The new year big post !!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE !!!
   I hope you had a great celebration, and that you've recovered from all the food and drinks you had ! It took me a few days xD
So, a year just finished, a new one is upon us, so let's warp up a bit this year, and talk about what's to come !

This year's summary :
   I have no idea how to structure this, so let's do it point by point, because it's been quite an active year.

-The game got three new updates.
   While it's not as much as I'd like, I'm really proud of all the new content that was added, and where we are going. A good chunk of those updates was dedicated to Illonia's transformation, and to redo all the pictures and scenes featuring her new body. There's still a few missing. But I decided to do it across various updates, so there's some new content along too, not just one big update that doesn't bring anything "new". I really love her new look, and think that transforming her was a great idea, despite all the excess work it brought. But I won't transform her again for a good time xD (other characters, though...)

-It was the year I really dived into animations.
   It's usually small loops of 10/20 frames, but I'd say it adds a lot compared to the old 2/3 pics alternance. And I did some more crazy one, like for Illonia's transformation, with over 450 frames ! But hey, that's a big event, it deserved this attention ! I'm defintively gonna keep up with animation like that, I enjoy them a lot !

-Sound design also improved a lot.
   I might have started that before 2023, but I took a lot more care into sound designs, adding small sex sounds here and there, to make the scenes more enjoyable, instead of just being a mute pic. It went perfectly with all the animations.

-The gallery was reworked.
   With 0.07, we transited from a gallery where you can only see the "plot scenes", that will only happen once, to a place where you can see almost every pic in the game ! It's quite a lot of work to have everything added there, but I'd say it's worth it. I hope you're enjoying those changes and the full access !

-New maps, new characters, and more complex interaction.
   With 0.09, that was realeased not long ago, the game got some huge new maps, NPCs camps you can wander in and interact with every character, and of course, new main characters, with those camp's leader and their companion. And while it took some time and was an headhache, the interaction with those new characters really got expanded from usual, with plenty of possibilities on how it'll end. It's really interesting to make, and I'll probably do it more often, to leave you more free to make your own decisions.

-A lot of preparation and planning for what's gonna happen next.
   I've already said it, but 0.09 was the update where I really took some time to think of where the game would go next. Of course, since the beginning I have ideas of what I want to do, but it was more like "yeah, that would be cool" "Okay, that will happen, but it's far away, no need to think about it". With the new characters and the camps being introduced, I really took the time to get a good idea on what would happen next, and also think more about the lore and expand it. It might not seem a lot for now, but I know where I'm going. I have plans. Big plans !

-I also tried to be more active here and on social medias.
   Let's step back a bit from the game, because I think I've got the biggest lines. So yeah, I really tried to be more interactive here, posting more stuff, keeping the pinup polls and all, and also talk a bit about what I'm doing on discord. I've also been pretty active on twitter (Got from less that 5K to more than 8K, not bad !), opened a bluesky (a backup in case of death of twitter, but I'm not that active on there...), and also tried to answer all question here, on discord or f95zone. It's not been perfect, far from it, but I'd say it's an improvment, and I'll try to keep it up !

-I've done a bit more comissions.
   Not as much as I would have liked, but I wanted to focus on the game first. Comission are a cool opportunity to try new things, make cool new characters and all (and of course getting money, that's quite a big part too ^^). Although, this year, I'll try to do more of those. And starting soon, next week if everything goes to plan !!! Because the money always help.

-I slightly restructured the Subscribestar and Patreon page, and well as the game release :
   I won't go too much into details here, since I've done a big post for that not so long ago, but let's summarize it. When the update is fully done, it's now only released fo 5$ supporters and higher. The 2$ supporters will have to wait three days to get it, and it'll be one week before it goes public. With a goal of bringing more people on the paying supporters side, I completly admit it. But it also have the perks of giving me some time to patch bugs that could be found, before releasing it publicly, and that's really helpful ! I've also made a new premium tier, for people to propose their ideas for pinup sets. But for the moment, it haven't been really popular, I'll let it like that a bit more, and maybe change things (I understand that it's quite a budget though). With all that I hope to make more income from Subscribestar and Patreon, which will be crucial. Which brings me to the last, but certainly not least, point !

-I left my job and decided to work full-time on art !
   Yeah, that's probably my highlight of this year. With my job, even being part-time, took too much energy and motivation out of me, I decided I made enough money from art to give going full-time a try. It's only been one month, so I don't know if it's viable, but I hope it will !
I'm gonna work hard this year to make sure it become a good situation !

