Change Detailed!

Greeting once more, all! First off we’d just like to thank you all for the support and lovin’ you’ve give Noe and her girls so far. NTR’s announcement is now the second most popular post of all time on the page and we couldn’t be happier. We’ve taken a fair amount of time to enjoy the hype while we push on deeper into development but it’s time for the next step. Let’s be real, it’s easy to get people pumped with new content, especially when your working with ladies such as them, am I right? Today we’re going to be looking at more fundamental changes around the Patreon page… but worry not, we’ve got some sexy new art to show off too! Anyway, thanks for reading what is a very important post.

Here we will be discussing the changes that this Patreon page will be undergoing in the weeks to come. For full transparency's sake and to make sure everyone here is as informed as we can make them we decided to list out the changes for all to see and discuss before we enact them. As we have said many times now, and still very much mean, we would like to hear any thoughts or concerns from the fans during this time. Change can be scary or unnerving, but we're in this together and we will all see it through. Let's get to it then shall we?

Now to the changes:

Theme and Name

We will be changing Agents of Heels entirely to beWilder, with all it's implications. We are not moving away, we are swapping everything into the equivalent of our new brand.

• The page is currently themed entirely after Agents of Heels. However, now that the team is no longer a single person, we have grown into the new name and brand “beWilder”. The changes that follow are mostly to conform to this new theme and to exhibit all we have to offer under this brand, not just AoH, even if that is a big part of it.
  
• This is a reminder more than a change but remember to update your bookmark if you have one (What? You don't have one? Do it now then!) as we will be named patreon.com/bewilder after we change our name.

Projects and Development Cycle

• The single biggest change is the addition of our new project in development “Noemi's Toscana Rebirth” (see here for more: NTR Announcement). With twice the offerings to our patreons comes twice the development cycle. We will be alternating between both projects, one after another and releasing versions as we go. Right now the aim is to release an update to one game each month, but should we reach maximum efficiency in our dev cycle we may end up being able to produce quicker. Let's hope! That means we will be bringing you NTR v0.1 next, followed by AoH v0.7, then NTR v0.2 and so on.
  
• As mentioned before on the post about AoH v0.6 (AoH_V06_Changes), we will be switching to a staged release to accommodate both projects rather than a multi-edition release. No more Standard/Exclusive/H&V versions, instead as each release is processed, the previous versions will move down a tier. This will be the case for both games. As much as we’d love to continue with the current system, we think this is in the best interests of everyone as it means we can streamline the development process and not waste time making content that not everyone will get access to. This way everyone will get to play all our games and experience the complete beWilder universe, with the most dedicated fans getting the first look. And for those who enjoy the behind the scenes look that the H&V version offers, that will still be available as a reward. See below for more on the rewards!
  
• As mentioned in an earlier post, Spook2009 will be taking over the writing of AoH, but still following the plot and scene design of Unshi. He will also be responsible for the writing of NTR, while Unshi is the artist extraordinaire for both projects. Coding is split between both as each takes care of their own project in that regard. This way we will always be developing an area of both of the games as we go, even as the other in building their content.
  
• We will still be producing side stories in comic format, including the currently running “Last Raider”. Unshi is trying a new Art Style for it (so it's not like another short VN story) and swapping Lara to the new model, so it might still take a bit to hear from her, but she's not forgotten. We'd like to make much more in this format, including even crossover content (it won't be exclusively in the comics but it the place to make most use of it for now). These comics (excluding where stated otherwise like in the Last Raider) will be non-canonical. We'd like to put more resources into this aspect of our work, but with two projects on the run we have to be smart about what we do. If people like the comics and would like to see more we want to hear from you guys so we give it the amount of love it deserves. The more love it gets the more it will give in return so bare that in mind when pledging for this reward....
  
• Special Occasions will also bring standalone VN stories featuring the various characters of the world. They will be made on occasion alongside the main game versions. We love and live the beWilderverse so much we even make content in our spare time. This is when these content blocks will be created and so don't have a set schedule, but we'd love to play occasions like mini-Christmas storylines and event arcs too exciting to wrap in a game with other content... don't you want a chance to focus entirely on the “Wet T-shirt Olympics” instead of finding it the main game? I thought so!

Page Visuals

• The artwork around the page will be updated to feature both AoH girls and the NTR girls.
  
