Changes to Tiers and Public and Patreon Builds
Added 2019-07-15 00:06:18 +0000 UTCSo this has been on my mind for quite some time but I feel like implementing it earlier is just overall better than later. I will be slightly changing the tiers:
The current $5 Kingsguard Tier will drop to $4 with no other changes.
The current $3 Knight Tier will be drop to $2 with no other changes.
The current $1 Squire Tier will now be donation only. You will still keep the swag of your name on discord but unlike the two higher tiers you will only gain access to the Public Build and not the Patreon Build like with the two of the upper tiers (Will get to that in a second).
And not going to beat around the bush, yes this has part to do with money. As I've said dozens of times before, the visual aspects of the game just cost more money than I can supply out of my own funds. I really wish that my financial situation allowed me to commission 2 or more sprites and a CG scene or two each update but at the present time that just is not possible. Now while I'm lowering the price on the tiers, I'm hoping this will also invite more people at the same time, which will help cover the costs of art and allow me to commission more often for each update, or at least that's the intent anyway.
Now the other thing I wanted to mention was making a distinction between a Public build and a Patron build. When this next update drops, the same schedule will be in place. The update will be available to all Patrons, Squire, Knight, and Kingsguard, 2 weeks before it is released to the public. After which subsequent builds followed will be only available to Patrons of the Knight and Kingsguard Tiers. These builds will be released in time and become Public Builds but not until several Patreon Builds have passed. This means that the Public Builds will always be several updates behind the Patreon Builds.
Thank you for understanding and I'm still holding onto hope of getting this next build out there by the end of the month.
Comments
Hey Hidden, I have only recently discovered this VN and I must say that I am quite impressed with the story and the characters. I also must say that I like the redesign of the characters (Koshiro looks like a sexy fox), I also like the little character picture at the bottom left of the text box during Ramos's path. I am curious about whether you're planning on changing the old scenes of the game to have the new sprites rather than the old ones?
Sean
2019-07-18 05:55:59 +0000 UTCHi, thank you for the comment and I’m glad you are enjoying my game! What prompted the change of sprites was a variety of reasons one of which being that I couldn’t get the old artist to continue commissions for the game, so I had to find some one else and eventually settled upon the current artist, TheBigSlick on FA. While the old sprites have their charm I personally prefer the new ones. In art, they are good drawings, but in terms of character design they aren't exactly fit for a visual novel. Facial features, fur color, outfits, poses, emotions, they are all important in first and lasting appearances of characters and gives them their uniqueness and distinctness in a sea of OC’s and that is what leaves them more memorable and recognizable something that I believe the new designs have but the older ones lack. For example if you saw the older art of those characters in another vn it would be difficult to tell who they are or where they are from if they weren’t given a name. For me I honestly wouldn't even be able to say they were my OC's because they look so generic in nature. And while It's not the fault of the original artist, I afterall comissioned them and gave them freedom to draw however they saw fit with little to no direction and thought of design, they aren't exactly distinguishable enough from other OC's. But even with all that said, they were an important stepping stone in making this game actually happen and I still do really like their art.
Hiddenwall
2019-07-15 17:06:33 +0000 UTC
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