Greetings, my darlings residing within the noisy city of Valve, Steam City! Sorry it's been a long time since I wrote here, so, I am gonna say that in spite to what's going out IRL, the game's development in Unity has been going surprisingly great! (and aside from that, I've successfully graduated college, now I'm a certified technician-programmer (but more leaning towards being a software engineer), so I am taking this stuff more and more seriously)! So, to those sticking around - that also includes you, the random bypassers <3 - I really want to thank you for still continuing following me on my rather crazy journey to develop this project. I feel like it's been... forever since the game started development, and since some of you have stuck around for so long, I'm thinking of offering you something special. Like, very, VERY VERY VERY special! EXTREMELY SPECIAL, [strike]IT WILL MAKE YOU SQUIRT[/strike]-it will make you push onto a ketchup bottle so hard, it explodes over a big radius inside of your kitchen. ... .........Okay... ... ...You ready? Cool. So, do you like free stuff? Do you like giveaways? Do you like Steam product keys? Boy, then I feel like you may or may not like what I've got in the bag. [hr][/hr]
In my possession are (about up to) 50 genuine steam keys for Stramedia: my_MISADVENTURE. What if I told you that you can get yourself one... ...by subscribing to me on Boosty???
That is exactly right, folks!!! Life has gotten so bad, I am holding 50 Steam keys hostage for ransom!!! Okay, I kid - maybe not entirely for ransom, but since I really would like to develop this game independently in a completely safer environment, I just felt like opening an open pool allowing for folks like you to freely donate or subscribe to me to support a project like Stramedia: my_MISADVENTURE and give a Steam key for it, so one can just wait until the game hits gold and play them right away. I could have absolutely chosen Patreon or Ko-Fi, but considering the given circumstances in my living space (hell, I even dedicated an entire section in one of the previous public lengthy news posts) my options were extremely limited, and neither of these were an option due to PayPal going completely kaput (and Stripe never being available in Russia from the very beginning). Besides, I miss writing bimonthly progress report devlogs, so how could I refuse starting my own personal 'development magazine' containing (even the most minor and even MAJOR) spoilers? Aside from a "one per user" Steam key, depending on a selected subscription tier level, you will also get:

• Your name listed in the game's credits!
• Early access to an occasional drawing I'll end up whipping up!
• Maybe I can make a drawing of you, also!
• Access to some WIP content - and yes, that also includes exclusive devlogs! (would that also include Boosty exclusive demo builds? Hmmm... that's definitely something I should consider.)
• You'll make development streams a possibility, regardless of whenever they're public or not!
• And some stuff I scrap in real time and don't intend to release to the public! (ooo, secrets, yummy yummy in my tummy!!!)
• You'll get to partake in occasional executive decisions via... polls.

Pretty cool, huh??? And there's gonna be more of that stuff in the future! Although, I'd advise you to be 18 years of age or older in order to subscribe, and it's not only because I am still debating whenever to include adult content on my profile aswell (which will be gated off at higher future tier levels) and my profile already containing posts using explicit language that shouldn't be used by children (besides, this game is likely to receive a Mature 17+ rating via ESRB, so...yeah) - but I really just want you to be a very responsible adult with how you spend your hard earned cash. Donating to me, let alone subscribing to me just for a silly Steam key, is entirely optional, but it would still really mean the whole world to me if you do that anyway. With that out of the way, here's a link to a guide post instructing you on how to obtain the Steam key (and a mention of a few [hopefully] fair conditions) you'll unlock after subscribing to any of the tiers (yes. It's a PWYW-ish type of a deal!): https://boosty.to/polyvishap/posts/bbc66c70-0f7e-4c61-bcb6-651bbbd4ecf3 So, yeah, just in advance - thank you very much for considering supporting the development of this game, let alone actually doing that! You have no idea just how much I appreciate that! Otherwise, tell your friends about this thing I've got going on! And please wishlist Stramedia: my_MISADVENTURE on Steam if you haven't already! That way, you can also absolutely help this game get in front of many more eyes! (cos the fact that many companies rely on algorithms to put stuff high up in an already saturated market is... still... pretty unfortunate to know, so... I guess if you're tired of seeing mascot horror games (and since this game isn't one), then act fast. Because we both can agree that they may have overstayed their welcome.) https://store.steampowered.com/app/1221670/Stramedia_my_MISADVENTURE/ So, I guess that would be all, for now! Thank you once again for putting up with my nonsense, and I hope to see you again very soon. Be kind to each other! Make love and videogames for the better tomorrow, not war and NFTs. -Nickolai Colbeala Filipanov

[ 2023-07-28 21:21:59 CET ] [ Original post ]