• A cleaner and easier to read page overview will be added to the top of the page as well as project related art boxes so all download and their development status will be plain to see right when you land on the page. Cool no?
  
• The banner image will be changed to the heroine of our latest project, the “fucking gorgeous” Noemi in part to help get the word out about the new addition, but also because of all our character, we made sure Noe got serious attention in every aspect. We wouldn't short change you on our very first original heroine!
  
• The tier images will be updated to showcase both AoH girls and NTR as stated above, those AoH gal's aren't going anywhere so you'll always get to see your best girl. You can see the new artwork below, aren’t they just lovely? Tell us who’s your favourite pairing!

And now the serious meaty stuff...

Tiers

• To fit in with our new theme, the tiers will all be renamed and reworked. The price of each tier will not change. You will not have to spend even one cent more than you originally pledged if we have a say in it!
  
• The tiers will be renamed as following: “Rookie” becomes “Bold”, “Agent” becomes “Brave”, “Raider” becomes “Daring”, “Hero” becomes “Adventurous” and finally “Villain” becomes “Pure Wild”. These names are not game related, instead related to the theme of Being Wilder so will not need to be changed when our active projects do. Makes sense, right?
  
• Rewards will be reworked to streamline development time and take account of our new offerings. See below for more details

Rewards

We have reworked our rewards to take account of new offerings, time constraints of development and feedback / requests from patrons over the last number of months

- Rookies / Bold patrons will receive:

• The same access to the patron feed as they enjoy now (SFW Images, Development News, Poll Results etc.).
• They also have our sincerest gratitude!

- Agents / Brave patrons will now have all the above plus:

• Access to the Patron Ready Release of all Games (two releases back from most recent version)
• All Released Once-off VNs (these will not be release to the public except in specific cases)
• Vote in Polls (Spook is a curious boy, he'll have many polls, just watch!)
• Access to Sexy Concepts in the feed.

- Raider / Daring patrons will be rewarded with all the above plus:

• Access to the Testing Releases of the Games (one release back from most recent version, one ahead of the previous tier)
• Access to the Testing Releases of the Special Once-off VNs (one release back from most recent version, as produced / see “project” above),
• Choice of 1 Wallpaper from the AoH and NTR Season 1 Catalogues per month (more on this soon, collect Sexy autographed wallpapers of all 8 girls!)
• Access to Walkthroughs for NTR (Later AoH too)

- Heroes / Adventurous patrons have access to all of the above plus:

• Earliest access to the hottest / newest Releases of our games (Most recent game version, hot from the beta lab),
• Earliest access to the hottest / newest Releases of Special Once-off VNs (as produced / see “project” above),
• Access to all comic / side media as released
• Access to recollection room feature with all the game scenes unlocked for AoH (NTR Later Too) (Feature in Progress)

//Image Removed due to Patreon T&S Request (24/07/2020)

- Villains / Pure Wild patrons will have everything above, as well they should, and also the following too:

• Access to all concepts, try-outs, unused and major WIP artwork, characters and costumes per release (the stuff you enjoy in the H&V Edition as it is now).
• The ability to name a customer NPC that can appear in the NTR gameplay (Once off per person)

This, is of course, the area we are most interested in your thoughts and feedback. Please don't hesitate to shout out!

Patreon Goals

• We will be updating the goals of the Patreon page to reflect the new direction and the ambition of our combined power (evil laugh right here!). For real though we will be altering the goals and with it the stretch content we will produce along the way.

Wow... that might have been the longest post I've ever written! I think you'll all agree it's very much something that you need to think over. It's a lot of change and a little much to take in all at once but you have plenty of time to do just that. 

So what are we up to behind the page right now? Well, since we have 4 totally original girls to introduce you too we thought a short intro VN for each would help break the ice and let you in on how they each ended up in the trouble the find themselves in. Currently we are working hard to bring you Noe’s Origin Story (OS) VN which we aim to have to you this month. After that we’ll be releasing NTR v0.1 as soon as it’s out of the oven and piping hot! (we will start the staged release here). Then Nat will be back on top and ready to rock with v0.7! On the Patreon side of things we will look closer at the Season 1 Wallpaper reward and then the gameplay in NTR so stay tuned for those posts. We've got plenty of work to do so we'll leave it there for now. We'll see you soon in the next post!

Be Brave and beWilder!