Sure, but the question is if a Sistine Chapel painted directly by Michelangelo himself would have been different than one painted by people under his supervision. I suspect the answer is yes, though whether it would have been better, worse or effectively the same is impossible to say. But DPC is the one calling the shots. If he thinks a collaborative BaDIK would be sufficiently different from the version he makes himself, there's no reason to doubt him and not much point in debating it. You can think he's making a mistake, obviously, but that's no different than any other artistic disagreement.
The economic question is a separate aspect. If DPC had a single patron who commissioned a massive, college-themed AVN for his 10th reunion and thus needed it done on time, DPC might have been forced to put a team together to meet the deadline. Likewise, if DPC wanted to be the head of a prestigious AVN design studio, he could have assembled a team to make AL, then expanded to make BaDIK. But DPC has a crowd-sourced funding that pays him without hard deadlines, and he seems much happier writing games himself than on managing people. So rather than forcing DPC's hand to develop the game on ways he dislikes, the economics actually encourage and enable him to take his time and do it 'right.'
Which again, doesn't mean that it's the optimum outcome from our own point of view, just that it IS a valid choice, and one we're very unlikely to be able to change.
if Michelangelo had wanted to do it all by himself, probably we would have never seen it... and I don't see why having someone prepare the colors, mount the proofs on the vault of the chapel should have worsened the quality.
the certainty of having it versus the subjective uncertainty of quality, I would say that in the case of the sistine chapel the patreons system worked well
the economic aspect in my opinion is decisive, but in that it is difficult to disagree with DPC
It's been about a month, though the exact timeline is nebulous now. I agree it's frustrating that the MC hasn't spent a night with Maya (much less both girls) since then. As usual, I blame the crossroads.
But I will say it's not quite as unreasonable as it may seem at first glance. The MC and Maya were still insisting they AREN'T a formal throuple yet, and more importantly they are trying to keep the relationship a secret. They should still be doing more to spend time together, but there are practical limits to how much that could happen.
This
should begin to change come Season 3 if you're on their branch, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
sleeping together at the end is only symbolic, the problem is that they never even talked about their relationship, that it was absolutely a new experience for everyone and they just wanted to see if it worked or not. and at the end of that month, then there is Patrick's shock therapy, they don't take any step forward, maybe some backwards. they are never 3 but always 2 in rotation...
from that moment on, the only substantial difference is the jealousy they feel for Jill and Sage, and MC's unilateral decision that they have yet to communicate, so for them the crossroad is yet to be reached.
Having a team does not necessarily mean better quality or faster releases. Sometimes the team is just an excuse to justify a bigger budget to Patreon contributors. On the other hand, there is a certain tendency that when a game becomes more complex, because of its story or its features, the releases become less frequent.
These considerations lead me to accept Dr PinkCake's choice as long as the quality follows. But I understand the criticism of those who, from an accounting view, say that the creator can afford to hire developers; but he cannot be blamed for a promise he never made.
you are describing a dysfunctional team, and that therefore must be rebuilt, but that is as good an example as a depressed author who becomes an alcoholic...
About quality, the discourse is subjective, but there is no way to argue that a team works faster than an individual, the whole history of mankind testifies to that.
then the choice of DPC we all have to accept it, and whether we share it or not doesn't matter.
