Kappuru Games 2020 Review

Hello, folks!! How are you all doing? Hope you all had an amazing holiday!!

There is this event that Developers use in Sprints (basically a period of time) where we talk about what was created, which problems we encountered and things like that. Basically a review of everything that happened and what we can do to make it better and faster. Although... I'm pretty sure it's used in different areas too.

We wanted to start doing this for Kappuru Games as an yearly thing. So... here we'll talk about everything that happened in 2020: the wrongs, the rights, the results. And also, our goals for 2021. As such, this will be a very extensive post.

So… first, let’s start with our results. In 2020, we:

• released 7 versions (0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 0.10, 0.11 and 0.12)
• reached 30+ Patrons
• released a Patron written Side-Story
• added four new locations (Safehouse B, Avengers Mansion, Sex Shop and Empire State University)
• added 11+ new characters like: Wanda Maximoff, Quicksilver, Ruby, Madelyne Pryor, Sebastian Shaw, Selene Gallio, Mary Jane Watson, Silver Samurai, Morgan Le Fay, Gambit, Iceman and some more secondary characters like stripper and store clerks…
• added two mini-games: Poker and Ping-Pong.

Second, let’s talk about the problems. In 2020:

• We were involved in an accident which set us back quite a lot. We haven’t talked about this over here as normally we don’t like to expose our problems, but it was something that we have to overcome. We also needed to do a few months of physiotherapy. But, everything is fine now!!
• Our Developer, Mr. Kappuru, did some blood tests and discovered an auto-immune disease. He is undergoing treatment, and the results are getting better, but it was a very turbulent moment. And, the meds… well… let’s just say he wasn’t at his peak performance when starting the treatment.
• Most of the tech personnel on Mr. Kappuru’s daily job left the company. And, now, he is basically swamped in work and interviews to fill the spots and train new people. Which is, again, setting us back a lot. This one happened early 2021, so, technically it’s not a 2020 problem, but it’s something we’ll have to deal with when releasing new versions in 2021. But, next week he is interviewing two new Developers to fill the void and hopefully he can start working more at the game.

Third, the rights. In 2020, we:

• we remade the Quests in a new Quest System. This was good for the future, but it was a lot of rework which doesn’t mean new features, but it’s something that will contribute to stability. This was the best decision we had in 2020, as it will improve so much our speed in the next couple of months.

Overall it was an amazing year for the development of ESH. It could be better, but right now that's as far as we can go. We’ll talk about what we can do to improve more and provide more for our Patrons and for the game!!

Now, let's talk about 2021. Our hopes and dreams for 2021 are:

• release at least 12 version (one per month)
• reach 50+ Patrons
• release 2 more Side-Stories.

• add 11+ more characters again like: Harry Osborn, Melinda May, Quake, Mockingbird, Flash Thompson, Fitz, Simmons, Yelena Belova, Captain Marvel, Deadpool, Gwenpool, some ESU students, and some more secondary characters too!! Most of these are already done, and some we still need to finish their costumes. We’ll be previewing some more real soon. In the mean time, check the five above as they are pretty close to their final designs. If you want something changed, please let us know!! :P
• add more locations like: Baxter Building, Aunt May’s house, Safehouse C, SHIELD Academy among others...
• improve some indoor locations like: Helicarrier Bathroom, X-Mansion pool.
• add more indoor locations at ESU and Stark Tower.
• add the ability to do missions world wide and also send heroes to different missions to collect money, resources and capture villains for you.

Also, we’ll be updating our Page goals. We wanted to set some earnings that would allow us to increase our speed and increase the amount of content we can deliver each month. So, we've been doing some benchmarks to determine how much money we would need for each perk to be available.

Those perks are:

• More Content - Current Mr. Kappuru (our Programmer) and Mrs. Kappuru (our Artist) both work full-time. And, the renders and code they can produce are limited by their free-time. That free-time is around 20 hours each on a monthly basis. So, yeah... Mr. Kappuru and Mrs. Kappuru each work around 20 hours per month to release a new version. Which is why we had some delays the past year. Imagine our free time being cut as we did physiotherapy, medical exams, medical consults, etc… Now, imagine being able to work more on the game. What we could do with more time… We could be releasing one chapter of each route per month, or 3 times the normal amount per month and we keep releasing one route per month.
• Fully Animated Scenes - Also, considering a well animated sex-scene with 30 frames per second and a 15-20 seconds clip it takes around 3-5 days to render everything. During the time the render is being done, Mrs. Kappuru can't use the computer, which is something we can't do right now. So, we tend to leave the computer rendering during the weekends. Which limits the rendering time we have. Take the test animation below, this took us 2 days to render and it’s a very small animation looped a lot of times.

If you are a Patron you can check an exemple animation here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/46447779
Otherwise, this animation will be in the next version (v13).

Also, we wanted to give you all a sneak peek on some storylines we’ve been working on this past few weeks...

• Gwenpool and Deadpool’s pictures. Scattered around the game you’ll be able to find some erotic and sexual pictures hidden in plain sight. This feature is already available on the Female Route and will be added to the Lesbian and Male routes real soon. As soon as we finish Gwenpool’s costume.
• Introducing our Main Villain - in chapter 10 of each route, we’ll be presenting the game’s main villain. He will have a great impact on the story.

• Safehouse C - FMC will be receiving an assignment just like MMC’s. She will be in charge of her own Safehouse. And, there she will be “babysitting” two new characters: Miles Morales and Miguel O'hara (Spider-Man 2099).

