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Hi! It's been a while since I've talked about the upcoming updates, but I finally had a chance to actually sit down and make plans! (the life of a corporate slave, am I right? 🙃)
It has something to do with the changes I will be implementing on my patreon, though. I've thought for a while how to give content that's worthwhile of subscriptions while also making sure I can be comfortable with them, and in all honesty, I had a tricky time doing it. HM is too personal for me, as I used to talk about before, and some of the patreon benefits I promised before eventually felt too revealing - of my own thoughts and people whose lives were a huge inspiration for this story.
I will be talking about these changes and the update schedules as well below the cut.
UPDATES
I aim to finish at least half of HM's Book 1 this year. It seems to be a more realistic goal than forcing myself to finish everything right away (which tbh may have been a huge pressure I put on myself the past few years), though admittedly, things are unpredictable in the field I'm in; my job is full of overtime hours, and I spend most of my weekends trying to recover (or sick).
Still, I gotta finish it one way or another, and it's not going to write itself (though I wish it would!), so yeah, set realistic deadlines, pull out a few all-nighters, and maybe I'll actually get through it, who knows?
I do hope I'll have steadier finances by the time Book 2 starts so I can put more focus on writing and have sufficient energy for it, but that's a conversation for another day.
Changes in Prologue - Chapter 2
Okay. I know I promised not to make revisions until I write more chapters, but changing how some game mechanics work and reworking the stats made it a necessity, and I underestimated how much rewriting I'd have to do. A few scenes ended up not working well anymore, and I couldn't resist from revising a few clunky sections while I was at it.
Dialogue options were one of those that were significantly affected by the stat changes, but no worries, nothing is changed in the story -- meaning Wesley still fucks with the Ripper's life (oops), Richard still goes off doing whatever non-sus thing he's doing, you can still punch Bale (it's even a lot funnier this time), Bertrand remains a bitchy cop, and you'll still have your sad flashback with your former best friend/lover/crush or whatever they are to your MC.
The plan is to release the updated version of Prologue and Chapter 1 to patrons by the end of March (I will have a few days off work that week) and release it to the public once the new content is also ready, which I presume will be available next month (I will keep you all posted but I really hope I can get it done by then because it's been forever 🥲).
I might tweak Chapter 2 a little so the available portion can stand on its own rather than be divided into two parts, because it's just too long lmfao and is harming the pacing as I keep worrying about the length. I'm also incorporating a few suggestions a few folks gave me these past few months.
Succeeding chapters
I've probably said this before but things are bound to get more insane in HM once we're past the first three to four chapters. But also quicker to write in a way. They're the kind of scenes I thrive in, and while they have bigger variations, they're a lot more fast-paced, characters start being manipulative little shits, and the threats are more prevalent than ever. Your Ripper will not have a good time, but I certainly will (I say as I look at my outline and get sad doing it). There will be a few "breaks" in between, but this is not and will never be a light-hearted story. Anyway, I'm inclined to believe I'll be more consistent with updates when that time comes, so bear with me for now :')
PATREON CHANGES
This is getting long, so I'll just list the updated tier benefits and end the day with it. I'll be posting a schedule that I will be committing to (here and on patreon tomorrow morning), with the below details as well (so if you wanna stop here that's totally valid) but for now, here's the tentative list:
Tier 1
Early access - 4 days before a public update (this month will be an exception and you'll get the update as soon as the other tiers get it, too).
Sneak peeks and deleted scenes - I included the latter because apparently I delete a lot of great scenes
Hints for future revelations in the story - the categories will depend on results of polls; the hints may be about Bale's death, about Ripper's family, Pharos, Cyro, the ROs themselves, or the nightmares that the MC is getting, etc. Might be in form of vague conversations/dialogues between unknown characters, might be me dropping subtle info about those involved. Either way, it will be fun :). The polls and these hints will be given monthly.
