Posted May 03, 2024 by Miss Xero
Good news, we've reached our 10 K gross profit/ R18 DLC goal~
As a reward and thanks for reaching the first goal much sooner than I expected, please have this censored version of an art I have up in full NSFW glory on my Patreon
So yeah, don't worry the R18 DLC is in development and I'm also doing another project as I wait if we reach the 20K gross profit goal or not. I love Bewitching Sinners and will definitely make the DLC either way, but I also need to financially support myself and I have some ideas I wanna do for my next project, in case Bewitching Sinners fail in the long run. But definitely feel like a success for now ^ ^
Now for the less... enticing part of the post. The rambly postmortem!
A little context of why I made Bewitching Sinners has been posted on my Patreon as a public pinned post, so I won't get too much into that. But tldr, shit happened, and I was struggling to find a job while my dad was in the hospital so I published the demo of this game in hopes of supporting my mom if my dad died. He didn't die by the way and is thriving, thank God!
But the game was already uploaded, and that month I was able to afford my bills thanks to Patreon so... I was determined to finish it . And what an interesting journey it was!
I did land a decent paying stable freelance job after the demo release as well, so that certainly helped lower the financial stress. Didn't help for the time crunch stress though haha! I actually first made BS on October 2022, for the characters and basically getting the demo ready until December 2022. Tbh, I wasn't sure I wanted to post it, but yeah like I said, shit happened and I needed money lol. Was it a long shot for me to make money off a demo? Yes! But again, I was desperate! And thank God, as it became one of the better decisions of my life.
I admit, I had to speed up production plans because there are a lot of big upcoming indie VN titles coming next year (Touchstarved, Our Life, etc). VN titles that I have no chance to compete with, so why try? Haha! It worked out though I think, April and May 2024 is a nice time to release. At the least, it's less fierce competition.
There were a lot of blunders and confusion for me as it's been 2 years since I posted a game on here or steam but I eventually get it done (Though I did overslept and almost missed my own steam release date schedule, why I didn't decide to post it on May 3rd 11 pm on my end, is beyond me. Blame it on the lack of sleep for 8 months.)
Tbh I had no idea how this VN will be received. I don't really have much confidence in myself since the tragedy of 2022 (again, somewhat explained in my patreon post.)
So to see the love for it now by fans is great and kinda a surprise for me! I'm glad that I didn't give up making VNs back in 2020, and I'm glad I didn't give up on myself after 2022. Here's to the future and I hope I can continue making weird VNs for you all ^ ^
Going to sleep now as it's almost midnight on my end, but thanks for reading my rambling postmortem and as always, I couldn't have made this game without your support!
My sincerest thanks, Miss Xero!