Being a dev is hard. It's a lot of work for not a lot of gains. It can really take a toll on your mental health. So I understand where Nef is coming from and I wish him good health.
I worked my ass off for 18 months on my game. It was basically a second job. All that work for barely 30 patrons and 150 $ a month. For the last update, I barely did anything else with my free time. Then it came out, and I kept reading "Only 400 renders?" Like all this was easy and I worked on it full time. I busted my ass on some scenes and ladies I was sure would get a mention, but nothing. Some people who played the game for free suddenly said the game sucked because the character they liked said something they thought she shouldn't have said. Not to mention answering the same inane questions each update or seeing the number of patrons go down two weeks after release, while seeing notorious milkers generate incredible income.
It's my own fault really, I had very high expectations. Like another poster said, I made a way too complex game, especially for my first one. I also thought that if I worked hard, engaged the community, and had a good concept, I could at least work part-time on the game soon enough. How wrong I was.
I understand that players don't want to invest in a game they don't know will be completed. I also understand developers who are tired of all the mostly unpaid work just to be rewarded with negativity and moaning from people who never gave us a cent. The AVN community became a snake that eats its own tail.
Now I'm making a much smaller game at my own pace. I focus on making the best game possible for an eventual Steam release. My patrons are duly warned that I make enough money with my real job to finish the game without any support and that they are doing it because they want to. I'm much happier for it.
Anyway, it's only my two cents. I truly hope this game will have an ending!
I worked my ass off for 18 months on my game. It was basically a second job. All that work for barely 30 patrons and 150 $ a month. For the last update, I barely did anything else with my free time. Then it came out, and I kept reading "Only 400 renders?" Like all this was easy and I worked on it full time. I busted my ass on some scenes and ladies I was sure would get a mention, but nothing. Some people who played the game for free suddenly said the game sucked because the character they liked said something they thought she shouldn't have said. Not to mention answering the same inane questions each update or seeing the number of patrons go down two weeks after release, while seeing notorious milkers generate incredible income.
It's my own fault really, I had very high expectations. Like another poster said, I made a way too complex game, especially for my first one. I also thought that if I worked hard, engaged the community, and had a good concept, I could at least work part-time on the game soon enough. How wrong I was.
I understand that players don't want to invest in a game they don't know will be completed. I also understand developers who are tired of all the mostly unpaid work just to be rewarded with negativity and moaning from people who never gave us a cent. The AVN community became a snake that eats its own tail.
Now I'm making a much smaller game at my own pace. I focus on making the best game possible for an eventual Steam release. My patrons are duly warned that I make enough money with my real job to finish the game without any support and that they are doing it because they want to. I'm much happier for it.
Anyway, it's only my two cents. I truly hope this game will have an ending!
