Is this announcement kinda like reannouncing the rewrite you said you were doing in July or is this something else? I'm interested in the story but when authors are constantly changing everything/making no progress for a long time and then "I'm starting Patreon". Major Red Flags
This announcement is very different as it's stating that I'm changing the entire framework of the game. It's not going to be just a book, it's going to be more interactive, have more options, replay value, music that I'll be scoring for the game, potential art that I'll personally draw and shoop.
Patreon is a completely optional tipping system to support artists while they create the works they want to create. I don't mind if people don't want to subscribe to it when it's launched in the future, because it's optional.
I can understand it's "red flags" while also keeping in mind that making a game is a lot of work, it takes time, energy, resources. I'm not begging for anybody to subscribe to it, and I understand why people wouldn't, I'm just mentioning it as an option to support my work while I create TNTF, art, music, and all that fun jazz.
The scope of the game is now larger than it was, meaning more work, more resources are going into making this game. Since I'm putting in a lot more of those resources, I think it's fair for me to include an optional way for people to support my work. (Also the patreon will be launched when I have more substantial work/things to share/content plans/etc etc.)
Everyone has different methods of working, it takes some people months to write a book, and it takes others years.
Also when writing, yeah things constantly change, sorry for the folk who that bothers, but that's how creating works for many people, very rarely will someone have an idea and have it be perfect and fully thought out/like how everything turns out right at the beginning.
Thanks for the ask, regardless of the tone at the end. I know lots of people have been burned, and I also believe that artists deserve to get paid for their time and work. I personally have subscribed to quite a few patreons in the IF/VN community and beyond, I bring this up and I'm sharing deets because there are a few patreons I've subscribed to where the authors take a very long time to write or hadn't had many if any meaningful updates while I was subscribed, I don't feel regretful about spending money on them though, your mileage may vary and that's absolutely valid.
