GingerSweetGirl

Engaged Member
Aug 23, 2020
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It is really very difficult for me to understand why Devs like ICSTOR of LEWDLAB have still such a big number of patrons. If some one has a reasonable explanation, please tell me.
For Icstor, He has a track record of producing good 3D art and animation. There was a time that he could be trusted with his information, but as he became more popular, he started to abuse his fame and slacked off. One of the reasons that he continues to have big numbers, although his Patreon has shrunk over the years, is new members that discover his work for the first time and not realizing the current history with him.
I sincerely believe that there is a degree of fraud/shady activity within Patreon. That isn't to say that ICSTOR or any specific dev is knowingly participating in it, but there's just so much money being shelled out for nebulous returns that it makes me suspicious. We see the usual ebb and flow of patrons over the course of a month, but some devs can go many months without a new release and barely lose support; and then regain all of it (and then some) upon the next release. To some extent this can be explained by dedicated patrons who stick it out no matter what, while other patrons just pay close attention and re-up for new releases, but I doubt that explains it all. I think GumDrop games is a good example of what should happen when a dev goes off the rails. After the last "good" update in 2019, support dropped normally, but since then updates have become infrequent and incoherent/terrible. That whole time, even through 2020 when everyone else was seeing growth, GumDrop's support steadily fell. I believe it peaked at ~2,000 patrons in 2019 and is now around 200. To me that makes sense. But we don't see that with ICSTOR or L&P or any other "large" dev. There's always magically a perfect influx of money to replenish any support lost over the course of the month. It's way too convenient.
 

keefer43

Well-Known Member
Dec 24, 2019
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I sincerely believe that there is a degree of fraud/shady activity within Patreon. That isn't to say that ICSTOR or any specific dev is knowingly participating in it, but there's just so much money being shelled out for nebulous returns that it makes me suspicious. We see the usual ebb and flow of patrons over the course of a month, but some devs can go many months without a new release and barely lose support; and then regain all of it (and then some) upon the next release. To some extent this can be explained by dedicated patrons who stick it out no matter what, while other patrons just pay close attention and re-up for new releases, but I doubt that explains it all. I think GumDrop games is a good example of what should happen when a dev goes off the rails. After the last "good" update in 2019, support dropped normally, but since then updates have become infrequent and incoherent/terrible. That whole time, even through 2020 when everyone else was seeing growth, GumDrop's support steadily fell. I believe it peaked at ~2,000 patrons in 2019 and is now around 200. To me that makes sense. But we don't see that with ICSTOR or L&P or any other "large" dev. There's always magically a perfect influx of money to replenish any support lost over the course of the month. It's way too convenient.
It's the aliens. I think you are right though, something really doesn't add up when there is so little return. Are people really that stupid? Sometimes - especially after some exchanges on this forum (and others), I begin to wonder...... the human race is doomed.
 

smokeybear

Newbie
Feb 20, 2020
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I will not for sure. We have to support him. This is the best game ever .
AWAM is like 2 years in development or longer and we still havent gotten any sex stuff besides with husband.
Aint worth supporting handjob, teasing, and blueball content lol

Edit: Wow.... original post was back in 2017, holy shit thats even more sad when you consider the content available -.-
 

Bahraini

Member
Dec 29, 2019
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I can't believe we've been stuck on this PD for over a year. It feels like we're just getting started, but we're 14 months into it and are just over half way. At this rate we won't see the next playable day until the summer of 2024. I can't believe I'm about to say this, but you guys...we may be getting too old for porn games by then.
Nope, my friend is 55 years old and he plays porn games.
 
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