Delayed Update

Going into this month, I had planned to share a progress update on Chapter 3 by the end of the month. I have a number of things prepared for this already, and a general idea of what it's going to look like, but despite trying to get it out yesterday or today, I just haven't been in the right headspace. Every day, for almost a week now, some new crisis has emerged, sometimes multiple on the same day. I've been trying to calm down and get back into making things again, but it's been difficult. I will try to have the update ready for everyone some time in the next few days.
 
 Meanwhile, as some of you have probably noticed, Itch has done stuff again. FREE NSFW games are now being re-listed in search, and presumably in recommendations as well. I have temporarily turned off the ability to tip/donate on the first CS game as a result, and it is now appearing in search again. Itch has re-iterated that Stripe is gone, and that they are in the process of securing card processors willing to handle NSFW transactions. 

This is a detail that a lot of people still aren't aware of, so I'll reiterate again: it's not just a matter of VISA/Mastercard setting policies. Transactions with a "Visa" card are still fundamentally transactions between banks, and those banks have their OWN sets of policies for what they're willing to do business in. NSFW/Porn "receivership"/merchant banks for cards have been a thing for decades; the problem is because the business is supposedly "high risk" their rates are higher, near double in many cases. Not for customers, but for Itch, which they will then directly pass on to creators, as they currently do. Plus side, maybe more durable to further challenges and harassment. Downside, more of creators income goes directly to the card companies that caused this problem in the first place. But we'll see how it all ends up. 

We have passed 100 new subs!

Thanks to Spikeyxd. A round of applause there, and for everyone. You've been incredible the past few days. I'll do my best, once I've taken a breath here, to continue making the filthy bunny smut you all crave (as do I).

Day 5: Patreon is up! (Please dont' nuke me SubscribeStar, I still like you better)

No, you didn't miss a day, there was no post for day 4.

I had expected to make this post about how I'd finally hit the sub goal, and Patreon was coming, but a few days out. Instead, things are flipped.

This is...less relevant to the folks here, but a patreon for the games is now up as well. If you know people who couldn't get in over here but wanted to support, let them know! Keep in mind:

1. If you're here already, DO NOT MOVE OVER TO PATREON unless you absolutely have to. #3 covers this as well, just want to make it crystal clear. The Patreon is for people who CANNOT sub here. I'm just letting you guys know in case you need to pass the word on to someone.
2. DO NOT SUBSCRIBE TO PATREON VIA MOBILE. Apple will eat all the money. Use a real computer.
3. Use Patreon as a last resort. Patreon's fees are higher (8% vs 5), they are a much less stable option, and (ironically given their two public images) Patreon is a much more sleazy and uncomfortable company to work with. Try to sub on SubscribeStar first. 

But I know there are many, have been many for a while who simply can't, for a variety of reasons. Now, at least for a while, they have another option. I'm not going to put the link here for fear of Substar's wrath, but you can find it on the other posts I just put up elsewhere. Eventually I plan to have a linked Discord, purely for content distribution, but it will take a bit to get that set up. 

Second, sub goal. We are ONE AWAY. So close! Realistically, at this point I'll probably be fine in terms of immediate survival, especially now that the Patreon is a go. Some of the SS sub numbers are one-month subs, which is entirely fine, but also a number of people have subbed at $30, which effectively counts triple, so it more or less balances out. But I would still like to get as much of a margin as I can, given the uncertain nature of everything at the moment, and also, for the symbolic nature of it, I'd like to cross that threshold. One more! We can do it!

Also, for those getting a little sick of being bombarded with posts on three platforms...yeah, sorry. Again, unstable nature of things means I'm hesitant to trust any one place right now, so I'm doing some redundancy. As things cool a bit, I may go back to my previous method and just post to Itch with links to that from the other platforms. We'll see.