Future Game Direction (Patreon)

Hello, everyone. Today, I received about if I plan on using Brandon and Cissy for the next game (as Episode 16 is actually coming along quite nicely). And I thought I should share my response to him with you guys to see how you feel about the future game direction:

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Well, I received some feedback about people not really liking them very much, and so I did a poll to see how my patrons felt as well, and the data seemed to suggest that they were a little ambivalent towards them. Only 11% of voters wanted them in the next game, though to be fair, 65% of them had no particularly feeling (but the remaining 23% wanted a game without them).

To be fair, after 16 games with them, I can understand that they might want something different. It also limits me creativity-wise, since I realise having Brandon and Cissy in the game makes it automatically a not very serious, tongue-in-cheek kind of game. Like the stakes are not real, because they are not ever really going to panic (since they're just playing a video game and they are tickle fetishists). It also I can't do things like my a true RPG where the player can choose exactly what kind of character to make, down to the name, gender, etc.

For example, I'm thinking of doing a game based on the Darkest Dungeon, as you know, I'm planning on having it be quite serious on the tickle horror elements, like much more than I did for Episode 12, which I think didn't really capture it that well, probably because of Brandon and Cissy being the protagonists and generally not being that concerned with their predicament.

Also, from a marketing perspective, I think a game like 'To-Tickle List Episode 16' can be a little off-putting for people. Like, if they haven't played the previous episodes, they may already feel a bit confused, and the title of the game doesn't actually give them any information about the game, really. That's partially why I want to call the upcoming game 'Dungeon Tickler', instead.

I'm not exactly thinking of never using them again, but I think it would be a good idea to not use them for every game.

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So, there's some new information for you guys here! Do you agree with this new direction? Does a Darkest Dungeon tickle game appeal to you? And, as my beloved Patrons, I do want to keep you guys in the loop and tell you what I'm planning, so I'd really appreciate hearing feedback on this and how you feel about it :)