- Mar 15, 2020
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You are not out of line, however, I think you might be misunderstanding, as I had until recently, the overall commitment the dev has to patrons on patreon as opposed to say customers for a product on Steam (for example). He can't be held "accountable" to a schedule or delivery time, quality of work, content size etc. to those who are simply "contributing" to the creative work he's doing by anyone but those providing that support. You are supporting his craft, not purchasing his product, or gaining his commitment to anything including a delivery schedule.Sorry if I am out of line, I am pointing out my observations of watching this game from long ago, it happens to be one of the few games that even peaked my interest in joining this site and seems like some are just oblivious to the fact.
I too, have considered it your way, but realize that that's the reality of it. Unfortunately, it is a reality that is kind of "souring" the platform for me, a mere consumer, with what seems to be a "yesteryear" perspective on story telling. Biggest reason I starting enjoying these games in the first place, a new millennium approach to one of my favorite passtimes, following a good story.
The patreon effect has seemed to foster a culture of "not finishing anything". What a lot of people complaining about "milking" or intentionally delaying a release until the patreon month rollover, etc., ultimately delaying the ending to a story that should have ended twenty updates ago, just to keep the patreon ball rolling, until they end up getting bored or "burned out" or whatever BS reason they use and dump the project altogether, leaving you hang without an ending. It is clear that some do that, and it sets a bad light for the many who do not. But again, for patrons, there is no 'recourse' available to them because like it or not the developer hasn't done anything wrong. If the patron doesn't like and or approve of a developer's progress it is their prerogative to withdraw further support and move on.
I said that it is "souring" the whole platform for me because though the "unfinished story" aspect doesn't seem to bother a lot of folks, it's bothersome for me. I mean, how many best sellers have you read after tearing out the last three pages and throwing them away before starting the book? How happy would you be to buy an author's work and find out they didn't write the last half of the last chapter? JMPOV.
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