Crusader of Romance
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I agree on most of what you say, my point is that just because he used to post and because this site made his game more famous doesn't mean he loses the rights to his own creation. Not being OK with the game being pirated is his right. Just because he was OK with it the first 2 episodes doesn't mean he has to be OK with the game being posted here forever.I am inclined to side with you on this because yes it sucks to have your own creation leaked for free especially when its supposedly your main income. And death threats just sucks and is simple reminder of how shitty humans are. But lets not pretend this site is killing DPC income or whatever. DPC would have 0 income and would never be able to get sustained from this if not for freely posting his game on itch.io. He was willingly posting his own games out for free hoping someone give him money volontarilly, and its only now that he found bunch of "benevolent benefactors" who is paying him over 100$ each month that he is having strong opinions on how this sites work. i mean game is being sold on steam for like 10$ or something (its a bit more than that), i understand why he is desperate to keep his patrons happy, but in the same time its the patrons who leak to these sites in the first place so go figure. My point is, f95 is the source of his income far more than it takes from it as majority of his patrons first saw the game here, tried it, liked it and decided to support the development. So its a bit more nuanced than "boo hoo they are playing game for free"
And he's not alone. Many games here have a statement that the Dev is not OK with it being posted here.