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Patreon is being paused indefinitely ever since these last post i did on it, because at the time, when i made my page centered on this project, the plan was for it to become the FOCUS of my attention, and have art commissions be more on the side.

Unfortunately I never really managed to make that switch and work on this project as much as i wanted.

So then i wasn't able to share as much behind the scene content as i'd hoped, and that made me feel anxious / pressured to a point where it affected my commission work too. So i decided that until i two conditions are fulfilled, the patreon page will be on pause:

-I would have to have successfully switched, meaning that i’d be able to comms quickly and comfortably enough that i can do 2 or 3 of them a month then spend the rest of the month working on Reincar. Im not there yet, but i do feel like im getting closer to that goal.

-and second would be that im able to handle the pressure, being able to generate enough content that i can not only share, but feels like it could satisfy the people paying to see these things. For me money is very important, so if i make people pay for something, unless i feel 200% confident that they’re getting a good deal, i don’t feel comfy with the transaction, and since im not able to generate sizeable Reincar content monthly, i decided that i’d remove that pressure from my daily life so i could work on Reincar more smoothly, even if it’s on the side.

I know it’s been literally years now, but im still working on it, almost every day bit by bit, im super slow, and i hate, HATE, that im this slow, but also, this isn’t “content” For me it’s more than just entertainment, it’s a project very dear and close to my heart despite what it looks like, and i want it to be the best it can be.

Because TECHNICALLY, if i was satisfied with the normal limited amount of sprites per character, having most actions narrated and such, the chapter one is already done, and has been for a while, but i don’t want that, it doesn’t feel like the story i want to create because as much as i like, love writing, seeing characters talk with their bodies, hands and such is what makes ME click and this is who this project is for, me.

You’d say i could present that version for now, to have the wait go down more smoothly, but not only i don’t think it’d help too much with the wait, but if it has bad reception, i don’t even want to imagine how that’d affect my motivation, and if there’s good reception to it, i KNOW it’d kill my motivation to achieve my vision because knowing myself i’d just start to aim for “good enough” which the whole point of this is to try to not do that haha.

SO yes! I am still working on it, and to anyone in the future no matter how long, if you’re seeing this, I AM and will ALWAYS be working on this even if my arms were to fall off and my eyes were to be plucked out x3x)b
(also i know im replying to a single sentence with a whole ass block of text, but don't worry like i mean no ill will, this question is definitely understandable, it's just that instead of doing updates and such, i cram every info on things in my replies haha)

Yes, there will definitely be NSFW in this, though I'll attempt to make it not feel like straight-up porn, as that would clash with my vision for this project! My goal with NSFW is to have it be a part of the story, ensuring it doesn’t act as an awkward pause that could break the pacing. But if it isn’t for pornographic reasons, then why have NSFW at all, right? Well, because it’s fundamental to the themes of the story I want to tell, so hopefully, I won’t mess it up, and it’ll feel natural!

While I do plan on having animated scenes or bits, NSFW scenes will, more often than not, not be animated.

For the first chapter, an animated NSFW scene will exist, though I doubt it’ll be what most people are expecting.

The story and such would be completely free, that's my goal, if i include a payment, I'd be maybe for side comics, wips, etc etc etc.Ideally most people will like the story, and a few of those will then choose to try and support me through other means.

But yes, i want it to be free, the only situation i can imagine it not being free is if there's something really wrong and i need as much help as possible financially, but even then, i'd go back and make it free the moment i don't need that urgent help anymore. For me, i don't see this project being locked behind a paywall as something that could benefit me, the goal is just to share this story i have, yes im putting a lot of effort and time on it, but it's just because i want to try something with this medium, not because im seeking money out of this project. Obviously i like money, so when it gets out and if people like it, don't hesitate to help, and i would prefer to receive those donations after it actually gets out haha. As much as i appreciate the money i've received so far from just this demo, it's making the pressure greater and more stressful for me, hence why i've been pausing my patreon for a year now, so that i don't get crushed by the pressure it adds on my shoulder. I do hope to eventually feel ready to unpause it at some point though!

Unfortunately while there's progress being made, it's nothing I'll publicly show or make an update post.
Sorry for the wait, but more importantly, thank ya for the patience ^w^)b

Unfortunately As always, i can't give a date, or even say it's going to be soon.
But I am working on it as much as i can between commissions and my own free time, and there's also the fact that I don't work on it in a chronological order, meaning that instead of doing one chapter at a time, i do a bit of all chapters, which makes it so the first chapters takes a long ass time to make, but it also makes it so every following chapter will take less and less time!

