State of Decay (Patreon)

Alright guys, first of all, Happy Holidays to y'all. I truly wish you the best on these last days of the year.  Wanna take a second to thank you again for all the support throughout the year, without it, it would be hard to continue experimenting and doing content, so I really appreciate it!

With that said, I think the year has been good overall, but it has also brought a lot of attention to some areas of opportunity that can be improved in the way the content is being delivered, explored, and diversified.

To be clear, this means we are gonna do a couple of changes starting next year.

So, let's introduce these changes, shall we?

First.- The Wheel o' Themes.

Starting next year, the suggestions will have a theme railing them all behind, some of these themes will force certain elements or prohibit others, this wheel o' themes will be done along the Voice of the Dead tier.

Second.- Redemption Round

The bounty system has been scrapped in favor of this. At the end of a poll, I will see which ideas deserve a second chance, they will get some sort of "DeadPixel approved seal" and get added to the Redemption Channel, whenever I'm able to I will take a look at this list and pull a random selection which will get made, I could contact the suggester and see if they wanna have some degree of control (Make it a comm-lite) or if not, I will just take the idea and work it myself. On top of this, every month the VOTD tier will be able to cast an idea into this channel and see if it sticks, this effectively means more good ideas have better chances.

Third.- Poll Structure

With Patreon effectively taking away the Milestone goals, we get fewer options to make bigger polls, so I'm gonna restructure polls a bit more so they start to be something "bigger". The first change for now is that instead of them being every 2 months, they will be now every 3 months. This will give more space to bring new stuff to the table via redemption rounds, Mini-Choose your own adventures, and other engaging ideas I have, this doesn't mean we will stop having polls, I will still use this "Power dynamic" so the benefit stays there.

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With all these changes in place, we should get more content with more frequency with more diversity, so it can be a Win-Win-Win for everyone! Or at least I hope it does! That's the problem of systems, they need change and sometimes change is a bit complicated to implement.

Okay! So, Now let's talk about the present and future!

Because of the Minor Injury, the workload didn't move much this last month, I'm already working on the November VOTD 2023 which is Heat in Season, I asked you all what to do with it since I wanted to explore some ideas, but because of the minor injury, I wasn't able to keep the ball rolling as I wanted.

I also then asked y'all to reason with me and explain your reasoning for votes, but you didn't deliver much on them, and I get it not everyone wanna engage in conversations or reasons, let us just vote and call it a day. Well yes, but feedback is a very rare material and very useful for creators, now that I have gone back to my normal state the ball is indeed rolling, but the ideas to expand it even at the cost of the script have been a bit harder to nail, not because the expansion makes it silly but because the original idea was already very heavily dependant on a slow flow to make it something interesting.

I suppose then the reason for the results was for the lack of diversity and to semi-force a new character into the formula so there was more to see and all that. Why is this a problem then? Because the flow allowed just so much in 2-3min which I didn't realize until I started writing the script...so...yeah, mea culpa. What can I do then to expand this idea while still delivering the original premise?

That's fucking right, an interactive-ish work

y'all wanted me to expand it since you wanted more characters, the majority wanted more characters but those with more power wanted the interactive. So I thought Fuck it, why not both?!

So yes. the next work will now be interactable, with expanded options on whomst gets to enjoy Kris-mas.  Now, my idea is to expand it to the following: Noelle, Toriel, and ????

Who is ?????? That's a great question you ask!

I think...to make it interesting, it would be nice....to leave it up to a vote!
THATS RIGHT. I'M DOUBLING DOWN AND LETTING YOU DECIDE AS IF I HAVE LEARNED NOTHING! It's kind of my present to y'all, more options, more content.

hopefully, you all like it and will be pleased with it!

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I know this one post hasn't been like the others but it's very important to lay down the changes so everything runs smoothly in the future!

NOW. GO! YOU ARE FREE!