I love all your nasty presumptions... of course it's my fault... but my only fault is that I didn't start working with Sindel earlier...
T4bbo:
You and your team have done a great job with Babysitter. The characters are great, with realistic personalities, and it was fun getting to know Christine and Jessica. The renders also greatly improved throughout its development also, so kudos for that.
Ignore the small number of complainers. I am not a game developer by any stretch, but I've made a few renders in Daz, and I know how long it takes to make everything look good, and that's just for one render. Combine it with great dialog, a fun story, and all the background coding, and I think an update every few months is great. Babysitter is certainly one of better games here, in my opinion, so don't take crap from anyone!
I think most of the ammunition for the complainers is by giving deadlines for the next release. There are a handful of top developers that do this full time that can stick to a strict release schedule (WVM, Haley's Story), but I've noticed that most of my favorite games here have a "whenever its done" schedule. Sure, there are still a lot of "when is the next release" comments for them also, but you don't see the same level of entitled complaints, and angry diatribes against the developers, you see when you give a specific release date. I actually think the more information you give about the planned release, the more ammunition you give to critics. Unless you are sure its coming out in the next week or so, I wouldn't give any date or percent complete. Just give a status update to your Patrons every once an awhile so they know how its going, like "making good progress this week, created another batch of renders for ski resort scene, looking forward to fun after dinner event" or whatever.
It's your game, and your life, so work on whatever excites you as a developer. However, I do have a suggestion, take it or leave it. Babysitter is great, but I get the sense that the story is at a good wrapping up point. The relationships with the main characters have developed for the most part, and I get the sense that as a developer you are looking forward to working on the next thing. My suggestion is to wrap up the story in the next few updates, and start work on the next game. Your next game, Babysitters, has great potential and is just starting out, so I wouldn't wait an entire year before continuing its development.
Anyway, a bit of a long-winded post but I think you are doing a great job, and I appreciate all your hard work making such a fun game. I look forward to you and your team continuing on your next project.
