Good morning Deviants! I hope you are all doing very well.
As I FINALLY finished The Empress and Braggi pt 2. yesterday, the fiction queue is closed to the public. This is in order to accommodate the amount of time necessary to work on our forthcoming interactive fiction title, SUMMER HEAT.
SUMMER HEAT stars you-yes, you-as you begin your temporary job on a farm. It’s only for a week, and the recluse that owns the place is paying a HUGE amount of money. What’s the worse that could happen?! Heck, maybe you’ll even meet someone really nice! There’s a full behind-the-scenes update for this over on patreon, if you wanna take a look. It’s for patrons only however-but you can join for just a BUCK! Heck yeah!
While the fiction queue is closed, the audio queue will absolutely remain open. I’ll still take your requests for both the normal queue and Stroking the Keys. You can make those requests (as well as send any comments, questions et al) over at curious cat.
Since I mentioned it already, I also feel it is important to discuss what exactly the patreon will be used for:
Patreon will be used exclusively for the following: Site graphics, paying to improve our mobile site view, paying contributors, and paying for any additional hosting or equipment that may arise throughout the year. During the summer (likely July), I will start setting back money to off-set the cost of our server bill, due sometime during December. The total will be roughly $130 dollars, which is a totally manageable amount. Should we run short for the costs, I will host some kind of fund raiser from the first of November until the end of the month.
I am looking into alternative revenue streams as well. I have considered doing some kind of “Let’s Play” of eroge novels, and seeing how well monetizing those would work. We’re in the gig economy however, and I fear doing so would be a waste of time and resources. So I’ll say this-if you want to hook me up with some download links or steam codes for certain eroges, I am absolutely open to the possibility. Anything we can do to reduce costs and increase revenue will absolutely help-and of course, it will ALWAYS go back into the blog first. Not my pockets.
With all of this said, you’re probably asking yourself just WHAT kind of content will be posted while I’m working on Summer Heat. To be honest, I’ve considered reviving Kink Talk, my sexual education series, for the extent of the game’s development. That’s about as far as my thoughts on the matter have gone. So if there is a particular kind of content you would like to see, please feel free to hit me up at my socials.
Thank you all for your time, your patience, your love and continued support.
-J