Jan 06, 2026 01:43 pm

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Decision (and a small additional poll)

Alright then,

votes had started to fizzle out, and the trend didn't change much, either.
So I felt there was little point in prolonging this; any additional day in limbo means a day not working on that game, after all.
And I've honestly had enough of breaks, uncertainty and going in circles.

And of course, as has become the norm for any polls where I hope for a clear winner...
with Patreon and SubStar votes combined, it ended up being a ridiculously tight race at the top, meaning the "I can't make everyone happy, no matter what I do" went into full effect once again 😅

That said, given the combined votes from both platforms and some other factors,

I'm going with the TM spin-off.

it won here and was close on Patreon; all votes combined it was a literal tie at 65-65.
While backer votes were slightly in favor of the Sarah VN after weighting, it was still in "roughly a tie" territory; far from the clear result I had hoped for.
While it's true that I had no strong preference, I did mention that I was leaning a bit towards the TM spin-off in the event of a close result.
In terms of comments and DMs, the TM spin-off got more vocal support.
For the TM spin-off, I already have a fairly clear idea about almost every aspect of it;
For the Sarah VN, I'd have much more planning and pre-production to do first, which also means more risk of another HHR situation.

Anyway, if the Sarah VN had won clearly (both places combined), I'd have rolled with it.

But with the result we have, I'm going with what I think I'll enjoy more, and probably do a better/faster job with.

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With that out of the way, I want to make one thing clear:

It will have TM-style harem content, too, and the 'other stuff' will be fully avoidable.

So I'd like some feedback on the following questions:

Question 1: One big game with everything, or separate editions?

The main reason I'm asking is that a smaller, separate "Pure Harem Edition", with all controversial content removed, could be offered earlier at a cheaper tier.

That's the "compensation" I could offer for going with this kind of project.
However, an extra edition means some extra work too, so it's only worth it if enough of you actually care for it.

Question 2: To what degree will you give it a chance?

Kinda connected to the above.

Are you willing to look past the existence of the optional content, and give the harem content a chance?
Or will you go "hard pass" no matter what?

And how many of you plan to check out the controversial side?

EDIT: For clarification, "spicier stuff" in the 4th Q2 option is mostly referring to the NTS/soft NTR side of things; basically, the NTS equivalent of the "really looking forward to the harem path" option.

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Alright, for now that's all.

If the results of this poll end up too depressing for me, maybe I'll just give up and shut down business, can't rule that out entirely tbh 😅

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Jan 03, 2026 11:59 am

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Next project: Concept poll

Please read the project descriptions before voting!
Even if they're kinda long... :)

Alright, so...

I know a lot of you will balk at this, but as those of you who can put 2 and 2 together could probably already guess from previous hints and polls:

The next project will have something from the "neto...." spectrum.
Not the real hard stuff, and yes, it'll be avoidable, but it will be there and I will not leave it out, no matter how many and how much people will complain.

With that out of the way, what I have not decided on yet is the exact project.

After contemplating various options and going in circles a lot, 3 ideas emerged as front-runners.
All have their pros and cons, I have no strong preference for any of them, so I'm letting you pick your poison here, at least.

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Concept Pitch 1:

A more depraved, more adult spin-off from TM.

Not really a canonical story successor, so not really TM2 in that sense; TM's harem ending remains the "true" canon ending.
This spin-off would be more of a "what if..." branch, set a few years after the TM events.

It assumes that the MC has lately gotten complacent and fooled around a little too much with side LIs outside the mansion, and neglected the maids a little too much.
As a result, the maids got a little upset, and some of them demand that he either focuses more on them again, or gives them a little more "freedom"... otherwise they might start looking for a proper boyfriend/partner elsewhere. Which the MC of course doesn't want (right...?).
It would mostly focus on exhibitionism, free use, both male- and femdom (the latter avoidable), and, well... optional sharing (and possibly swinging).
Basically, a "best of" from TM+GoV in terms of kinks, but with optional sharing on top.

