Update - Twyla meets the mimic (Patreon)

Let Me Out update

Most importantly, I'll say off the top that I'm putting out an update this month to LMO. I'm a little rushed, what with my holiday and jetlag really cutting down my effective work time, but I can still release one. I'm hoping to get it done within a couple of days, ideally. This will be another double update, with a public release and a patron release paired up. I think I mentioned this already, but I might as well remind you.

I've been working to get this ready over the past week. Mostly it involves editing and rendering new images. These both take longer than I would like - I've got a bunch of already written text (mostly by EFon, he's been great laying down a lot of material for the game) and the endings are already mostly programmed in, but editing and expanding the text so I'm happy with it and illustrating the scenes is just a lengthy process. Sometimes making these endings is surprisingly (to me) time consuming, especially considering you play through them pretty quick. I hope you like them! (If not then I'm wasting some work hours...)

I do get distracted by other ideas a lot, too, so my process isn't super efficient. I can mostly use the stuff I get distracted by later, though, as it's usually some idea for another game or just another ending that you'll get to see later. :) That's always been my process; I go off and make some random shit but that'll be in an update 4-5 months from now, so it's not wasted work.

Patreon's new terms of service

If you follow any other h-game creators on Patreon you may have already heard about how there are new rules about what developers can put on their pages. There's more details here: https://www.lewdgamer.com/2017/10/20/patreon-community-guidelines-suspensions/

This has been a big distraction for everyone in the industry this week, but at the least it doesn't look like it's going to be a big problem for me right now (fingers crossed). That may change, however, and I don't know if and when. Stay tuned and if there's a problem with this site I'll try to communicate through forums that I normally post on and my twitter: @BBBenAIF

More importantly, I still have another website; it's a bit primitive but it's got an open comments section and I can post links there, so bookmark it and if there's any trouble I can communicate with you there: http://bbben.aifcommunity.org/

My ongoing plans

I probably haven't clearly laid this out, because I've been toying with the ideas back and forth for some time myself. My plans right now (subject to change, naturally) are to finish LMO, then develop a demo for Pervert Action: Timelapse. In the process I still plan to make some updates for Attack of the Nega Maids, too, although that one will be ongoing for a little while.

The creation of that PAT demo is going to involve learning the basics of Ren'py, as I want to use that platform to develop the game. That's difficult because I need to keep releasing updates too, which is why it's very helpful to have AotNM to work on and update in the meantime. 

What do you think? Should I post more LMO pics in the updates? Does making a Ren'py demo of PAT sound like a good idea or a bad one? Have you heard about the Patreon changes, do you care and do you have an opinion? I'd love to hear what you think! Let me know in the comments below.