IMPORTANT POLL - Unity shenanigans, Ren'py, patron's interest in Coill City & Parodies (Patreon)

In short, Unity (the engine used for Coill City) tried to add outrageous fees to developers but reverted it recently to something way more reasonable.

I don't trust they won't pull another crazy stunt in the future though, so I'm considering switching to Ren'py, an open-source alternative.

The gameplay potential would become more limited, and it'll probably feel different, but if all you want is basic VN gameplay, it should be more than enough and work on all devices without issue (as far as I know). 

I have no plans to switch to Ren'py at the moment, September's rewards will bring a new Unity game build as usual, but engine may change eventually based on the results of this poll.

To game, or not to game

After a year of development, I planned to ask you all whether you're enjoying it and want me to continue developing the game, or if you'd prefer me to go back to focusing 100% of my time into making as much NSFW art as possible every month (doubling current art output right now).

It's a bit early, but I figured it'd be best to ask now before the potential huge effort of rebuilding in Ren'Py.

I still believe a game would be best for developing original NSFW content, but you guys have surprised me before, so I want to avoid making assumptions and ask you all instead.

NSFW parodies?

I miss doing parodies and I'd like to do some regularly (will run out of commissions eventually), but I can't justify doing so when I could be doing more paid work instead (like Scenes or Works).

Would you guys be interested in supporting NSFW parodies again, even if just a few per month? (Probably on another Patreon if patrons want me to continue creating Coill City instead of simply focusing on making art).

Which paths do you, as a patron, prefer?

• Continue developing Coill City in Unity, for the potential more advanced gameplay or features.
  Not certain I'll be able to do them, or that patrons would even be interested in them, but if you care for those, Unity would be the best engine to work with.
  
• I'm cool with Coill City being rebuild in Ren'py, even if it limits gameplay additions.
  The new version would play/feel differently, it'd limit potential gameplay additions, and take a lot of time to rebuild, but the new version should work well on all platforms!
  I don't know much about Ren'py, so I may learn that it's unfit for this project and I'd have to reconsider what to do from there (maybe simply take a risk with Unity?)
  
• I don't care which engine it's on as long as it plays like a VN and has NSFW pieces.
  I'll try Ren'py and make a decision at some point in the future.
  
• I enjoy Coill City as a game and want it to continue development, even if that limits how much NSFW art is made per month.
  We'd continue as usual then!
  
• Forget game making, focus on making as much NSFW art per month as possible.
  I'd focus on making NSFW art of Coill City's world and characters, without integrating it into a VN. Instead, we'd tell the stories via NSFW art, perhaps add dialogue bubbles for spice and charm when needed!
  The shorter amount of text and no development time overhead should allow me to make about 2 times as much art per month.
  
• I don't care either way, I just want to support your NSFW work, whatever form it takes.
  Thank you.
  
• Regardless of choice, I'd like to see some NSFW parodies again (to some extent).
  I miss doing parodies, so I'd like to know if you guys would still be into them.
  If patrons want me to continue working on the VN, I'd probably make a side mini-patreon for parodies, otherwise I'd simply restart doing Updates here like before, both featuring fully original NSFW content (Coill City) and parodies.
  
• Regardless of choice, I DO NOT want to see NSFW parodies again.
  I'd simply continue focusing on original content exclusively.

Lastly, apologies for the suddenness of this change during the first year of development. I had heard Unity had gotten greedier over the years, but I never expected changes this risky and exploitable to ever come up.

If you have any comments or thoughts, please send them over here or the discord server, I'll be paying close attention to all patrons' thoughts.