- Aug 3, 2017
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What makes you think that guy is the dev? (No offense to that person.) The dev for this game is a member that goes by "1Thousand" -- the very same person as noted in the thread's title, info block, and tagged as the game's developer on F95. He even has the same avatar as on his Patreon. And yes, to your question. At least, he has in the past and even made several posts responding to folks in this very thread. He was last on F95 just yesterday at the time of this post after all.(Snip.)
Regarding the visuals, it's probably more to do with the fact that 1Thousand continues to evolve his skill on the matter. In earlier versions, the game was noticeably grainer, darker, flatter, had knee-jerk transitions, and whatnot. Though I haven't revisited the game for many updates now (as I'm waiting for the next one), it's been noted that the dev has gone back and reworked many of these early visuals to smooth out these rough edges including some of the lighting you've mentioned.
Don't worry, this dev has got it together and is really on top of things. This won't be one of those games that will be in development in perpetuity. The game has been moving at a good clip. The story is interesting and visuals aren't half bad, and 1Thousand has been making strides in improving on both of those fronts -- going so far as reworking earlier chapters without noticeable slowdowns working on current chapters. Once it wraps up this year, hopefully he'll seriously consider going forward in the creation of another game. As of now, we don't know for sure if this is going to be his one and only VN he's working to complete on Patreon. Anyway, hope this was an informative answer and brings you up to speed on a few things. Cheers, mate!