Last Human (Episode 7) Devlog 3 (Patreon)
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Hello my friends and happy weekend :)
Just thought I'd drop a quick devlog to keep you all up to date on where we are on the next LH release as well as a brief personal log.
Last Human (Episode 7): I am getting very close to completing rendering. There are 3 more nsfw scenes with animations to do (yes, 3). So those will usually take me a bit of time. We are definitely still looking at a release before the end of this month, so no worries. After renders and animations are completed, I have a list of reported grammar/spelling issues to search and replace, and one or two continuity issues to resolve. These are minor things that I can fix in an hour or so before doing my own final playthrough to check for any other issues. So for those who keep asking when is the next update - before the end of June. That is the best answer I can give because I have no idea what hardships will come up along the way. My hope is that I can complete it before the last week of the month, but we'll see how it all plays out.
Personal: Nothing feels as good as not having to answer to a boss or be tied up doing IT support for 8 to 12 hours per day while also trying to build a game. Retirement allowed me to pay off my house and vehicles, so I won't lose those. But money is actually starting to get tight for us. The struggle is real, folks. And I don't make much money doing this game stuff yet. I'm doing my best to improve and try to get updates out more frequently but getting the word out is a challenge (and asking people to subscribe and support is not my favorite thing to do). Obviously, I didn't start this just to make money. I started because I love it. I'm a creative person at heart and this is a great outlet for that. But honestly? I need to make more to be able to keep going or I may end up having to put this back as a side project and find some work somewhere so I can pay my bills. If that happens, updates are really going to slow down again. I don't want that and I know at least my current followers don't either. You can help by spreading the word... get friends to give my VNs a try. Every tier counts for me, that includes the free tier. I love ALL of my followers equally. I love you guys so much that I am one of the few developers who basically does a beta to public release in one week... because I want you all to get the game as quickly as possible. I've had some dev friends tell me that I need to go to at least 2 weeks for my release periods... others even do a month or longer. I don't care for long waits myself so I can't expect my lower tier and free followers to wait.
Anyway, I just want you to know... if you have considered supporting me by subbing on one of the paid tiers, I hope you'll consider it at least for the first month. For this next Last Human release, I plan to turn on one of the discount options on Patreon where you can get the first month half off or something like that (for $5 and $10 tiers). If you try it at a discount and decide you can't afford longer, or you don't really want to, at least you helped me (a lot). And I can't ask for anything more than that. I am proud to say that I have some of the longest running supporters... those of you who have been subbed nearly since I first started! I mean, that is amazing. If I could bring Camilla to life and send her to you for a visit, I would! And so many of you that have been subbed for quite a while now and still hanging in there with me. Thank you all so much. Truly.
I guess I'm just trying to let you know that I am at a point where I need to make more than I am making in order to keep going. Guys, I don't want to get another job... I have a job... this one. I work for you. I work on these games every single day, and sometimes nights too. I put a lot of effort into this stuff and I am always trying to find ways to improved. I recently added some really great tools to HS2 Studio thanks to a modder/gamedev that goes by Pandarinka. I subbed to him for 9 bucks per month because his tools help me improve. So yeah, a lot of what I make goes back into the work I am doing.
To my current subscribers - you can always DM me in Discord. I may not answer you immediately, but I DO ANSWER. If you have questions or requests, hit me up. If you're on one of my upper tiers ($10 and above) you can request things like renders or even animations. Some do already. I don't get them done really fast, but I do put your requests on my task list and work on it when I can. First priority though is always the update itself.
That's all I have for now. Follow me, sub if you can, and keep in touch!
Love you all, ...Fire