A Big Announcement and Some Changes (Patreon)

Hey everyone, this post is a little different from the usual weekly posts, but it's important.

We're making large changes to our patron tiers, because it has been a mess and I feel like we should finally settle on something.

First off, BETA testing will not have early access. It's a little dumb. So from now on, every single patron member from Pixie Tier and above will get BETA access as soon as it's released. The testing period would remain the same. 7 days to test. 3-5 days to implement fixes.

Next up, is the game releases. Up till now, all our game releases have been public releases. The latest version and update is available for everybody (relatively quick), patron or not. From v3.x and onwards, we will start to separate the game releases as follows: 

• Premium Build, the patron exclusive version of the game and is the newest version, available for every single patron member, with the usual early access stuff.
• Public Build, the non-patron version of the game and is one content version behind the Premium build, available to everybody. Without any early access stuff.

Thirdly, the weekly WIP images will now be restricted to patrons only, any tier. Main reason for this is that Patreon doesn't allow for NSFW posts to be public, so if we ever want to show off something SAUCY (a work in progress sex scene or things like that), we have to post 2 versions of it, and it's going to be a mess of posts. It's the reason why the WIP posts are so boring up till now, I can't post NSFW stuff even if I wanted to. So, I feel like this is the way to handle it, if we're going to show off NSFW work in progress.

That's all for the major changes for things going forward!

There's a short survey here, please let me know what you think of all this and tell us what you think we should do! We're always looking for ways to make supporting us worth it! You can also come into the Discord and talk to us directly!

Now, I'll be honest and real. Reasons behind these changes are largely business oriented. I would love to be able to work on the game and have it go like how we've been doing up till now. Reality is that we have to find a way to make this a viable option to support us financially, as we make the game. Can't run on passion alone, even if I do, not everybody does.

This is a really tough decision to make as I always make my choices from the players perspective, but I am also the developer in this case. I also understand that this isn't the nicest thing to do. This'll probably annoy some players that the newest updates will be coming out for free a little more late than usual now. So, I can't word this in the usual cheery way that I do and I can't expect everyone to be okay with it. It's just the way it is.

- Overclock Studios