Know what, I'm going to change the age rating, might not be NOW in this moment but You are right that was wrong of me to think and do - but I've experienced it first hand that adult games aren't as pushed as other indie games, seeing and hearing about this scared me quite a bit, and also compare this one with the previous one and treat it as such- causing misunderstanding all over.Correct. From a marketing perspective the dev alienated his fans and audience by switching genres. Worse, reading MM's reviews, there's very little mention of how well written it was. Instead, most positive reviews mention its lewds and graphics.
Again, you're entirely right.
Steam recommends games based on playtime and reviews. So, the dev's first priority needs to be to develop a game that's polished and keeps players interested. The age rating matters so little, and I very much doubt the 17-18 year-olds are going to be his biggest market segment. No, it will be adults, the same adults who support his patreon.
After giving the game an honest try, this is what I ended up doing. Not out of spite or anything (I have nu issues playing an AVN celibately), but because the writing just isn't at the required level to carry a story- and character driven AVN.
The 0.4 patreon version has 1 lewd scene, of a woman and an escort. I actually liked the steam version a bit more after that.
And though I get the alienation of fanbase, I don't know what to say about that- I already made a pure AVN, I'm done with that taste- I just want to do something different here and I absolutely accounted for that.