Plans For 2026 (+ Project Concept Survey Results)

(If you're only interested in knowing what project I'm working on next/my plans for 2026, skip ahead to the Conclusion section.)

Greetings, everybody. Normally, I wait a month or so before I make a response to the results of any one of my surveys. However, I pretty much got all the data I needed in just a week, as I already got over 50 responses by then. For comparison, the last survey I did got roughly 35 responses in that same timespan. As of today, I have 69 responses (nice), which is more than plenty to provide quality data for me.

What's not quality data, however, is that I got several duplicate responses that I had to delete so that the data wasn't skewed one way. Unfortunately, the only way to ensure surveys made in Google Forms only limit one response per person is to require the respondent to put in their email address, and I'm pretty sure most people aren't willing to share their email address just so they can fill in a survey about sexy furry men. Maybe when I'm feeling more serious, I'll do that, but this should do for now. There's another thing with the data that I had to deal with, which I'll mention when we get to it. You can access the full results of the survey here and here.

This survey was bare-bones, all things considered. The only required questions are the multiple-choice questions, which consist of a question for each project I've shared, rating how interested you are in them, and then one question asking you to rank all of them. The rest were all optional long-form questions, and most people didn't answer them, as you can imagine. Being straight to the point probably made it easier for people to complete the survey, which resulted in more responses.

Respondents could rate each project on a scale from 1 to 7. I thought I was giving the respondents more options by having a bigger scale, but all it did was exaggerate the gap between the lower-rated projects and the higher-rated ones, as people often picked the extremes on either end. In hindsight, I probably should have used a 1 to 5 scale, as I usually do, but oh well.

In case you didn't take the survey, first of all, I hope you don't mind the results I'm about to show you. Second, each question that asked how interested you were in each respective project had a picture related to the project and a description of the project. Don't worry, you're not missing out on anything. All of the descriptions are literally just abridged versions of the descriptions I gave on my New Year's Eve post, and the images used for the new projects are the same as the ones in that post as well, with the images used for my established projects being the same images I used later in this blog post.

Now that we've got all that out of the way, it's time for the juicy parts. I'm going to do something a bit unorthodox by going through the projects that had the least interest first, before moving up to the project that got the most interest. I have analyzed the data and calculated the sums, means, and standard deviations for each project's responses. The sum is basically all the responses added up, the mean is the average of all the responses, and the standard deviation is basically how spread out the responses are. The higher the sum and mean are, the more favorable the responses are; the higher the standard deviation is, the more divided the responses are. With all that said, let's get into the results:

Tier C

These are projects that I'm probably not going to touch in a long while, and might not ever make it to the surface in the worst case scenario. It really depends on how long it takes to finish each of the other projects.

All In Love and War Remaster

Sum: 194

Mean: 2.81

Standard Deviation: 1.88

If there was any project that had to be at the bottom, it would be this one. Not to say I hate All In Love And War, it's the visual novel that started it all. However, I agree that it's better if I spend my time working on new things rather than revisiting old work. While I stick with my sentiment that there are aspects of the VN that I'd like to revamp, a lot of people like it in its current state. Honestly, it's just nice having a time capsule showcasing my skills from 2021-2022 and seeing how I've grown since then, so not having a remaster isn't a huge loss. Maybe in 2031, it would make more sense to do a remaster then. Time will tell.

Project Restart

Sum: 259

Mean: 3.75

Standard Deviation: 2.09

So remember how I can't say much about this project, but it's super cool, guys, I promise. Yeah, that wasn't enough to interest people. I didn't do any favors with the art I provided. While it does perfectly encapsulate the tone and atmosphere I want to go with the project, it's not very appealing and doesn't say much about what type of project it is. Other than that, I can't tell you why it's not that popular, even though horror games are super popular both in and out of the FVN space. My guess is that By Your Hands already fulfills that niche of being a dark and serious story set in a school with romance elements. Or they might be a bit fatigued by horror games. I don't know. You might think now would be a good opportunity to say what exactly this project is about, but I still want to have this project be on the cards, so I'm going to keep it a secret. I'll probably end up making this into a game jam VN, as there doesn't seem to be a lot of interest in it.

Tier B

These projects are in a strange place where I could see myself doing really cool things with them, but I'm not motivated enough to work on them, nor is my audience interested in them enough to warrant me working on them. If there was a strong push from my audience for me to work on these projects, then I'd be more than happy to get my hands on them as soon as I can. As it stands, however, they'll probably have to wait a few years before they can see the light of day.

