The fact is you write too much, it's not always engaging, and the eye candy isn't good enough to encourage a player to read anything.
You need to move beyond pixel art, and develop a system even more robust than what crush did with more scenes and graphics. And you would need to condense how you write. What good is a none milking dev who does updates in a timely manner, if they can't hook their audience in graphics or writing?
I'm not saying it's a fault with the writing, as in if you self identify as an author/writer, I am not trashing your work. But saying the format or approach needs to be different for a game.
You speak with a lot of certainty, but your position lacks depth and clarity.
Yes, more scenes and more images will always have broader appeal to a wider audience. If every game prioritized brevity, visuals and "reward frequency", then they'd all look like Fortnite, Valorant or Battlefield. They're massively successful, but I shouldn't need to explain to you why not every game copies them.
Just like how there are different types of "writing" (novels, short stories, magazine articles, fanfiction and twitter posts), there are different types of games, that appeal to different types of people. A creator is going to play to their strengths and cater for an audience that resonates with the type of content that they put out.
A dev who writes “too much” for one reader might be
just right for another who’s been starved for something richer. Saying that a visual novel or a piece of interactive fiction (like Blue Swallow or
Orphan) needs to be turned into a calorie-dense clickfest of shiny images and pixelated pussies isn't the answer. It may be what
you want, but it doesn't
NEED to be done. Cassie has 300+ patrons and I'm sure that it'll continue to grow because they have a cool project that plenty of people resonate with and want to support. Niches exist and mass appeal isn't always the answer.
In short: there is always room to improve, but not every game is trying to win the same race.
Some are mapping a different route with different fans.
, the receptionist there is a mean looking woman who spends her time reading old magazines or something like that, and on top of that she gives you bad service.