I don't think it justifies the slow pace, but at least you know im working on it and your time waiting isn't wasted!
I really appreciate your patience and I am infinitely grateful ^w^

Same uwu

No problems, don't worry about it ^3^)b

Agreed! But do keep in mind that i unfortunately can't work on it 24/7, that it ain't the only thing im working on, that i sometimes to take long ass break, that i also work slowly, and that in the end, im not giving myself any deadlines and such as im trying to not rush myself, this project is important to me and it's more something im doin for myself than others.

But i do 100% agree, im taking a long ass time, in fact ever since around february, i've paused the billing and such on my patreon because I felt like i wasn't able to share enough content per month or so. And it's not like im acutally spending every hour efficiently, i procrastinate a lot, and waste time rewritting scripts, re-ordering scenes and such. So yes, i agree, +1 year is a long time with no public content.

However, as far as i know, you're not losing anything on your end, i appreciate the patience you had, and im sorry for abusing it, but if ANYONE is actually losing something from the ridiculous amount of time it is taking to work on it, it's me, and i deem that loss of time to be worth it, for me at least.

It is overly difficult ya!
But i think it's worth it for what i wanna do.

Obviously i try to take short-cuts when i feel it won't go too far from what i had in mind so i don't have to spend my whole life on this project hah
In fact I've done some change of plans and instead 5 chapters a book (or 5 episodes a season ?) I've decided to cut a lot of fluff and shorten it to 4 of them.
But my goal isn't simply to tell the story i made, but push myself and see what i can do if i aim to do something great, something i want to be proud of for my whole life!

However i don't think that "having more sprites" automatically makes a VN better, it's just that in this specific case i feel it's more than necessary since i don't plan on adding narration, and i also don't want to write too much of the characters inner thoughts too.

Basically instead of a "visual NOVEL" i wanna do a "VISUAL novel"!
My standard for this is: If you can figure out, even if only vaguely, what is happening without reading any text on screen, then i succeeded.
(Obviously due to the nature of some scene being focused on the content of a discussion instead of an action in the world, some scenes will have much more limited sprites variety and won't be held to that standard.)

Other than that, thanks for the kind words, happy to hear it piqued you're interest ^w^

Time traveler spotted

Not yet !

Definitely not, public updates only happen when a chapter is fully finished, that means many hundreds of sprites, many individual backgrounds, writing and rewriting stuff, and audio work too.
I know you peeps are waiting a long time, and im thankful for your patience, but even if i were to spend 16 hours a day on it, it still would not be finished in 2023.

Hello ! Thank you for the nice words, and yes, i would be totally okay with that !

Oh yeah, i hadn't noticed that i forgot to link it in the description, thanks for the heads up!

Yaaaa, thank ya so much for your kind words and support !!

Aaaaaaa thanks for the heads up, i forgot to re-enable the rating system sdjkfkldfsljkdfs

Whenever i make a build with ren'py, i click on "pc version" where it specifies "windows/linux" so it think its safe for me to say that the pc option will work for linux too, if however theres a prob and such, please do share some feedback!

Actually, It's been finished last week, i've been doing some touch ups, removing some visual artefacts and tripple re-reading the text, once all of that has been done, i'll release an early-access version on patreon (ill make a post when that happens).

But for now I'll keep it off this page until i have nothing else but this project on my plate, and this means finishing my current 2 illustration commission.

The reason why im keeping it private despite it being finished right now is because, whenever the demo goes up, i plan on paying for some ads to advertise that, changing up my whole patreon page to fit more the project instead of the current layout and tiers there currently is, and also, the moment the demo goes up, i also want to immediately start working on the rest of chapter one.
You could say that i could do that at the same time as the comm, but im very, VERY bad at multi-tasking multiple projects (which is the main reason why a demo that should have taken only a few months took that long to make) and i want the development of this project to go as smoothly and fast as possible.

Tbh right now i wanna gush about more stuff i wanna do but i'll stop myself as it's more appropriate to do all that in more detail in a public post!

Yaaas preach the holy word kween

Aight u succeded in ur flattery check, but also while i do appreciate dem compliments, i've specified in the summary of da game that the demo will be very short, around 10 mins, so don't drool too much yet cuz you may not have enough to have a full meal when the demo comes out.
Still, whenever i finish the first chapter, i hope it'll meet your expectations !

M8 chill out, i got a life, i work slowly, gotta finish lots of stuff before i want to release the demo, theres no rush, and even if you were waiting 12 years theres no reasons for ya to get your balls in a twist. 

Haha dw about it it's a fair question!
For now i haven't thought about having it on any other device than pc or mac, the thing is, if i knew how to port it to android and ios, i would, but since i got barely any knowledge on how to even do that, for now i can't make promises, but it's definitely something i'll try to ask around and search how to do when i get to it!

