Okey, dude. You should stop talking as an emissary for thousands of people.
I, too, was playing only cos of Freya for up to now. But why is that? Cos she's a redhead? Certainly not because she has big tits - everyone have big tits in this game.
I don’t know why my words aren’t being seen as a whole picture of what I actually said, but rather interpreted as whatever someone wants to see in them — but fine. I’ll try to explain what I already explained.
I didn’t speak on behalf of thousands of people. I referred to a few individuals who leaked the version, which led to thousands of others downloading it instead of waiting for the free release or subscribing to the Patreon. The number of people interested in the game is based on the download stats from Pixeldrain.
As for character development — yes, that’s great — but every scene is primarily a render. For every 5-minute scene with characters, the developer might spend dozens of hours. My worst nightmare for this game would be if the developer adds even more characters just for additional scenes. More characters == Less time to properly develop each of them
It's sad a grown ass adult feels entitled to a product he's not even paying for and whines to the dev on a pirate forum.
Do you even realize that for independent developers, this
“pirate forum” is actually a traffic platform? Do you understand that the dev himself posts announcements about new releases not because he has nothing better to do, but to attract new patrons and monetize the game? This place provides stable and high traffic, with links to all of the developer’s resources, where he has a verified profile and where he himself uploaded early versions of the game. The conversion rate may not be huge, but it’s his own choices that influence whether someone who paid for the game ends up feeling so disappointed they leak it for free without getting anything in return.
Most people didn’t pay for the game — but they gave it advertising, feedback, community, and reviews.
Besides, this isn’t
Lona RPG with a mandatory agreement you have to accept just to enter the game.
The Fate Won’t Separate Us isn’t a trademarked product or a commercial release. The only thing being “sold” here is the developer’s time, and it's worth exactly as much as Patreon brings in. Even then, the developer isn’t obligated to finish the game, and users who pay don’t get to make decisions for the dev. I’m
entitled to say and write whatever I want, as long as it doesn’t break the forum rules.