Next large update

Hey all!

I want to quickly start talking about what I am releasing in the next update, why, and its significance. Whether tonight, tomorrow, or bleeds into again Friday, the next update is the biggest I have ever done. Which, I think, says a lot for me at this point. My speed depends on how I use assets, polish, writing, and whether I can finalize and implement the even newer battle system or not. Learning is always the most demanding and more difficult part of moving forward. I better double-check my music and mouse button too now; thanks for the comments. Still, every day I become more fluent in python; And I can rock even faster. This next update is essential to me. I want to return the favor for a community that has been super cool and supportive by making sure it always has its playable piece of Aeos on f95/Itch.

The next update I have decided to do will be the entire first chapters for Jakus and Lucy. Thats for sure somewhere in the 6-12 hours of gameplay. With 23 or more new maps for Jakus and 150 < more POIs, all writing complete and polished and 65+ new playable maps and 700 < interactable POIs for Lucy, I would think. And it will always be polished and improved as the game is, including new NSFW scenes which will be added retroactively. I am also proud to announce the third character will be shown on the next update, and she is my art. I will also be listing the next nine available campaigns and starting my sandbox model. (all this because the steam release is coming June 6th and needs to be ready anyhow). You can't play them but will see them, which I think is cool. (as much as I can for now).


This next part is damn important:

If you are on the fence about my Patreon, I need you to join as I read on the polls and comments that we have people on the fence. If you were not on the fence or have never done so before, please consider joining my Patreon. I don't make money making games right now; every update I've done is free, and I have just been pushing myself because I love learning to make games. And yes, the game is going up on Steam and will start to work down what I have to pay to build it as people buy it, but I likely won't see a dollar from it until July. And knowing me, thats a minimum of 6 -24 updates from now.  Without funds, there wasn't hope of hiring artists, which may have been a win-win, as it forced me to learn, but I do need better equipment, something fierce. I am also coding on one screen, which sounds normal, but you need to reference a line of code. There are 10's of 1000's lines of code before even this demo is done, and it slows the process down. I still buy all the other assets, such as monsters, characters, inventory icons, sounds, and still need more and animation backgrounds.

So.

Here is what I am offering:

I have a goal of 250 people coming to my Patreon. I have over 90000 views across several sites and tens of thousands of downloads, so I think this is doable.

If you join my Patreon now:

• You get access to early access games first.
• All funds spent in Patreon go towards credits for you to get copies of my games; you never pay twice.
• One-on-one learn for people who want to learn coding and game development.
• Get your ideas and game mechanic commissions done and added to my games.
• You get special access to concept art. My mecha game's concept will be dropping soon too.
• You get free e-books. (I am a published author who loves writing in the fantasy fiction genre. I write books, comics, and other media for every game I make, including Aeos.)
• Higher tiers can get physical merchandise.
• We will have four games under this one studio.

1. A 3D unity SFW JRPG due to release next year;
2. Aeos, our 2D game you are playing now;
3. An Untitled Mecha game I will begin developing in June, which will be 3D Unity.
4. And a Greek, Norse, Egyptian Mythos game set to begin development in 2022 done in 3D on the Unreal Engine.
5. Also, since I am a new artist who needs the practice, my Patreons can ask for art commissions at no charge. I will do my best. 

Consider joining now - Derge

https://www.patreon.com/Derge

And if you already have, Thank you!!!