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Developer's plans for February -> March period
🕑 Added 2020-02-18 15:55:55 +0000 UTCLooks like February will be the last month for Ouro. Despite my best efforts, it looks like my skills are still lacking to make a more complex game like Ouroboros Syndrome. Interest dynamics are too negative to ignore, and a recent drop in support proves the point with the elegance of a sledgehammer. It may sound funny, but on 1 fresh follower for Ouro, I get about 3 for Yorna even if the game didn’t receive updates for ~ 8 months. This is huge. So, I’m putting Ouro on hold.
I understand some players will be greatly disappointed at this decision, yet it’s the only correct one. Ouro’s updates are much harder to make due to animations and a difficult setting. And this affects not only me, but artists too. Since Ouro’s results are negative on all fronts, I don’t see a reason to stubbornly cling to it and make life harder for everyone involved.
For what’s it worth, I’m sorry. It looks like I still suck at more complex game designs and should stick to easier ones. I won’t attempt something like this in the future until I’ll get a dedicated game designer’s help.
So, what’s next? Yorna EX version will be transferred to the public status shortly after and I will continue the original development cycle with monthly updates like it was prior to the EX version and Yorna’s final content pack.
I’ll return to developing Yorna and make something like an addon for it. Most of the new content will be after the final battle with the final boss and the “real” ending with cutscenes. I’ll adapt the logic, so players won’t need to start over to access new content.
This “addon” will have around 6-8 months of content and expand the original story and finish with enhanced endings. It will introduce new characters along with putting extra episodes for existing monster girls. Otherwise, you can expect “standard” Yorna content packs with new monster girls, funny cutscenes and new lands to explore.
After the “addon”, I plan to make another game with monster girl theme that will be similar to Yorna in several ways yet will bring several new features and gameplay elements. Positive mood and sandbox gameplay (akin to Yorna’s) will be the main focus.
Stay tuned for updates and don’t forget to participate in the monster girl poll!
Comments
OmegaYikes
To be quite honest. Aside from the art, having a female protagonist in a monster girl game was the main selling point of Yorna. Of course there are countless fem-protag games, but when it comes to monster girls there are as good as none. Monster Girl games are almost male protag exclusive, so I hope Mike continues with fem-protag in his games, we need more female leads in monster girl games, change my mind.
VenFrank
Yeah you relied on them and they set your career backwards.
Yeehaw Games
I think working on Patreon implies heavy reliance on your patrons - that’s why I want to use a poll to check their opinion. I don’t favor female main characters, in fact, I think after Yorna and Ouro it will be interesting to use a male. We'll see closer to the new game preparations after Yorna's addon.
VenFrank
why always a poll? That clearly worked for this game right? Why do you only care about female protags?
Yeehaw Games
Yorna will finish its story with Ada as the main character but it's possible for the new monster girl project. After all, both last projects were focused on female heroines. Most likely, I'll make a poll about MC's gender closer to the start of the new game.
VenFrank
Does this mean we can finally get a monster girl male protag game? If money is the issue this is the fix.
Yeehaw Games
Yes, I'm planning to do so. Initially, I had an idea to make such a move in parallel to Ouro's development but it proved to be to a lot of work and I had to prioritize Ouro over everything else.
Kira
Are there any plans to release the game on steam when it is completed?
