I have been hinting at some big news on stream and I can finally reveal what it is.
I have signed a publishing deal with TinyHat Studios. They are a publisher working exclusively with adult game developers and they will be helping me get Bedroom Blackjack to market.
I spent a month vetting TinyHat Studios and researching good publisher relationships before I agreed to work with them.
My lawyer and I are assured that this is a fair deal for both myself and TinyHat Studios.
In the past I have received offers from other publishers that were extremely predatory and one-sided.
TinyHat Studios has gone to great lengths to propose a mutually beneficial deal and assure I retain all creative control and ownership of the intellectual property.
What will they do?
TinyHat will be responsible for creating marketing materials and promoting Bedroom Blackjack on a number of platforms and communities starting with Steam.
They will also be testing the game and creating bug reports.
This will enable me to reach a wider audience and means I can spend less time marketing and more time actually developing games.
When is the Steam Release Date?
The official release date for Steam has been pushed back to July.
Forgive me if this is upsetting, but this is for good reason.
I need more time to polish the game and it better aligns with TinyHat's promotional schedule.
What about Patreon/Public Releases
Public Releases and Patreon Releases will continue until 30 June. At that time they will cease.
This is because maintaining a release cycle for Steam as well as Patreon and Game Jolt/itch.io would be very time consuming.
I feel that, as a one man game dev studio, my time is better spent completing Bedroom Blackjack and continuing my work with Monster Girl Tailes.
Until next time, player.