New year goal: Steam

Thank you for everyone playing and supporting Tentacles Thrive. We couldn't get the crazy project this far without you.

I have set my new goal for the year, which is to complete the game and release it on Steam by the end of this year(+-3 months). I have been considering this for awhile, ever since Steam announced their welcome for adultish games. Even though we are certainly in a nicher market, but I feel like our quality is good enough for the platform, and may even have a chance to become more main stream! Your generous support will be used to complete the game, while new contents would hopefully be funded by Steam profits (if any). I have no idea how things will work out, but I want to give it a try anyway^^ 

There are many things that needed to be done properly before that can happen. All the UI/UX, clicking sounds, transitions animation, balances and bugs will need to be more professional done. Our scope on species will have to be adjusted a bit in order to meet the release date. 

Animation:

• 73 battle animation
• 42+ mating scenes & sync voice

Graphical designs:

• 40+ territories
• 14+ species
• 20+ enemies
• 20+ 5th event graphics

Bonding events:

• 24+ species

Translations:

• 2 more languages (300k words)

Core features (it is hardest to estimate due to it changes based on players feedback):

• Crafting system
• Enemy AI (inside and outside of battle)
• Enemies capture and slave system 
• Turn events feedback system (Journal)
• Weather, day/night, season system
• Endings and game+ system
• Various resources related features
• 60+ battle effects 
• 40+ items
• 35+ benefits of all species
• 8+ crafts
• Continuous UI/UX improvement
• Revamp (optional)

Other project responsibilities will need to be handled as well, like sound & music, testing & debugging, technical/community support, project management, marketing, accounting, legal compliance etc. Schedule is tight due to the fact we have a more definitive deadline now, but I believe it is the better way to go, as a project prolonging too long can exhaust even the passionate ones. Better complete something, take a month of break and refresh the creative minds. 

In order to achieve the goal, we need your support more than ever! As is, our current scope is more than a year of work, but I don't want to sacrifice quality. So I am going to shamelessly ask for all the help we can get, especially on proof-reading, marketing and community support.