Episodes or Visual Novels with short Loops?

Hey,

I reflected a lot about the last years. One of the things I was wondering: Should I continue making Episodes or rather make Visual Novels + short loops like other artists do?

I have seen a lot of really outstanding work recently on Twitter from other 3dx artists and they seem to be very successful. This makes sense, because they produce much shorter, less complex animations but therefore the quality is really impressive.

So I was wondering: Should I also do that?

I still want to create games because I love games.  But creating the Episodes takes a lot of time, energy, and money and are quickly pirated (which is not so bad for short loops where I did not invest months of work). Also the turnaround for new products is rather long so you guys have to wait longer. I am really wondering if I should rather make Visual Novels (to proceed with the story) + Shorter Loops with improved Quality. And since a lot of you are interested in the Sensual Adventures Story, Visual Novels might be the better take on that. Because with those I can deliver much more story than in the Episodes.

I could then also easier explore other things, like rendering regular movies as well as VR-Versions. And I could also do commission work again. Ideally also go through the many tutorials that are stacked up on my "Learn new things/improve things To-Do List". Right now I simply don´t have the time to do any of that.

I definitely need to change things, because the number of Patreons is declining, I am burning myself out and overall it´s not a very sustainable situation right now. I do need to think of the financial part of course as well, since I have to feed a family and have high debts from renovating the house (which needed to be done...).

I think I will also have more time to engage with you guys since I would not be that overwhelmed with work. This is the case with the Episodes because the whole production is complex, I am dependent on other people (Voice-Overs, Music, etc.) which also does not make it a smooth experience for me.

What do you think? Your opinion is most important to me! Please let me know, thanks!

Best,

Puppetmaster

EDIT: Since many people asked for a reference of a Visual Novel => That is a very good idea and I will definitely make one (after EP9 and PoseViewer Updates) for you to see what it could be like. Right now it´s not tangible enough, which makes sense. So yeah, we need an example to get an Idea of it. Also for me it would be good as proof of concept🙃