- Apr 18, 2021
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No.The problem with Patreon is that incentivize endless developments. If DPC is making a good amount of money every month, there is no need to rush the development, not to say to finish the game. It´s the opposite of profesional game studios, that only make real money once they release the finished game. So... Where is the problem, for DPC, in being developing the game until his death or, at least, retirement?
The only thing that can stop him continue making this game forever, is boredom. Writers get bored if they have to write always the same story. That´s the reason most of TV shows lose freshness after the third season or so and the reason big game studios drop or restart from scratch successful franchises, like Mass Effect or The Witcher: the writers run out of ideas, and new writers that weren´t there from the beginning have different visions to the ones of the original writers, and the story and characters losses quality and coherence because of that. In this case, it´s a one-man-show. I suppose DPC won´t be able to maintain BaDIK for years and years like a soap-opera.
About an episode every three months, that´s we all are praying forBut again: why the guy would invest in creating a team to develop faster this game (more expenses, more risk) if he´s doing decent money right now? It depends of his vision. Maybe he´s a business man that has the vision of creating a indie studio, create jobs and make really big money. Maybe he just wants a decent income every month without assuming risks, and that´s all. So far, I think is the second case, but maybe now he´s selling the game in GOG too, the guy is thinking in expanding his business. Probably only DPC knows.
Maybe if patrons complain in Patreon about the long waiting between releases, DPC feels the pressure and reacts, but I don´t know if that´s happening.
By giving money on Patreon you are directly contributing financially to the development of this game which wouldn't be possible otherwise. There is no reason for "patrons to complain in Patreon", and since you don't know if that's happening, you're getting this game for free, yet complaining anyways?
If Patreon didn't exist and DPC had to sell games like this as a "finished" product only, he probably would not be making these games at all and instead would be flipping burgers or whatever the rest of us do to pay the rent every month. It is clear DPC isn't milking development since he is releasing finished "seasons" on Steam and has finished a game previously, Acting Lessons. Sometimes this shit just takes a lot of time, yet DPC is much faster than most indie developers.
Something important to remember is that Patreon makes creation of games like this possible in the first place. Otherwise there is not a big industry for adult games. Most adult games really sucked back in the 90s and early 2000s. Like porn studios, only those with a lot of money already were making quality products. Websites like Onlyfans and Patreon have enabled small studios and independents to create adult material without a huge gatekeeper with tons of money to produce their work. Things are so much different now than 20 years ago when you had to have a finished product and try to market it on your own.
You are literally living in the best time for adult content thanks to websites like this. Rejoice. You could have been born in the year 1300 and gotten slapped for looking at your cousin's ankle the wrong way.
