Log inSteam Announcement and Future Roadmap
Hello everyone!!! Rem here with several important announcements today!!
So as I hinted at in this week's Progress Report earlier, I had been working on a few things outside of the game itself, and one of those things was.........
Getting Karryn's Prison set up on the Steam storefront!!! The Steam store page is now public, so please check it out and add it to your Steam Wishlist!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1619750/Karryns_Prison/
And with that, it's finally time to talk about full release and stuff! Sit tight, a lot of words coming up!
First, about the price. Karryn's Prison will retail on Steam for $29.99 and there will be a 20% launch discount for the first week. Karryn's Prison will also be available on DLsite for ¥3,300 but of course, the DLsite version will have mosaic censorship. The Steam version will not have any censorship and there will be no adult patch required. Only English and Japanese will be available on release.
Second, about the release date. As I have said in the past, we are hoping to get the retail version out by the end of this year, but things can happen and plans can change. Frankly, it will be complete when it is complete and if it turns out that it will mean 2022, then so be it. But I personally think we might be able to do it by the end of the year.
Third, about subscribers and retail version keys. We will not be handing out Steam or DLsite keys to subscribers. I have always operated under and stressed that you should only support us with donations if you feel like we deserve your hard-earned money and you can spare that money. Supporting us with subscriptions, whether it was in the past when we were on Patreon, or right now on SubscribeStar/Ci-en, should not be done because you are expecting some kind of a good or service in return. Because at the end of the day, our job, my and Sachinama's job, is not to provide an incentive for people to subscribe to us monthly in perpetuity, but to create eroges aka finished products. And if possible, create really damn good eroges.
This is a very important distinction that I want to stress, because operating under a job where your main income is from people subscribing/donating to you monthly is very different from a job where your main income is from selling finished products. This isn't about me saying the virtues or values of one is better than the other, because different people have different circumstances. But for us it's about finishing something and being able to sell it. So Karryn's Prison was designed from the start with a strong vision of what the final product should look like, and this is why the stuff in the game are designed for the full game from the start.
So with all that said, please support us or continue to support us if you feel we deserve it. Please buy it on Steam if you feel like Karryn's Prison is worth the price. And if you need to cancel your subscription in order to save up money for when Karryn's Prison is released and sold on Steam, that's absolutely perfectly fine too.
Fourth, about the next two versions and subscriber tiers. There will be two more versions until the retail version. Alpha Build v9, and Beta Build v1.0. Alpha Build v9, or I guess the proper term is v0.9, is the next version and it will only be available to $5+ tier subscribers. That is to say, v8 is the final version that $2 subscribers will have access to. As for Beta Build v1.0 or maybe I'll just call it v10 to keep it simple, will only be available for $10+ tier subscribers.
Why Rem why? Because as of right now, v8 is basically 90% of what the retail version will be. v9 will pretty much be close to 98%. And when the retail version is released on Steam, only v5 will be available for download on here. $2+ tier subscribers will continue to have access to the subscribers only posts like the Progress Reports and $5+ tier subscribers will continue to have access to Sachinama Art posts.
Fifth, what v9 will contain. So there will be three main additions that v9 will be bringing:
- #1. The implementation of the Strip Club side job.
- #2. The implementation of the final gameplay element. A hint is that this one is going to use mostly existing art assets and is part of a series of Passives that have been incomplete thus far. There will no further hints about what this is until v9 is out.
- #3. A bunch of new art assets for almost all CGs. This one is purely cosmetic only and as such doesn't really require that much new code. I will let Sachinama reveal what these are in a future Sachinama Art post.
So the current plan is Sachinama has been working on #3, and I've been working on #2. Once these two tasks are completed, we will finally begin working on #1, which is the Strip Club. And once the Strip Club is finished, v9 will be released for $10+ tier subscribers first, and then after a few weeks, to $5 tier subscribers.
Sixth and finally, post release updates and stuff like that. People like asking 'Hey Rem, will you add x or add y after release' and while I don't blame them at all, this isn't something I personally want to entertain too many thoughts about currently. Because why would I spend time coming up with an idea just to postpone it and not implement it right away? Which is why I only focus on what needs to be designed and implemented for the game in my eyes to be considered completed. And I haven't strayed from this decision or vision because if I did, I would just end up feature creeping the game into a forever unfinished unreleased mess.
The other type of question is 'Hey Rem, will you add updates/DLCs after the game is complete and released?' Honestly, probably? But it's not 100% certain because as I said, I am really only focused on getting the game completed and released in the first place. There will be factors like what the sales and public reception of the game are like before I can fully make a decision about post release updates/DLC.
And that should wrap it up with this series of announcements today!! I had it been informative and hopeful for the future! As mentioned at the beginning of this post, the Steam Store page for Karryn's Prison is now available, so please add it to your Steam wishlist!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1619750/Karryns_Prison/
Adding it to your wishlist not only notifies you when the game is released, but also helps us out a lot in the visibility metrics that depends on how many people have wishlisted the game and such.
This is going to exciting year for us and I hope for you all too, so stay safe and look forward to v9 and the full retail release! Oh also, it's a day early but Happy Fans can now access and download v8! Enjoy Happy Fans!!
Yah well, I didn't expect for the subbers to get a free access to the finished product, since it's not the purpose of this platform. Now that you almost reach the end, what's next for you and sachi?
I am very sad that cannot get pregnant... ㅠㅠ
There's a mod for that. also changes hair color among other things.
Congratz on your Steam launch! The world is a bit better with a game like this on a "mainstream" platform! :-D
Will there be Chinese on steam?
Only English and Japanese will be available on release
Just wanted to say thanks for the amazing game. I found a version online and had to sub after playing. There's so much content but a clear vision with goals being set and made. Looking forward to the full release on Steam!
Damn, a very solid game! If there was still more BDSM content, the price would not be there!
I would like more BDSM in the battlefuck system. I hope that my opinion will be supported by other subscribers.
But all the same - the game is top.
Will there be any avenue to purchase the uncensored game via means other than Steam?
Not for a while
Regarding #2 here's hoping that this is the implementation of the Dogeza system. Been looking forward to that for a while.
Is a voice actor for Karryn still on the table?
How much?