Ash Boat
Public Beta Published
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The English version of Ash Boat is published.
Files
HUIZHOU-0.1.0_Public_Beta-mac.zip 236 MB
Jun 02, 2023
HUIZHOU-0.1.0_Public_Beta-pc.zip 251 MB
Jun 02, 2023
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Ash Boat
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| Status | In development |
| Author | 克勒卡尔 |
| Genre | Visual Novel |
| Tags | Fantasy, Furry, Indie, literature, non-erotic, Non violent, Open Source, Short, Text based |
| Languages | English |
More posts
- On Our Development PlansDec 07, 2023
- The Ash Boat Project InitiativeJun 19, 2023
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Oooh, I love this drawing style with the beautiful character expressions in their faces and body language!
I miss that in quite a few other Games, where it is necessary to read first in order to understand the inner (emotional) state of the characters - it's worth it when the characters and stories are interesting enough to do so, but seeing it in the sprites, too, is just another Level of Quality and effort put in by you as a creator (and the others who also bless us with this extra work, that should also be rewarded accordingly, of course - yeah, I know, appreciation in words is one thing, but an Artist needs to make a living, too, as long as we're living in a capitalist Economy, unfortunately). <3
Cheers and keep up the beautiful work...I'll rate the Game as soon as I've played through the Beta.
Oh, we ARE paying artists. I'm the only one investing money on this for absolutely nothing.
Well, then allow people to contribute here or on whichever platform (Patreon or Subscribestar, if you plan on regular Updates, Ko-Fi in case you're less regular - also works with LiberaPay, PayPal and so many others) - so those of the players, who have the funds can contribute to your investments and make it maybe a little lighter to bear... <3
Thank you for your opinion. I've considered that before, but allowing public funding seems like allowing patrons to comment negatively when we are not in perfect state to me. We are not producing popular literary content, as you can see. The Ash Boat is written in poetry and poetic-novel language. It's hard to understand, and I fear it might seem controversial to open up public funding under such circumstances.
Ash Boat is essentially a free commons package, as it's published under a CC license. I know it's difficult and costly to produce a visual novel, so Ash Boat project is actually aimed at other producers, and those who want to be one. Anyone can use the artworks in Ash Boat's package under the license. I feel that this is a way to aid the entire furry community to the better.
I see your point about Patreon and the regular funding platforms, but the "appreciation donations" platforms like Ko-Fi would be a nice and pressure-free way to get those who appreciate what you're doing also occasionally / irregularly to donate to your project when they find it deserves this, you see?
It's not as "binding" as Patreon and regular funding platforms are, but allows you to have those, that like and support the Project to contribute to it a little bit at a time - and without the pressure of the regular funding platforms.
Oh, I forgot to mention that my intention was to give up monetary supports in exchange for that people who want to support Ash Boat can use Ash Boat's assets to create something themselves. I think this is the best kind of support one can give to the Ash Boat project.
As for monetary supports, I probably will consider receiving some, but not now. Thank you for your suggestions anyway.