StudioWhy - A look to the future! (Survey)

Just over four years ago, three individuals decided to start a studio dedicated to the lewd equine arts. In the time since then, it's hard to believe just how much we've grown. There are now over a dozen individuals involved at least part-time with the studio, some of whom are volunteers. What used to be manual game builds and collection of images on Google Drive (which could have been deleted by Google without notice) is now an automated deployment and release process and a self-hosted storage solution integrated with open-source SSO. We feel much more like an actual studio now.

None of this would have been possible without the love and support from you, our Patrons, and for that we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Nevertheless, making games is expensive, and in order to keep the content flowing I (Scion) have had to inject large amounts of my personal tech-job savings into the company.

This isn't to say we're in danger of running out of funds any time soon, we're not, but rather that StudioWhy does need to become sustainable eventually. As such, there are a couple ideas we have brainstormed about what we could do to better monetize the technology and processes we have developed. Our pony parody games will always be released for free, that can't change, but we have outlined several potential future prospects below:

Option 1: Build an original lewd furry game to release on platforms like Steam.

• This is the most straightforward solution. We have had a couple of ideas for original games floating around, and do believe that we could build a game you'd all love. Development would happen alongside our other games such as Pony Waifu Sim, but you'd see updates for both.

Option 2: Seek out contracts to build visual-novel style games for 3rd-party clients.

• This is actually fairly common practice in the games industry. Companies like WayForward accept branded deals to fund their passion projects (Shantae). We have our own reusable visual-novel engine built on top of Unity we could use to quickly create high-quality interactive VN's. They provide the assets, and we make the game.

Option 3: Scion gets a full-time tech job again.

• This option would definitely provide a consistent stream of funds for the company, but would leave me with a lot less time to dedicate to programming, management, and running infrastructure. I have learned a lot of very valuable skills while running the company, however.

Option 4: ???

• If any of you have any interesting or creative ideas, feel free to let us know.

We have created a survey for you all to give your input on these options as well as provide suggestions. As a reminder, these are just ideas. We very much look forward to hearing what you all have to say.

Thank you all so much for your continued support, we couldn't do it without you!❤️