Tier 2
Early access - 1 week before a public update
all the other benefits for Tier 1
monthly RO snippets - I'm still experimenting with this, but I might simply write MC x RO snippets (with different kinds of MCs for different scenarios because I deeply hate writing blank slate MCs, sorry)
a choice to see the POV of a character, decided through polls, for every chapter/update.
Tier 3
Early access - as early as it's available and goes through testing stages
all other benefits for previous tiers
Non-RO short stories
Previews on unintroduced characters :)
That's all for tonight! I am so tired lmfao but I hope you all are having a great weekend so far! See you tomorrow :)
#patreon#patreon changes#updates#hollowed minds progress update#interactive fiction#hollowed minds series#hollowed minds#wip#writing#hollowed minds book one#if wip#interactive novel
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Adjustment to my Patreon.
Here is the news about the upcoming changes in my Patreon.
There is decision and changes to make. Since I created a Patreon on what I think someone would like. Now I'll be adjusting a few things on Patreon based on what I'm capable of (and with my time constraints).
There will be a plan to the post alpha version on this Patreon for anyone who needs early access to the IFs. The changes will be posted around the second or third week of this month.
Would you like an alpha version?
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Beautiful, But Broken
#bg3#tiefling#tw blood#c: Viivi#so I redid my bg3 character because I wasn't feeling durge that much. So now my sibling does durge and I regular tav Viivi#(changed her to tiefling for funs)#at least I meant to do regular tav but uhhhhh things have gone very unfortunately very fast#anyway. Viivi is an artist; she does painting sculpting poetry and some prose. Experimenting with this and that#unfortunately she is deaf which made making connections a bit hard in the fine arts world#fortunately she has a patreon with one very generous patron (she's fey warlock)✨ who has bestowed some gifts of charms for her#which have opened doors of many art galleries#She's not a fighter so although she is confident in her own lane she is also very aware of her mortality#so she avoided any fights she could#which might have saved her but also got her into the mess of her lifetime#you see she couldn't fight the entire goblin camp and their leaders. She would've just not survived that. So she convinced them#that she is a True Soul. She is good at convincing people. It worked. They thought she is on their side. Good#Halsin also though Viivi was on their side. Halsin attacked Viivi's party. Now Halsin is dead.#So Viivi and her group were still alone deep within enemy fort. Viivi made new plans. She frees the prisoner who says he will warn the grov#Good thinks Viivi now they know to flee. I will go to Minthara and tell we got the information from prisoner of the grove location#she will trust us and we walk off#when we get back to grove they have not fled and Minthara is at the gates#Minthara wants Viivi to sound the horn. Zevlor wants Viivi to sound the horn. Viivi asks Zevlor to please tell this plan in detail.#Zevlor says just blow the horn already. Viivi does that. Minthara thanks Viivi for leaving the gate open as planned#Zevlor does not thank Viivi for that. Viivi is confused as she did not leave the gate open. (for real the damn gate was left open)#So I did a Massacre.#now Karlach is gone Wyll is dead. Lae'zel is also dead#but apparently Minthara is ready to be very loving and sincere with Viivi. The most helpful person she has met in very long time.#Viivi might love her#so that is how she's doing.
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little work in progress of a spring afternoon 💐🍃
#i shared the full wip of this one on my patreon a while ago but i ended up changing up some stuff so thought to share it with you all!!#judilyart#artists on tumblr#digital art
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🎃 halloween greetings! 🎃
i redrew a 1920s halloween card to print as a postcard for october's ouija board mail on my patreon! become a member of the ouija board club before september 30th to join the gay halloween revels!
patreon 🐈⬛ tip jar 🐈⬛ behind the scenes
#kaylee.art#halloween#vintage halloween#halloween art#spooky season#ghosts#patreon#horror art#horror#spooky art#illustration#postcard#postcards#the text on the card comes verbatim from the original card i based this off of! it was too perfect for me to change#there's 7 spots open in the ouija board tier & 8 in the spirit box tier right now‚ so it's a great time to hop on!!#also my birthday is next month. dont you wanna subscribe to a little birthday guys patreon on their birthday
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Hm... I'm feeling benevolent...