   Well, I didn't really expected to write this much, but here we are ! Quite a busy year indeed !
And now, let's talk about what the future holds !

Plans for 2024 :
   While being far from perfect, I'm really happy with what happened this year ! So let's keep like that, but better !

-Keep on the good tracks.
   Like I said, I have made a lot of good progress this year, so let's keep it like that. Make the animations flow, keep on the great sound design, and bring a lot of cool new content to the game ! It's cool to have flashy new ideas, but it's also good to keep a solid basis and develop it more.

-More frequent updates ! (And other hilarious lies you can tell yourself)
   Yeah, that's a recurring joke. But that doesn't mean I won't try ! An update a month is clearly not fitting, it doesn't give me enough time to work on nice stuff, but I'll try to aim at an update every 2/3 month. That seems like something I can manage, while still having enough content to be interesting.

-Learn Blender.
   I've been talking about this for quite some time, but I want to dive a bit into Blender, I think it could help for quite a few things, like better bulges and cum effects. But I need to take the time for it, and I'm kinda scared by it.

-More comissions.
   Like I said, i really enjoy doing those, they're a good opportunity to leave a bit my usual set, and they greatly help with income. I'll need to try to find a good balance between coms and the game progression.

-Better communication, and be more active on social medias.
   I made progress, but I can still do better ! Between here, discord, twitter and f95zone, I'll try to be more around to talk, or share my ideas. And my art, of course !

-Share more of my stuff online.
   Well, I'm active on some sites, but there are other ,where, while not being specially active on it, I'd like to be there. Like having my stuff on e-hentai, rule34 and others. Have my game on more sites too, although I don't really know which ones. That's something where I could need help though, since it's easy but time consuming. So hey, if there's people motivated to give me a hand on that, tell me, I'll really appreciate it. This should be a good way to bring more people on board !

-Have a stable situation.
   I guess it's the most important after all. I've decided to go full-time on art, and I really hope I'll be able to make a living out of it. I'm not speaking of making big numbers (although it could be nice, and open a lot of possibilities), but at least enough to live, and be able to take a break when needed. That would be awesome.

-Work more with others artist, and maybe a comic ?
   This year, I've made a few art trades with other cools artist, and also got some art comissioned. I really enjoy it, and hope to do it more in 2024. But it's a lot tied to money, so we'll see how much I can afford it. And on that subject, I've talked to MeinFischer, probably my favorite nsfw comic artist (you probably now him, if you don't, go check his work !!!), and he'll be up to make a comic for me ! That would be in the game's universe, probably with the same characters (I haven't put a lot of thoughts into it, only that it could be extremely cool !!!). But that's gonna cost quite a lot, so I'll see if I can afford to launch this project. This whole section is pretty much tied on how good I do financially. So we'll see how things go !

   I think that should sum up the global plans for this year. I don't know if I'll make it perfectly, but hey, at least those are the objectives I want to reach.
And lastly, let's go over a small roadmap for the game's next update :

0.10 and beyond :

   -0.10 will be an extension of 0.09, adding everything that was missing. that means the defeat sex against the goblin and male bandit for Illonia's new body, as well as the scenes with the new characters, where you'll leave Illonia to them in exchange for the paper Ursula wants (or just for fun, of course). And the scene with Ursula for completing her mission. I'll make a poll for those scene, to see what pose and who should be involved !

   -I'll also try to add small things here and there, like a way to fast travel, a map, small animations when using a transformation spell, more sidequest and events in the camps to change your allegiance, things like that. It'll probably won't be an update on its own, but be sprinkled in a few updates.

   -0.11 and the few next updates will focus on a specific new aspect of the game, and it'll be up to you to decide it ! I'll make a poll between various options I think would be fitting and interesting. Like pregnancy, expanding the skill trees with new transformation and lewd comps, expanding the current maps we have by making more sidequest and events, open the village to meet all the new characters, or continue with the main story. The winner will be worked on for the next few updates. As for the other options who lost, they'll be added too, but later on. It's now about what you want to see, wause eventually there'll be everything, but it's about what you want me to focus on.


   Well, I think that should conclude this huge post, but hey, I had a lot to say apparently ! Thanks for reading all this, I hope it wasn't too boring.
And let's close this year too, and enjoy what it brought, while looking for what the new one will bring !

A huge thanks, to all of you, making this possible. This fun side project I started during lockdown a few years ago is really getting bigger and better. I'm now working full time on it, and can't wait to expand it even more ! Thank for your financial support, for your feedback, for just enjoying what I do ! You're awesome !
Stay horny !