! I really appreciate the harassment. How wrong that sounds. XD
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