An Important PSA

Heya all, I'm afraid I don't have much to show for this month (a few little bits). Progress has been slow and I've come to the unfortunate realisation that it's going to keep being slow for the forseeable. Since coming back I've struggled to get back into the swing of things, and looking at the progress for July and August I don't personally feel like I'm making enough headway to charge people monthly for it. Definitely what I don't want to happen is for my workflow to gradually peter out while people are still giving me money.

I've therefore taken the decision to put this project (and all projects) on hiatus, and to close the Patreon page. Doing this at very short notice is poor, so I will suspend the Patreon page at the end of September.

Billing for September has been waived so existing patrons will not have to pay for September's content. Please be aware that if you join between now and the page closure you will still be charged at the pledge level. So basically pledge if you want to access the content now but please keep in mind that everything stops after September.

Does this mean Corrupter 2 and Fate of the Squire will go unfinished? Not necessarily, obviously I don't want to throw away all the work I've put in so far. I'll continue to work on them but right now I don't feel I have the time and enthusiasm to progress at more than a snail's pace. I know that if I were contributing towards a project, I would want to see solid progress being made, and right now that isn't something I can offer.

So the Patreon page will stay open for September without charging existing patrons for it. After the end of September the page will be suspended (or unlaunched, to use Patreon's terms), the weekly updates to there will stop, as will the monthly updates to Itch and other places. I'll work on the game as a side project and it'll be done when it's done. When it is it'll be released on Itch.io and maybe other adult-friendly platforms too.

I'm sorry if this is disappointing to hear – particularly for fans of Fate of the Squire who've stuck with me through my diversion to Corrupter 2 waiting for the return. But since Corrupter 2 is still so far off release, and Squire is obviously then even further away than that, I hope you'll understand why I want to put Patreon down (and with it, the main reason that I make weekly updates). Your best bet is to keep an eye on the Itch page here so you can find and enjoy the games when/if they're released, but unfortunately I can't give a definite timeframe of when that will be.

I will make a further update to Patreon and Itch when I've closed the page properly to signify an end to updates. But for the Patreon folks, I will see you next week as always.