Hey guys,
im following this thread quite a while but never participated.
I would like to share an answer from L&P to my concerns about the current situation.
Thanks for sharing.
While L&P's answers may sound nice in theory, most of it is complete nonsense. Releasing his game on Steam would require alot of extra work, which would only cause even slower development on both ends.
It's not like he can release AWAM on Steam in it's current form. He'd have to overhaul the entire game to get rid of any incest and shota content to make it Steam-friendly. Has anyone ever played the current DOL version? That game is a complete mess. At current pace, it would L&P take YEARS only to overhaul it, let alone the extra work required to release regular updates on both Patreon and Steam, two different versions. Even some of the biggest creators take several weeks to release their latest updates on Steam after the initial release on Patreon, and those games don't have any ToS-breaking content.
Regarding his plans for a writer or a team, he could have realized those "plans" a long time ago. Like I said, he's been saying the exact same thing for YEARS, and never has he done anything to make it happen. If money was the problem, why would he make statements about building a team or finding writer/translator in the first place? Years ago, without any plans to release his project on Steam, without the "extra money required". We've been discussing these kind of statements for the longest time, and it always ended the same way. L&P making excuses acting like a butthurt teenager and blaming everything but himself. And then the cycle continues.
One thing is certain, though. I'm really curious to see what he's going to say at the end of this PD, or next year, when once again nothing of what he said in this statement is happening. As always.
Also, he said he doesn't want to work 10 more years on the game, which is why he has his "plans" to speed up development by 50-60%. Yeah well, even if he could cut the development time in half, he would still need 15-20 more years to finish this project. He is either lying to himself, or just lying to a Legend tier patron. Or both.