Progress Report - 07/04/2021
Added 2021-07-04 20:18:56 +0000 UTC
Dear Supporters,
A Petal Among Thorns Chapter One is complete. I slid the build over to a coder who is putting together some neat features for the game before I release it. It'll probably be Tuesday when it comes out. It's taking longer to release than I'd planned but it'll be worth it in the end because I was able to stuff some great content into it and we're even going to have some awesome features to boot.
With that finished, we're moving into a new phase. I know a lot of people are concerned about release delays because I'm working on two projects now. If Petal's game does well, I'll get extra support so I can hire outside help to offload some tasks which will reduce my workload. The idea is that releases will happen just as fast as they always have, or faster, except there will be two games instead of one. I assure you, you're getting more and not less here. I've even already hired on a coder which is leaving me more time to work on writing and renders.
The Progress Tome above is an outline of what I'll be working on in the coming weeks for Penny for Your Thoughts. I'll start working on Petal's second release after I've gotten some feedback on it. After you've chosen to view the story from Penny or Cassian's perspective, we're going to change from Third Person Omniscient to Third Person Limited where you'll learn things as the MC you've chosen learns things. The Prologue introduced you to the characters, now you'll follow a single character into the future of the story.

A Petal Among Thorns is a much more traditional AVN in this market. It's first person, there's a taboo dynamic, much less drama than I'm known for and a lot more teasing and sexiness. The negative is that it's only one girl right now. I always hated when AVNs focused on eight girls at a time because I'd typically tunnel in on one girl and everything else felt like wasted renders and wasted writing. But I also think I might be in the minority on that thinking. When A Petal Among Thorns is released, please give me all your thoughts on it so I can go into the future giving you more of what you want and less of what you don't.
You all that are supporting me are my heroes and I'm trying so damn hard not to let you down. If I'm doing something you don't like, I'm always available to chat on Discord or you can message me here and we can talk about it. Thank you so much for your support!
Farewell for now.
Comments
> I did enjoy making it quite a lot. And I poured my heart into it as well. Well, that's reason enough for me to give it a shot! > That's a big passion project that is going to take a lot of effort to fill with content but I'm working right now to get some extra hands on it to speed up development time. I can tell, the game oozes passion from every scene. Thank you for working on it :)
jufot
2021-07-08 21:30:16 +0000 UTCThank you, jufot! Petal's game was designed to satisfy a larger majority but with that said, I did enjoy making it quite a lot. And I poured my heart into it as well. It doesn't look like it's the breakout hit I thought it was going to be but the response to it has been overwhelmingly positive from patrons. I'm so glad you enjoyed Penny's game. That's a big passion project that is going to take a lot of effort to fill with content but I'm working right now to get some extra hands on it to speed up development time. Penny is special to me so I'm going to take extra care to make sure her game is exceptional. Thank you for your support!
Lockheart
2021-07-08 21:25:07 +0000 UTCLockheart, from one of your other comments: > Petal is absolutely my sell out game. I have to start garnering a little more support or there's no way I'll be able to continue doing this forever. I haven't played Petal yet and while I quite enjoyed Avalon, the reason I'm a subscriber here is because of Penny. That prologue is some of the best, most enjoyable writing I've seen in more than two decades of gaming. I'm not even in it for the sexual content, though it certainly doesn't hurt :) I just wanted to let you know that you are very talented and some of us really do enjoy the results of your craft, and I hope you'll have the means and motivation to follow through with the story to a satisfactory conclusion :)
jufot
2021-07-08 20:41:42 +0000 UTCThank you, Pax! It's great to hear that from a supporter. I sure needed it! I'm confident you'll enjoy Petal's game. :-)
Lockheart
2021-07-04 22:32:33 +0000 UTCYou are certainly not letting me down! Thanks for this update and I'm looking forward to more of both AVNs.
Pax
2021-07-04 22:23:36 +0000 UTCYou're too kind, rlduck! Thank you so much, that means a lot to me.
Lockheart
2021-07-04 21:30:56 +0000 UTCThere is no hurry at all you do your thing. I can’t speak for everyone here but as for my wife and I reading the stories you’ve released already you can’t let us down they have been amazing. We can’t wait to learn about Petals 😁
rlduck
2021-07-04 20:27:56 +0000 UTC