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19 days ago by Grumpy Old Aussie
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Hey all,

A fair bit to cover this week. I've added 125 game renders to chapter 4 this week. I did post a 14th update on Itch but something went wrong and it hasn't shown up.

I realized people think there are no paths in the game so far. I've added identifiers to Livvy's path and to the 'reading path' that starts with Gwen. There is no new path in chapter three, but there will be two new paths in chapter four. The variables with the paths will auto align with your previous choices in chapter four so players won't have to replay the game to trigger them. If you chose to take Livvy to Ban Ardor, you will be on the Livvy path. If you choose to spend the night with Gwen, then you will be on the Reading path.

I did more script work as I decided to change some of the scenes coming up. I did a lot more work on the menus. I added a secrets section to the Tome. Chapter three entries will auto unlock when chapter 4 is started. I just have the portraits page to dress up now and I am done with menus and will focus on lewd animations.

Due to itch going the way it has gone and Patreon on it's way out, I've felt the need to open a Steam page. Obviously, the game has a ways to go before it is release ready, but I would greatly appreciate people wishlisting the game for me.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3965310/The_Lusanti_Chronicles/

A ch4 preview with the post this week. Patreon supporters get 4k previews.

There will be no dev update next week as I take off a week with my wife for our 20th anniversary.

Take care

GOA

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mookieb1317 days ago(+1)

Steam is only going to get you censored more. It sucks balls, and I don't buy there if I can help it. Itch still allows payments through paypal for those of us allowed to use it. That's how I bought into a bundle that included TLC. Now that I have played what's there. I'm all in on this one, and will be supporting it on Patreon as well. Somebody needs to make a platform capable of receiving payment from any source, a site that is independent just for the AVN crowd. I wish I knew how or I would gladly do it.

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Grumpy Old Aussie5 days ago

Hi mookieb13,

Sorry for the delay in replying I was away. Thanks for the support, I appreciate it. Sadly options for AVNs are limited and censorship is an increasing problem. I'm more interested in recuperating a few costs, buying more assets, etc. I've heard rumors about other platforms and alternative payment methods being created, but so far I haven't seen any come to fruition yet. I'm hoping.

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Merlin18 days ago

I realized I had wish listed TLC a long time ago.  Have I said how much I hate Steam? I have only one game there, and that is because I got the developer on Steam.  I am not sure what you mean about Patreon being on it's way out.  I hear a lot of rumors, but none of them are true.  At least for me, nothing there has changed at all, other than no one going on review for nearly a year, or more.  For some developers, it seems to be the ONLY thing making any money.  If that money is less, it is more likely due to the fact that everything (at least here) has gone up more than 20% in cost. It makes supporting very difficult 😢. 

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Grumpy Old Aussie17 days ago(+1)

Thanks for the support I really appreciate it. I understand not everyone likes Steam. I've had a few words with them of late over what they consider 'adult' in images. I'm just trying to make some interesting stories with adult content for adults and continue learning and improving. Instead, I find myself battling censorship issues. I've already had to remove a five scenes that were acceptable when I made them and suddenly they weren't.

In regards to Patreon, Patreon is becoming more restrictive as far as adult content goes. Patreon hasn't seen any real growth for a few years now. The 10% cut for new creators and billing changes make things tougher for new devs and so on. Perhaps decline is too strong a word, but Patreon is certainly under pressure. I know there are certainly economic pressures that contribute to that. I'm not blaming Patreon or users, but I do have to deal with changing circumstances and make decisions accordingly. The largest issue to deal with is the fall out of this censorship push against independent games and the new reality that it has created with Steam, Itch, Patreon, etc. 

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