Thank you so much for that compliment. I thought this would be normal behavior for any developer who wishes to create a good product, but it's nice to know my efforts are be appreciated. I really do love talking with people about the game and seeing what they think about it. I can't improve the game or my own skills in game making if I ignore all feedback, right?
I get that some developers might not like interacting with people on F95zone because most people here pirate the games they're playing, but I honest think that's a wrong attitude to have for a developer. I think it's much more useful to take advantage of whatever feedback you can get, no matter the source. And I totally get that not everyone has enough money to support the creators they like. I myself don't have nearly enough money to support the other creators I like. But just ignoring feedback because that feedback came from someone who possibly didn't pay for your product is just not something a developer should do in my opinion. The feedback from this website has helped me improve the game in so many small ways which in turn (I hope) has helped to convinced other people that my product is good enough to support with their hard earned money.
So don't be afraid to voice your opinion about the game here, even if it's negative. I do really care about all the feedback I'm given and I hope you can (eventually) all see how much your feedback has helped improve the game.
PS: About the gender thing... I've purposefully stayed quiet about my gender because I don't think that should matter when playing the game. I've seen people think that I'm male and I've seen people think that I'm female, and it's actually honestly been somewhat funny to see people trying to figure it out.
Look at the big developers. They obviously often don't give a damn at all.
And for the small devs, some are so full of themselves, it's ridiculous.
I have one who is so pissed after I criticized him a few times that he coded a scene to make fun of me in his game.
Of course I laughed my ass off over it, but it shows you the petty, small egos some people have.
No, your approach is great and I'm sure given time it will prove the more successful one.
All the big earners on patreon are either on pretty good standings here or already offer the game for free anyway, while those trying to crush down hard on their patreons for pirating their game or adding stupid protection to it never go beyond a few hundred bucks a month anyway.