Ren'Py Completed Midnight Paradise [v1.0f Extra] [Lewdlab]

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Jarul

Jarul

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Maim Lain said:
I've also spent a lot of time wondering why some devs choose to release at the end of the month, and wondered if there really is an optimal time to release an update that would result in more money/patrons, and I came to the conclusion that the answer is a bit complicated.

The "simple" answer is: there's no concrete indication or reason that releasing at the end of the month would result in more money. The optimal time to release an update depends entirely on the psychological effect that pay-upfront has on a patron, and it's hard to say how that effect changes based on the what time of the month the update is released.

None of that is relevant to Lewdlab though. He's always just released updates when they're finished. 0.6 hasn't been released because it's still being worked on, simple as that lol.
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I'm not a psychologist and I'm not specifically referring to this game but there is one clear reason to wait with release till end of the month. People easily understand that they need to wait till end of "something". This is the case with paycheck, bills, insurances etc. Most people understand those things are associated with particular months and cannot be delayed or speed up. We are likely to be OK with releasing at the end of the month then they would be if on 18.11 you would say to wait 2 weeks... So there is much lower chance that peple will drop support or even complain.
And lets be frank here - devs always want more time to either fix something, add something or just have some free time for their life.
 
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Jarul said:
I'm not a psychologist and I'm not specifically referring to this game but there is one clear reason to wait with release till end of the month. People easily understand that they need to wait till end of "something". This is the case with paycheck, bills, insurances etc. Most people understand those things are associated with particular months and cannot be delayed or speed up. We are likely to be OK with releasing at the end of the month then they would be if on 18.11 you would say to wait 2 weeks... So there is much lower chance that peple will drop support or even complain.
And lets be frank here - devs always want more time to either fix something, add something or just have some free time for their life.
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Most of all: you can always blurt out a lame excuse and delay the release. "Sorry, guys. I know I told you the update was going to come out at the end of this month, but... well, my dog grabbed my HD and buried it somewhere in the garden, so I have to delay the release. See ya at the beginning of the next month and keep donating the cash!!"
 
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Jarul said:
I'm not a psychologist and I'm not specifically referring to this game but there is one clear reason to wait with release till end of the month. People easily understand that they need to wait till end of "something". This is the case with paycheck, bills, insurances etc. Most people understand those things are associated with particular months and cannot be delayed or speed up. We are likely to be OK with releasing at the end of the month then they would be if on 18.11 you would say to wait 2 weeks... So there is much lower chance that peple will drop support or even complain.
And lets be frank here - devs always want more time to either fix something, add something or just have some free time for their life.
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One of the biggest reasons why people wait until the end of the month to release updates is because patreon charges monthly payments at the start of the month. By releasing at the end of the month it gives people less time to cancel their pledge before they get charged for the next month. Maybe an update is coming out in November, so someone pledges during November so they can download the update from patreon, and by releasing the update November 30th, it gives that person the least amount of time possible to cancel their pledge before they get charged again on December 1st.
 
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FatDragonite

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You guys are looking at it all wrong ^_^ devs don't release updates at the end of the month........they release a little before the start of a new month!
 
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