- Sep 18, 2019
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First... for the love of all that is holy... the Dev clearly stated being a woman, trans woman yes, but that is a woman for what it truly matters, it wouldn't bloody hurt you to address respectfully the Dev with the gender appellation she desire. Second the difference here is that this Dev develop games as her only source of subsistence, so yes its why their is a focus on Patreon, because she needs that money for her family to survive, now you'll obviously say 'she can just get a normal job' except she lives in a part of the world where that isn't really possible, she already is living as a refugee effectively in Thailand, out of Myanmar, so this is likely the only viable source of income she can achieve under the far less than stellar circumstances.I went to work and came back to read how it was going. I see it became so much drama. If after choices ever finish his original game, I will recognize him as a VN developer, trust that he delivers his game and then support him. buy his game on wherever it is being sold, make a donation of certain amount on patreon or whatever. But if not. I am just moving to somewhere else.
I already support and supported games such as city of broken dreams, being a dik, become a rockstar, etc. bought them on steam and made a few donations on patreon. I am not a subscriber, I just donate. Choose a higher tier and pay.
Those guys have already delivered good games. If you want to gamble with supporters, saying if you pay 1 dollar, you get the game back, that doesn't work with me. There are a lot of developers out there giving good content without the need of doing what you are doing, I will stick with them. They are doing it right, so they deserve it more, in my point of view.
You have the talent. you just need the right business mindset to make it grow. But I can tell you are making the wrong decisions. That is not the way you gonna gain new patrons.
So their is clearly a major difference between her and the Devs of those other games that are clearly in no danger of likely losing their lives over failing at this. Or at the very least got very readily available other options, if making games doesn't work. The previous version of the game was great, and showed more soul than many games available on this website, so while yea their are some problems that are currently under consideration by the Dev, she has shown willingness to be readjusting, so we'll see where this go by the next update.