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You may have noticed that Beat Banger's volume count has been reduced to three. Initially, we had planned to add two extra volumes after one and two to include male/male content. But this presented a dilemma.

Once the game is released publicly on Steam, those interested in only the male/male content will effectively be paying full price for a game they are only half interested in, and still have to play through the first two volumes to access it. Those who are interested in the female/male content exclusively may also feel cheated as they are paying full price for only half the gameplay content.

We've considered things such as making paid DLC, but this would mean that if you're exclusively interested in the male/male content, you'd have to pay extra just because of your sexual preferences. Making it free DLC would cause Beat Banger's release to take far longer than we'd like, and it wouldn't be financially feasible for us to complete in a reasonable amount of time.

Our current plan is to develop a game featuring dedicated male-male content. Early access to this game will be included with the early access Patreon tier.

I apologize for the confusion. We're open to hearing ideas on other ways we could solve this problem.

Comments

Tired-Coconut

So this means BB will be for those interested in male/female and this new game will be male/male? Definitely sounds more doable. Plus people make mods for what they like too

Zacriowolf

Will it be a similar game to beat banger or will it be an entirely different one?

Ryan Elliott

Im interested it both of those. I already own the original game but id be willing to pay for a male/male version of the game

Zira

Is there going to be different kind of males or are they all going to be femboys?

Screams, and Screams, and Screams, and Screams, and Screams, and

Probably for the best, though I'm sure many are disappointed. Maybe you could make the base game (i.e. the mod loader) free and then have paid DLCs for either the main story or the gay spinoff... But that would be a way bigger undertaking. At least there's always mods ^w^

Bugbear4424

Kudos to you folks for being so thoughtful as to include m/m as well. It may not be my cup of tea, but my friends will be thrilled to hear about this

Tired-Coconut

Considering BB has a small variety of personalities I would expect the same for the new game

ReOnion

Wait, if volume count is reduced to 3, but male/male will be it's own separate game Does that mean male/female will be 3 volumes instead of 2 now? If so it's good news for me as that's the part I'm interested in pog.

MoorsheadFalling

Hmm... this is a tough one, I personally feel it'd be a shame to see BB split into two separate games as I was quite looking forward to eventually seeing the gay storyline after Act 2 but I absolutely see where you're coming from. Would it be out of order to have it where the Beat Banger .exe provides the base game functionality that isn't charged for and you use Steam's DLC functions to let folks buy each Act separately, priced at $5 each (as the game featuring Act 1 & (eventually) 2 is $10 now? (Maybe make it so you can't access mods until you've bought one official act, like how GMod used to be?) Anyone who currently owns the game would get the (straight) Act 1 & 2 DLC ($5 per act) for free as they already own the game, but anyone coming into the store page for the first time could choose to buy the M/F Acts, the M/M Act(s), or both alongside the base game functionality for the appropriate price? Lemme know where I've gone wrong but I feel this way lets you guys avoid two separate projects/codebases while also letting people choose the content they're interested in out the gate?

Raidak

It saddens me to hear the scaling down of M/M content for beat banger. Been hoping for some good gay content for this game after reaching the 7000$ goal way back when. I understand that things change with time, but i can only hope that whatever you decide to do is made with equal love and care just like the rest of Beat banger.

BunFan Games

This wouldn't work as we already have over 100,000 people who have bought the game for the full $10 price.

Akoron17

So it would be a beat banger spin-off basically?

LuxIsBored

I've been waiting since the beginning for that. What about us who want both in BB?

VeryLonelyLuna

Could call the gay version "Ball Buster".

Kawakami

Glad you did this because I dislike male/male stuff, thank you for thinking about us Straight folk too.

Diamondplant32

Ok, not gonna lie that name is absolutely fire 🔥. The m/m stuff is not my cup of tea but damn that name is perfect lol

SPROUTALICIOUS

Bummer, I remember hearing about a future if the game with m/m officially and (maybe quite stupidly) it was a motivator for me to buy the game itself

Shika

Separating the fanbase with two different games of the same style means more work for the team and more inconsistencies for modding and discussions, its understandable to think about them but if all your time will be put into Beat Banger anyway people will be fine to wait for the additional chapters since its already in the pipeline A very simple solution is separate the volumes by different routes that you can explore a A or B route one goes the original way the other Gay Content

ECohen756

I recognize that making a fluidly-animated game isn't easy. And I further recognize that locking the gay content behind straight content sends entirely the wrong message for the LGBTQ community. And I imagine that re-coding the game to include gay scenes, optional or otherwise, might be a lot easier said than done. Personally, I think there's something to be said for Shika's idea for the A and B routes, depending on the player's orientation. Or including an application screen after the 18+ warning screen, asking if the player is straight, gay, or bi. That way, scenes could be provided during a playthrough as per the player's preference!

BunFan Games

This wouldn't be financially feasible for us, as we'd essentially be creating a second game without generating any profit from it. We still have to write people's paychecks, and as the potential customer base for Beat Banger gets smaller and smaller. We will eventually experience a sharp decline in sales, and the company will likely go bankrupt, or we'll have to remove some people from the team.

ECohen756

This is a good point. I guess creating a second game, or DLC, would make more sense. The fact that you replied to provide a detailed explanation shows that you're taking our input into consideration and value our opinions, which already makes you better than most AAA gaming companies. I'll definitely keep supporting you on Patreon as best I can!