I don't think rendering is the problem or laziness, but like many developers lack of professionalism. What started as a hobby has turned into a job that requires a lot of time, energy and self-discipline.
And then there is the fact that you have no plan how the story should continue. When a developer has to invent events from update to update before he can draw and write them.
Over the years, this will burn out even the most creative head/developer.
So many developers feel the same way.
That's why the game will never be finished.
I would totally agree with that, but there's something not adding up in this equation. For the past 8+ months, stoper's told his supporters in his development blogs that he's making great progress, that he's having alot of fun creating the scenes, that the pace is good and he's working hard on the game. And now, the results of these absolutely misleading statements is an update with 300+ renders. An update that's still not released, getting closer and closer to an entire year of development.
You know how we all criticize L&P for his slow development pace, right? But this right here is in a league of its own. Even L&P who is considered an absolute snail can release 300+ renders in 2-3 months, and then a stoper comes around the corner lying to and misleading his supporters for 8 months straight, releasing an update so tiny that you actually question yourself if he was even working at all for the majority of time. Where is this "great pace"? Where is this "good progress"? Where is this "hard work" stoper kept talking about for the past 8+ months again, and again, and again?
Those are stoper's statements, the guy who criticized L&P for his terrible development speed. And now he's about to release an update after close to a year, for which L&P would have needed 2, 3 months at most? The craziest part to me, which I've mentioned in this post and several times before in previous ones, is how stoper keeps coming up with new devblogs, saying the same thing over and over and over again, misleading his supporters with absolute nonsense, and those 300+ renders are supposed to be the result of that? Well, not quite... time is still ticking, and there's no sign of a release in sight.
I feel genuinely sorry for anyone who paid month after month, thinking they'd get rewarded with an update worth their money. This is the worst output in terms of renders compared to time investment, the longest development cycle and the most misleading development blogs from stoper ever. To me, that makes him play in the same league as developers like Gumdrop, ICSTOR and alike. Compared to this, L&P is a beast and workaholic. That should be very telling, especially coming from me. You know how harsh I criticize L&P most of the time.
And the update is still not out. Who knows how much worse it gets from here.