There'd also be 2 modes, a "Safe Mode" and a "Risky Mode".
- "Safe Mode" would be TM-like casual sandbox, where nothing can go wrong and stats can only go up.
You can still share maids in this mode if you absolutely want to, but you can also completely disable that, and forget about its existence.
Also, in this mode there won't be any negative consequences, no matter what you do.
- In "Risky Mode", a maids' stats like happiness/affection, loyalty/obedience, satisfaction etc. slowly decline over time, unless you spend time with them; and you only have limited Action Points per day.
Plus, spending time with side LIs outside the mansion might disappoint some maids.
Sharing (fully optional) is one possible alternative to keep up their satisfaction without spending time with them yourself; but it may also negatively affect obedience, for example.

Basically, I want "Risky Mode" to be a bit more realistic in terms of relationship dynamics, and have actual consequences if you mess up too much. It might even get bad (NTR) endings... but you would not only have to choose the risky mode, but also really have to mess up badly and kinda ask for it... at which point you'd have no right to complain about it anymore :)

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Concept Pitch 2:

OG Sarah* and this games' (new) MC are tasked by her father to "conquer" a town (in terms of influence), through any (mostly naughty) means necessary.

A mostly linear VN, but with choices and a sandbox "home base", where more activities and characters unlock as the story progresses.
Sarah will be the only "true" main girl, regardless of whether you lewd her or not; but no worries, there'll be enough alternatives if she's not your type.
This game would focus more on Netori (stealing girls from other guys), plus avoidable Netorase or "soft NTR" with Sarah, depending on choices related to her (fyi, she'll get plenty of action with the MC too, unless you intentionally keep her at a distance; and she won't ever get stolen, there's story reasons why you don't have to worry about that).

*The original Sarah from "My Naughty Neighbor" etc. was always meant to be a promiscuous slut; her Garden of Venus worldline incarnation was actually tamed down to fit GoV's harem setting. It is what it is ¯\(ツ)/¯
Basically, her behavior during your mission in this VN will not be optional; you can only avoid hearing any details, or watching any explicit scenes involving other men.
You'll basically get to choose what degree of relationship with her you can tolerate during your mission:
- strictly platonic, mission-focused (if she's too slutty for you)
- just sexfriends (with or without her telling you about her adventures)
- girlfriend (tolerate her adventures, but avoid info; kinda "soft NTR")
- girlfriend (fully embracing her adventures; Netorase/Sharing)

Though no matter what you choose, she'll always tease you to a degree :)

Also, no matter which relationship you choose with her, she'll always fully support your own stealing/harem-building efforts. She at least knows fairness (and she's a cuckquean... and has some optional bi tendencies...).

Anyway, Sarah aside, there'd be a handful of amazing other girls and MILFs to conquer.
And most will be loyal and exclusive to you, once you've claimed them (except maybe 1 more slut, or a few easily avoidable bad ends; no guarantees on that front).

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Concept Pitch 3:

Free Use Town.
GoV Sarah wants to build up a branch office in a new town, with your help.

Similar to Garden of Venus, except

it plays in a new town with new girls (though definitely fewer than in GoV), except it's the same MC and Sarah as in GoV
more story/dialogue than GoV; still no story monster, but not as shallow as GoV
In that new town, there are actually some other guys, so there'll be "free use" of the spicier variety as well.
You'll have some control over what happens, and you can skip/disable any scenes involving other guys that you couldn't prevent, but this game won't be as innocent/convenient as GoV was.
It won't be dark, mind you; you'll still be the guy who gets most of the action and girls. It'll just be a more realistic and less convenient scenario than in GoV's town.

You can consider this the GoV world alternative to Concept Pitch 2.
Easier to make, but not as interesting story-wise.

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Those are the 3 options.

And yeah, I'm intentionally keeping it simple and am not offering any other poll options that I know you'd prefer, but which I'm not really motivated to do.

FWIW,
If I chose by my own kink preference, the order would be (from fav to least fav)
CP1 (TM spin-off) > CP2 (Sarah game) == CP3 (spicier free use game)

If I chose by my own writing/story preference, the order would be
CP2 (Sarah game) >> CP1 (TM spin-off) >> CP3 (spicier free use game)

If I chose by keeping it easy for myself in terms of workload,
CP3 (spicier free use game) > CP1 (TM spin-off) > CP2 (Sarah game)

...Now you might see why I struggle to decide ^^'

Anyway, I fully understand that to a lot of you, this poll will probably amount to picking the lesser of 3 evils, or picking between 3 equally evil options.
But, I'm sorry, it can't be helped. I need to do one of these to avoid total burn-out, so I just want to know which option you'd find a bit more tolerable (or maybe actually interesting).

