So according to the devlogs, my last attempt at socializing and letting you all know what was going on was February 1st, 2022. Itch.io has this really nifty feature that tells you how many days that is if you click on one of the devlog posts, so it was kind enough to let me know that it has been 223 days since my last update post.

And honestly, that could probably apply to all of my social media in regards to the game because dear LORD am I bad at communicating. I wish I wasn't like this, but adhd means forgetting what I ate for lunch five seconds after having consumed it so its a miracle sometimes I remember I'm actually working on a game T_T

Anyway, here's your regular 200 day update for what's been going on. I wanna put a thumb emoji but I can't so just imagine there's one in place of this sentence.

So as some of you may have noticed, progress on the game is being ridiculously slow. Unfortunately, I had to prioritize my day job to put the food on the table but I was still able to work on the game in small chunks. It did slow down even more after the medical issues I was suffering with at the beginning of the year but thankfully those have pretty much all cleared up. Things were looking up!

Then my GPU died.

I don't know how many of you guys keep an eye on the IT and technology markets but we just came out of a time where graphics cards were really expensive due to bitcoin mining. By some miracle I was able to get a new one (Sweet little RTX 3060!) but it meant for a month, I wasn't able to do anything.

I didn't have a spare PC to use, no one could lend me one and even though I have the project/game data backed up on clouds, I couldn't physically do anything with it. 

But now, everything is fine. PC's good. I'm good. My hours with my other job are reducing, which is great for my stress levels and ability to work on NatRos, but I would love to spend more time working on it. So here's what I'm going to try and do. Because god knows I mentioned this a year ago and nothing happened.

• Start streaming/youtubing development of the game.

A bit more on this. So I wanted to do this a year ago, and had pretty much everything set up for it. It was around then my medical issues started to sprout, and looking at monitors suddenly became really difficult. Bad timing I guess but it meant this idea was shelved for a loooooong time. 
I was trying to figure out during recovery how this was going to work. I want to keep my identity secret so it doesn't affect my other online sfw persona's. I considered vtubing with a voice modulator but a vtuber model costs more than my whole damn PC so that wasn't gonna happen. Maybe one of those pngtuber things, still on the cards, still figuring out if there's alternatives, you guys got any ideas? I have a vr headset and vrchat, that was also a thought...

There was also platform considerations. I wouldn't be able to show anything lewd on youtube but I could at least put together a behind-the-scenes video, something that I've done in the past. The skills transfer from my other job too, so this works well for me. I'm going to be doing more of that. 

I think the problem lies more with livestreaming, which is something I really want to do, but haven't quite figured out how it's going to work. I wanted to do it on Picarto which does allowed lewd content so long as its art, but lately Picarto really hasn't been working well for me. I'll keep messing around with it but for now, my alternatives seem to be youtube or twitch streaming. Or pornhub if I'm feeling particularly brave. Or even just in the Discord! (Join the Discord!) 
I'm going to keep looking at options, but putting aside the platform for a moment, what am I actually going to do while streaming?

I probably wouldn't have them too long, like an hour or two at the most. I like the idea of the first segment of the stream being something like a Q & A, if you guys wanted to ask questions about the game and how its going, and then just me working on the game. Though to be honest, I could just be answering questions while working on the game too. Let me know what you guys think and what you would like to see! 

A heads up though. Watching the streams or youtube videos might spoil the game's story. I'd try my best to keep those spoilers down to a minimum, but in a way, this is a game this community is creating together. I want to take ideas from the community that I think are feasible and include them. If you don't mind spoiler-y streams and want to actively participate in the development of the game, this is a good idea to get onboard.

• Fundraising/Patreon/Exclusive Content

So I want to make developing games like this a full time job. I don't hate my other job, but working on erotic games is way more fun and rewarding, not only to me but to fans of these types of games! That being said, there's not been enough progress on the game/update releases to justify any kind of fundraising. I truly want to thank everyone who has donated and supported via Patreon or the itch.io platforms. Trust me, you guys have no idea how often that's saved my behind this past year.

Here's the thing. At some point, I do want to make more content that revolves around Natsuru Roshutsu. Stuff that can be monetized so that I can survive and still make awesome games for you guys. Things like art prints, side stories, erotic doujinshis, spin-off games etc etc. But my plan now is this: Until we get to at least a 0.5 release, I won't be focusing on anything else. That means that for the moment, anything posted to the Patreon will just be updates, no exclusive content for tiered members. If you still want to support the game, that would be greatly appreciated and someday you will be getting rewarded for your troubles. But you guys want a good, sexy exhibitionism game so let me make that for you first before making anything else! xD

That being said, what would you guys want as extra content?

We've already got behind-the-scenes stuff planned with youtube/livestreaming. I can design art stuff and digital ero-manga. I love writing too so novels about the NatRos characters could be a good shout. Anymore ideas? Let me know!

So to conclude this obnoxiously long post, I want to say thank you to everyone who's supported Natsuru Roshutsu up until now! The game WILL continue development and WILL someday be finished. If I disappear again, hold faith that I will come eventually, I'm just a mental nomad sometimes. If you're worried or concerned about the game, don't hesistate to leave comments or bug me on Discord (politely!) to wake me up from my daydreams.

Oh yeah, speaking of which, JOIN THE DISCORD!

I am FAR more active on Discord, simply because I have it almost permanently open on a monitor. The SeductiveKneesocks server is a little quiet at the moment but that's only because I haven't updated yet. SOON!!!!

There's also Twitter! I need to start using it more to communicate then just browsing through endless erotic art but I'll work on that! >_<

Then the Patreon! As mentioned above, the Patreon won't have any extra content until at least ver 0.5, but if you still want to support anyway, that'd be awesome!

Links to Youtube/Twitch/Picarto will be posted when I get them sorted out, so keep an eye out for them!

Thank you all again for all the support! Let's turn Natsuru into the world's kinkiest exhibitonist, together!!!

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