New Patron Tier (Patreon)

Since I've opened this Patreon about a year ago, I've been struggling with making a good selection of rewards; because I've been reluctant to offer anything that would take time or resources away from actually making the content. And I'm still inclined to see this page as more of a tip jar than a shop transaction. 

The high priced tiers were mostly just there to be there as conventional advice from other creators said I should have some open, though I didn't really have much I could offer that is actually worth the price in my own honest opinion. Until now.

So first off, the former $100 tier has been knocked all the way down to $30. Because I did want a tier in that range. Cute names aside, it's basically "your name in the credits" and yeah, a hundred bucks is quite a lot for just that. My logic for doing so was to make it more of a 'vip' thing, so backers could be prominently featured as a sponsor instead of just dumping a list of 100 or so names and burying it in there, like when similar benefits are priced in the $1-5 range. I think $30 is a nice middle ground of still being more exclusive without being ludicrously overpriced. I've seen some game kickstarters use $20-30 as a cut off for 'name in credits' and it seemed to work out.


So, for the new top tier, I introduced something even more expensive, but is actually worth the sticker price: Custom scenes.

The whole point of this Patreon is to cover the costs of hiring artists to create the visuals for the series, so if you're willing to front the entire cost of adding a new scene, it's pretty fair you should have a say in what it contains.

The exact production cost (on our end) is going to vary with scene contents and artist rates, of course, but $200 covers the cost of something like Tainara's footjob scene in last weekend's demo, or Isabel's blowjob scene in the original pilot episode. (Or something like Isabel's restaurant sceene if you wanna be *less* lewd about it)

That figure includes the costs of a single base CG with minor pose variations, facial expressions, clothing layers, etc. plus the costs of writing and implementing the scene. So this is an opportunity for people to get erotic scenes catering to their fetishes, or early content of characters that don't have episodes yet, or get new scenes of favorite characters from past episodes; while generally expanding on content we otherwise wouldn't have the budget for.

Of course, there are some potential pitfalls with offering this option, so there needs to be some fine print and ground rules: 

 1. You might get a bit 'more' or a bit 'less' depending on the rates of the artist(s) handling your request, and the nature of the scene. The 'original' artist that handled a particular character or episode may not be available; so an artstyle match is not guaranteed.

2. We reserve the right to refuse, (and thus refund) any request for any reason. Feel free to get in contact for pre-aproval of a request before pledging. (this is our escape clause for people that try to lawyer unreasonable requests past the general rules)

3. Other than that, there is no guarantee you'll love the end result of your request, so be warned that you're not entitled to a refund if it is fulfilled but not to your full expectations. We'll try our damnedest though.

4.Sponsored scene requests might be framed as non-cannon if they do not fit within our own plans for characters, stories or world building. (Ie: dream sequences or what-if scenarios) or potentially tweaked to fit into cannon. Scenes involving characters whose episodes are not released yet; or don't have planned episodes (for example if you pick a side NPC) may be released as a standalone demo or included alongside an otherwise unrelated episode as a bonus scene.

5. You may only request scenes involving Little Black Bestiary characters, (this tier is not for requesting crossovers) and content must comply with Patreon rules.

Obviously this is all stuff for potential big spenders. But it's thanks to everyone currently contributing at smaller amounts that I've been able to hire artists for the upcoming content at all, so I don't want to give the impression it's not appreciated by suddenly stressing super expensive tiers; I just wanted to update them so they'd feel more worthwhile and less of a waste of space. I do feel bad I've been slacking on polls and such for the lower tiers, but I've been focused on finishing up Tainara's episode and honestly, there's not a whole lot about it I could put up for vote.

Though coming up towards the end of this month I'm going to be opening a character popularity poll to decide whom we'll focus on next after Tainara and Amaryllis's episodes are released. Speaking of which, I'm going to get right back on working on those. Later!