apolloseven

What Do I Do With Futa Oasis

Added 2022-04-18 20:27:42 +0000 UTC

For those who don't know, I've been working on a game called Futa Oasis for like two years. This may be a bit of a surprise since I don't talk about it on here often, but it's a big game and about 80% done. And I mean it's a big game. Five fully romanceable characters, 30+ fully rendered pieces of scene art, hundreds of thousands of words of dialogue per character, separate dominant and submissive routes for every, over ten endings, it's a big game. When I started making it, I wanted it to be released fully complete on Steam. No monthly Patreon builds or anything like that.

But in the time since then, my business model has become "release free games with monthly-ish updates to build an audience and promote the full paid release on Steam". I did that with TF Card Battle and The Monster Within, I'm in the process of doing that with Naked Ambition and the eventual Clothed Ambition, so... why am I keeping Futa Oasis hidden away? Why am I not using free releases as marketing and community building for this specific game?

People could have been playing and enjoying this game for like a year. I've been working on it steadily for all that time. This isn't something that would be taking away my time from other games, I've been actively developing this game alongside my others for like two years already. All the game mechanics, art, etc. have been done for ages. So... again, why am I doing this?

Why not release it as a Patreon game? Why not put out monthly updates and let people pledge money to get early releases of new builds? Why not even let people pay like $15 to get a free Steam key when the game comes out on Steam? Part of the problem is, this Patreon is already dedicated to two other games I release regular updates for. Naked Ambition, TF Card Battle, AND Futa Oasis? It just feels like too much. So should I make a separate Patreon for it entirely? I'm not sure, I feel like splitting up my games isn't fair to people who just want to support me as a creator and my content.

So that's why I'm making this poll. Just what on earth do I do with Futa Oasis?