Patreon subscriber benefits Q&A

Since I updated the membership of this Patreon page, some people have DM'ed me asking questions about these. Let me explain them one by one in this post!

But before I start, I'd like to make one thing clear: please subscribe only if you want to support the development and you have extra money to conformably spend on this. Don't feel obliged to subscribe. The demo will be released for free and the final game will be sold on Steam (possibly itch.io too) anyway.

Ok, now the benefits:

- Pledging $24 cumulatively gets you access to the full game upon its Steam release (all tiers)

It means that if you've pledged $24 to this page, you'll get a copy of this game when it's formally released on Steam. You can cancel it mid-way or change the tiers, as long as the cumulative amount is equal to ore more than $24.

Note that it does NOT mean this game will necessarily sell at $24 on Steam. The reason I set $24 is that Steam's ToS forbids me to "sell the game at a lower price on other digital stores than on Steam". I haven't decided the final price yet, but I'm pretty sure it won't be more than $24, so it's a safe number for now.

If say, I later decide to sell the game at $17.99 on Steam, then this Patreon benefit will reflect the price too.

- Access to NSFW devlogs and concept art. (all tiers)

Self-explanatory.

- Access updated demo version 2 weeks earlier than the public ($6 tier and above)

Self-explanatory. Once the demo version is updated, Patreon subscribers to Sliver Heart or above tiers will receive it first. For the first playable demo (ETA: late Feb 2024) or big updates, there might be an extra alpha stage before that.

- Vote for prioritized content for the next update ($6 tier and above)

After the demo is released, there will be polls to prioritize future content updates. Votes from higher tiers' subscribers are weighted more. Unfortunately Patreon doesn't have this "weighted poll" feature, so we might need a separate form for this.

Note that it's mostly for what major content to add. For example I might have concept art for two characters and the poll decides which to be implemented first, or more blowjob scenes vs more anal scenes, etc.

- Monthly high resolution version of character pin-ups. ($6 tier and above)

Every month (around 14th, starting from this month) I'll post pin-ups of characters in this game. It will have a SFW version and one or two NSFW versions. The SFW version is accessible for everyone, while the spicy versions are excluded for as a paid benefit.

Note that while the NSFW versions won't be posted publicly for free, they might be used in game as easter eggs, or sold separately later.

I commission other artists for these pin-ups, so it won't block the progress of development of the game itself. It also means the style will vary.

- Access to the game's OST upon release. ($12 tier and above)

When the game's OST is done, you'll receive a copy of it (perhaps as a Steam key). The demo under development has 6 tracks at this moment, and the final game is expected to have 15+ tracks. You only need to subscribe to Golden Heart or above tier once and you will get the latest version of OST.

- Access to the game's voice line pack upon release, including unused lines. ($24 tier and above)

All of the game's voice lines, including unused ones, will be packed as an extra item on Steam (probably with a simple customized player that shows character art). Pure Heart subscriber will receive a copy of it. Currently we have ~200 voice lines recorded for the demo.

25% of pledges to Pure Heart or above will split between the VAs, on top of the commission rate I paid for their works.

Choose this tier to help human VAs combat AI! (just kidding)

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That's about it. Of course, most of these only matter upon the demo's release. And if you don't feel comfortable spending money on an unreleased game, it's totally okay! Please just remember to come back later and try out the demo :p