Quick Update: Birthday Blackout and Platform Troubles
Hello everyone!
Yesterday I could not finish the programming side of Ilreth’s quest because I was without power. And of course, it had to be on my birthday in the 4th of August!
Anyway, some of you might already know about Itch.io’s recent delisting of adult content and how Visa and Mastercard have been putting pressure on platforms, making things increasingly difficult for adult content creators. Even though Kalyskah is pretty tame when it comes to erotic content, these changes still affected us.
We
had to remove the “pay what you want” option from our free demo on
Itch.io just as we were preparing the public release of version 0.28 there. So for now, our only sources of funding are Patreon and Subscribestar. And eventually, Steam.
Hopefully things will shift, but until then, as we move closer to our Early Access launch, it would really help if some of you on the free tier considered supporting us as patrons.
The past two months have been crucial to the project. We finally wrapped up the most complex code refactoring we had to do. Now, the only major systems left are the save and load system and the NPC World Manager. We added new activities to explore in the open world, including erotic scenes with cutscenes. And we are now adding a brand new quest where Kalyskah and Ilreth must work together to solve puzzles and push through a cave using mechanics the game has never had before.
As time goes on, the tendency is for the project to only grow.
With that in mind, I want to ask: what else could we offer that would make it worth your while to support us here? And for those already supporting, what improvements would you like to see in the higher tiers that might encourage you to upgrade?
We want to take a moment to listen to you. This vampire game is a dream coming true for us. We are building a story that takes itself seriously, creating mechanics that we hope make the game worth playing even without the adult content. And for the adult content, we are aiming to make it as immersive as possible with the kink system, and the way you control Kalyskah rather than the NPCs interacting with her during encounters.
With all that in mind, what would you like to see in the game, and what would you like to see improved on our page?