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Well, I'm not really doing this primarily for success, it's more of an incessant desire to create something. The basis of doujin works should be that way imo.Well, that's just how things go. Success often comes totally unexpected. Why not take the opportunity and really polish this? That is also an important part of game development, and the final 10% are always the worst... Just imagine half-assing HPMF, only to put all your heart (and polish) in the next game that flops spectacularly for some unholy reason. That would break my heart.
HPMF - on the other hand - is beloved, you can easily tell, and there are a lot more anons out there that are absolutely going to love the shit out of it as well, if your discord shills would put in a bit more effort, that is (just kidding; then again, some shilling will be needed, that's just how things work, I guess...).
I did read, you already have plans for another game, smaller in scope, so sure, you wanna finally move on and do that. And I'm certainly not going to hold you hostage, or anything. Still, I'd suggest you at least reconsider, with a new look on HPMF and regard it not as almost finished, but as a very successful prototype. And then you duke it out... or don't. I say: it would be totally worth it.
Is your new game going to have a proper RPGM chibi world? If so, why not use HPMF to already get used to it?
And while I'm talking out of my ass now, but couldn't HPMF also be a great success on the japanese market? Use the rewrite opportunity to properly localize the game, and MTL the shit out of it. I do believe there are some english games out there that did that, offered a japanese version and sold it on DLsite or what not. Maybe try to contact one of those devs that went this route, to see how that worked out for them? There may be some good money to be made this way? Well, maybe not. I don't know.
Anyways, it's nice you've showed up again, have a good time and all the best.
I have a set number of projects I want to do, if I can do all of them, I'll be very happy and satisfied.
As for shilling/marketing, I said before on my discord that I want HPMF to fly under people's radar. It's why I don't bother updating preview images. I won't even think of shilling it until it's finished.
I'm planning to polish it as much as I can obviously.
The next game will be smaller in scope in a way, something more for the dlsite crowd, so RPGM. Hopefully way less words words words. It will be a FeMC corruption game like Ambrosia but the execution will be quite different.
I'm building up skills to make a certain "dream game" in the future, it's the main reason why I started doing this in the first place. it's like a hardcore form of edging.
Can you run other renpy games just fine? I haven't heard of this issue before.