Yep, im just taking my time on finishing my commission batch at the moment after a 2 month vacation period i gave myself, but it still is very much in the works, i was able to get in contact with someone that will help me on the more technical side too, so even if it's takin a while, the future of the project is looking good !

Hey just here to say that the comic was incredible, great paneling the character drawing and design was on point, and the theme is so well put forward with how you present it, truly horrifyingly hot !

Nah, only a demo at first, but everything will be free, demo or not. With the option of, whenever you download the game, to optionally pay X amount you choose if u want to support me, but if ya don't wanna or can't, ya can obviously still download it for free. 

I am currently working on the last three backgrounds of this demo, most sprites have been inked and theres only colours to work on left for the sprites, im considering wether i should work on the audio aspect for the demo or leave it for when im working on the full first chapter, there also was an issue since, ideally whenever i post the finished demo, i want it to have the "pay what you want option" i had to work on stuff with my bank and all, so that's delaying things a bit, and i'd also love to work more on the ui, but again, doing so would delay things even more, not only that, but ive been working at a slower pace since i almost burned out and absolutely don't want to risk that. 

I also asked friends to read the current demo at their own pace and it seems it's around 6 to 10 minutes that include for (i can't give u the number of words just yet but when i can, i'll send it), and around 120 unique sprites.

i know peeps expect me to give a date, even if vague, but frankly with the current, messy pace, i can't give any specifics, i can only say that despite the slow pace, it's going well! And i can't wait to share it with everyone !

While the page is made public, the démo itself is still being finished right now and so, isnt available yet to download.

While i can't fully answer this question, i do plan on having non-vanilla fetishes/kinks included in the project, and i plan on putting a list of featured for those before every chapter.
Im tempted to say for than that, but for the sake of being cautious i won't, i hope you understand and that it has at least helped answer some of your questions!

While im still unsure of how soon the demo should be done, i'd say before or during october, since i've been working on it on the side while focusing on other stuff like art commissions and personal pieces.

However the demo is only around 5%* of the first chapter, after the demo goes out, i'll focus mainly on this project and put comms and illustrations to the side, not only it's a much bigger chunk to work on, but since it's also going to be worked on with a completely different, more active pace, i can't say anything for when it could become public.

The Demo is still in the making and the files will be available publicly when it's done!
And while i def understand the worry, it's something im very well aware will take much more time than if i simply made a set of sprites, but the results these efforts and additional time will give is one of the main reasons i want to do it in the first place. Tho you can say im lucky in that regard since most of the early story takes places with the two main characters isolated (but it'll still be a huge amount of work nonetheless).

But Im not that masochistic, I'll take shortcuts when i can and if they don't stray away too much from what i have in mind haha.
And well once the demo goes out, i should spend all of my time on the project, while so far I've only been doing it on the side.

And i know well that you don't need a huge number of sprites to have a great experience, by having unique sprites i'm not implying that "more = better" but i do think it'll bring something new that isn't currently done with visual novels (at least from what i know), i want the visual aspect of my visual novel to be almost as important as the novel aspect, to have it feel more like animated movie's story board instead of a picture book (nothing against picture books tho).

However, i talk about what i want and not what it'll really be with my current abilities, and when it comes to that, im aware that there will be short-comings, messy parts and that it'll take a huge amounts of time and i know that i won't get to perfectly make what i have in mind since i lack experience in almost anything making a visual novel requires you to have, but that part is also one of the reasons why im working this passion project! I wanna learn all of that, and my preferred way of learning is while i work on something im passionate about! So yeah, i can't tell you that it'll be perfect, it's a given that it won't be, but i can tell you that I'll try my best and that im more than ready to work my all on it.

Im sorry for the block of text but i hope this answered your questions!

I see, tho maybe i should just go the simple way and have tomes be replaced by "book 1,2,3" or "volume 1,2,3" ?

Yeah so basically it CAN be used as a way to describe parts of a story, right?

I'd like to set a specific date, but knowing me i'll take longer than i think, what i can say for sure is that it'll be available for download before  or during october

Depends! i'd like to have one if possible, but im a newbie when it comes to code and such so i can't say for sure

The demo isn't available yet !

Also i remember someone telling me that the term "tome" wouldn't mean the same thing it does in french, and since i don't remember who told me, i'll just write it here, in english, tome basically means a large, big book, so it works too for my current purpose as it'd mean like "book 1, book2 and book 3".

so ye basically i added a thingie where we can see who is speaking, and i customized dem quick menu to make it more discreet and cool n sheyt
And i also implemented a basic extras menu but hopefully i'll learn how to make it look gucci af when i also learn how to make the other menus look gucci af too

uoy tem tsuj i ftw naM

Man wtf i just met you

yes daddy~~