I find it very funny how you react, bro.
No, buddy. There was a discussion about the adult games industry and you said the same thing, although it was not about you and your game at all. Also, in this thread, you said that the game will be ready in late July or early August. Then I personally asked if the planned date was valid and you replied that about July - you overestimated your capabilities, but in August the update will be ready. And also told a sad story about the difficulty with rendering and burnt-out video card. And I've seen this story a few more times in this thread. So I'm talking about it. If you find it toxic, well, it's on you. I can really be quite harsh in my words, so I understand you.
Im going to throw my two cents in here. I love this game, the writing and the artistry are outstanding. This is the perfect example of why quality is more important that quantity and speed. Anyone who enjoys this game/VN would rather you maintain the standards you have set out so far, rather than release a reduced quality product whilst meeting an arbitrary release date. This is your product, your passion, everyone else here is just along to share the ride with you.
If you read the last couple pages of the thread you'd know that the dev's GPU died and it took a few months for them to get a new one with the shortage.
What's wrong wit the Spice Girls?????
How long other Devs take to update is 100% irrelevant since they all work under different conditions. A dev that are single and can work full time on a game will naturally release faster updates than someone who has a regular job and family and only work on the game when they can.
Do you know what that shows? That you don't see the difference in quality in renders and that you have no fucking idea about rendering in general because if you did you wouldn't type this bullshit, especially not after one of his gpu's went up in smoke earlier this year and he needed months to replace it. Yeah having a second gpu, especially the one he has now speeds up things by a lot. Who would've thought?
Compensate. Much to compensate. Individually it may be different what to compensate, so I leave it to the individual imagination.
Pass it my way as well .. I'd love to put a voice to a .. errr .. nameI'm probably making a very big mistake now, but I think women sound awful with a (BBC) English accent. I like to listen to female Irish and Scots, unfortunately I have never heard Welsh accents.
With short skirts, however, I would probably overlook any accent in general.
Please send me an MP3 file Avaron1974.
I guess estimates for release dates are a catch-22 for devs. Provide estimates for updates and the entitlement cycle pops up whenever there's a delay, don't give any and you get even more of the "when next updaet?", "gaem has abandoned?", "y no abandoned tag" spamfest.
Sure thing, it is actual money, but it is very easy to stop supporting someone. Nobody is paying for an actual finished product yet, so it's on the patrons themselves to be realistic when they put money in the tip jar.
That's the thing to do!
That's a reasonable take. To be fair, not giving definite dates for next update seems what the dev usually does. But I suppose that anything definite enough will get quoted back at you by angry people. And not giving estimates will lead to the topic getting inundated with "next update when?", the other horn of the catch-22.
Not to be mean, but I think that is still an unfortunate mindset when you give money to strangers without any guarantee for an end product. Treat it like a tip jar or giving money to charity, homeless people and such, and only give what you'll never regret giving. Of course, burning $120 is never fun, but I think it's on the patrons to limit their donations to what they'll never regret.
In fact, setting deadlines is beneficial for the developer himself. Not in terms of public image, but in terms of self-control. If you are doing any kind of work, you must set the boundaries of your competence. Exclusively for the development of self-discipline. As you said, it's stressful and without setting any limits for yourself, you can just hide from the problems. But in the long run, it doesn't do anything good for your success. It is a fundamental necessity to overcome difficulties if you want to develop yourself. Otherwise, you will stagnate and risk falling into procrastination. The sad truth of life.
It's good to set goals for yourself if you're serious about something. Just how serious if you have a day job and are doing it as a hobby is up to you. Doesn't mean you necessarily have to share those goals, while doing so may stop you from letting them slip devs do get undeserved abuse sometimes if they miss one.In fact, setting deadlines is beneficial for the developer himself. Not in terms of public image, but in terms of self-control. If you are doing any kind of work, you must set the boundaries of your competence. Exclusively for the development of self-discipline. As you said, it's stressful and without setting any limits for yourself, you can just hide from the problems. But in the long run, it doesn't do anything good for your success. It is a fundamental necessity to overcome difficulties if you want to develop yourself. Otherwise, you will stagnate and risk falling into procrastination. The sad truth of life.
And as for all this grumbling and crying, I sincerely believe that, in the paradigm in which we are now, the developer has no obligations either to ordinary players or to patrons. There are pros and cons to this position, but that's another story.
