August KickStarter update!
over 5 years ago – Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 12:51:52 AM

Good Afternoon Quantumers!!  

Quite a big update this month, so prepare your eyeballs for some serious reading! :D First up, the good news!!  

All issues regarding the *dramatic music* divorce is completely finalised and done. Thank you everyone for being so patient during this time, and thank you to my previous partner for allowing this to be all finalised. 

In celebration, let's play a game!

Alpha Testing starting this week!  

I am so sorry for the delays my wonderful alpha testers T.T I have been sick and unfortunately as much as my boss tried to get me to work when ill, it didn’t work. (I hate my boss sometimes, like seriously, hire more people other than just me.)  

So the first alpha build will be out this week and all alpha testers will receive more information shortly into your inboxes!  

TOKYO GAME SHOW  

I am pleased to announce that we will again be at Tokyo Game Show 2018! After our attendance last year, they asked if we would be interested in returning! If TGS was a court-able option, we just got invited for a second date! *Blushes at TGS*  

Although the English market is our first market, we are hoping to expand into the Japanese market and pick up some extra Quantumers :D Hopefully, this will translate to sales and can help with our transition on to the Vita!  

What a beautiful Segue…to the somewhat less than good news.  

Vita Version  

During the Kickstarter campaign, we started a partnership with Sekai Project to bring you the Vita version of Quantum Suicide, which is where the Vita version began.  

Our relationship did not continue.  

I am still committed to bringing you the Vita version, because regardless of changes to original approaches, I want to do everything in my power to bring it to you! However, this brings me to my current problem. Turns out, I am not picking up engines required for a Vita Release as quickly as I would like and because of this, I can not give you a reasonable time frame for the Vita Release. T.T  

I am going to refund everyone’s pre-orders on the Vita version. 

This DOESN’T mean the vita version is cancelled! 

I simply don’t see it as ‘fair’ to make people who have paid for the vita version wait for a product when I no longer can give an estimate. Once the PC version is released, I will turn my attention to the Vita version and hopefully might even raise some funds to bring on a real programmer to help :)  

I hope you can all understand this approach and support my decision going forward :D  

Otome Game  

For those of you interested in Otome games, a work by Lanaiere Studios (made up from people from Afterthought Studios) is currently on Kickstarter. They still have 17 days to reach their target and are travelling well on their way. If you have time, please check them out :D  

Other Quantumers Creative Works.  

A bit different from another studio with similar works…  

A Quantumer within our ranks has a Patreon and is working on Anime Styled Video Games!! So if you enjoy side scrolling/hack and slash/anime - look no further! Check out their work here:  

Well Quantumers, I must scurry back to my dimly lit dungeon and keep working! Quantum Suicide isn’t going to release itself.  

<3 MoltenCherry.

THE TWITCH YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!
over 5 years ago – Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 01:59:11 AM

TWITCH DETAILS!  

Hello Quantumers! Here is the official Twitch Promotion!  

I will be playing 7 game titles, and revisiting your vote for an encore at the end of the stream!

Unfortunately – my computer’s specs couldn’t handle ship remastered – I have failed you KEVIN BACON!! T.T It says it should – but when I try to get it to load with streaming – it crashes. T.T Once I get a new computer (when I win lotto!) I will stream that especially for you!  

TWITCH GOAL:

I have made a twitch goal of $2000AUD which would cover all the final artist payments required.  

Is it possible? Probably not – but every $1 raised will help cover artist costs!  

And to get you a little excited about artists costs – here is a sneak peek at some of our newest art pieces… shhhhhh :P  

Twitch Competition!  

During the stream, I have five prizes to give away! 

How do you win? Well it is quite easy!  

Using the Dota 2 roll system – I have received 5 numbers randomly between 1-100. 

Each random number has been allocated a prize. The first person to donate that exact amount will receive that prize!! 

So whats up for grabs? 

2 x Live MC drawings! 

I will stop the stream immediately and take your request for a live drawing. Try to keep it somewhat savoury! I will draw that live – complete with mistakes – and write on it a message of your request! I will then get your address privately after the steam and send you your piece of art :D 

2 x Steam Keys of MoltenCherry’s recommended games! 

I am giving away a steam key for both Long Live The Queen and Danganronpa 1!! Just donate the winning amount to have me send them to you via Steam! 

1 x QUANTUM SUICIDE PRINT! 

Now this is the prize to want! You will receive a beautifully printed fabric banner that is 2.5 meters tall and 65 cm wide! This features both Ai and Kimiko on it and I will personalise it with message and signature before I post it to your house!  This is a one-off piece and there is no second one ever made!! So its suuuuuuper special. 

I hope as many of you as possible stop by tomorrow and that you all enjoy the games selected! 

