naldev, i can say with confidence that all a paywall would do is annoy people and get it leaked on sites like kemonoparty. i cant spend anymore then i have, moneys tight for me so all a paywall would do is make it impossable for some like myself to even get it. i cant give anymore for now but i can talk about the game a bit, mind if i do that in a few places? just a question have you thought of running a minor ad campagin to make people more aware that your product exists? its not a lot but f59zone and e621 lets people pay to run ads... alternatively a commision of nal in the middle of some peril from the game uploaded to e621 with a link to the main page and a small blurb would likely be a better ad then any banner ad if you word things right and hit some popular keywords. sorry if any of this comes off as awful. im just trying to help all i have is my brainpower... well whats left of it.
"naldev, i can say with confidence that all a paywall would do is annoy people and get it leaked on sites like kemonoparty."
Lucky for you I wasn't planning on 'pulling the rug' and making what is already freely available pay-walled, I was simply going to abandon the project and make sure the next isn't. I can't not earn money, and working on a game is a massive time commitment.
"just a question have you thought of running a minor ad campagin to make people more aware that your product exists? its not a lot but f59zone and e621 lets people pay to run ads..."
Paying for ads would take a lot of money. I would not only have to pay for the ad space, but also hire an artist to help make artwork for the ad itself. I simply don't have that kind of money, and the money this game rakes in is not even enough to pay for a week's worth of meals - let alone artwork and ad space.
"alternatively a commision of nal in the middle of some peril from the game uploaded to e621 with a link to the main page and a small blurb would likely be a better ad then any banner ad if you word things right and hit some popular keywords."
I already did this over a month ago, I put down a couple hundred on not only art to advertise on e621 (you can easily find that art by looking up avali tentacles on the site), but also on artwork for some of the enemies in the game. All its done is drain my finances. I saw an uptick in views, but I have not gained any more support for the game. I don't think people realize how expensive stuff is, as I've spent more on this game than I've gotten from it.
"sorry if any of this comes off as awful. im just trying to help all i have is my brainpower... well whats left of it."
I appreciate the thought.