#every time i use the word 'benevolent' i remember that guy who called me 'sensei'???#because he asked me for a crit and i was basically like 'i really dont like your comic' but obviously constructively#and then he kept messaging me asking for more critique and i had to tell him to stop#and then he made a video review of my last comic and the whole review was like#'yeah so i havent really read this comic. looks pretty sick though. i basically harassed her and she had to say to stop lol'#anyways. that was weird. he used the word benevolent a lot so i always think of him. sending good vibes hope hes still making comics#oh yeah also this is kind of spoilers but not really#sorta like afterword stuff#gotta sketch gotta get into the mindset...#im not sure if that counts as spoilers at all lmfao its just minor design changes#anyways.#time and time again#spoilers#what the hell i typed 'spoilers' and '911 spoilers' was the first option??????#uh#adam and steve#ttawebcomic#sketches#sketch dump#these used to be patreon posts but its been like 5 months so. theyre free noe#the word 'benevolent' is literally an inside joke with myself now LOL
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a patron commissioned me to draw change of heart from yu-gi-oh in my style! wasn't this an art challenge a while back?
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Something to post for the meantime that I can't draw anything new! This patreon request from 2022! They have a little more anime-ish facial features for some reason. (Must be my inspiration at the time.)
They're dressed up because of some important event. It was Connie's day, (a promotion? Idk what specifically tho.) but she just wanted a simple makeup so Steven toned down his own to hopefully not take the attention away from her.
Page 2 might be confusing. There's a headcanon that Steven can store a couple of things in his gem, and here he positioned their hands over his stomach to place the glow bracelet.
To disclose!! (if I'm using the word correctly?) , there's a NSFW continuation of this. So be warned.
#I completely lost interested in finishing that continuation. ^^;#connverse#Connie Maheswaran#Steven Quartz Universe#my shiz#patreon request#Man I sucked stinky buttcrack on that whole Patreon thing. 🤦🏾♀️ It just isn't for me.#comic#SU comic#steven universe#I remembered this after looking back at my last post. I have had considered making a fanart for “Chiptune” in this format.#Wow I kinda draw hands better back then. I mean it's not the best but I'm sure I drew them in only a few times.#You kno what... I think I got worse with hands after watching tutorials in how to draw hands???#SU#🤔A thing I woul've changed if I actually wanted to. Is the pacing or at least the framings on the third page.
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First 8 parts of Greenline are available on my Patreon!
#greenline#ad#patreon#support me please i am not employed and it’s my senior year lmaaaoo#advertising other stuff cuz i changed death of me’s svhedule last minute hehe#rottmnt#rottmnt timothy#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles
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i have to finish dunmeshi... have an inspired sphinx mart
tipjar • patreon
#im doing my patreon rewards rn so i havent drawn much but these !!#buildimg upon the idea that martins maw is a portal to the lonely i started thinking about the WHAT IFSSS#what if martins monstrousness is something that was inherited... something you had to embrace and dominate...#and ultimately contain within you...#so martin walked straight into the throat of da beast and came back changed...#whatever!!! i dont make semse i just get excited!!#tma#tma au#sphinx au#monster jon#sphinx martin
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you know i have no stakes on this. i'm a casual viewer at best. if i don't like this i just don't pay. but learning that patreon is still up, that they didn't get any notice in advance of any these changes, and they don't even get free access to the "normal" content, but only 40% off (with normal viewers getting 30% off, so basically just 10% discount), like if someone has the right to complain right now is the patreons who have actually been paying for their content this entire time
#like you can argue that us normal viewers give you nothing of value (not true but let's imagine for a sec)#but you essentially slapped all of your patreons in the face#changed their perks and the tiers and told them to give you MORE money#like not even the people that are already paying you get at least a free trial???#like just. sorry asksfdjgsh but i'm fascinated by this. what made them think this was a good idea?#people can argue all they want about artist getting paid. this is not about that#they were getting paid!#they are either astronomically bad with their money or they have truly lost their minds#i understand people defending them on some shit. but the way they have been handling this entire time is soooo bad#watcher#god sorry for still talking about this. it's just so much going on asjhdfjksh#my post
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The Housecat Philosophy - Ep 01
Ep 00 || Next >
You can read the next four episodes on Patreon or support me on ko-fi if you wish~✨
#the housecat philosophy#artists on tumblr#original art#original comic#my sketches#i........hadn't entered neither patreon nor kofi from desktop in ages...................#i totally forgot they had headers too................................#i need to change them#ANYWAY HERE IT IS the first one oh oh oh ohhhh my god#hope you guys will still like my boys after getting to know them hahaha.....haha
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remember when cecil strangled kevin upon first sight? 19a was a gift
#a gift i say#prolly couldnt grab is stringy neck but it was slick with BLOOD#just realized i didnt actually put any blood — maybe ill do a version just for patreon of him covered in it#i changed the painting on this several times and it got lost i guess#cw choking#cw blood#wtnv#welcome to night vale#cecil palmer#kevin wtdb#night vale#desert bluffs#art tag
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i've noticed a bit of discourse over the span of me being back here about peer recognition &what that does to a person's mental on socials.
