TLDR; you’re getting anal, EH demo very soon, a new franchise in the planning stages, and a huge thank you!
About a year and half ago I started my Patreon site, hoping to accumulate funds to allow me to continue working on the Emily series. After a few days it was up to $500. I was in complete chock. I didn’t know the game was appreciated that much and I definitely didn’t know the genre was loved so much. Well, and as I’ve said in the past, I always wanted to do something inspired by “Hizashi no naka riaru.” I know how to code, but not on the level required to do a game like that. I searched on forums looking for programmers who were interested in taking a share-revenue deal-chance on a $500 Patreon page and code a game for me. I went ahead and designed all the graphics, and he, Ricky, did the programming. Our game was a very… how shall I put this… a poor first attempt at combining my artwork, script, music, sound, and overall story with programming, into a HTML5 game. We called it Play with Us!
Don’t get me wrong; at the time, we were absolutely thrilled we finished what initially seemed to be an impossible project and after a few days the play counter data started coming in… And people played it! I mean they really played it! Most of them also seemed to like the game. Some had issues with the HTML5 build so me and Ricky basically stayed up for 48 hours straight to get everything sorted as quickly as possible and a stable release was available very quickly after launch.
Wow! The response we received was absolutely overwhelming! Definitely beyond what we had imagined. In fact, a few days after the game was released for free (like we always do) it was even up on the most frequented Torrent sites. I mean, here you have a free game, that’s free to play online and download, and people are still pirating it. We absolutely loved it.
Those of you who have followed us for long know that we take your feedback VERY seriously. And so we listened to your feedback on Ep 1, which was mainly related to the graphics. We completely redesigned these and the rest of the game for Ep 2, made a new engine, hired a dedicated script writer, and much more. All of this was possible thanks to you guys. We could never have done this had it not been for the extra pledges we received upon releasing Ep 1. With the new pledges we were able to do things previously impossible. I am not understating this in any way, and I can assure you everything you pledge goes toward making better games; it might be hiring new people or buying adequate hardware, but that’s where the money goes. I think everyone here will agree that by what you’ve seen of Ep 2 so far, it’s a massive improvement over Ep 1. And for Ep 3… Well, you guys will just have to wait and see what we in store for you (protip: it’s awesome.)
Anyway, to round this up. All of this is thanks to you guys. All of you who have supported us in the past and present. It might have been because you loved the first Emily game (second demo coming very soon btw) or it might have been because you liked Play with Us! But you supported us, and you made it possible for us continue making games. That’s a pretty amazing thing! I mean, it’s so amazing Patreon actually emailed me saying how amazing it was!
Since this has mostly been a kiss-your-pledger’s-ass post so far, I wanted to end with some real news. One of the most requested features in regards to PWU Ep2 has been to introduce anal; and the only reason we haven’t done it yet is because of problems with the graphical assets. Well, that has now been solved. So in Episode 2, you can look forward to fucking your sister in the ass! How about that! You don’t hear that everyday do you? Also, the second act in Homecoming is coming along better than I could have expected. I had to enlist my good friend BBBen to help me with the bug-infested engine and adapt to get the demo out ASAP. And let me tell you; it’s looking good folks. I can’t wait for you guys to play it!
Again, to all previous and current pledgers; thank you for making this possible. Thank you for enabling us to make a much improved PWU Ep2, and for me to continue working on the Emily series. We just broke $7k guys! It’s a huge milestone! Fucking yay!
If you think PWU Ep2, Ep3, and Emily is all we’re currently planning; you’d be wrong. With the new funds made available thanks to you guys we are currently planning a completely new game series (one that would not affect the development of PWU or Emily at all). This series would be updated on a WEEKLY basis for $10 patrons. There will be lots, and I do mean LOTS of taboo action, quality script writing, and some fucking hot sex scenes to boot. We already have a treatment complete for this game, the overlaying concept, and how to do it technically. We basically just need to do it. And for that, we need to expand the studio yet again.
Basically, you guys have much to look forward to, and as always, if you have any questions, feel free to comment below.
Again, thank you!
Palmer, and the rest of the team.