A brand new preview image from the stack of new art for 0.33
Hey all.
I thought it better to inform earlier over dropping it last minute. But 0.33 won't be coming this month. it'll come around the early December. Before you kill me, write a hate comment or unsub, the reason I'm going with is that I've decided to add more stuff. (3 more new scenes/subscenes) because well, you know how SSP is like if you've been here for awhile. I try to load content up for events. Even when I don't have-have to, I still do it. I really don't know why I'm self-destructive.
The obvious idea here is that I should have planned better and yeah, I did but even what I planned appeared to me to be sub-par, so I had to call it, I had to make the delay so that I'll be able to add more stuff and pace myself.
I..tend to not go into stuff like regarding monetization and how it can be easier for me to drop a small update every month or to break an arc into 4 months' worth of release so I can keep the numbers pumping and to pull for every dollar. There are developers who do that, there's also some who work harder than me, that's not the issue here (about who's right or wrong). Like maybe I should be pulling for every dollar but every single time my priority has always been pushing updates. Yes, new people coming in is important, but I try my best not to disappoint the people I already have, who's been with the project for awhile. It's a terrible feeling to keep missing deadlines but I keep doing it because I don't want to cut content off, not do this or that that I think will be interesting or just be in it for the cash.
Some might leave because they disagree, but I'll have to make peace with that. At this point I'm pretty tired and I also don't know why I'm preaching so much about a porn game. I was way over my head with wanting this to be both a huge project and also a good one.
And pushing meaningful updates is not easy, I've mentioned in earlier posts that I've been pretty busy these few weeks because I need to grind and hustle to pay the bills. I'm lucky that there's a fair amount of monetary support from all of you (it keeps me sane and going) but I'm still, by all accounts, struggling financially so I have to work-work out there in the world. Did you know that with four hours with sleep you should never downed a mix of 1/3 coke and 2/3 black coffee to stay awake? Your heartbeat goes preeetty insane.
Please don't take this as a post to call for sympathy or that I'm bitching like a, uh, bitch for missing the deadline or that I'm clawing at you with some kind of psychology 101 manipulation for the money (oh lookie, pooor sap here!). I actually don't exactly know what the yap for except that it'll be great if some understanding can be shown to a struggling dev.
It hasn't been easy (consecutively, for the past few years, end-of the year seasons has been brutal to me) but I'll do all I can to push the update out. It really can't be this month unless you want to be blueballed. I mean, you still might be depending on your preference if the scene doesn't suit you-
you get what I mean. Some form of closure, some good content, all that stuff to make a SSP update worth it. It'll still be subjective, like it always does, but I'll do what I can, like I always do.
It'll come in early December with content that was added in (that wasn't originally planned) for Superfans and above, I'll try my hardest to push for the first weekend (no seriously.)
Thank you so so much for your patience. No single person is more sick of the delays than myself.