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The true nature of patreon, the more money a creator gets, the less they work on said game. I imagine the mindset goes something like this "If people are paying me even if I don't release content, why should I even work at all?" I haven't seen one game not fall into this pit, patreon would do well to auto-cancel subscriptions of a certain age if no content is put out, ya know, protect their consumers. Creators would be required to mark a release of content to avoid losing their patrons ofc.
patreon don't give a carp about supporters, they only care about getting their cut as long as some SJW's and lawyers and not giving then hassle
 

D-Two

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Hmm possibly, I'm not suggesting that all games grind to a halt as they get more, all I'm saying is that for many games I've followed content has slowed as their income increased.
My guess is that most if not all of them are amateurs who don't know how to manage a project, and many of them might be good artists, but inefficient at using the tools. One example of that is Dark Cookie who after a while realized that he had to redo most of the characters since it took way too long to do new stuff if he couldn't reuse things. Another disaster is KsT who wrecked the entire game due to him not having a clue on how to work with 3D models in a game.

They often start out without any proper plan, meaning that they'll have to spend a lot of time refactoring their code once new requirements appear, and that will look like nothing is happening. As a bonus, old saves don't work and people get pissed off after being forced to replay the same intro over and over. They don't have a clear picture of where the story should be going, resulting in a lot of abandoned branches that people get annoyed over - Why doesn't my favorite character get any updates? If they have a good plan of how the story should evolve, then they can ignore patreons who have little to no experience when it comes to writing a story, and only want to see more of their favorites.

After a while, it's just not fun anymore, but cancelling something that brings in thousands of dollars every month seems like a really bad idea.
 

Alpine Eagle

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Hello, does anyone now the current state of the game? As in abandoned, on hold, moved to Patreon only, etc? last update was from 2019 and I'm curious if I should still keep watch on the game or forget it, as I've finished it already. Thanks in advance! :D
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For 80% of the first game it took 9 months, if you just calculate the math, it turns out to reach 100% you need two more months. But if with breaks then +1,2,3
The second game can not wait a year at least, this is 146%.
But this is all not insider information, you can read the posts, see the release dates, and make up your opinion.
 

polycentric

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Hello, does anyone now the current state of the game? As in abandoned, on hold, moved to Patreon only, etc? last update was from 2019 and I'm curious if I should still keep watch on the game or forget it, as I've finished it already. Thanks in advance! :D
Could you not have scrolled up a couple of posts? This is answered every 3-4 hours, tops.
 

1800 Mr. Tourture

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Could you not have scrolled up a couple of posts? This is answered every 3-4 hours, tops.
that does bring up a good point. in huge threads like this questions about status and future updates happen constantly. sometimes within the same page. is it possible to edit the op so that there is a status section to avoid like 90% of the repeated questions?

It's a collab with irredeemable, the creator of Teacher Pets. That game is also on-hold since early 2018 to give full attention to this project.
i thought it got canceled because he was forced to remove the blackmail and mind control drugs which were a major part of the game.
 

Evangelion-01

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that does bring up a good point. in huge threads like this questions about status and future updates happen constantly. sometimes within the same page. is it possible to edit the op so that there is a status section to avoid like 90% of the repeated questions?
considering that most people asking these questions wouldn't read such a section, all that would change is people telling them to do it
 
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