Mid-Month Rundown. (Feb 2021)

Item 1: The First Game

I've already begun working on a Branching Path Text Game (Using Twine). As of this moment, it's going to be a bit light on the game mechanics, as I'm still a little iffy on what I'd want it to do. Currently, it's more of a branching story that you can also dive into more details about. I would like to have an almost dating-sim esque game, but I'm constantly flip-flopping on how I want to tackle that (with Twine). The Current game scenario I'm working on, is a University-Based Magic Academy. Where your character quickly gets Gender Swapped. I have a second idea that I was fiddling with, that involves your character getting Gender Swapped by a mysterious and sentient Parasite in a post-modern world. I have other avenues I can explore, but these were the two that came to mind first. Because if I'm going to write anything long-form, I need interesting Paranormal/Scifi/Fantasy elements that are interesting and fun to write.

Item 2: Additional Content

It's hard for me to keep focused on long-form content for some reason (nowadays.) My situation in this, might improve in the coming months. But right now, I find it easier to work on 'bites' than 'meals.' Which is why the 700ish(x2) words for a Caption, falls into a manageable amount of work. But a 5000-10000 short story, is more unmanageable for me lately, even if I break it across several days. This is why I wanted to lean on making a game. Buuuut, Text based games are essentially '99% Writing' and '1% Game Dev.' And I kinda need the Game Dev side to help me break up the writing. So, I'm trying to figure out how to make that work for me, so that I can just sit here and have a more easy-going workflow, for my focus. (I would prefer to have enough work throughout the day that I can continually work on content for this Patreon, but if the only content I can make is writing writing writing, then that's not something that's feasible. If it was 25/50% writing, 75/50% Gamedev, then I could probably work the day away, which is what I'd prefer to do.)

With that being said, I maaaaay start working on an RPG Maker game AS WELL.  It would have text-based sex scenes between the characters. There are some assets I have, and things I can do, to make RPG Maker look better/different than it normally does. Also, I'm NOT a fan of the combat system in RPG Maker, so you shouldn't expect to see much/if any of it. The only problems with RPG Maker are: If you alt-tab a lot, this can cause the game to freeze eventually. But saving on a in-game daily basis, usually alleviates this pretty well. It would also be Windows only.

I think it's important for me to work on content that I really enjoy and that energizes me to work on. You'll get more content on the Patreon, in the tiers that are already here. It would just be adding value to what you're already subscribed to. :)

Item 3: Freebie Content

One thing I'm pondering (For Captions) is to shift the Free-Release, into '2 weeks early access' for ALL Patron tiers, and then after 2 weeks, it becomes free. The ooooonly problem with that, is short-term, if I want to keep up daily exposure on the internet, I'd have to work on a third Caption every day, for 2 weeks. :3 Then after the 2 weeks are up, It would be a regular '1 free, 1 exclusive' but the free simply would be in a 2 week cycle to hit the public. For everyone that's a Patron, this wouldn't change anything. Just further incentive to jump on the Felicia Dumont bandwagon to see what's hiding in the 14 day cycle that hasn't been made public yet. (This is something I'm probably going to put off for a while, so don't expect any immediate action on this. XD)

In Closing:

I want to make content everyone is interested in. And most of you are here for the Captions. So I don't want to lean too far away from that. BUUUUT. Nobody voted on 'Fuck games.' in the poll, which means that you're all interested in some form of game. With an emphasis on the text ones. I want to make my Patreon a great value for you to be subscribed to, and I want to have fun making that content for you.

Just bear with me while I get it all sorted out and find my routine, in making all of that happen (without burning myself out.) c: