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He's giving out Steam keys (and I think Itch if that is preferred) to people who have supported up to the amount it costs on Steam. And if you get on either of those platforms, you're not paying for future updates.I originally supported the when playing it like a year and half a go. Since my support is around the price of the steam game, I think it's safe to say I paid for the game.
lol it's not just the back and forth emails. You have to setup your store - create a preview video, design capsules, etc. On top of that, programming mechanisms to play sound and music, programming against Steam API to actually unlock achievements, fixing bugs, etc. And it wasn't a full 7 months. Payments were paused at least twice during that time (May and October).The devs certainly didnt dedicate an entire development cycle to a steam release. It's always been an extra addition to the regular update. (It was also also updating every 2-3 months instead of fucking seven lol). Back and forth emails also aren't very time consuming, you know you can actually work on the game in between that.
Not for sympathy, just to show that he's got a full-time job. There are only so many hours in a week. He's got a family that he needs to dedicate time to, as well. Like TTrick, I develop software for a living. After working 8 or more hours, I need to unwind a bit before I get into it again on my own personal projects. And I know since he and I are in different time zones, when he messages me about a scene he's working on, if it's late at night for me, it's 3-4 AM the next day for him. Yes, this game will be in development for quite a bit of time. There's no getting around that, unless it brings in the type of income where he can quit his job and dedicate 100% time to it.I thought the whole "he's working on a other job" as a way to gain sympathy. May have been wrong though.
I do believe this is gonna be another game that's in development forever, but I didn't really know the milking game back then. So my bad. But atleast the steam version is here to stop future idiots like me from being fully fucked over. I'll give him credit on that atleast.