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[!] 2025 July Update Announcement
🕑 Added 2025-07-13 07:11:33 +0000 UTCHi everyone.
I'll start this update post with the most important thing first:
My Future
I am, as of writing this post, jobless. Friday, the 11th of july was my last day at work. Technically I'm still employed until the end of July, but with overtime and mandatory holidays, I don't need to come to work anymore. I also completed all necessary steps to not go back to that workplace (returning keys and so on). With this in mind, I'm jobless now and I have 2 options available, one more risky than the other.
1. Patreon/Fanbox as a job
I could focus and prioritize Patreon/Fanbox and only earn money through this. This is quite risky, because I would need to earn a lot more through Patreon/Fanbox now. There is also the mental state to consider. Even if it's something you like you to do, as soon as it becomes your job, you might start to hate it. I'm not sure if this will happen to me. This is why I'm trying to get into game development as well. Maybe the extra variety in content alleviates this issue.2. Search for a new job
The most obvious choice would be this. I just search for a new workplace and work there. It's less risky, but this would also affect the amount of time I have available for Patreon/Fanbox. Even more than before. Chances are also high that the new workplace might be more stressful. It's also possible that I can't even find a new workplace at all.
Either way, the future is uncertain, but I would like to take the risk of doing Patreon/Fanbox as my main job. It's risky, but I think releasing short games to Patreon/Fanbox and maybe even selling them on itch.io or alternatives might be good enough. Of course, don't forget my 3D Stories. I'll 100% keep making them. They still are my priority, but I also want to start game development for real and finally put something out.
Games
I'll now talk a bit more about my plans for games. RPG Maker as an engine is decent enough for the first few shorter games. It's even good enough for the longer games I'm planning to make, but it's not the vanilla RPG Maker. To improve the quality of all games, I want to invest money into plugins. Later on, I would also like to invest money into custom art, sprites, tilesets, soundtrack and so on, but this would be limited to the longer games. Problem with this is, I'm jobless now.
This is to some extent a call to action. If you would like to see TSF themed RPGs with the "high quality" storytelling based on my ideas, consider supporting with a higher Tier. So far, the amount I need for plugins alone is roughly $170.
Commissions/Requests
Now I'll explain few things that I already mentioned and listed in discord few days ago.
1. Pixiv Request prices changed. 300 Yen -> 200 Yen per page.
2. Minimum amount of pages increased. 30 -> 40
3. Skinsuit Commissions/Requests will cost 20% more
(Example: 50 Pages = 100€/10000 Yen + 20% = 120€/12000 Yen)4. Extra kinks/fetishes will cost 10% more
(Example kinks/fetishes: Head/Body Part Swap, Futanari, Fusion and more)5. Skinsuit combined with extra kinks/fetishes will cost 30% more
Example Prices:
1. 100 Pages -> 200€
2. 80 Pages + Head Swap -> 160€ +10% = 176€
3. 50 Pages + Skinsuit + Futanari -> 100€ +20% +10% = 130€
(Skinsuit is more complicated to make and extra kinks/fetishes are not always something I want to create. I hope this is a good enough explanation for these changes.)
Pixiv Fanbox/Patreon
(No Price changes!)
I would love to hear your opinion about the current names for memberships. Are they easy and clear enough to understand? I'm considering changing the names again to make it even easier to understand.
Free
Access to Public Releases
Basic (5€/500 Yen)
Access to Fanbox/Patreon Releases
Access to Full Releases of Games
Basic Plus (10€/1000 Yen)
Access to Fanbox/Patreon Releases
Access to Full Releases of Games
Access to Teasers/Previews
Access to Test Builds of Games
Access to Polls
Basic Extra (20€/2000 Yen)
Access to Fanbox/Patreon Releases
Access to Full Releases of Games
Access to Teasers/Previews
Access to Test Builds of Games
Access to Polls
Access to Doujins
(The extra money of this membership makes it easier to fund doujins from other creators) (if someone believes a 50€/5000 Yen membership would be popular for this, I might add it. They would of course have a lot of power to decide what the doujins are about, be it story, character designs, personality, the selection of artists and so on)
Upcoming Series Projects
TSF Stories (All TSF Genres Series)
Swap Rings (Body Swap Series)
Possession Drink (Possession Series)
??? (Skinsuit Series)
??? (Gender Change/Transformation Series)
Paused/Dropped Series Projects
Playful TSF
Idol Search Project
TSFVR
The upcoming series projects are NOT the only projects I'm working on. There are still oneshot projects coming among commissions, requests, games and (rare) doujins.
I'll also activate the Discount "BIRTHDAY25" for Patreon memberships starting in 3 hours from now (available until mid of august). The discount will be displayed publicly when viewing memberships.
I added the option to get commissions through Deviantart, but I might remove it if nobody uses it. I also added memberships to Deviantart and they do have the same benefits as Patreon/Fanbox (but limited to the Basic membership only).
Of course I'm open to discuss anything I mentioned here. If anything, I want to hear your opinions on this. You can either write a comment, send me a dm or use the google form to anonymously give feedback: https://forms.gle/Qhcz2u149dnZdwES7
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Comments
Kb49
looking forward to whats in store for ya :) though i do recomend a balanced workflow that makes sense for you as a creator if you plan to make pixiv fanbox/patreon as your main job as you did mention it can be very risky venture to do and i also recommend doing the research needed and have a good plan set before going full in on patreon/fanbox and as a creator and one that makes sense for both you and your fans :/ still rooting for ya :)
Shiyin
The problem with youtube specifically is the age rating for my content. Majority of my content is R18 and too spicy for youtube. I either can't upload it or I have to remove big parts of the projects to be able to upload them. And I agree. I really need to create a new splash screen and include it in my releases, not just on youtube, but on other platforms as well.
Jamster D
If you want to make a career of it you’ll want to ensure you are attracting new followers. A good way to do this imho (at least the way I came across you) is to regularly release stuff to YouTube so the algorithm can help you. From there you can direct people to your Patreon etc. I would suggest creating (and possibly regularly updating) a splash screen that shows various other works you have created that you can include at the end of videos you put there and directs people to you Patreon etc. this is a simple way to show watchers that you have a large catalogue of works and if they enjoyed what they watched they will then come over to support you and see what else you have to offer.
