Changes incoming! (Patreon)

Let me start off by saying that part 4 of Boom-Boom's Birthday Party took waaaay longer than I had expected it to, and is the catalyst for me making a couple of fairly substantial changes that may affect many of you, and a lot of you might not like them, but they are changes I need to make so I don't drive myself insane.

The main reason BBBP pt 4 took so long is because of the need to make various versions of the scenes depending on player preference. I'm used to this, so it's not that big of a deal, but I severly underestimated how many scenes I needed to alter. In addition to that, there were enough variables to juggle that I fucked up a couple of times and made versions of scenes I didn't need, and didn't make versions that I did, so I had to go back several times to redo things.

Then came the very last bit of the sexy-time scenes, and I forgot I had to do yet another version of the scene, taking into mind all the different variables I already had to account for and... when I realized this, I wanted to bang my head against the wall. Not because I have to do alternate scenes for the different player choices, but because I had to do this alternate scene at all.

I'll probably go into a little more detail over on the Discord channel, but this is going to be long enough as is, so we'll leave it there for now.

Now the changes. This might not make sense, but I assure you that they are related to my little rant above in some way.

First off, BBBP pt. 4 is the last episode link I'm going to post here on Patreon. From now on, I'll make the announcement when a new episode is released, but you'll have to go to another site to get the links. The Discord will always have them, so I suggest either there or over on itch.io.

I'm also going to be redoing the tiers a bit. I'm going to start adding timed releases as part of the benefits. The $10 and higher tiers will have access to new episodes two weeks early, and the $5 tier will get them a week early.

I just want to reiterate something I said a while ago about the rewards. If you have access to the latest release early and wish to post it somewhere before it goes "public," feel free to do so! The rewards are for you, so you're free to do what you want with them.

I also had a request about reinstating a reward I had previously removed, and I'm willing to give it a shot to see how it goes, but I want to make it clear how it will go.

First off, the reward for having a character of your creation sitting at ringside will be moved down to the $20 tier. Be aware that your character probably won't have any actual story or highlights about them.. they'll just be there so you can point and say "Hey! I'm on TV!" There's a chance that they might be singled out and used in part of a match or a scene, but there's no guarantee.

Also, my pos computer greatly struggles when too many models are in a scene, so there will probably be a maximum limit of 10 or so characters in the crowd at any given time. If there are ever more pledges at this tier than my Compy 386 can handle, I will put in a rotation, and try to use the characters that aren't in the crowd that week in the background of the backstage scenes instead.

Now, as for the returning reward: I'm bringing back the "create your own wrestler" reward for the $50 tier. And now to make clear how THIS will go:

I only guarantee that your wrestler will be in one match. If you want them to wrestle someone specific, I will try to make it happen but I'm not going to promise it. How the match goes is up to me, but I MIGHT seek your input on various things... maybe a "high spot" or entrance music, etc.  I still have final say, though, so anything that I feel doesn't fit won't be greenlit.

After the match, I'll probably have a poll to see how people liked your wrestler, and if you're popular you might stick around for a while, at least in the hallways and whatnot. Also, you'll be given credit for the character in the thank-you section.

The tier changes will go into effect starting next month.

I think that's it for now, but I'll be posting some additional stuff over on Discord later. If you have any questions, feel free to message me.