I actually had to rethink a lot of things. I had to rethink my approach to distributing the game, I had to rethink my attitude towards my game. And I hope that true connoisseurs of honest art will not hate me for this, but I still believe that real history should speak so loudly that it feels like a baseball bat in your face!

I get it! It seems crazy and maybe even unacceptable, but I can't change my perception of these factors. I will never be able to. However, I understood from the beginning that the game would be for adults, which means that there would definitely be a biased attitude towards it. But the adult rating of No Flying, as well as the adult content I created for this game, is only the second side of the project. Because first of all, I want to create an exotic story that can give players a unique experience. Adult content is just a way to expand the boundaries of visual immersion, it is not necessarily only sexual content, it can be beatings and injuries, maybe even death.

If the author is not limited by restrictions, he is capable of anything, and this is exactly what I want to use in the future with full responsibility. I already know what will happen next, I know how the adventure of Hummrew will end, I promise you it will be unforgettable. But finding myself in an environment among many adult games, I was confronted with the fact that my game is seen in 95% of cases as a game from which they want to get sexual content.

My mistake was that I initially wanted to leave the adult content to the discretion of the fans. So that those who did not need it could just enjoy the plot of the game. And many did, thank you for that, thank you for your positive comments. But most of the potential audience did not see the necessary signs and did not even download the game, giving it no chance to provide them with the content they were looking for.

Marketing is a weird fucking thing and it's my biggest problem right now. I can't buy advertising, I can only promote my game for free, I'm completely invisible on the internet because I started promoting too late. I console myself with the fact that I'm only at the beginning of my journey, but I've already spent too much time on the prologue of the game. I don't know what I was counting on, but I'm definitely not ready to make that many mistakes. I have no right to make mistakes.

That's why I decided to change what many will see when they encounter my game. I had to change like the heroine of my game. This is a necessary measure! You have to adapt to all the adversities that await you along the way. I changed the cover, and now many will see spicy content right away, I hope that after seeing this, they will click and go to the game page. I also decided to show 5 out of 8 animated nsfw scenes right on the game page, now they are available without having to open the game. This should attract a larger potential audience, I expect that many will at least give the game a chance after seeing this, download it and play it. I see that all the authors are doing this, apparently this tactic works.

Obviously, I was wrong, and it turns out that everything has to be done the other way around. First, we need to focus on the adult audience and give the majority what they need, then more potential players will learn about my game, and therefore more of them will find much more than just adult content in my game. At least I hope so.

Something about episode 1. I finished 3 acts out of 6. That's progress! I even drew 1 art and almost finished drawing 2. After that, I will start a new 9th animated nsfw scene. The continuation of the game will be really exciting.

The art will be posted on my Patreon, if someone really wants to see it. Later I will also post the 9th animated nsfw scene.

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Something else is coming soon! My birthday is April 12th, hooray! But I still won't be celebrating it, as sad as that sounds. However, while looking for ways to promote myself online, I came across an interesting jam that will start right on my birthday. What a coincidence!

https://itch.io/jam/no-anime-art-visual-novel-jam

I want to try my hand at a small visual novel in a few days, it will be a short story about a woman who becomes a gladiator. Don't worry about it! This is just another way for me to talk about myself. It will allow me to take a little break to get a new charge of impressions and strength to work on No Flying. After the jam, I will immediately continue working on No Flying.

I hope I can make it! Wish me luck. And thank you for being with me.