Progress Tracker and Devlopment Roadmap! (+ Some housekeeping!)

Hello Patreon pals, this morning I bring you lots of organizational updates!

First and foremost: I have updated the tier text for the different pledge levels for clarity's sake.  No rewards have changed or anything, it was just kind of difficult to parse through and I wanted to make life easier for not only y'all but anyone else trying to understand the different levels.  It think the text reads a lot easier this way and its more clear that the higher tiers still gain access to everything below them.

As part of this, I also adjusted some goals -->

• At 15 patrons, I'm going to write a special one-shot short story featuring Mori in a canon-divergent setting.  It will be 18+ NSFW y'all will love it :)
• At 25 patrons, I'm going to commission professional logo design.  (Something I'm very excited to do)
• At 50 patrons, I'm going to make a full color pdf/ebook of Extra Lore about the setting and whatever characters have been released at that point.  (Formerly, this was an earnings based goal set at $200 a month).

In other news!  Let's talk about the Tri City Monsters Roadmap.  This is meant to give you guys a full, top down level view to the game as a whole and my current plans for tackling it.

So briefly, now that Mori's beta episode did well, I'm moving on to the teal section- make introductory standalone episodes to introduce each character and their vibe.  The purpose of these is twofold, first I want patron feedback during this stage to help me shape and tweak these characters so I'll definitely be hitting you all up for your input as we start building the roster.  Secondly, when the general public is able to access these episodes, it will be easy for them to get interested and invested in the character(s) they like best while they wait for me to make the core game.

The pink section is the core game as I imagine it.  The prologue section introduces the character routes and the overarching plot for each character and the world as a whole.  From the prologue base, all 6 characters have full multi-episode stories to work through with high-stakes climaxes, gorgeous art, and lots of raunchy/sexy times with both their human and monster forms.  (Patrons will, of course, get to choose the order these character episodes are released).  There's also room for additional projects down the line like side tales or other content, but I'll expand the map to cover those when I have a stronger idea of what we're looking at.

Finally, I'd like to introduce another helpful graphic that I'm going to start using: my little... 90s style Progress Tracker equalizer thing.

So this graphic will be used on the Patreon's about section and probably also in the discord and on ko-fi to help you guys see at a glance where I'm at with the current chunk/project.  For right now, you can see that I'm knee deep in the Beta+ chapter, working on mostly script and getting Altas squared away on art.  I'll update once a week-ish so if you're curious to see where I'm at, this is probably the easiest at-a-glance way to do that.

And that's really about it for my Thursday post.  :D

On Saturday, tiers with access to sneak peeks and concept art will get sketches of Mori's second sprite pose + the final shirtless version in case you're wondering what his tiddies look like.  I'll also have some progress shots of my script writing and a few screencaps with some new lighting effects I'm  using in the game.

Thank you guys so much for your support and I hope my posting schedule of Th + Sat is digestible and convenient for you!  As always, I'm eager for your feedback and ideas so definitely hit me up if you have something!

- Sam