If you get a notification of me streaming before hand – it is just me running tests! I had to buy a new camera etc to stream (...its a long story.)

Till tomorrow Quantumers~

<3 MoltenCherry

Twitch and Preorders <3
almost 6 years ago – Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 12:52:08 AM

Hellllo Quantumers <3

With the recent good news that the production of the game is back in full swing, it is time for me to roll up my sleeves and get to work - and one thing that needs my attention right now, is an attempt to raise extra funds to help get Quantum Suicide across the finish line.  

For those who have been forwarded directly to this update, to understand what is happening here is the TLDR version:  

Quantum Suicide was funded via Kickstarter in 2016 and is created by a solo dev (me, Moltencherry).  

In 2017, a divorce caused the ownership of Quantum Suicide’s IP to be questioned.  

In 2018, we now have 100% ownership of Quantum Suicide’s IP - however, have incurred tens or thousands of dollars in legal costs.  

And now the present: I am working hard to get Quantum Suicide finished, and regardless of whether or not I receive any further monetary support/pre-orders, I will use my own funds to complete Quantum Suicide (albeit slower).  

I am holding a Twitch stream and re-opening Backerkit pre-orders until the end of this month (see below), but before that I want to answer some of the questions that I will likely be/have already been asked:  

1.I already backed! Do I have to give you more money to get my game? Are you seriously holding the game to randsome? This has to be illegal surely.  

If you have already backed, thank you! Please don’t feel that you need to provide further support! Just having you in the community is enough for me. Supporting my Twitch stream is a personal choice, completely up to you, and is in no way compulsory. You will get your copy of Quantum Suicide once it’s finished :D  

 2. This feels like a cash grab...  

 I get that. I would be a bit suss too on this matter if I was you. I have been open and transparent with my community the whole way through one of the hardest times in my life. I am asking for help to get across the finish line faster than if I was left entirely to my own devices. Again, you do not have to do anything you don’t want to and regardless of your individual choices, if you backed, you will get Quantum Suicide once it’s finished. :)  

3. How much money are you short?  

The game requires roughly 10,000USD more for completion. I am committed to replacing the tens of thousands myself spent on legal costs because it was my relationship that deteriorated and caused these woes and I take full responsibility - it just might take me a while. Whatever is raised via Twitch or new preorders will go directly to the development budget - whatever we are short, I will make happen!  

4. If you raise more than needed, what will happen?  

Although I highly doubt that we will raise more than 10,000USD (and thank you for your incredible enthusiasm), but in the off chance it happens, all money will go into development. For example, I am currently learning by myself how to successfully port Quantum Suicide to work on PSVita. However, if I had the funds, I would bring on a programmer to help speed up and tighten up the process :)  

5. What if you just take the money and run?  

If I do that, I will send you a photo of how I am enjoying the money.  

 6. How do I support you further!?  

You have three options available:  

I. Support my Twitch stream.  

II. Pre-order a copy of Quantum Suicide via backerkit (requires credit card).  

III. Donate via paypal.  

 7. Why don’t you just run a second Kickstarter or open a Patreon?  

 That is a great question. I have given all the options a lot of thought, however, I have decided against a new Kickstarter or Patreon. As for Kickstarter, I feel that I would be “double dipping” and that isn’t fair. As for Patreon, I don’t feel that as a developer I am worthy of a patreon.  

Got a question that isn’t on this list? Feel free to put it in the comments :D  

Now, onto to Twitch stream information and the re-opening of pre-orders.  

Twitch.  

The stream will be on July 29th and current plans is for about 12 hours. As for the games I will be streaming - you can nominate what you would like to see me play!! Here is a list of every game I own on steam:  

Please let me know what you would like to see in the comments! I will put up a schedule closer to the day including which games I’ll play!  

Pre-orders.  

I have re-opened pre-orders for the Quantum Suicide PC digital copy as well as digital soundtrack and art book.  

 And the version I drew when I lost the real image lol:

This will be open until the end of this month! If you have any friends who would like to get themselves a copy before its release (and contribute to getting it across the line) please share!  

Until next update Quantumers <3 MoltenCherry

JUNELY UPDATE IS HERE!!!
almost 6 years ago – Sat, Jul 07, 2018 at 02:09:14 AM

 Quantumers, gather round… It is time for us to celebrate.  

The IP Battle is over.

After almost a year of the unknown and constant struggles and pitfalls, I can officially announce that the issues regarding Quantum Suicide’s IP are now complete - with me receiving full possession legally in a signed contract I received yesterday.  

Quantum Suicide is legally 100% mine.  

This is still only half the battle, with legal requirements on going for a little while longer, however, I think it is important that we celebrate every little win! This has been a long and tiresome journey for all of us. 