• MMC and FMC Secret Base of Operations - There will come a time where MMC and FMC will be feeling used by SHIELD. They will begin working on ways to take SHIELD down. This will be the beginning of the Corruption Path for both characters. As you may have noticed, on our recent pool, we as a community decided to focus on the Romantic Path for MMC and on the Corruption Path for FMC. So, only FMC would have access to this location at this moment.
• MMC will be having romantic encounters with most of the women going forward. And, he will be able to help them get some work done.
• FMC will be able to blackmail a lot of the male characters to get anything she wants. Including sex. Some characters that are already in a relationship will need to be corrupted to improve on what they are willing to do.
• What happens when FMC and MMC have sex? Let’s just say this would be a great opportunity to meet some scientists like Reed Richards and Hank Pym.
• Trip to Russia with Natasha. Our heroes will be helping Natasha fix some of her past mistakes in Russia. And, after this they will get even “closer”. Yelena Belova will be available after this.

• FMC will be throwing some parties. Including one where she is dressed as Cleopatra and has some of her Blackmailed/Corrupted partners pleasure her.

• MMC and FMC will be taking Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver on a trip to a lake cabin. There... well... you might guess what will happen!!
• After the trip to Russia our Heroes will be able to start travelling to other locations around the globe. Like: Wakanda, Japan, Russia (well… returning) and Latveria.
• The downfall of the Helicarrier. Soon enough our Main Villain will be making his move against the world of ESH and one of his targets will be the Helicarrier. This will lead to big changes and also many opportunities.
• MFF or FFF Threesomes are way too cool. Some pairs of characters fit together greatly for threesomes like: Emma Frost and Madelyne Pryor; Gwen Stacy and Felicia Hardy; Natasha Romanoff and Yelena Belova; Mary Jane and Pepper Potts.
• FMM Threesomes are way too cool “too”: We can fit together some male characters with our FMC too. And also with some other characters… Like: Scott Summers and Wolverine; Luke Cage and Iron Fist; Tony Stark and Captain America; Gambit and Iceman; Peter Parker and Miles Morales;
• The introduction to SWORD - After the attack on the Helicarrier, our MC will be in charge of things and as they improve the situation they will be contacted by none other than Captain Marvel. This will be the intro to SWORD in ESH. And also, the ability to travel out of Earth meeting some alien entities like the Guardians of the Galaxy and Nova Corp.
• Many… many more things to come like: Asgard, Doctor Strange, more villains and more features...

So, to reach those goals/perks we are establishing the following goals:

• 1500 USD => With this amount, Kappuru Games will invest most of the money on new Graphics Cards (GPUs). With more GPUs we'll be able to make images faster and with better quality. This will allow us to have at least one animated Sex Scene per release. Maybe more!!
• 3000 USD => With this amount, Mr. Kappuru will be able to work full-time on the game. He will be able to leave his current paying job and work completely on the game. 2/3 of this amount will be to pay his salary, but the perks will be greater for the development as he will be able to work daily on the code and new features will be added faster.
• 4500 USD => With this amount, Kappuru Games will make all Sex Content fully animated. Even the ones that came in an early release. Imagine 5 to 10 animated sex scenes per release!! ;P
• 6000 USD => With this amount, Kappuru Games will be able to buy an even more powerful computer. This will allow us to double the amount of content. So, 10 to 20 animated sex scenes. And more quests per release!!
• 7500 USD => With this amount, Kappuru Games will hire another artist to help out. With a bigger team we'll be able to make more content for your delight!!
• 9000 USD => With this amount, Kappuru Games will hire another dev to help out. With another dev, we'll be able to add more features to the game!!
• 10.000 USD => With this amount, Kappuru Games will release Earth's Sexiest Heroes 3D, a fully 3D remake of our Earth's Sexiest Heroes game. Imagine walking around New York meeting your favorite heroes and talking and dating them up to the point where you can have some "fun" with them!! Imagine doing some web-swinging around New-York, or just running around lightning fast, or just flying... This amount is required because of all the licensing we would need for this rebuild game. Also, 3D is harder to develop and test. Especially one with so many different powers to use. We've talked about this with some of our Patrons and we might release a very early concept of what it would look like in the form of a video. As we can't release a version without the proper licensing.

We know those amounts can seem kinda strange when you just glaze through them. But, we thought a lot about it and with those amounts, we are sure we can offer everything we are promising. Also... we want you all to consider the following: The amount of content we are producing just by working 20 hours per-month is nothing compared to a full-time workflow. That would be comparing 20 hours per-month to 160 hours per-month. Basically, with just the second goal reached that would mean an increase in productivity of up to 8 times. That would mean, way more quests per release, way more images, way more sexual content and way more new features!! Not to mention the animated content...

So, think about all those perks and if you are interested maybe try to pledge to our page. If not, you can always help us by commenting and also liking our posts. This helps our engagement and raises the page awareness. And, don't forget to share with your friends. All help you can give us will allow us to reach those goals in no time!! After that it will allow us to make what we like and what you like too!! Because we want to make the best game possible!! With your ideas, suggestions and critics imagine what we can accomplish together!! So, comment... Tell us what you want... what you expect... what you desire and also… what you don’t like at this moment!! Constructive criticism is greatly appreciated.

PS.: The image on top is another preview of the upcoming Halloween Special Side-Story!!

And as always... stay tuned for more!!