DS made 2 major mistakes.
1) Did not divide the line of Kate and Max into 2 independent games;
2) Abandoned his original RPG concept with choice of storyline and turned it into a visual novel;
Let me explain why I think so. The concept of a patreon means that we pay the author who uploads his work. We're not stockholders, we're not trustees, we're not sponsors, we're not shoppers. We are volunteers who pay for the content we like. I do not like? - I don't pay, it's simple. Of course, this does not prevent the authors from striving to increase the number of payers and keep them with various bonuses and privileges. Well, that's it, a little thought. Now to my points.
1) Separation into independent games. It's one thing when the same storyline is played for different characters (mage, warrior, thief lol), it's another thing when it wasn't even close. On the example of glamour: for Kate there is a plot (abandoned). There is no plot for Max, there is a goal - fuck everyone. What prevented all the developments and the RPG component from being implemented in the game for Kate, and for those who want not to soar their brains but just to fuck everything that has a pussy to make a visual novel for Max? 2 games - everyone is happy.
2) There are a lot of examples in the gaming industry when developers deviate from the original idea. 99% of the time it ends up being crap. The idea of the original glamour was in the plot with an RPG component. What do we see now? crap, but crap with good pictures. Which, in principle, is not bad (the graphics are not bad), but I will not pay for this.
P.S. I'm for Kate and against Max, but not because Max pisses me off. This cockroach is simply not needed in glamour. In a separate game - no problem, here - no. DS shoved Max through with the grace of a hippo in a glass shop, justifying with a vote and other excuses. Maybe this is true, maybe not. In any case, at the moment I will not pay for a visual novel in which the author can get away from the initial promises. The concept of glamour: you ordered the delivery of beer, they brought you Pepsi and justified it by the fact that someone of the other orderers wants Pepsi ... but they want you pay like for beer.