Barachoda Bloom Continuation

Sum: 299

Mean: 4.33

Standard Deviation: 2.26

If there was any project from this list that I crossed my fingers would get a lot more interest than it actually did, it would be this project. Don't get me wrong, I'm much more motivated to work on the stuff in the higher tiers, but that's exactly the problem. I don't want to leave this VN unfinished for so long. At the same time, there's so much stuff I want to do first that the only way I can rationalize working on BB right now is if my audience were screaming at me to work on it more, and that doesn't seem to be the case. Don't worry, I'll return to this VN someday, just not right now.

Cannon And Tank

Sum: 308

Mean: 4.46

Standard Deviation: 1.81

Being a project that I forgot about for an entire year, it standing right in the middle is pretty satisfactory. This is the second hardest project for me to develop out of this list, as it's wildly different from what I usually do in both genre and style, and it would require copious amounts of art from me. It's the project I have figured out the least, as I don't even know if it should be a comic or a visual novel. Definitely best if I let this one cook for a while.

Tier A

These are projects that I'm probably going to work on a little bit if I get too tired from doing other stuff, and I have a strong urge to work on them. I definitely want to get them out soon, but it's best if I finish the project in Tier S before I seriously knuckle down with either of these projects.

By Your Hands Features

Sum: 342

Mean: 4.96

Standard Deviation: 1.84

Oh wow. The thing related to the VN I'm most well known for, and most of my audience are interested in, is rated highly. Being serious, I get that there are a bunch of people who just want me to get By Your Hands done. I get it, but it's like, it's a collaborative project. I don't just want to force Nemo's hand to write the game faster. In the meantime, I can work on doing several things I've been meaning to implement. It's probably not going to take that long, hopefully, but I do have priorities elsewhere. Expect to see new features being added slowly but steadily.

Project Everything

Sum: 347

Mean: 5.03

Standard Deviation: 1.98

This project and the By Your Hands features are closely ranked, making them essentially interchangeable. This project has the highest sum and mean, but the BYH Features have the lower standard deviation, so I have no idea. Anyways, I'm really happy to see this project being so highly rated, especially as it was looking like it had little interest early on. As I mentioned, this is a project I've been wanting to develop for years now, and I still get new ideas for it to this day. I at least want to work on creating the series' outline and planning each part in the series. I really think that this project could be something special once fully realized. It definitely deserves as much attention and care as it could get.

Tier S

Okay, it's no secret, this is the project I'll be focusing on alongside By Your Hands. There's really no question about it if you just look at the results.

Project Delusion Tax

Sum: 388

Mean: 5.62

Standard Deviation: 1.74

Yeah, I'm pretty sure the sketches of Derek and Gabriel having sex with each other didn't influence the results in any way… In all seriousness, I already said that I was meaning to make this my side project for 2026, and so it's very convenient that a lot of people think I should work on this project. It really works out quite well: People want to see more of the game, I have a fairly developed outline for the VN already sketched out, I've already started working on art assets and written a few scenes, and I've already got a bunch of ideas for the project. All of the planets are aligned for this project, and there are very few reasons why I shouldn't work on this VN, so it's time to get started on development!

Skipping ahead to the ranked question: The respondent was asked to rank all seven projects against each other. Unlike questions prior to this one, they couldn't give multiple projects the same rating. The previous questions were more about people's general thoughts on the concepts, while this question was more about which projects I should prioritize. There were a bunch of respondents who ranked the projects differently from how they rated them in previous questions as a result. I did run into the issue of people putting their answers in reverse. I even edited the question to clarify how to enter the rankings, and people still got it wrong. I had to manually fix the results in the Google Sheets, although they're still reversed in the form results. 

The order of popularity isn't that much different from the results of the previous questions. The major difference is that Features for By Your Hands is ranked higher than Project Everything, now being closer in rating to Project Delusion Tax. If you consider that By Your Hands is already an established project of mine and that it would take a lot less time to implement some extra features to an existing VN of mine than to create a whole ass RPG, this makes sense. The standard deviations are also lower across the board, with the main exception being Project Delusion Tax having a significantly higher SD. I'm not sure why that's the case. Here's the data below:

There's really not much to say, Project Delusion Tax is still clearly what most of my audience wants me to prioritize on.

