y system showing black screen after extracting the files and launching? any idea to solve this issue?
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They probably haven't stopped working on it because this game is a prison of ICSTOR's own making (all of these games become one once they get big enough). Once they get big enough, these developers inevitably quit their day jobs and make more money at this. Patrons are subsidizing the creation of a game and completing it is anathema to making a career out of this. No one wants to go back to making less money and working harder at it, but there is no guarantee that another project will have as much attention as their most popular one (look at NLT, none of the sequels to Treasure of Naadia are as highly regarded).
This starts the vicious cycle we see here. Games that are in development in perpetuity because these developers are making too much money on projects that cannot end without taking their lifestyle with it.
ICSTOR is going to do what all of these big, single-developers do and stretch every ounce of content as long as possible to squeeze every nickel and dime they can out of your wallet. Their other projects don't garner anywhere near enough attention for them to move on, and simply stopping would mean having to go back to work a 9-5.
The additional content will come out because it has to for ICSTOR to keep squeezing money out of patrons long term. These people are making good money, but they aren't exactly making "retire to a private island" money.
Before it does we will probably get notice that too much content was added and the DLCs are being downsized to include a "complete" story along one path for only one girl at a time. We'll get notice that Linda and Caroline are being cut into their own DLC and Sara will be the first one (only because the other 2 are more popular). In a few years time, once the game shows its age, ICSTOR will announce a tech update that takes years (similar to Summertime Saga) and this will add more years of milking to the masses. Thus the cycle continues.
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But the question is: aren't there any fan developers or animation experts who can continue the story? Because ethics are not very common in this field, from what I can see from your report. So, fuck them.
There isn't much incentive in them doing that though. If they crowdfund it, which is what everyone does in this genre, they'll probably get sued.
Even if they had permission and did crowdfund it, the process would start all over again. If it gets popular enough, they'll make more developing for this project than their day job. They will then quit that job to work on it full-time and come to realize that revenue dies the moment they finish the project. The moment that happens, they become like every other "major" developer in this genre.
Crowdfunding is the root of the problem. If we stopped funding it and forced them to get paid when a finished project is released, this would stop.
Hypothetically, assuming your argument is true......what prevents ICSTOR from reporting?
I repeat, there are creators who have paused their projects and they have reported the circumstances in detail. Therefore there is no controversy with them.
What do we have from ICSTOR? NOTHING
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Hey at the beginning when MC tells Macy about his mom kissing him they refer to her as his landlady.
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Ah! thanks! i didn't notice the change when i'm there. I appreciate the quick tip.
https://f95zone.to/threads/milfy-city-v1-0e-icstor.8012/post-15057173
Not sure if this save was missing NTR scenes. But normal path is full saved.
I don't think there has been a pause. I think there is a deliberate development slowdown of content to maximize how much money is being taken from patrons and I think this is something that is happening to many of the more popular developers on this site.
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It can be concluded with a high degree of confidence that, given the complete absence of NTR scenes in the game, any save is necessarily missing them.