[News] Dev's blog #126

Hey there!

It's been almost a month since the last news post, so it's time to share some updates.

About what's happening in July

I decided to take another month off because June flew by like it never even existed, and I've barely gotten through two-thirds of the personal stuff I had planned. July's gonna be the second and final month of my break. I'll be back at full speed starting August 1st (though I'll probably get some work in before that).

As for the next update - nothing major is done yet. I just started writing dialogue for the next event with Roxy and made a few tweaks in the scripts.

About the situation with Patreon hiding my posts

That whole thing was pretty weird and I'm still hazy on what actually happened. I never got any notifications - which are supposed to be sent out the moment a post gets hidden. I never learned the real reason, even after opening a support ticket. I'm still not sure there was actually anything about those posts that violated Community Guidelines in the first place, because once I reached out to the support team to figure it out, I was told my posts "should not have been hidden." And I have no idea what happens if some of my posts randomly get flagged again after already having five taken down.

My best guess - if there even was a violation - is that it had something to do with the "Sell this post" option, which was turned on for every single one of those posts. I couldn't find anything about that in the Community Guidelines or FAQ, just some info about previews for sold posts supposedly being visible to everyone, and that might've triggered the flag. But when I use the "Preview" option to check, the images are always blurred out and you can't actually see what's in the post anyway - so I genuinely don't know how to handle the selling option going forward. Would love to hear any useful info on this in the comments.

That said - I'm stepping away from the sell-post option until I'm sure I can actually use it without issues. So "Early Access" and "Extended Version" posts are going back to being available only through a full subscription and won't be sold separately at a lower price anymore.

The post with the latest Extended version is available here - https://www.patreon.com/posts/extended-version-160023764

A few important things about this break:

1) I'm putting this page on pause manually again on June 30th

No extra charges during that time for current subscribers

You'll still have full access to everything at your current tier unless you cancel your subscription

If you somehow have an active subscription and still get charged around June 30-July 1st - feel free to reach out to me and I'll issue you a refund.

2) Some of new people can still join during the pause and access content

Still don't fully understand how this works. I see plenty of newcomers subscribing just fine, but for some reason there are still a few people who can't because the page is on pause.

3) Even during the break, I'll keep posting:

Monthly wallpapers

Custom renders

Polls to vote on who appears in them

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TL;DR:The break's extending through July too - still no charges for current patrons, though.Hidden posts are back up, but I've turned off the selling option for them.The next update is brewing but it's just early steps - nothing worth sharing yet.Wallpapers, renders, and polls will keep rolling out!Have a great summer, everyone!