- Mar 28, 2020
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- Thread starter TrueLoveGames
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- Apr 4, 2018
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Well, if it was a Hacker maybe the passwort was to weak and security settings.
Some people should really get other passwords.
Pretty odd this. Even if he wanted out, you'd think he'd at least try to milk that patreon for as long as he could. With the hype he had built, it could have easily lasted a good few months.
Anyways. RiP to another promising VN.
Anyways. RiP to another promising VN.
Yeah he could have easily paused his patreon wrote some explanation and milked for months deleting his patreon and discord profile pic seems pretty final as in leaving forever final.
- Sep 7, 2021
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Worst Case, dev died and family/relatives just shut down everything related to him without leaving any notice given the circumstances. Can imagine they have other things on their mind at that time.
- Dec 28, 2017
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Since you obviously know about this better than most of us, let's get this straight:
Apparently he didn't delete his patron profile, but he "unpublished" his project. If he ever activates everything again, will he be starting from 0?
I mean, everything he ever posted, all the patrons he had gained, it's all gone for good, right? It's not that you can put your account on pause or hidden mode and later recover everything as if nothing happened.
What's wrong with my statement? For all we know, this game will remain forever unfinished
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This feels like a punch to the gut. Honestly, it's the most sudden and baffling turn of events involving any adult game I've ever seen.
I admit that I wasn't a huge fan of this game (I know I am a fickle bastard) but I am still saddened to see this get the "aboned" tag. Seems that a lot of games from the "Pandemic Era" are being abandoned now, I just hope that we shall see new games rise from the ashes and actually see completion. Right now there aren't many devs worth trusting or supporting financially. Hope this dev is able to continue at some point, they were talented.
Ya, this is why I rarely back on Patreon and when I do, it's only for a low amount. I tend to buy the games on Steam though to support the developer if it's a game I liked.
- Nov 2, 2017
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Posts and pictures and commentaries are saved as backup just like any social media but all patrons are most likely gone. Can't charge them back out of the blue, would be against their knowledge and consent.
It's a first time though so it's just my logical guess.
You can pause billing and give everyone the freedom to quit and come back later (if they want) but this is force quitting everyone.
- Dec 28, 2017
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Thanks for the clarification.
If this sentence is accurate (and coming from you I have no reason to doubt it)
there's a slim chance of a not so gloomy future scenario.
A very slim chance though.
But the fact remains that most devs who quit delete everything, including their profiles. TLG hasn't yet.
It's a damned if you do or damned if you don't situation. A dev who buys assets for their game, instead of using freely available pirated items, would benefit from financial support. Perhaps financial support would also encourage them to upgrade their rendering machine(s). But then it also feels very one sided because most developers don't fulfill their end of the bargain by completing their games. There are a few who would be "safe" (as safe as you can get anyway) to support, developers who have games they've already finished, unicorns in this genre who have established support. I admit that I've supported developers before but at this point feel it is mostly wasted money. In the end, I doubt that money from anonymous individuals is enough motivation for anyone to continue a project if they don't have some other reason to continue.
- Aug 27, 2020
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Looked at his patreon last week, and he was pretty close to finish next update.. Cant think he just closed it all of like that..
- Jan 13, 2018
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It's hard for me to complain about the dev as everyone has a different story. For me, it was my wife who "asked" me to stop. She was not comfortable with me doing it anymore so I had to choose if I wanted to continue to fight the fight or just do what I thought was best but at least I explained it to everyone. Sure, some people gave me some grief, but most people understood. At the very least, the dev should drop some kind of explanation. Even if they don't want to share all the details, just a "hey... Sorry to disappoint, but I'm out" would be sufficient.
- May 23, 2021
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He might have got hacked that's possibility why? Because his discord channel is full of bots with hack links sending 10 times per day even real users in his discord channel get hacked. So maybe idk he also got hacked somehow....
- Jan 13, 2018
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You can't look at it as wasted money. I support a number of devs... granted I usually only go for the lower tiers, but it's more of an "attaboy/girl" than anything else. These are a lot of hard work, even the bad ones, so throwing a few bucks at people who are trying to entertain me is not a bad thing. Most of the time, they have good intentions.
- May 23, 2021
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Hey from what game is your profile picture??
One day you are replaying and admiring the game and then the next it gets an abandoned tag.
- Apr 4, 2018
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Welcome in the Club. Looked yesterday what games i have still on HDD and decided to play AOA again. After fininshing it was thinking look into the Thread if there are any updates only to find out it's fucked.View attachment 2122328
One day you are replaying and admiring the game and then the next it gets an abandoned tag.
- Sep 5, 2017
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Hope he did not join Chatterbox and Palmer...
- Mar 30, 2021
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The rating for this game seemed to have taken a little dip. Are people being disappointed with something?