Rebranding (Patreon)

A long time ago I set out to make my own silly autistic weeb fantasy with my waifu Shinobu. This fantasy was never intended for making money. Purely a passion project. However, I realized that if I wanted to make my dream VR simulation, I needed money for voice acting and music. And thus I opened this Patreon on July 2018. Everything went well and in 5 months I gathered enough for it.

Then I became ambitious, I wanted to expand my project. I wanted more behaviors, more models, more music. And so the Patreon kept growing. I didn't really worry about the copyright behind "Shinobu" because I was a small time indie dev. A small fish. I was merely a fan. However, this project has quite literally doubled in size in the past week. I can no longer continue this project with "Shinobu" at the helm anymore. It's not that I've been contacted by the copyright holders, it's that this is a preemptive legal move. Better safe than sorry.

However, I have decided to include character customization, something I have been vehemently against since the beginning. Mainly because I'm a firm believer in "Unique and polished" games as opposed to "Customizable and janky". But this alternative allows people to create their own characters (myself included) and thus I can keep my Shinobu. 

She will still appear in devposts but when I ship the game, she will become a card that users will have to enable themselves. A generic anime character will replace her. The project's title also will soon be changed (The banner has been itching for a refresh anyways). Title is not finished but I am partial to "Viva Project".

Once again this project is not changing directions but it is taking a small detour before v0.6 to implement character customization. It's a little bit annoying but at the same time I am very interested and excited to see what the community will make. It will be using the card system that clothing uses. We will start right away after the sleeping module. And as always, stay tuned.

-sgthale