hey yall, denny here, ive got a special announcement to make in terms of the monetization of the game! instead of just the first episode being free, the first THREE episodes of each season will be free. more specifically:

• season 3s first three episodes will be free upon launch!
• s1 episode 2, s1 episode 3, s2 episode 2 and s2 episode 3 will be made free on june 7th!
• as a token of our appreciation to those who paid for those four episodes, you have been awarded the prestigious #1 ckc fan badge on the main menu of your game. yes, you alone, if youre reading this and paid for any of those episodes, are the #1 fan. dont tell anyone else. the badge changes depending on how many of those four episodes youve paid for. all you have to do is launch the game with the specific episode dlc active and the badge will become a part of your game!

thats the main stuff, but if you wanna see me rambling a little more, read on! we decided to make more episodes free for a few reasons: i felt bad about all three seasons culminating to a total cost of $43ish USD (and thats WITH the 20% discount from bundling). when id originally priced things i was going off of how we priced our other game, purrfect apawcalypse 3, which was $6.99 USD. divided by its 3.5 distinct levels, i thought $1.99 per episode of cool kid cody felt fair. now i feel like its a bit steep, especially since wed like to eventually port cool kid cody to the google play store and offering such an expensive game on mobile feels unfair. i also thought about upping the discount on the bundle instead, but didnt want to bump up against steams caveat wherein the average price per item in a bundle must be at least $0.49 USD (and if we dip below that, the dlc wont be visible to you at all). weve had a few issues with this before, especially when currencies suddenly inflate/we offer sales on top of the bundle, so i thought itd be less complicated to lower the overall cost of the game by making more episodes free. anyway, i waffled over how to do this in a way thatd be kind towards future players, but also appreciative of the players who supported us by paying for those first episodes as soon as they came out. i know it isnt much, but i hope you enjoy the badge. your support helped us bring this massive project to completion and i cant be thankful enough for you playing our games, participating in fundraisers and making amazing fan content. youre seriously cool in the real way and we really appreciate you. welp, thats it for now, talk to you next week! :) <3 denny and andy

[ 2024-04-12 16:00:54 CET ] [ Original post ]