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Yeah they definitely seem to have changed a couple of times over the past few years!
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Damn, seeing the notification for this thread got me hyped for a second. Now I know what other people feel like when I post random bullshit on a wasteland of a thread with a game that seems to be dead in the waters.
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It's an honour to know that CEO, entrepeneur, born in 1964, Jeffrey, Jeffrey Bezos is also an avid follower of Mahou Mating
So I played this way back when the demo released in 2020. Even reviewed it and Belgerum gave my review a love reaction. What's going on with this game? It's been five years with no update whatsoever. Belgerum seems like a very solid creator. Even with all the endings the least they can do is slowly update the game and implement them in newer versions like so many others.
The game was in development hell due to a publisher deal that... didn't work out well. The dev is still working on it, but is kind of pushing through the publisher nonsense.
But no, the standard Patreon model is not "the least they can do", and is honestly not a very good model for game development at all. It's just the only means some amateur devs have to fund their projects, but it severely limits how they can approach development and is a big part of the reason so many of those games collapse in on themselves. Proper game development does not typically take the form of just making a fully playable chapter 1 followed by a fully playable chapter 2 and then a fully playable chapter 3 at regular intervals.
To elaborate by "the least they can do" I was more thinking about Belgerum as a creator not factoring in things like Patreon support. As I said I have been following them for a long time.
I meant as a general rule for making a game they can slowly update it.
I don't know what to tell ya because that's usually how I see games in development work. Then again I play a lot of "amateur" developed type games. I don't expect "proper" game development. But I do expect some progress at least monthly maybe two tops. Especially for a game like this.
However it's not the developer's fault if Patrons don't cancel their subscriptions. You aren't forced to pay if you don't want to.
You also could have I don't know. Do a background check of the person you are supporting instead of complaining? If you did you would know Belgerium is an amateur creator. Not some professional that can do "proper game development".
How long have you been on this site? Because games releasing chapters in intervals is pretty common here. I'm not sure why you are so salty because their activity should be expected judging by this site and Belgerium's BG.
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Devs Patreon is now "Under review" a big chance it might be taken down.
Guess that's how this ends. Shame Maid Mansion was great
Guess that's how this ends. Shame Maid Mansion was great
The dev still releases their games commercially, and the itch pages are still up. Don't jump to conclusions just because Patreon's being Patreon.
Still nothing... this is one of the games that I really want to play... still, I will wait till his release.
As of two weeks ago he was still responding to Itch messages and saying it's still coming. But yeah, it's wild I pre-ordered this over five years ago.
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Yeah I am not entirely sure how he gets away with it on itch. I really enjoy his other games but its been on preorder for like 6 years at this point. I'm not sure how preorders work on itch but hopefully people don't get scammed out of their money for a game that is in never ending development.
At this point I consider it a sunk cost. In fact, when I pre-ordered it, the price was $5, so if it ever does come out I get a 50% discount! But yeah, this is quickly becoming the Silksong of mind control games, wild how long it's been in development hell.
He recently said this on Itch
So yeah this is big development hell not even the number of endings is certain and release date is still TBD.