Thank you all! & Upcoming content details (Patreon)
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Just wanted to give everyone that supported The Cape another big thank you, what a fun little series to do, especially at this time when a little trip to a kind and functional world is a nice break and contrast from our own. I'm so happy with how it all turned out and for all the kind words and messages I got about it. Both myself and Gerry thank you from the bottom of our hearts! 💕
So now to get specific about what changes and content to expect here!
First, I'll be leaving everything here as is for another few weeks to let folks that haven't seen the Cape get a chance to check it out. After that, the episodes will only be available on Itch. So grab them now if you haven't yet!
Around mid-November I'll be converting this Patreon page to the Cape Kabu project page, and I'll be changing the tiers as well. The Kabu project will be a little slower to update than the Cape, so it will be cheaper per month. I'm thinking a $3 and a 5$ tier.
In late November/Early December I hope to have the first big update to Cape Kabu done. I'll be posting it here first and then publicly soon after to get some more interest and support for the project. But subsequent updates will be released here first, and then publicly much later on.
Speaking of the first update! Expect some new stuff to be added. Right now I'm working on five opponents, each with three defeat images and several in game portraits. I'm also working on variable AIs wherein some opponents willingness to be risky will change as the match progresses. You will also now be ranked after each match! And there will be a gallery!
Images in the gallery will be unlocked as you play, not by defeating opponents. How fast or slow they are unlocked will be determined by how well you play, as the rank you get in the match determines the amount of progress awarded toward unlocking the next image. However, you will always get some progress for playing, so even a defeat and a bad rank will still get you a little closer to unlocking the next image.
There will also be an achievements gallery, in which new, unique images will be featured! These will be unlocked by things like number of games played, reaching certain totals of wins or losses, etc. This gallery will probably not be implemented in the first update but hopefully soon after.
There will also be a Patron gallery in the game! I mentioned before that Patrons will have a chance to have their character in the game, those that are chosen will be a special opponent that plays normally but gives you bonus points after the match toward unlocking gallery images. They will be slightly rarer to encounter as opponents than the main cast. Patron opponents will have 2 defeat images. Images in the patrons gallery will be unlocked in the same manner as the main gallery.
Besides Cape Kabu, I will also be putting any and all Willy Bear stuff here as well. This will mostly be illustrations and short comics, but further down the line we hope to make special one off Willy Bear Beach VN episodes, which will be included here as well.
I feel like I should mention that the main couple reason Kabu will be a little slower and more casual to update compared to the Cape. First one is that the monthly schedule for the Cape involved a lot of crunching and overworking to get them out on time. While I'm happy with The Cape, it also would have been nice to be able to take a little more time on everything to make it that much better. There's also some more complicated programming involved in Kabu compared to the Cape. Not having a strict schedule is simply going to help us make a better product. Although we plan to have new content and updates for Kabu approx every two months.
The second reason is because I'll also be working on another VN project at the same time as I'm working on Kabu. That project is called THRESHOLDVN and is by Team Pasiphae, of which I'm the main artist! This is an extremely different VN than The Cape or WBB, it's a sci-fi drama and it has a sort of game element where you are finding clues and passcodes to access scenes and records. If you like VNs and sci-fi, give it a look! The first update for it should be late this month. https://www.patreon.com/thresholdvn
I think that's all for now! Thanks again to all and looking forward to making a lot of fun stuff for yall!! ❤️