Website Launch

It took me a bit of time, but I definitely feel it was worth it. I've got a website functioning, and it even syncs with Patreon. If you're only interested in checking it out, here's the link. I'm going to spend the rest of this post talking about some features on it, as well as why I even bothered with it. It being a marketing vehicle for my work is big, but there is more I plan to use it for.

So first, the stuff you might care about most. I have some ideas for where to take it, but for now, here's what we have:

• Patreon post syncing a few times a day: If I post on Patreon, that post will get over to the website within a few hours. If it is a locked post that requires a pledge on Patreon, well…
• Patreon Login: You can login to the site using Patreon and access any locked content, just like you would on Patreon. This will allow me to post some more feature rich stuff that I can't do in Patreon posts. One important thing here: I never see your Patreon login info. You click a button to authenticate with Patreon, and Patreon returns a code to my site to say, "Yeah, they get access" or "Nope, they aren't at the proper level to gain access." That's all.
• Detailed Character Bios: It's getting tough to keep track of everyone in the game, right? Well the same bios that are in the game codex are now on the website. It's easy to find more about the characters without launching the game now. Oh, and current love interests are listed in their own section now too. Those character cards I created? They are all available there too.
• Wallpapers (coming soon): Yes, a wallpaper gallery, both SFW and NSFW. And FINALLY, I can lock this stuff behind the Patreon paywall without anything convoluted going on. These will be coming soon as I work on gathering the images.
• Daz text tutorials (coming soon): I have had many requests for my Daz step-by-step procedures that I have created for my own use. Sadly, Patreon just isn't an easy way to surface or edit that stuff. But now I can start cleaning those things up and putting them up on the website.

As far as future plans, I have several, but no sense in announcing something that might not work out. Feel free to send over any of your suggestions of things you'd like to see or any issues you notice. My Patreon isn't going away anytime soon, but it is nice to have this up and running.

Now, for the reason I bothered to spend a few days of my time in getting all this put together. The OnlyFans thing, even though they've since reversed course, spooked me a bit. You see, for those that don't know, about 4 years ago Patreon was the OnlyFans of its time. Then Patreon decided, much like OnlyFans, to suddenly kick those creators off. I'm not talking about their policies towards some VN content. This mostly affected women who used Patreon to get money for cam shows and such. Patreon even did outreach for several years to that group of people to get them to come over to Patreon and earn a living. Then suddenly, Patreon gave them the boot.

I don't expect to get kicked from Patreon anytime soon. But I don't control their policies and what they choose to allow on their site. Not having anything more than my Twitter, Instagram, Discord, and Itch.io pages (with the few who even visit those regularly) leaves me pretty vulnerable to a sudden massive drop in revenue. Not only will the website enable me to do some different things and experiment a bit, but it can also be a platform for me, if Patreon goes away for whatever reason. Hell, if they even raised their fees substantially, I'd want to change. So this is as much about planning for the future as it is doing something now. Having all your eggs in one basket, especially as capricious as Internet platforms are these days, is not wise.

I have some things in the works that will be website only, though you'll be able to gain access through a Patreon subscription. I'll be sure to announce those. But Patreon isn't going away right now, so I'll be posting everything here, unless it just isn't feasible. Take a look at it, and feel free to link people to it, if you want to publicize my work.