idk if it's because of my inactivity or because i've just been on tumblr for 10+ years but it really puzzles me when i see someone fretting over the amount of notes and/or social engagement their posts seem to lack. of course we as humans love peer recognition &validation but i'd hate to think that's all some people care to focus on when it comes to their blogs.
i think we all should be posting whatever we want without trying to calculate how many notes we'll receive on any one single post because that's setting yourself up for disappointment. if you're a simblr.. i'd like to assume you came here because you enjoy playing your game, creating content or using it as a creative outlet to express your form of individuality.. the notes in this case should sort of act as a bonus.
people have lost their heads.. ranting in txt posts about their content "flopping" or feeling like they don't belong here.. &it's just like.. take a deep breath.. it's okay.. you'll survive. also idk what flopping is when it comes to simblr, because.. if i get anywhere between 10-100 notes from loyal followers that have engaged with me from day 1, can recognize my OCs &are genuinely paying attention to what's going on (because they care that much).. that's a hell of a lot more rewarding to me than amassing 500-1k notes because a popular simblr randomly decided to reblog me that day.
please learn to love your game, your blogs, your cc & yourself. because what's the point of notes if you're not even genuinely happy with your game in the first place? you'll continue to have unrealistic expectations &end up in that rabbithole of forcing yourself to do tzrs, spam liking &reblogging others just to get that in return &trust me it comes off super fake &people will notice that too.
#ive seen ppl be like "i keep reblogging ppl &doing tzrs but my posts are still flopping#i think ive just been here too long#because 5 yrs ago you were lucky if you even got 50 notes &2 comments#i think the influx of ts4 simmers..patreon.. &renders changed how simblr looks today#because let me tell you.. 1k+ notes on post rarely happened and that really was only if it was a damn good piece of cc#i mean i have 11k followers.. am i getting 11k notes.. fuck no#which is why i wanted to make a new blog#so i can keep track of the ppl who really fuck with me and vice versa#i think we should just stop treating simblr like a high school cafeteria &get back to the essence of what makes us happy
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unicorn sighting
#timelapse available on my patreon! :]#art#digital art#creature#unicorn#undead#zombie#(<- not really but figured i'd tag it since it looks pretty dead)#it's a unicorn from my post-apoc story :D their bones glow when they're near dark magic and their skin is thin enough that you can see it#i actually had a lot of fun drawing this <3 was a nice way to destress after a long day#i wonder if i should change my icon to show this unicorn instead? an upgrade... whsdlfk#hall of fame
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Messy hair Frey :)
#bg3#baldur's gate 3#bg3 screenshots#bg3 oc#bg3 tav#oc: frey#virtual photography#OK I CHANGED HIS FACE A LITTTLE bit and gave him some sick Victorian child dark circles (it’s more noticeable without makeup)#yesss I’ll upload him on my patreon too 😭😭 since I’ve been asked a few times#yeah I made his nose even bigger
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