If all are a complete, total no-go for you, just don't vote I guess, and hope my next project after this will be more to your liking again.

If the top 2 (or all 3) results are roughly tied, I'll factor in patron/subber weighting.
If it's still roughly a tie after that, I'll probably go with the presumably easier option (the TM spin-off or the "Free Use Town").

If there's anything you'd like clarified before you vote, ask in the comments or shoot me a DM.

Otherwise, happy (or unhappy) voting ^^'

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Dec 31, 2025 03:16 pm

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A fitting end to a disastrous year

Hey everybody!

GoV 1.0.5 is now done and in early access (see previous post)... over a week late, barely 9 hours before the year ends in my timezone.
Oh well, better late than never, I think.

So yeah, although I've already gone through multiple internal crises between 2022-2024 already, more than what might've been visible on the outside (except for the occasional slow/small updates), this year was definitely the one where the cracks became visible to everyone, with the HHR cancellation as the "climax".

I could write a whole essay about the how and why, and to a degree I've already done so related to HHR.

I'll repeat some of what I said before, it's not just one issue, but a combination, meaning there's no easy solution:

IMO, at this rate, my country (well, not just mine) might get nuked as early as 2027.
And the thought scares me sh*tless and depresses me, to a point that on some days I can't get anything done, because everything feels so pointless.
(I don't feel like talking about it due to how charged and controversial politics are in general nowadays, but let's just say IMO the risk is higher than what many people want to accept, and a lot of people are in denial or believe the wrong side [the likely attacker] and blame the wrong side [our own]. Classic Stockholm syndrome on a bigger scale.)
My cognitive abilities are in decline.
My memory in particular has gotten way worse over the past 3-4 years, and it was never that good to begin with.
No idea if it's long/post-COVID (had it in May 2022), early dementia, or simply the combo of aging, lack of exercise and worsening depression/burn-out, but in any case, I'm gradually getting worse and worse at focusing and remembering things, which is making my dev efforts more and more challenging.
I have some other health issues that suggest I might not get that much older, regardless of the previous 2 points.
I've outgrown the kinks I so far covered in my games.

This last point is actually a huge problem, one that I've tried to ignore for too long, and one reason why the last 2 years have gone rather poorly for me.

There used to be 4 main reasons why making 18+ games was fun for me:
- Creating hot girl models,
- making hot scenes with them,
- embedding those in a nice, fun story,
- and making money doing all that.

But now,
- money is no longer a motivation for me, because it feels the end is near
- the story I cared about most would take too long to make (HHR)
- GoV had no story,
- the scenes and situations found in my current/previous games and similar games have largely grown stale to me, and creating "more of the same boring stuff" has become such a tedious, demotivating task, that I massively struggle to get anything done at all.

In short, I'm no longer capable of making relatively vanilla stuff at any acceptable pace.
My brain is so tired of it, that it just shuts down or goes into procrastination/distraction mode every time I have to make a scene I find boring to make.
Scenes that should objectively take 2-3 hours to make at most, sometimes take me 2-3 days and drain me of all energy in the process.

What used to work, is just not working anymore.

So yeah, it's ultimately down to 2 choices for next year:

1) From now on, do only stuff that still excites me enough to keep going, even if many of you may not enjoy most of it,
2) give up for good, and end my developer career.

...That being said, if I chose 2), everybody would lose.
With option 1), I hope to have fun making games again, and at least some of you will still get something they enjoy.
And who knows, maybe there'll be enough vanilla content that some of the rest will still somewhat enjoy it, too.

Anyway, once GoV's early access ends for good, I'll pause billing for another month, afterwards I'll hopefully have something to show for.

But more importantly for today:

I wish you a Happy New Year!
Make sure to celebrate it and enjoy life as much as you can; it's precisely when life is hard and the world is in turmoil that you need to defy all that by having fun whenever you can.

In 2026, I'll try to do what I still can to contribute to that.

Cheers,

~OnionCuttingNinja

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