- Aug 17, 2017
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That happens more times than you'd like. Even with games found on steam, those in early access. The dev I work for took the better part of 5 years to get to a point where the game he had on offer was even worth the money. It took a number of 3d artists stepping up and saying they were willing to help in some way.640 fools on patreon still believe this game will go anywhere.
The dev milks a game that has NOTHING to enjoy for months on end now. After 2 years still no worthy content means this game is a 1 star game that no one needs to touch and the dev knows his sheep will pay his rent for peanutes
This is what we call the "lone developer problem". When you've got one guy doing everything, you run this risk that when you start making money off it through Patreon, or early access, there's less of a drive to actually complete it.