Published: October 10th 2022, 9:31:56 pm
Hi there.
Before we get into the nitty-gritty, here's a quick announcement. I have changed Tango Fiction’s pledge subscription model from “charge upfront and then monthly billing on the 1st of the month” to “charge upfront and then bill monthly from then on” which is a much more fair model that gets rid of double charging people and lowering pledge rates towards the end of the month. So before if you pledged $10 on October 29th you’d be charged $20 within the span of a few days whereas now that next charge would be on the 29th of November. So that’s cool! Unfortunately the next part isn’t.
I’ve heard some disturbing news through the internet grapevine that we may have a potential issue in the near future.
If you’ve supported adult creators on Patreon you can probably guess what this is about. We’ve all heard it before. Patreon has a boatload of vague rules that they selectively enforce in order to chill dissent and eliminate certain types of art or creators that they (or their payment provider overlords) deem obscene.
This puritan attitude in modern times from a self professed “liberal” organization like Patreon is disturbing since it actively promotes censorship and is literally the opposite of fighting for freedom which is the root of liberalism.
To make a long story as succinct as possible: Patreon has supposedly made more changes to their terms of services which bans all pornographic material which they define as “real people engaged in sexual acts.” Even though my story is fiction and mostly text, this is an issue for obvious reasons.
I do firmly believe Transfigure is artistic but it does currently include the above descriptor.
I was already headed in the direction of 3D materials for efficiency reasons but the new rules make developing Transfigure in its current form difficult to host on Patreon, or at least that will likely be the case in the near future.
They haven’t asked me to change anything yet but it is highly likely they will as they start to go after more creators and force them to censor and modify their projects. It is already happening in another Patreon Purge that has silently been going on for the past year or so. Numerous projects have been taken down but they mainly seem to target medium sized creators. Many projects have artistically capitulated or left for greener pastures.
A few months ago if something crazy happened I would have just said “oh well, it's not lot I make a lot of money doing this anyway. Follow me at https://subscribestar.adult/tango if you'd like to continue to see an uncensored version of Transfigure get finished.“ There has always been a dilemma with SS vs Patreon. Patreon is the preferred choice and I’d rather not lose it but I don’t believe in censoring art or literature either. It’s hard for me as a developer because Patreon has so many silly rules I’d rather not use it but the alternatives like SS are not as economic. I don’t want to sell my soul for money but I also need resources to develop my projects.
So what may happen is in order to keep this page, the image pack for the Transfigure html game might be updated at some point. Since Transfigure is in its final chapters and I’ve already done the work of selecting and editing tons of real life media, it will get released somehow in its currently intended proper form even if I don’t do it directly myself. Several parties have image packs so it is out of my power if they get distributed or posted on other sites. There is, however, a fairly high chance the current game version will be reduced to text only, or 3D, or a weird censored hodgepodge on Patreon. Maybe we are safe for another 3-6 months or more but the days of free expression here are limited.
I’m primarily a writer so I think I’ve been able to avoid a lot of censorship purely because censoring text requires a tiny bit more effort on Patreon’s part vs censoring images.
Anyway, nothing has changed for now but if I randomly get assassinated or deleted please find me at: https://subscribestar.adult/tango and https://tfgames.site/index.php?module=viewgame&id=1609
I also have a web page in development that I will link when it is functional.
Please adjust your pledges as you see fit.
If there are any other issues with access you can also email me at [email protected] This includes the generous folks who have made yearly pledges. Even if I get yeeted out of the nest and into the ditch tomorrow I will still make sure you get what you paid for to the best of my ability.
Have yourself a great day! Thank you for supporting Tango Fiction!