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Guidelines and Clarifications

Dev Builds: During normal periods of development*, every two weeks I will upload the version of the game that I'm currently working with for those eligible to play. Be aware that these will be early access builds that lack the polish of the game's public release--they'll have dead ends, potentially be buggy, and may even include scenes that are only partially written. You can import saves from the public release into a dev build and they should function fine, but do not export new saves from a dev build or they will very likely become incompatible with any future full releases!

As part of the dev build reward, you'll also get early access to completed updates!

*After a major update is released I always take a short break to recharge during which there won't be any dev builds. Additionally, sometimes when I'm working on smaller or purely gameplay related(rather than new story content) updates it either doesn't make sense or isn't feasible to release dev builds in the way I normally would. Those circumstances are infrequent though, and I'll always inform you of when there will be a pause on regularly scheduled dev builds!

Scene Polls: Every other month there will be a poll where all patrons get to vote on a fan-submitted scene idea to be added to the game! During months where there isn't a live poll, anyone who is at the Sophomore tier or higher is eligible to suggest a scene idea to be included in the next poll. In the event of a tie, I will make the final vote to decide the winner. The schedule for the poll is as follows:

For the sake of internal consistency and quality control, I will have to approve a suggested scene before it goes into the monthly poll. If a suggestion is denied, I will usually try to give you some insight as to why or even offer a suggested tweak to make it work, but unfortunately I don't always have time to give many details(or the details might involve spoiling story elements I'd rather keep a surprise). Below are a set of guidelines to help you when pitching your scene.

Scene Suggestion Guidelines

Finally, while we have yet to ever have a month where we hit that limit as of writing this, the maximum number of scenes that can be in the poll is 25. In the event that there are more than 25 suggestions in a month, I keep a queue sorted by patron tier* and order of submission that I will use to decide which get used. Any that don't make the cut will be first on the list (for their tier) for the next month!

*(This means higher tiers get priority: all senior suggestions are considered first, then all junior suggestions, then finally sophomores)

If there's anything else you'd like clarification on, let me know!


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