MatchaLIFE [New Project] + Apex Sweeper News (Patreon)

For those who may have heard about this in other places, this project as it's going to be worked on and released through Team JPDE is going to be SFW! Safe for Work. Suitable for all Ages. Guidelines are very clear and I want to keep this page kosher...

With that out of the way, I'm happy to announce that we are going to collaborate with Dee Cameron on MatchaLIFE, a Sonic the Hedgehog Trainer Sim! If you don't know what a Trainer Sim is: in short it's a type of dating sim where you change the stats of NPCs, instead of the ones of your player character. Think about Tokimeki Memorial if, instead of working on yourself, you work on others.

I've first heard of the project through the socials of RikoAndTako, an artist who's working on Apex Sweeper, and I really liked what I saw! Originally, he was going to be co-director of the project on top of the main and only artist, but that didn't happen due to a number of factors. I then offered to step in, as I really like the proof of concept they've shown me.

Like all other JPDE projects, this is going to be released for Patrons first before becoming freely available down, as a fan-game cannot be sold for profit. On top that, for other benefits: we are gonna take polls for what characters and scenarios to add next; we are gonna show previews, like the one above about a jogging gone wrong for Blaze the cat; and, in a new one for the Patreon -for people who do not want to subscribe but still would like to contribute- we are going to have one-time things you can choose to add to the game, like portraits.

The Proof of Concept is almost ready to be a Vertical Slice, but I persuaded Dee we needed at least one more character in the game to really showcase the variety. We are going to open the first Poll in this regard on Monday, and the following Memberships will receive the following new benefits:

• 3$+ Tier and Up: [MatchaLIFE Voting Powers] Meaning you will be able to vote on polls to make final choices for MatchaLIFE's new content (new characters, new content, new outfits, etc...)

• 7$+ Tier and Up: [MatchaLIFE Nomination Voting Powers] Meaning you will be able to vote on polls to narrow down choices from five to two. (There's a LOT of Sonic characters and so many possible scenarios and outfits...)

Can't wait to show you what we have in store! I must say, it's REFRESHING not being the only lead on a project, for once... Or maybe it will be a new challenge? We shall see.

And speaking of Sonic the Hedgehog, we've REALLY making you sweat waiting for Episode 04 of Apex Sweeper! Unfortunately, our poor Joshikoy was swamped with IRL stuff and I wasn't willing to have someone else work on some VERY important characters so... It's slow coming, but it's coming! Episode 04 is closer than you think, and in the meantime, I'm planning for the future and also getting some great art made from other artists~

These amazing Ryo and Lanolin pin-ups, in Sonic Riders style, are both by the amazing Nekutaro! Our Sweepers look so cool, don't they?! I wonder if they would look just as cool in different outfits, though...

Wonder if there's new outfits in their future.