Some News!!! 📰 (Patreon)

Hello everyone, I'm writing today to share some quick news! 😉

1) I imagine you all know about what's happening with adult games and censorship. Various platforms have removed several adult games due to new restrictions, but so far, this has only affected IoM on Itch (IoM can no longer be found on the search of Itch, I hope it doesn't affect IoM on other platforms); I don't know how far these groups will go. Instead of focusing on real-world problems, they are trying to attack developers... One way or another, I don't plan on stopping the development of IoM. It's a project I've dedicated an inhuman amount of time to, simply because I love developing this game and the community around it. 🙂

In case you want to know more about what's happening, I found this post online.

https://www.polygon.com/visa-mastercard-steam-censorship-valve-itchio-gta/

I also found a Smash JT video expressing his opinion about what's happening.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMLZCrHgcbk

And I have to say something: Many IoM players are women, and the feedback and ideas that I receive from them are great and super useful. 🤩🤩🤩 Some of the ideas inside IoM are thanks to those amazing IoM gamer girls. 🙏

2) I did my part and sent a very polite email to the credit card companies explaining that I think what they are doing is unfair. 🙂 I really wrote in a very polite way because the person receiving the email is a normal person who probably has nothing to do with the decision, so I am just being nice and explaining my position. 🙏

3) We developers need to become stronger, so I'm going to look for more developers to do cross-promotions. It's one way to fight against the censorship they want to impose on all of us. 😎😎😎 (In fact, I already have a cross-promo tomorrow with another developer 😉)

4) These 2 weeks have been incredibly productive, finally the main Bruce scene is done, 299 animations is the final number of animations (Only for this scene, the update has many more), I'm pretty sure that not this weekend, but next one, Saturday and Sunday pics will be back. 🤩 I need to add some coding to replay inside the game this scene (and add the best way to trigger it) that should be done this week and the next one I still have to finish a scene that is half-done and add the ending of the episode (Which will be a nice surprise with an usual kick-ass cliffhanger) 😉

5) In the unlikely event that they take down my page here or on Steam, remember that if you search for MarcialART on Google, you will find me. In fact, I think I'm all the results on the first page. 🤣 Also, remember to join the game's Discord server. I don't think anything will happen to IoM due to censorship, but I'd rather say it just in case. 😉

I've always followed every platform's policies to the letter, and I've never been warned or banned from any platform. I'm a good boy that read the rules and follow them 🙂And I plan to keep doing so, Steam and Patreon are fair and amazing platforms, I will keep following Patreon rules, I will keep following Steam rules, but I will also raise my voice when stuff like this happens, something that threatens me as a developer, also threatens my fellow developers and of course it affect all the gaming community, so this is why I do this post, to say it loud and clear, even if it can put me in the focus of this groups who are trying to destroy what we have instead for doing something really useful in real life for this world.

I work alone and don't have any employees (although everyone knows that I've been looking for someone with animation skills to hire and work with me). However, there are other developers who have hired several people. If a developer who pays for an office and multiple employees loses their income, what happens? Sadly, they will have to lay off their staff and stop paying rent, which will cause unemployment and affect many families. If this happens on a small scale, imagine how many jobs could be lost in places like Patreon, Steam, or Itch (which is no longer showing adult games...). These groups that try to impose their policies and ways of thinking can cause a lot of damage. I trust that the big platforms will do the right thing and let us continue working and bringing entertainment and fun to people.(Here is when Marci drops the mic 😎)I wish everyone an amazing day! 👋