That's the type of mindset people essentially rely on to get rich on patreon. Everyone is thinking in singular terms. Problem is when you have 7,000 people going "oh it's the cost of a cheeseburger every month" all that adds up to essentially making the dev a millionaire. Guaranteeing slower updates/milking/etc. Individually supporters don't see it as a problem.
I think the real problem is having a thousand people getting something for free and blaming patrons and Icstor for them not getting it. People often forget they're entitled to nothing. I can't think of anything that's more draining as a developer than a bunch of people whining at you.
Add to that a large number of people who care way to much about how other people choose to spend their money and you have all the pieces you need for a big fuck-off sandwich.
I think the reason I don't see it as a problem is because I don't care about it as much as others here do. It'll come out when it comes out, if it comes out. Whatever. I have so much other shit to do with my time I don't have to stand here in the terminal waiting for a plane that might not come. But you know what, it's my money, I worked for it, and I'll spend it how ever the hell I want. If I want to wad up $20 bills, wipe my ass and flush them down the toilet, it's my business and no one else's. Cheers mate!
As someone who is a writer, you're full of shit. The bible has roughly 800,000 words in it. You expect us to believe that a porn game has 8% of the content of the bible in it just for three characters? I'm sorry, but no. Most people have written essays, short stories and so on in their lives. We all have a general grasp on word count thanks to a crazy little thing called school. He's inflating the numbers and hoping no one will notice, and if he's not then he's wasting time puffing up the game with meaningless dialogue. It's a story about a family with women who all inexplicably want to fuck their extremely generic white guy son/brother. It would take a hell of a stretch for those figures to be accurate and not a massive waste of time.
I goddamned promise you that if the writers of the bible had access to a word processor and a printer, that fucking book would be a lot goddamned bigger than 800,000 words! If I was hand writing this shit, I have no doubt I'd be cutting corners all over the place. As it is, I can type out a shit ton of content in a short period of time.
If you're a writer who can't produce 5k words in a day, then you seriously need to spend some time developing your trade craft. Cause when you have a story in your head ready to go, a strong grasp of language, and can type like a mother fucker, 60k ain't shit.
Exactly right. Bet anything that guy has never been to college before. Probably just a flunk out who sits at home writing "novels" that will never be published and believes it is some holy grail. I'm not trying to take away from writing, as I think it probably requires some effort, but no where near what everyone blows it up to. I wouldn't pay a writer as much as I'd pay a coder which is infinitely more difficult. Those who believe writing is so difficult clearly is either just horrible at writing and has no creativity at all, which seems to be like 95% of the community... or has impaired English.
While I generally agree, I put writing and coding on the same level. Excellent coding requires a knack for efficiency and simplicity. Good writing requires an active imagination and a command of language that doesn't make you sound retarded.
But I agree, it's not as hard as everyone makes it out to be and when you can type fast, and have your plot and plan ready to go, everything falls onto the page fast and before you know it, you've laid down a lot of text in an afternoon.
