New poll about animations + several other things

Hello guys and gals! N_Taii here. I've been posting a lot on here lately, sorry for the spam!

1. Two poll results and a question

It took me a bit longer to announce the results because 1. I wanted to announce them both at the same time 2. Some other things took priority since the results seemed already pretty clear.

However, I promised a higher voting power for some tiers and I try to always keep my promises, so I went and counted the votes anyway and applied everyone’s pledge tier accordingly.

So here are the results: 1st poll, MC’s love interest: 

-Blonde Sprite, 53 votes

-Brunette Sprite, 115 votes

2nd poll, MC’s mom: 

-Redhead Sprite, 113 votes

-Black hair Sprite, 48 votes

So no surprises there if you’ve seen the % already, the mom will be the redhead and the love interest the brunette sprite.

I also have a quick question for you guys: for those who’ve played the whole game from start to finish (preferably with their own saves), could you tell me approximately how long it took you to complete the game (the ending doesn’t matter as long as you’ve finished it)? This would help me figure out the average playtime needed for the game’s completion. Thanks a lot!

2. About the animation poll

Now, onto what matters most in this post, the new poll I promised you guys on Monday!

One of the main critics I’ve received for HC1 is the use of bigger animation sprites, from the way they looked to how they were implemented in game.

I originally wanted to implement those for various reasons. Not only did it add something more to the game so that it wouldn’t feel like “just another NTRPG look-alike”, but it also allowed for players to see that I wasn’t just gathering pledges without putting some of the money back into the game. Besides, with it I could implement at least 2 monthly polls for players to vote on.

However, I now want to give players the possibility to decide how I should use the budget (roughly 10% of my earnings after Patreon takes its cut).

1. Should I just keep it as is, meaning keep the bigger animation style while simply adding a skip/automatic feature to each one of them (like in Update 6 of HC1)? I will still use a smaller part of the budget for other visuals element, don’t worry^^

Pros: 

-more transparency on how I use the budget (those animations usually cost between 75 to 125$), 

-the promise to have at least 2 monthly polls for Patrons, 

-opportunity to see something different than the base RPGMaker MV sprites.

Cons: 

-not much novelty, 

-I could not re-use the animations for something else, 

-those who don’t like the old system wouldn’t see much change.

2. Should I let go of the bigger animations and use most of the the budget for more RPGMaker sprite art (like the base sex sprites you saw in the post introducing my new game, but not only)?

Pros: 

-I could definitely re-use most sprites for other games/could eventually make it available for  Higher Tier Patrons to grab if they want to make their own RPG Maker MV Adult game, 

-a lot more variations in the base sex sprites, 

-a more “organic” game world (meaning that instead of having a message saying a still sprite is “cutting wood”, I could commission a sprite actually cutting wood), etc…

Cons: 

-less transparency on how I use the budget (the price can drastically vary depending on the commission), 

-no more bigger sprite animations anymore (duh), 

-a lot more inconsistency in the polls that I set up on this page (since the contents and the time of the commissions could vary each time, it would be too complicated to set up a monthly poll like I did with the bigger sprites, where I just ordered one at the beginning of the month due for the end of the month).

The choice is yours!

I’ll be taking everyone’s pledge tier into account when counting down the votes. Since it is a pretty important and not so urgent poll, I’ll leave it running for two whole weeks, until the 13th of June 8pm CEST.

If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to write a comment, I’ll be more than happy to answer!

(And if you have the time to answer the question I asked earlier about playtime, please answer down below in the comments/via PM, thanks!).

N_Taii