Payment & Rewards Change! (Patreon)

There has been a lot of brainstorming lately as to what we could do to refresh our Patreon and look over what has happened over time.

One thing I noticed when I arrived, was that Patrons were being charged in the beginning of the month, so they had to sign up the month before for access to the Steam key reward. So, one thing we did was to remove this payment rule entirely. A newly arrived Patron gets instantly thrown into the world of Winged Cloud with access to their tiers' rewards. This doesn't change the monthly payment still being withdrawn at the beginning of each month afterwards.

We have also discussed updating the Rewards today and made the change on the spot, so we want to explain what is happening from here. Now, we know this change is done at a weird time since the month has just started and some of you might want to change tier, but do know that if you do, you only are charged for the amount that remains to reach that tier. You don't actually pay twice!

- TheMonthly Hentai Wallpapertier: We lowered it to 20$ instead of 25$. One feedback I got while discussing was their awareness that for this tier, you guys aren't just paying for the wallpaper, but you are supporting us like the real hardcore fans that you are. (This is the exact wording I got during this discussion.) They felt it wasn't enough and a bit unfair, and since we wanted to add more tiers while making them affordable, we simply went with our hearts rather than our pockets on this one. (Because we wuv you, you know.)

-The newPatron's exclusive free VN optionstier: The free VN announcement from the 5K Milestone is not just a one-time celebration, it's going to be a series of them coming out over time. These VNs will be available to everyone for free to get a taste of our games. What this tier allows is to get more from the experience: exclusive in-game choices, CGs, and more. It also makes for a fairer gap between the wallpaper tier and this one as to what Patrons actually get for it!

-The newAccess to In-Development Game Buildstier: During development, we will release to this tier a limited Build so that they can see what the game is planned to be like. Do note that it will not be final, see it less like a demo and more like a beta build: Unfinished, maybe still containing a grammar error here and there, maybe a background is missing during a scene, maybe some scenes are missing in between, etc. You will get a glimpse of about 5-10% of the game and you will have the chance to give us your direct feedback during production, which means we can evaluate some of these suggestions and comments during development! This is in no way a guarantee that your ideas will be usedin the game, however.

We are currently working on a Build for Sakura Scifi, so this will be the first Build released to our Patrons! The image at the top of this post will appear in the Build as well! Now, is it already starting to feel like Christmas here or what? :D