Progress Report and News

Lets start today's post off with a thank you:

We had a rough month this last month.  With the dip in pledges right after new years (Come on guys, less porn as a new years resolution?) , the two weeks of down time while I wrote the primary ending of Wanton Cove, the dip in pledges after 1.0 of Wanton Cove was released (You all know there's more to come in that game, right?) and everything else, we saw our first month at a loss since we started Patreon.  

That said, our loss was relatively small, at -$12, and a gain of +13 patrons.  That's an exchange I can handle, after all, its about sharing this work with as many people as possible, not getting rich.  

So, when its all said and done, I want to say "Thank you!" to everyone who has joined us in the last month, those who were with us before then, and those who have been around since our humble beginnings.  All of you are awesome, and I love every last one of you.  I count myself blessed to have so many people who enjoy my work.  Thank you all for your interest in my projects, your loyalty, your patronage, and more than anything, your friendship.

Coming up this month:

First off, after the holidays and the big Wanton Cove release, we're finally back up to speed again.  You can all expect regular releases again.  It looks like we should be seeing weekly releases again in the coming weeks.

The writing contest has yielded one entry so far.  Granted it looks like a good one.  We  still have about 9 hours from the time of this post for anyone who's putting final touches on their entries to get theirs submitted.  Information here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/inheritance-15637040

I am commissioning a rather substantial bit of art over the next two months.  More than $1200 in total.  This will be the starting point for the paper doll system I have mentioned in the past.  I'll keep you all updated as progress on that front is made.  This art will be in addition to the rest of the art I usually commission for projects.

Today's Progress report:

Started my morning out running down a few small issues and improvements related to the latest build of Wanton Cove.  

Quickly moved on to do a little rewrite to a couple of scenes followed by one small scene that was added to the game.

After that, I finished up a somewhat substantial bundle of "sleep" events for Inheritance.  15 new scenes between going to sleep and waking up, most of which is for if you have Eve sharing a bed with you, or both girls sharing a bed with you. (One of those scenes is actually an interactive scene even.)

I then wrote one fairly large interactive scene for Eve that can play out about a dozen ways depending on choices.

While I have some responsibilities this evening, I'm still hopeful that I can finish up at least one more interactive scene tonight.

Tomorrow is going to be a busy day:

Not sure if we're only going to have one scene submitted for our writing competition or if more are still coming.  That said, I'll be posting all submissions for review and voting tomorrow so people can read it over and give their opinions.  60% positive reaction means the entry(s) get added to the game.  More than 10% negative reaction excludes it (May be some wiggle room there, looking at the number after the fact it DOES seem like a fairly low number.)  That poll will run for a week.  Payments will be made once winners are determined and I've received my monthly payment through Patreon.  Voting privileges will be extended to Patrons only.  (NOTE:  Any scenes that are scored high enough to be added to the game will be added at my convenience.  For example, sex scenes involving Eve will not be added until her romance path is completed within the game as I feel that is important before adding her sex content.  Scenes involving mechanics not yet in the game will have to wait until those mechanics are added to the game.  Etc, etc.)

Thinking about setting up another little meet and greet over on Discord tomorrow.  I have to complete the week's work I have planned for Inheritance first, but I'll post to our Patreon feed to announce it when/if I have a couple of hours to visit with people.

New build of Wanton Cove should be released in the evening.  It includes new NPCs, new ambient content, and new story driven scenes related to some of the side stories I still want to explore within the setting.

Should have at least a little time to write tomorrow.  Going to be working on Inheritance in the hopes of either wrapping up one of the larger bits of content I've been working on, or a couple of smaller interactive scenes.

It may not happen until Saturday, but I hope to have the next Inheritance TEST build out some time tomorrow as well

Coming into next week:

Will be posting our weekly "What should I work on" poll on either Friday or Saturday.  If I end up working on anything over the weekend, it will be whatever strikes my mood at the time.  

Monday I will declare a winner of the work poll and get to work on whatever has been decided.

Will start reaching out to my usual artists to start planning our next round of commissions over the weekend.  In addition to the paper doll stuff we've already finalized details for: Going to try for another wallpaper related to Inheritance (I think next month we'll do one for Wanton Cove.  If any of you know of an artist who would be good for the job, feel free to point me in the right direction), probably two or three new pieces of art for Wanton Cove, and whatever I can convince our Inheritance artists to work on for the month.

And I think that gets us up to speed on everything that's going on!

Have yourselves a wonderful evening!