[Announcement] GIF Animation Release & This Month’s Progress and Future Plans (Patreon)
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Because this month’s progress was mostly on content I can’t share publicly yet, I made a vore animation at short notice.
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1. Small Progress Update
“Have you actually been slacking off???”← No, seriously, I have been working…!
What I’ve been doing is creating the graphics for a character who’s very deeply involved in the story(and I’m planning to include vore involving them in the story).
I’ve also been working on the text for Mix-chan’s interrogation scene.(It’s planned to be a pretty intense situation involving things like vampirism, so please look forward to it.)
Progress is small, but it is moving forward.
Next month, I’ll be updating more content that I can publicly show,so please wait just a little longer.
Announcement: About Next Month’s Update
As mentioned previously, I’ll be away until January 5,so the next update will be on January 15.
Sorry for the inconvenience, and thank you for your understanding.
About Adding a New Support Plan
I’m very sorry, but I’d like to add one additional plan for those who wish to support me further.
It’s almost the same as the “Progress Sneak Peek” plan,but when the staff roll for Knight of Scrap is implemented,your name will be listed according to the plan tier.
So the only real benefit is that you might stand out just a little in the staff credits… maybe?It’s really only for those who want to support me a bit more.
There are no extra perks for now,but I’ll be extremely grateful.
Personal Talk
From here on, this is about my personal situation,so if you’re not interested, feel free to skip ahead.
To get straight to the point:
From January next month, I’ll be unemployed.
Yeah… that was sudden, right?And the notice came on Christmas Day, of all days.
Is there anyone who got a harsher Christmas present than that…?
I had just been thinking, “Alright, let’s update the parts of Knight of Scrap that everyone can see,”and then this happened.That day, I honestly couldn’t focus on game development at all,so I ended up hastily making an animation instead.
I really wish they’d waited at least until after the next Knight of Scrap update…
Why I’m Sharing This
I’d really appreciate advice from anyone who makes a living selling their own games.
Things I’m especially curious about:
Do you need to develop multiple games in parallel?
If you work on games with a team, how did you meet your staff?
Is there actually a future in working in the game industry?
If you can answer any of these,please leave a comment or contact me directly — it would seriously help a lot.
Even just stories like“Here’s how hard it was before I released my game”or“Here’s what I achieved after struggling”are more than welcome.
I really just want to hear from people with experience,so if you feel like it, I’d love to listen.
To be honest, when my boss recommended that I leave,I was told that the current state of the game industry is extremely harsh,and that without changing how I work, it would be very difficult to survive.
If that’s true, then maybe I should use my skills in a different field…
But frankly…I still want to make games.
Honestly, my ADHD hyperfocus is intense,and this is basically the only way I feel I can contribute to society.
So right now, I’m considering either:
finding a way to change jobs within the game industry, or
continuing to focus on indie game development like I am now.
Ideally, I’d choose the latter,but realistically, it’ll probably end up being the former…
Because of that, I’ll likely be preparing for job hunting and working on things like Skeb commissions,as long as it doesn’t affect Knight of Scrap.So you might see more non-game-creation content for a while.
That said, I plan to do this during the time I previously spent working,so it won’t affect Knight of Scrap’s progress.(Though honestly, progress is already slow, so I really want to speed it up.)
In Summary
If you’re knowledgeable about games, please share any info you have!
I’ll be job hunting and doing other creative work, but it won’t affect Knight of Scrap!
No matter what anyone says, I want to make games for a living…!!If possible, I want to focus entirely on my own games…!!
That’s everything.
Thank you so much to everyone who read all the way to the end.
And once again:I have absolutely no intention of stopping updates for Knight of Scrap,so please look forward to future updates.