Patron Romance Goal Met! Upcoming Animation Update & Survey Results (Patreon)

We did it!!!  We met the last funding goal, a Patron-Decided Romance!  That means you guys will help us invent a character from the ground up, who you will get to romance in the game!  Pretty exciting, huh?

This character most likely will fit best in the second part of the Changeling Tale story, but we'll want to figure out how this new romance fits in sooner than later so we can start planning the story around him or her.  We'll start the ball rolling soon, so keep an eye out for polls asking for your input!  Thanks for making it happen!!!

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In other news, we're putting the final touches on our Animation Update, a taste of which is above ^^  All the backgrounds are now moving and there is a small amount of new content to improve story pacing and continuity, along with a whole bunch of small tweaks and polish.  If folks want to take the new assets for a spin, the build should be ready for release to the Beta Tester Tier in the next week or two!

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Finally - and the original thrust of this post before I found out we met the funding goal - a huge thank you to all of you who participated in our survey!  A quarter of you responded, and it's been enormously insightful. We'll leave the survey open a bit longer for newcomers, but in the meantime, here's a summary of the results:

Patreon Section

• Most of you found us from an art gallery website, and mainly FurAffinity.  About 11% of you found us through TFGamesSite.com, though, so we'll make sure we keep that site up to date with the latest CT news!
• Folks pledged mainly for the in-process and end product game builds, as well as access to the NSFW posts.  Most are happy with the rewards, and would just like to see builds released more often (we'll do our best!)
• The response to the content and rate of Patreon posts, and our engagement with patrons, was mostly positive.  People like to see sneak peeks of assets, and, to our surprise development insight, so I will try to post more about what work goes on behind the scenes!
• Patrons are evenly split on viewing spoiler content, so I will try to figure out a way to share the more spoiler-y sneak peeks in a way that can be hidden for those who don't wish to view them.

Game Section

• The game is headed in the right direction overall - folks especially appreciate the quality of the art (thanks!).
• Folks are excited to see more transformation and get more detail on how it feels, etc.  We got a lot of great feedback here in the suggestions section! We'll make sure Grace goes into plenty of detail in her upcoming chapter, as well as have Malcolm present for the transformations themselves!
• People are split on the inclusion of minigames. Most folks like the idea of minigames, but a slight majority prefer they be optional or avoided entirely.  Based on that, we'll definitely try to include more minigames, but as optional easter eggs only.

Discord Section

• A little over a third of you are on the project Discord Server.
• Separate channels for General Discussion, Spoilers Discussion and Feedback are preferred. We may also add a channel to pin CT-related fanart, so folks have an easy place to browse it!
• Most folks did not feel strongly about the community, structure and use of the Discord.  This tells me that us developers could do more to generate interest in the server as a place to hang out!

Merchandise Section

• About half of you would be interested in merchandise, of which prints and bookmarks would be in highest demand.  Based on your response, and since it's still a little early in the game's development, we will probably hold off on making merchandise widely available now. We may consider making a small run for sale at conventions, though!
• Marion is the most popular character - but that may be because we just released her chapter ;)

If you guys have any questions or want to know more, leave a comment here or in the Discord!  And thanks a ton, everybody, for all of your support.  Can't wait to start building a character with you!