Alright then,
votes had started to fizzle out yesterday, the trend had barely budged over the past 48 hours.So I felt there was little point in prolonging this; any additional day in limbo means a day not working on that game, after all.And I've honestly had enough of breaks, uncertainty and going in circles.
And of course, as has become the norm for any polls where I hope for a clear winner...with Patreon and SubStar votes combined, it ended up being a ridiculously tight race at the top, meaning the "I can't make everyone happy, no matter what I do" went into full effect once again 😅
That said, given the combined votes from both platforms and some other factors,
I'm going with the TM spin-off.
it won on SubStar; in combined votes of both sites, it was a literal tie at 65-65
While backer votes were slightly in favor of the Sarah VN after weighting, it was still in "roughly a tie" territory; far from the clear result I had hoped for.
While it's true that I had no strong preference, I did mention that I was leaning a bit towards the TM spin-off in the event of a close result.
In terms of comments and DMs, the TM spin-off got more vocal support.
For the TM spin-off, I already have a fairly clear idea about most aspects of it;For the Sarah VN, I'd have much more planning and pre-production to do first, and the risk of another HHR situation would frankly be a lot higher because of that, too.
Anyway, if the Sarah VN had won clearly (both places combined), I'd have rolled with it.But with the results we have, I'm going with the safer bet in terms of what I think I'll enjoy more and probably do a better/faster job with.
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With all that out of the way, I want to make one thing clear,
It will have classic TM-style content too, and the 'other stuff' will be fully avoidable.
So I'd like some feedback on the following questions:
Question 1: One big game with everything, or separate editions?
The main reason I'm asking is that a smaller, separate "Pure Harem Edition", with all controversial content removed, could be offered earlier/at a cheaper tier.
That's the "compensation" I could offer for going with this kind of controversial project.An extra edition means some extra effort, of course, so it's only worth it if enough of you actually care for it.
Question 2: To what degree will you give it a chance?
Kinda connected to the above.
Are you willing to look past the existence of the optional content, and give the harem content a chance anyhow?Or will you go "hard pass" no matter what?
And how many of you plan to check out the controversial side?
EDIT: For clarification, in Q2-option 4 ("Really looking forward to spicier stuff"), 'spicier' is mostly referring to the NTS side.It's meant to be the NTS equivalent of Q2-option 2 ("Really looking forward to the harem path").Just sayin', since some voters voted for harem, but then also that option... ^^'No big deal, since this won't change what content I add, but I'd like an as clear picture as possible.
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Alright, I think that's all for now.
...If the results of this poll end up too depressing for me, maybe I'll just give up and shut down business, can't rule that out entirely tbh 😅
P.S.:Some of you might've noticed that I lowered the prices of the middle tiers a bit.There'll probably be some additional changes to your advantage on the benefit side later.Whatever you may think about this project, I plan to keep the tier prices fair, even for those who only care for one kink category and not the other.