Gallagher Mansion Report 02/25/23

Today's the day you meet Elias! The Groom of Gallagher Mansion is officially entering early alpha access~

Early Access Page

This time we're doing something a little different from the Sleepy Time Jack beta; the alpha and beta tests will be distributed on a different page than the final game just in case the restricted page access messes with itch.io's New Releases algorithm. As TGoGM will be one of our first original games without prior proof-of-concept demos available for public access, we want to ensure that our final release goes without a hitch.

Patrons at the $5 A Little Bite tier and higher can access the alpha here:

https://snaccpop-studios.itch.io/tgogm-test/patreon-access

All other patrons below that tier will not be able to use the link above to claim an early access copy of the game. If you encounter issues claiming your game when it asks for a password, please input "seventh" into the field.

As you play the alpha, please be sure to take note of the updated Content Warnings:

• Blood
• Body Horror (Elias' beheaded ghost form)
• Child Abuse (in the form of Parental Neglect & Sibling Abuse)
• Disability & Implied Ableism
• Dissociation
• Discussions of Divorce
• Death, Possible Player & Major Character Death
• Forced Marriage (between Y/N and Elias)
• Medical Error
• Traumatic Flashbacks
• Self-Harm (minor blood sacrifice)
• Sexual Content
• Violence

In addition, at this time we would like to ask all players to refrain from posting screenshots and spoilers on public social media for the time being. Thank you for your understanding.

Team Additions

We are welcoming Sharkowskii as our CG artist to help us complete the base game faster! You may recognize her as one of our Latin-Spanish translators who are signed for Sunny Day Jack, and we're happy to have her join the team for TGoGM!

Shark has agreed to join the team, standing in for Sauce - who is currently prioritizing Sunny Day Jack, handling SP fundraising/rewards duties for February, AND university studies at the moment. We think you'll love her art just as much, though! And we can't wait to bring you more details in the future.

Content Additions, Price Update

Keeping in line with our adult branding, we've additionally decided to add additional 18+/NSFW content to the game!

This may sound odd, but this is actually a safety feature this time around. We've witnessed occasions where blood, mature themes, profanity, and even suggestive themes are not enough to stop minors from rationalizing access to 18+ content. And it was brought up as a point of safety concern that there is nothing legally prohibiting minors from playing these games without sexual content.

If one game is deemed "safe" by outer circles, it could inadvertently become a gateway or invitation to circumvent our 18+ policies. And should the game be passed around as "technically SFW", there could potentially be a spike in underaged players who find other SnaccPop games by affiliation.

The content being added will consist of an additional, game-lengthening "softcore" scene, and a post-game "bonus". We've also begun to experiment with dynamic-changing NSFW options for the "softcore" scene.

We have fans of all tastes. And we've come to notice our content does not always accommodate the "doms" in our crowds! So we hope you'll enjoy our first (albeit small) attempt to test out dialogue branching which does not affect your game per se, but rather the sexual dynamic you share with the character.

[For clarity's sake, this is x1 branch with a planned neutral, "sub", or "dom" tone.]

This unfortunately does mean that we have to yet again increase the price of TGoGM from $3.99 to $4.99 to accommodate the increase in scope. We apologize to all Patrons and customers as this would be our second price increase to date. However, we remain so, SO very adamant and committed to making this price adjustment worth it!

This game has become a labor of love to all those who have been involved. And it's managed to actually become a SnaccPop TEAM effort. With collaboration between Sauce's direction and Aura's narrative design, along with the efforts of the rest of the team, we managed to take a small concept and expand upon it.

This game is no one-person's triumph, but rather a successful group project.

This is all we have for this week's update. We look forward to your feedback on the demo!