Elbo

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I have been refreshing this thread every few hours since someone posted "new update tomorrow", ICSTOR's tomorrow definition might totally be different I guess
Well he said the next update was 90% done about 4 months ago so I wouldn't hold my breath. I'm guessing the update (if any) will be nothing more than a progress post to avoid getting an "abandoned" tag.
 
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Dave98424

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Patreon needs to add a "Welfare" tag, any game that does not provide a solid update at least every 6 months should be labeled a welfare case so people understand you are paying for nothing in many cases. I see more and more developers trying to become the next Icstor and it is ruining the industry for adult games imo.
 

jenzu2

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the reason why this happened is because a lot of people donated all he did was sit on his bum just developing a slide show game ngl he does have good work but all he been doing is excuses and no development as i said before NTL MEDIA their game has so much content and it has animations and booty calls and free roam and puzzles and a bit of grind , if u hate it u can just cheat or something , and that man releases a new update every 1-2 months , sadly people see how much money they can milk from these type of games and everyone seems to do these games just for quick cash first thing they do is ask people to donate if they enjoyed the game this is just like youtube it all started about making content just for fun as a hobbie now its all about clickbaits and making money its sad this game used to be one of my favs but even if he were to post an update i wouldn't even bring my self to download it , cuz it will probably have 30 min of content lol
 

Kryapa

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Anyone filed a report on this guy to the Patreon support already? I mean if lots of us do that Patreon could probably suspend his account. Complaining here won't change anything.
 
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the reason why this happened is because a lot of people donated all he did was sit on his bum just developing a slide show game ngl he does have good work but all he been doing is excuses and no development as i said before NTL MEDIA their game has so much content and it has animations and booty calls and free roam and puzzles and a bit of grind , if u hate it u can just cheat or something , and that man releases a new update every 1-2 months , sadly people see how much money they can milk from these type of games and everyone seems to do these games just for quick cash first thing they do is ask people to donate if they enjoyed the game this is just like youtube it all started about making content just for fun as a hobbie now its all about clickbaits and making money its sad this game used to be one of my favs but even if he were to post an update i wouldn't even bring my self to download it , cuz it will probably have 30 min of content lol
1-2 months?

NLT releases 2 updates a month man - thats 24 updates a year.

ICSTOR has released 0 updates lol
 

Kaiadas

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The indie game dev company I currently work at doesn't even make that much from Patreon donations and we have been active for more than two years now constantly engaging with our community and posting progress on our game (Although to be fair, we don't have a public demo yet but we are currently working on that right now). We have dedicated 3D modelers, sound/music composers, 3D animators, writers, producer, etc... We struggle with a small budget since we don't have a publisher (yet) and we don't have a public demo yet and the nature of our game (Single player horror game inspired by Dead Space) cannot allow for an EA title.

It just infuriates me to see such a lazy, irresponsible and unprofessional game dev being enabled to continue doing nothing by receiving a huge monthly check. I'm not one to have jealousy often, but damn.

EDIT: I also want to add: This guy has everything any game dev can hope for. He has verifiable work antecedents, a popular game with an active community, a game recipe that mostly works, and a big ol' fat check to sustain himself and a full team of freelancers to help him around.

He just throws it all away for BS reasons.
The answer is simpler than u'd think.. "stockholm syndrome"
patreons have invested so much time and money into scam projects that they refuse to face reality (being held hostage by false promises) and embrace their captivity in a cult like mentality.
They even promote and defend it against people trying to shake them out of it.
 

PaxHadrian17

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Who's Judy???
I mean - it's been so long between updates, I'm going to need a character and story walkthrough to listen to just to remind me about what was actually happening BC (Before COVID). We are now DC (During COVID). Will the first update come AC (After COVID) - whenever that is?
 

Swordsman83

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Who's Judy???
I mean - it's been so long between updates, I'm going to need a character and story walkthrough to listen to just to remind me about what was actually happening BC (Before COVID). We are now DC (During COVID). Will the first update come AC (After COVID) - whenever that is?
i think is the elder sister. actually im not sure. lol.
 

Valirr

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Later, after the MILF Kingdom Realese and running interesting, it will definitely end like this too
 
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It's time that F95ZONE mods did something about this. Not sure how to do it. Maybe something like a Green, Orange and Red light poll for the devs. The community will decide the light that the game and the dev deserves and then the mods will approve and the light will be shown beside every game of that certain dev. Green will be for active devs who don't miss deadlines and all...Orange for the decent devs and red for someone like Icstor. We badly need a dev review system. Must make sure that people support the devs that actually deserve the support.
 

Winterfire

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Green will be for active devs who don't miss deadlines and all...Orange for the decent devs and red for someone like Icstor. We badly need a dev review system. Must make sure that people support the devs that actually deserve the support.
You forgot Blue, for the trash developers like me who do not deserve being on the internet, let alone making a "game".
Control option in Mass Effect 3 sucks.

Red for the win.

Also, leaving that choice to the community sounds like a great idea, surely nothing would go wrong with that :devilish:
 
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You forgot Blue, for the trash developers like me who do not deserve being on the internet, let alone making a "game".
Control option in Mass Effect 3 sucks.

Red for the win.

Also, leaving that choice to the community sounds like a great idea, surely nothing would go wrong with that :devilish:
Sometimes it's better if we don't use our megamind. I said review for the Dev and his communication and time management skill, not the game related technical qualities. There's already a review option for us in each game to write about the game. Moreover who said leaving the choice completely to the community? Final decision will obviously be taken by the mods just the way they do it for reports and all. And anyway, this was just a random rough idea. Just wanted something official to also rate the management and communication aspects of the devs. Don't like it? Cool.. let's move on :)
 
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