In addition to the seven projects I provided, I also included a question asking if they had any ideas for projects for me to work on. I got a handful of decent ideas. Here are some of them:

I’m a sucker for horror. And furry stuff. I had started writing a VN which in all honesty never will get put out there. A soldier goes to a country he fought in during a war out of guilt for killing someone with his bear hands (tusks? Hooves? Idk boar). Under the floorboards in his hotel rooms he finds a journal from a deserter claiming solders in his platoon are being replaced. The boar soon realized that the deserter was correct. mass graves with skinned people, mostly mammals buried in the forest, strange blackouts during the investigation where the boar is covered in blood and nude when he wakes up, and people keep trying to break into his room in the middle of the night. Spoilers, is the remnants of the human race wearing the skin of the townspeople to slowly retake the earth. Convoluted and stupid, yah, but might be fun to make or read.

Like I stated before, Im not the audience of most of your games, but I think that by following what you usually like to do, you could do a game where you are like a coach for a team, and you could be a small guy and the team doesn't trust you and your hability and you will be gaining their respect, love and lust as the story progress, like they could see the coach taking a shower after he thinks everyone already went home and someone peeks and see he's endowed and that can star their journey, I dont know, I just thing of what I would want and do the opposite so it can fit your taste better hahha

To be perfectly honest, I'd actually like to see you do something that's radically out of your element. I recall that you wanted to make a metroidvania type of game, so those types of experiences would be really nice. Maybe low fantasy or urban fantasy?

I'd love for you to make a monster taming based vn where the mc can romance and be intimate with the beasts he tames and trains. I feel like that's a concept you'd ace.

Admittedly, aside from the monster tamer idea, none of these interests me too much, but I'm glad some people are willing to share their creative ideas with me. To be honest, the concepts I already shared have gotten enough interest that it would probably be better if I didn't think of working on any new projects for the time being.

For additional feedback on the projects, there wasn't anything specific relating to the projects themselves that jumped out at me. I did get a lot of kind words, which I'm very thankful for. There was one response I got that I wanted to show you guys:

About BYH, I personally think you should focus more on advancing on the story instead of adding new features, maybe in the future they'll be fine, but for now I think we've been waiting for so long for the story to develop, been waiting for over 2 and a half years for an update for Brendan, and Ill wait whatever is necessary, I love his story and all the character in general, I love EDHIPAC is amazing, I love both characters, the story is well written and the art is beautiful as always, would love to see more CG and maybe an extended version for the story that develops more the relationship instead of just one single date, Benjamin is gorgeous, thank you so much for creating him, the idea behind project delusion tax is also so intriguing, would love to support any of those projects. I loved all in love and war, but don't think it'll need a remastered version, it's already good as it is, and it shows how you've been growing over the years. Overall thank you for your dedication on everything you put your mind on, it really shows how much effort you put on everything, love you and would love to see what you are planning for 2026, against thank you for everything, be proud and loud, love you

I got a lot of people concerned that I'm facing burnout or that I'm handling too many projects, which is very sweet. I'm glad you guys care about my mental being. Don't worry, I will focus on two projects at a maximum for the most part. I'll be fine.

Concerning what people said I did well, a lot of people said my art skills have been improving dramatically over the past few years, which is really reassuring. I also got a lot of praise for my writing. As for what people said I could improve upon, people also said I could improve on my writing, and I will say there's room for improvement. I do want to become even better at what I do so I can create truly amazing art. I also got a few that said the programming could be improved, which I will keep in mind.

The last question was free-form and asked if there were any final words. I got a lot of kind comments, and I just want to say thank you to everyone who sent those messages to me! I really appreciate it, and it does make my day. I'll share a few responses that I liked: 

All your ideas are awesome. I am not a fan of horror or gore but as long as it is balanced with more lighthearted concepts I am fine. I would like to see a VN like All in love and War but with a happy ending but that is my personal preference. You make VNs how you want. They are unique and wonderful storys with great characters and art.

Hope that you can find all that you need in this round of surveys! Good luck in all your projects, whatever you decide i'll be here to see each story, maybe i'll even see dwavern destiny in a list here someday! Att: a venezuelan furry

You're very dedicated and passionate. Thanks for taking your vn work so seriously, it really makes everyone that thinks lesser of vns and vn devs look aa stupid as they should.

Conclusion

For 2026, I'm going to focus on By Your Hands and adding new story content to the game. Updates should be more frequent compared to the previous year. I'll also focus on finishing up Every Date Has Its Progs And Cons and Farewell, Wanderlust. After those two are done. I'll work on Project Delusion Tax alongside By Your Hands. If I'm really feeling it, I might work a bit on Project Everything or implement more features to By Your Hands. I might even do a game jam project this year if I feel like I have enough juice in me, but no promises.  As for the other projects I mentioned; those will have to wait a little while before I can get to work on them.

I'm really excited for the rest of 2026. I think it's going to be a good one. Have a nice year, and look forward to everything I have to offer soon! Laters!