Revamped Patreon Tiers & Content

Hey all, hope you're doing well in these last days running up to the end of the year!

I've been doing a lot of thinking of what direction to go into with the Patreon after the complete burn-out I had focusing on constantly putting out bonus content, and I've decided I need to re-prioritize. Work on CH12 went so much smoother after I put a temporary pause on writing the character snippets, and I think that says a lot about how much it's been hampering my productivity regarding the actual game.

Basically, I'm dialing it back to releasing a single monthly character snippet that will be ~1k words a month for the Crown tier, ~500 words for the Successor tier, and infrequent (once every couple of months or so) character snippets added for the On the Run tier. The Crown tier will also receive occasional romantic scenarios whenever it strikes my fancy to work on it, but it's not guaranteed to be on a monthly basis.

In exchange I think I'll be able to work better on the main game, and post a lot more consistent previews and progress updates for it instead of having to break my head open about which new LI scenarios I need to write this month lol. I've started to feel like a salesman trying to get people to buy my products, which is not what I want my Patreon to turn into, because that's a quick way to start resenting it. I want people to pledge to it because they want to support me as a writer, not just to get their hands on what I'm "selling".

I realize this will turn some people off from pledging to me, but that's something I'm willing to deal with if it means less stress for me on a monthly basis. All the previous released character snippets will remain available for each tier, to be clear! I'm just cutting down on releasing new ones.

I've updated the membership descriptions with the exact details for what you can expect going forward.

Thank you for your support and understanding! Here's to many more AToC updates to come in 2025 and beyond 💖