man tell us, did you lose thousands of dollars to the dev
and now you are regretted but also ashamed to tell us so that's why you are defending him like his lawyer to cover up your lost money or something
I spend money to support this dev yes but I do not have the feeling of having lost money...
You troll me so you deserve to be made fun of
Stop with your arrogance, you are ridiculous...
I react to unfair posts and/or nonsense/bullshit said... Bear with it...
But I would be sad (really ?
) to break your daydreaming here : you prefer to believe the reality to be the fantasies in you head rather than gather facts to face it...
Now I will reply to you... ^^
look, this is not a finished product like we buy on steam.
Thank you !! At least you do not the same mistake the guy you agree with.... Herohate (honestly, he admitted a while ago he knows nothing about what it takes to make a game)...
He always spoke about the money he gave from time to time on Patreon to this dev as payment like if he purchased something...
These VN games (or porn games on this regard) in this site are like "kickstarter funding" I am sure you heard it. and like kickstarter, it relies on crowdfunding or supporters.
Just do a research about kickstarter projects or games, how many of them became successful at the end and delivered what they promised in the beginning ? High percentage of games are abondoned, or scammed the people , take money and close the project.
Of course this game can also become very successful in the end, but I see that chance is low. And signs are not good. Just look at the development status in the early beginning of the game, there was update almost in every 3 months. Now last update with new material and content was in September 2023.
So it's quite normal to say "supporting this game on patreon is insane".
No need for a research, I know Kickstarter too (I supported some projects there)
You are making a mistake : Kickstarter has not the same business model as Patreon....
- Kickstarter : creators define an amount of money they think enough to be able to make their project from beginning to end : as a subscriber you give money once for all.
- Patreon : Creators asks for money to subscribers on a monthly basis.
In Kickstarter, games are abandoned mostly because their creators underestimated the amount of money they really need : I cannot say most of them are the worst devs on earth, it is not an easy task to be able to plan how much money is required for five or more years of developement...
If they need more money later, it would be unlikely they manage to gather additional funds in another campaign : subscribers would not follow...
The business model Patreon provides to their creators is far less risky for the sake of the projects in that aspect : no need to plan money for too long thanks to the monthly system of patronage. Hence, it is easier for rookie developers to start a project...
I do not say you are wrong if you do not trust this dev, it is obvious this dev has room to improve. I just say you cannot say I am wrong to trust him either : that's why saying supporting this dev to be insanity is not acceptable.
Do you understand that or not ?
At work, the scrum master and I (as software tech lead) drive daily meetings every morning with the devs of my team and the product owner (representing my customer).
To each dev, including me, is asked : have you done what you planned yesterday ? and what task do you plan to do today from the user stories kanban board ?
and that is my daily routine for more than 10 years... I said that to show you I know what efficient dev reports are... and I can say this dev does quite good reporting in his weekly posts : he does not just go on Patreon to say Hi...
I rely on facts to make my decisions about my subscriptions : I have informations from his Patreon posts and Discord in which the dev gathers feedback from the susbcribers there... I give money after all...
Can you claim the same reliability before posting here ?
