SummerTime Direction
Added 2018-10-11 14:08:19 +0000 UTCHey folks,
Ah we're still on this topic lol. This isn't my artwork by the way, but it's by someone, a pro with VN art experience where it matters, who's expressed interest in an art collab. Here's the thing, this artist costs a pretty penny, not as much as LasterK, but it's getting there, but if he can take care of the artwork all the way to pre-animation stuff, I think I'm cool with this. So back to the fact that this isn't cheap and again, I'm the one caught in the friggin' middle taking all the heat when they flake out on me. So let me tell you guys what I have in mind:
- I'll have maybe 1 or 2 artists do 1-2 works a month on special scenarios that already exist, and sometimes are stand alone specials. I'll add them to the game. The existing scenarios should have no problems playing with the new artworks. The non-existing ones need additional work from yours truly. They'll exist along with my current art style, so you have a choice which to play.
- With the first couple of artworks, these will be treated as tests because there's no way of knowing how this'll play out, unless I work with them.
- All the artworks are going to be limited to the Omake Scenarios and Galleries to limit their scope of damage in case they want to stop doing this thing. The Omake Scenario and Gallery are expected to remain in place since I already paid for them.
- Once there are more than enough special scenarios done, I can commish them to do the character avatars.
- A new art collab comes to fruition.
- No promises on this one, but the artist style selection thing is something I'm thinking about.
Of course, here's another thing to keep in mind. The constant trolls and bashers are eroding away at the perceived value the game. Just because they don't like the new artwork, they ruin its initial reviews and star ratings, possibly tainting the new player's perspective of the game. It hurts to read about the general disdain some have for this game. "Garbage"? Really? Seriously, no. Which brings me to this: How can I justify investing more dough if the game is being hindered by this? A FREE game coming in with baggage? OMG... for a free game... Logic tells me it's not worth it and even insane!
But I remember that hey, this is a game for you guys. So since these collabs will cost me even more, I may as well make them exclusive to you patrons.
These are my initial thoughts on the matter. What do you guys think?
Comments
Hello! You mean the MC? You can change his name like in The Ramen Prince. There's a default name provided, but you can change this
2018-10-13 13:57:40 +0000 UTCHi can you change the main characters name?
Tyrone Gibb
2018-10-13 13:49:58 +0000 UTCHi can you change the main chara
Tyrone Gibb
2018-10-13 13:49:16 +0000 UTCThanks alot for the encouragement bro! That helped with the motivation. I wouldn't want to drown in unnecessary negativity, haha. I sure hope that is the case. Summertime doesn't have the backbone of a story you see, it was an experiment of a game to put out there, the complete opposite of what we have with the Ramen Prince, so it attracted players who were more in it for scenes and the visual appeal than the plot I think. And we made it too complicated for something free, which I think was possibly a mistake since I see other devs doing a lot of small bite sized teasers and previous doing much better than this :(. Well maybe that was my thing. Like the three bj scenes were supposed to be the same, but I made it more complicated.
2018-10-12 23:39:20 +0000 UTCI know it can be hard to listen to constant negative feedback. All I can tell you is that everyone has to sort out the helpful criticism from the mindless "this sucks" bashing, on any "viewer input" type of project. I wouldn't worry too much about the trolling, though. Your last game helped you build up a nice stock of good will from everyone who played it. The players aren't likely to be influenced by the opinions of people who, as far as they can tell, are just passing through. As for people who are just running across your work for the first time, well... your work speaks for itself. Anyone who gives your game a try is bound to see that it's better than the work of about 90% of the adult game designers out there.
2018-10-12 05:33:59 +0000 UTCJust remember that it's not free for the Patreon subscribers who choose to give you a monthly stipend. You're making it for them, more than anybody else, except maybe yourself.
Ricochetv1
2018-10-11 17:11:54 +0000 UTCI feel like this is a good idea.
Wilco
2018-10-11 15:18:48 +0000 UTC
