Hey everyone,

I'm sure many of you are aware of the changes Itch.io have made to delisting NSFW games. If you haven't seen the news, Itch.io is no longer showing content like mine in their search engine, and the content of many developers like me, unless you know exactly how to look for it. It probably goes without saying, but this puts an enormous strain on higher-end developers with budgets, if not outright breaking them, forcing them to suddenly find new means of funding and marketing, or facing the possibility of canceling their projects.

The only good news for 'My Pervy Poltergeist' (MPP) is that this started out as a single-developer passion project with no funding, and has largely remained that way. The only exception being some needed modeling help, and more importantly a ton of co-writing help, with which I believe the game wouldn't be half as good without it. All of that is to say MPP isn't going anywhere, and while I deeply appreciate all the donations you have all made to me towards the game's development, the reality is it's never been enough to live on. I'm fully dedicated to this project and it's eventual completion, with or without funding.

The bad news, however, is that my plans for future projects, possibly requiring budgets and certainly more people, are now in jeopardy. My co-writer and I have so many stories we want to share, but until something at Itch.io changes, or a new platform emerges, those stories will have to be put off even further than we initially thought.

I have plenty of harsh opinions of these matters, regarding what Itch.io is doing. I'm sure many of you share my sentiment, but there are plenty more prolific NSFW developers here who have already said everything that's worth saying, to me personally. Still, it's always worth saying that if you care about my game and the others like it, take action: Flood the payment companies with complaints, contact your representative, etc.

My heart goes out to all developers affected by this, we need to stand together in times like this. Such a disgraceful decision from Itch.io.

My next update will surely be more positive and directed about the game's development. Thank you all so much again for your support, whatever form it comes in. I assure you it means everything to me.

Until next time.