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Yeah.. I came to that realisation too and now I'm just offhandedly bitter about Patreon games and I can't justify supporting one anymore like I can the odd art commission every now and then. That's just the state of these things now and it's a shame.-snip-
What little there is shows promise but that in itself is disingenuous because that's what gets people to pay every month for no progress :u
I also thought of making my own VN kinda thing, I can draw alright and there's several fairly easily accessible engines to do it on but I'd feel guilty cos my worth ethic for hobbies is just as bad and I hate not earning money. I can barely accept birthday gifts as it is. Oh well. My theory on why they all become like this is they realise if they finish it'll stop, they have a steady income most people would be jealous of and they don't wanna lose that so they wait it out until people complain and release something. I'm sure the more scummy ones have stuff lying around to "release" when needed.
It doesn't take a whole year to draw a few stills and code dialogue choices, let alone 3-5 like some of these games have.