Opinion on 2D Bonus Scenes (Patreon)

Hello again, 

Hopefully you've had a chance to try out v0.09 for yourself at this point, if so, I hope you remembered to load up a day 1 or 2 save to try out the new 2D Bonus combat sex scene by flowerxl. You can enable the 2D scene via the "content toggle" key item in your inventory. 

I think it came out very nicely for this test run, and I hope you enjoyed it. I want to let you know about the process a little bit, and then get your opinion on whether you think we should attempt to do more like it. 

The good thing about these, is that it doesn't take that much dev time for me to add the scene itself. It can easily be done in a day or maybe two once the artist has done all of the images, depending on how many corrections or edits I need to make personally.

The downside though, is that this scene, with all it's variations, took over 4 months to create all of the art for and cost over $1200. Now, obviously the price and timing will depend on the individual artist, and it doesn't always have to be the same artist, but the point I'm trying to make here is that it's not the sort of thing I can order all of the time, and it takes away resources that could be used to fund other things, like voice lines, Terminal Quickies Illustrations, assets for use in the game itself, paying others to help out, etc. 

And to top that off, obviously, all of the major and pivotal scenes need to be done in my style (3D) for the sake of consistency. So any 2D scene created would have to be totally optional bonus content that didn't have too much plot or quest significance. Things like additional combat sex scenes, or alternative repeatable scenes with other characters. So there are limits on what can be done here.

I'm okay doing some more scenes like this, but only if people think they are worth it and would like to see more. Of course, I am talking about in-game bonus scenes here (Like the one added in v0.09) not 2D comms in general, I would still get those done from time to time regardless. 

So, knowing all of that, do you think it is worth it to make more of these 2D Bonus Scenes?

If you do, please leave suggestions in the comments for what kind of bonus scene you would like to see next in this 2D style. I would go with flowerxl again, but we will see in the future for different artists. Getting someone to do assets for a whole scene is more costly, challenging & time consuming so I want to make sure I'm working with people who are able to deliver.

Thanks for the feedback and support. Will see you for the podcast on the 31st. 

~ Jim