Please support Shoujo City on Patreon

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As of today I have spent over a year developing Shoujo City 3D, releasing the first alpha build previews to everybody for free. Continuous development of the game and implementation of all planned features and content requires years of daily full time work. Which means only one thing: either I find a way for this project to earn money so I can work on it full-time, or it begins to die. If it doesn’t get any money, then I can work on it only a few odd hours a week as a hobby – and then it forever will stay in the current small demo stage without any major locations and features ever implemented.

If you like how this project develops thus far and want to see it growing to its full potential in the future, please consider donating to this game through Patreon.

If you want to know what exactly you will be paying for, please check the development roadmap for planned game features and content below.

Development Roadmap

2018

  • Shinto Complex location – third game location. Will contain new dating spots, food and souvenir stalls, as well as several area-specific activities, like drawing omikuji, getting Shinto miko clothes, and feeding carps in a pond. Also it will be a central spot for Hatsumode (celebrating New Year) dating event.
  • Ocean Beach – fourth game location. In the beach area you will be able to buy swimsuits and swimming accessories, swim in the ocean, collect seashells, eat special summer snacks in the sea cafe.
  • Tanabata Event – planned for July 2018. The event will include special clothes, fireworks, firefly catching event.
  • Girlfriend’s personality – current implementation of “girlfriend” in the game lacks any distinct personality, which is to be fully designed and developed as yet. Personalities will be implemented through a set of various parameters ranging on a scale from 0% to 100% (e.g., calm-energetic), which will allow all girls to react differently on various events and interactions.
  • New interactions with girlfriend (including holding hands).

2019 and beyond

  • Akihabara area – this will be the largest game locaiton with accurate recreation of the central part of Akihabara, containing game and cosplay shops, arcades.
  • Zoo location – for visiting with your girlfriend, taking photos of animals, dating, and participating in several area-specific events.
  • Park location (including playground activities).
  • School clubs and activities, including cosplay club, sports club, musical club, literature club. By joining various clubs, you and your girlfriend can participate in various events and activities, which will be unique for every club.
  • NPCs with different behaviors to populate all game locations.
  • Cosplay outfits.
  • Story Mode – will contain specific relationship goals to achieve and game events different for every day.

This list is by no means complete, and contains only outlines of the main goals. If you want to see all of that being implemented in the game, and a lot more, please support Shoujo City on Patreon.

Update (January 8, 2018): the Patreon campaign wasn’t successful and was cancelled in December 2017. The development roadmap in this post, which was an integral part of the Patreon campaign, is outdated and no longer relevant.

To continue development and get funds for implementing planned features, in January 2018 the game was released on Steam Early Access.

23 thoughts on “Please support Shoujo City on Patreon

  1. Eithes

    You’re doing wonderful work here. I will make sure to support you as much as I can throughout the development of the game! You’re awesome^-^

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    1. Laika Post author

      No, sorry. I’m creating this game because it was my dream for many years and it’s the kind of game I have inspiration for. As to “Shounen City”, I’ll leave that idea to somebody who will have true inspiration and enthusiasm for it, because it’s impossible to create anything good without those.

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    1. Laika Post author

      1) If you have some interesting suggestions on how that feature should work, feel free to post your ideas.
      2) For the time being computer is just a decoration item, similar to figurines, it can’t be used in any way.

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    1. Laika Post author

      Yep. It will be possible to change wall posters, curtains, etc. I don’t know as yet when all of that will be implemented, though.

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    1. Laika Post author

      Most probably not. Cheats make sense for people who don’t want to spend hours or days to unlock some content or achievement – but there is no such content in this game. Everything is easily available already without any cheats.

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    1. Laika Post author

      I’m planning not only day-night cycles, but also changing weather. As to “ultra graphic”, what, specifically, is that? Screen resolution can be set from a drop-down menu on start. 1920×1080 or above will give you the maximum quality.

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    1. Laika Post author

      All characters in the game are supposed to be schoolgirls, so I’m trying to add clothes that would fit into overall theme. Hence school shoes, uniforms, etc. Feel free to post your ideas on what clothes, specifically, you would like to see added in the future.

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  2. DarkdaemonPK2

    Im willing to donate but I live in the Philippines and I don’t have a Dollar account. Do you accept Philippine Peso?

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    1. Laika Post author

      During the entire 2017 this game earned exactly $20. If you know any game developers working on a budget of $20 a year and still able to work faster and deliver higher quality projects, I would be quite curious to know what those projects are.

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