Hello all!
When I decided to make this game pay-what-you-want, it was the beginning of lock downs around the world, and we all thought that it would "all be over by summer".
The only problem is that we never specified by which summer it would be over. It's looking like 2025 to me right now...
In any case, I had always hoped that Historia would be somewhat of a commercial game. Not to make a lot of money, but to allow us to fund things like massive sound effects libraries, virtual instruments, and infinite pancakes for the art team. I've never really been a fan of kickstarters or patreons, because I like to think that the work should be finished before you start asking people for money. Maybe I'm old school.
That being said, we did realise that there is a lot of interest in our progress, and there is a lot more marketing required to get a VN off the ground than I originally thought. And to that end, we've started a Pateron
https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=40748225
The intent here is to post some non-spoiler sketches, how-to videos, and (shortly) High-Res versions of the Soundtrack (more news on that next week!)
So if you're interested in following the projects a little more closely and getting some idea of where we are progress-wise, we're more motivated to keep the Pateron updated than the blog.
Let us know what you think of the tiers here, and if there is anything that you'd like to see on the Pateron!
Cam "Cpl Crud" ONeill