Progress Report (November 21st 2018)

I will post this a day earlier than usual because it is a American holiday tomorrow called Thanksgiving, and my girlfriend's family wants me to spend the day with them.  It will be very odd because in 10 years I have spent them all alone, so we shall see how it goes.  Anyway!

D:BB - I have been a workhorse!  If you have not seen the massive number of characters I have been creating, then scroll down.  There will be several zones where one can monster hunt, and as you can see, there will be plenty of diversity.  Some creatures will be from my own mind and stories, while most, due to my extensive studies in religion, mythology, and legends, will be from actual folklore.  In the character unlocks, I'll make sure to specify which are which so that those of you interested can go out and learn about the different monsters from around the world.

Otherwise, as I have said, I expect to have the first release done by the end of next month.  I think just spending a couple of weeks straight making all the models will really speed up the ability to do my monthly usual releases.  That's actually another benefit to moving to 3D models, I can make a character once and then use it an unlimited number of times in different scenes.  I have been having so much fun making these creatures up!  Occasionally they will already be what I need, but many more I have created by mixing different things from other models and such.  A real joy!

F:CoC - Ok, I promised I would get with Blank after his vacation.  So, as always, I am open and honest, because I know a few of you are here only for Factions and not for my novels it is based off.  Blank has said it is not dead, but instead, that he will be spending his time when he can (looks like for free right now) going back and redoing the demo.  We took all the feedback we got, and he wants to really polish it, redo it from the ground up, and make it something that gets the idea across even better.  He said that before we upload it to Steam, it needed to be even better than it is.

This means, to me, that it is a good sign.  I have all the design (you may have noticed the 'map' mock-up I made), I have the models, and everyone knows I have the passion!  But, Blank is doing all this for free, so I have to respect that and let him work at his pace.  He thinks once the spruced up demo is done and on Steam, then actual revenue will be generated which I can use to pay him.  He is also helping me with a couple of other side projects I will eventually announce here that I can release on Android and I will be trying to release some of my books on Amazon sooner than I had anticipated in hopes those sales will also bring int he revenue I have been unable to reach on Patreon.

In other words, I can promise progress and that the game WILL be made, but I probably won't have anything big to show off to you for at least a couple of months.  Anytime I lose a patron, it's a blow to my heart, I won't lie.  I probably take it too perosnally and I start questioning what I could have done better or what terrible mistake I might have made because as professional as I am, I take this very seriously, and I pour my soul into my work.  That said, I wanted to say all this right now before the month ended to be honest and fair to you so you can unpatron me before the month restarts and you get charged.

Please know I am extremely grateful to you, as I am to all my patrons, and that if you choose to leave, I will understand at this time, and I will work as hard as I can, I promise, to get the money I need to fund the game!  I never give up, and, come hell or high water, I will see my video games made!  Again, thank you for tryigng to support me, but also, keep in mind that your continued support will only help bring about production of the game even sooner.  So, I leave you to decide.

General News - I have barely left my room in the past week or so.  I have just been making monster after monster and rendering them in their fight scenes.  That will make it even faster in the future, too!  So I can focus on the story and have the game mechanics stuff prepared in advance.  I am curious just how many insane bad ends Desideratum will have and all the huge number of transformation and mind control scenes.  There is just SO much I want to put into this story and work with.  Anyway, look at that, my general news is actually D:BB news!  Ok, well, I am going to get back to work.  I'll upload a couple of things today.  One is that my $5 patrons will get the link for C:I's finale (it has now all been proofread and fixed up again, so I think we are probably on the absolute final version) and I will show off another group of D:BB monsters for another zone!