XaiJu
paperwaifu
paperwaifu

patreon


SummerTime Direction

Hey 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:

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?

SummerTime Direction

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

Hi can you change the main characters name?

Tyrone Gibb

Hi can you change the main chara

Tyrone Gibb

Thanks 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.

I 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.

Just 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

I feel like this is a good idea.

Wilco


More Creators