And on that point - I want to thank all of you from the bottom of my heart. I understand how easy it would be to turn your backs on a random person from the internet when the going got tough. . . but you all stood by me in my darkest hours, and for that I am truly grateful. I honestly don’t think I could have gotten this far at all (or whilst remaining this sane) if it wasn’t for the support from all of you. 

 Thank you. 

 As for the other party involved in this, there are no hard feelings. I know how easy it is to let your emotions get the better of you - but at the end of the day - regardless of this journey’s struggles and hurt, I only wish a world of happiness for them. 

Now What? 

 I can now announce that with the IP ownership issues resolved, production can officially begin again!! Once I can get a bit more stable with starting production again, I hope to be able to announce tentative release times. 

 However, There is currently only one small hurdle for the time being - money. My legal fees to get to this point are in the tens of thousands ( T . T ) 

 …I may have lost all my money, but I haven’t lost my spirit or determination!! 

 So, while I start doing all the parts that I can personally to get QS finished, I will also be holding a Twitch stream to raise any donations to go towards final stretch production costs. 

Even if I can only raise $10 - that is still $10 more than I currently have that will go towards finishing QS!! 

Twitch Stream! 

 So when and what will I stream? 

WHEN: 29th July 2018 

 TIME: TBA 

 WHAT?: TBA 

 I will likely do a marathon stream!! So prepare for about 12 hours of MC on your screen! Do you have a suggestion? If I have a game available to me that you would like me to play, let’s do it!! Please put any suggestions in the comments down below :) 

 If you don’t follow my channel, CLICK HERE to do so! 

 What a T-Shirt! 

 A little while ago, I announced that Cotton Candy Cyanide Officially has a postal address. Within a month, I received a mysterious package from one Quantumer Xolf… My first mail to our official P.O Box. 

 I love this shirt sooooooo much.

Thank you so much Xolf. This truly made my day! I love it so much! I make sure to wear it to any indie-game events I go to - as well as just casually for fun :P 

Quantum Suicide Wiki. 

 A Quantumer over on Itch.io informed me that we officially have a Quantum Suicide Wiki T.T Please check it out when you can and contribute to it if you’d like! <3 

Alpha Testing News. 

 Calls for Alpha testers have been extremely successful! We now have a sizeable recruitment pool ready to take over the world *cough* I mean, Alpha test. 

 Alpha testers have all received their NDA’s and will start testing builds within the week. For those Alpha testers waiting for signed returned NDA’s - I am getting there so please be patient :D 

Well, Quantumers, we did it… Quantum Suicide’s production is officially back on. 

 Or as Ai would say: 

 <3 MoltenCherry

P.S - let us all celebrate this good news! #APintforQS

Happppppy May Update! <3
almost 6 years ago – Mon, May 21, 2018 at 01:47:42 AM

I hope you are all doing well :D  

Game Progress Update.  

I was really wanting to come to this month’s update with solid good news, but that still isn’t the case yet. However, things are now moving and I am really hoping that this will all be finalised by July and that either the July or August update will be able to announce that production is back on and in full swing! So fingers crossed Quantumers! We are getting so close to having this resolved. I am just so sorry that everything takes so long in the Australian legal system T.T and sorry that this even happened in the first place!  

Calling all Alpha Testers!?  

Have you ever thought to yourself that being a Quantumer Beta Tester just wasn’t enough? That you would want to experience Quantum Suicide when it is barely a game and you can still see the sticky tape holding the scenes together!? Well then, do I have good news for you!!  

I am recruiting a small army of Alpha testers!  

What this will involve:  

Lovingly playing through sections of the game looking for mistakes that I may have made and then telling me about them! This can include: forgotten sprites, language tense changes, weird punctuation, spelling mistakes, anything that you want to flag to me as ‘off’ and everyone’s favourite, full crashes and blue screens!  

What is in it for you?  

- Extra mention in the credits as a designated Alpha Tester  

- Access to the game and the storyline before others! *tense music plays * 

- My eternal gratitude  

- Entry into the Alpha of Alphas competition!  

The Alpha of Alphas will be a competition set up like a score board in which for every issue you flag (which we will give you all the info on how to report etc) which we change, you will be awarded a point! If more than one Alpha flags the same thing that we change, you will all get a point! At the end of the Alpha testing phase, the tester who is leading the score board will receive a prize from us! More information regarding this and the rules will be released when the competition begins!  

If you want to be an Alpha Tester – please just send me a direct email expressing your interest to do so :D cottoncandycyanide(at)gmail.com  

Hope to have solid better news next month Quantumers~  

Thank you for your unwavering support – we are almost there!!  

<3 MoltenCherry