Addressing censorship concerns.

tl;dr sub here instead of Patreon, plz! Just be careful not to get double-charged if you do decide to switch over. I'll post a reminder near the end of the month if you wanna wait until then. Sorry for the inconvenience <3

There are 3 things I wanna communicate about my content and online presence. I'll give specifics on each of these below:
  1. I'm not planning on removing/limiting "spicy" content in SHF3 and future games. Just recontextualizing it. 
  2. I'm doing this because it feels more in line with my view on nsfw content, not because of outside influence. 
  3. Patreon is a nightmare upon my ability to communicate with fans.

Recontextualizing hard kinks.

I think my previous post made it sound like I'd just delete things out of the game. That's not what I'm doing.

Consent
I want to establish clear consent, especially when exploring harder kinks. A simple way I'll probably start is making a welcome screen that explains you're conducting a lewd research project on a bunch of informed volunteers. Tada~

The characters can still be pushed to their extreme limits, dressed up and embarrassed in front of others, turned into thrashing wet messes, or inflated to insanity. We're just adding the context that it's part of sexual play and not a crime. 

Age
The CMC aren't being removed. For small characters, they'll be presented in a clearly adult form to avoid any confusion that they might not be of age. Then there'll be something like growth and shrinking potions, indicating that it'll change their body size but leave their mind unchanged.

For ageplay... this one's more theoretical and tentative. It's not actually something implemented in any version of my games. If it was, it'd also be presented similarly- something the adult character is doing as roleplay.

So again, while the characters, kinks, and body types are the same, we're adding the context that it's part of healthy play and not a crime.

I'm not being censored, just focusing on my interests.

This isn't TOS or "culture (tm)" related. I just want to put more effort into the content that I'm interested in, which is bizarre kinks explored in a healthy way. I like weird bdsm and fantasy sex stuff. But just... I like it when viewed through the lens of healthy play. I won't make a grimdark nightmare Abandon All Hope fuckfest because that's not me. No judgments against any of that.

This is a conversation that can veer hard into personal preferences, beliefs, furry/brony culture, and the wider culture around nsfw internet content. That's not a conversation I can actually fully have here, because...

Patreon actually is censoring things.

I'm frustrated. I want to be clear, open, and honest with my community. But due to the subject matter, it's very hard to know what might run me into a TOS catastrophe. You've heard this rant a million times so I'll just summarize. 

Patreon...
  • Unclear TOS, especially around kink and furry stuff.
  • Inconsistently enforced rules.
  • Could ban me at any moment.
  • Punishes people for breaking their own TOS on other platforms.
  • Automatically flags posts with naughty words for manual review.
  • Probably doesn't want me linking my fans here.

I find it challenging to dig into topics here on SubscribeStar, on Discord, or even in DMs, because I've seen other pony creators get hit hard for off-platform conduct by Patreon. As long as my community remains on that platform, I'm locked in to their rules no matter how permissive SubscribeStar is.

So uh... 

Please consider moving your subscription here!

If you want to continue supporting the project, that is! If my community shifts to SubscribeStar it'll be wayyy easier for me to communicate clearly. Plus as a bonus I won't be constantly nervous I'm gonna lose 90% of my income for making horse game wrong >.>;

Thank you~

...oh god okay no more posts on these topics, back to normal stuff ;-;