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It's too bad they got banned from Steam, but it doesn't surprise me based on what I've played in the past of this game.
If I'm reading that post right, it sounds like they didn't even actually get their store page public yet and were just banned on the initial review. You can still get banned / denied release even if you have an active store page, since Valve manually reviews every adult title before release / sale, so I guess it could be worse.
Steam is much like Patreon with its heavy-handed forced censorship and if you don't play by their rules then you're off or just not welcome on the platform. Under-age looking characters, school settings and the like are most common reasons for bans on Steam. And once you're banned that is pretty much it. There's little to no chance of getting back or appealing.
I hope they didn't censor stuff even more than what is necessary on Patreon, just to try and get on Steam only to be denied. I'll propbably end up buying this update on SubscribeStar to show some support to the dev here.
If the devs want to try and release on GOG.com then they could try that. They'll be more likely to get accepted there than on Steam, but GOG is a small fish, and does nothing in sales like Steam does. There're quite a few well-known games from this site that have released on GOG, however.
Just keep on doing what you're doing. The game has always been good and just continue working towards that finish line. Free version should help, and please update the game on the itch.io page also. If I buy a final version of these games, I sure as hell don't do it on Steam. I buy it on itch.io or buy a complete version on SubscribeStar. Patreon is a distant third choice which I hate supporting. Steam I never consider since they don't need more control in the adult space, and plus it's highway robbery to the developers with Steam's unfair 30% share.
If I'm reading that post right, it sounds like they didn't even actually get their store page public yet and were just banned on the initial review. You can still get banned / denied release even if you have an active store page, since Valve manually reviews every adult title before release / sale, so I guess it could be worse.
Steam is much like Patreon with its heavy-handed forced censorship and if you don't play by their rules then you're off or just not welcome on the platform. Under-age looking characters, school settings and the like are most common reasons for bans on Steam. And once you're banned that is pretty much it. There's little to no chance of getting back or appealing.
I hope they didn't censor stuff even more than what is necessary on Patreon, just to try and get on Steam only to be denied. I'll propbably end up buying this update on SubscribeStar to show some support to the dev here.
If the devs want to try and release on GOG.com then they could try that. They'll be more likely to get accepted there than on Steam, but GOG is a small fish, and does nothing in sales like Steam does. There're quite a few well-known games from this site that have released on GOG, however.
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Just keep on doing what you're doing. The game has always been good and just continue working towards that finish line. Free version should help, and please update the game on the itch.io page also. If I buy a final version of these games, I sure as hell don't do it on Steam. I buy it on itch.io or buy a complete version on SubscribeStar. Patreon is a distant third choice which I hate supporting. Steam I never consider since they don't need more control in the adult space, and plus it's highway robbery to the developers with Steam's unfair 30% share.
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right, high school is big red flag for steam and young looking girls just finalizes deal.
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Which highlights how dumb these rules are...given 18 in the States is actually the minority AOC there.
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Yea, well, some people can't tell the difference, and most others just want to virtue signal. So now we're here. That said, Maybe it's my mindset, but i never looked at these characters and went, "oh they're too young" or that "they're kids." Looked like they'd be at an adult age to me, albeit not post wall.
Indeed, it's a state-level law in the US, and less than a quarter of the states mandate 18. For everyone else, it's -lower-.
I actually think it's Hollywood's (unintentional) fault for the myth that AOC is 18 in the US. Because a ton of our popular media comes from there, and California is one of those 18 states, so complying with the state law vastly over-represented the situation.
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Yep, and huge swathes of California are psychotic hellscapes, so I'm not sure why everyone always feels the need to follow them on practically anything. But that's another matter entirely.
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Well that whole Steam thing explains why it feels like the game has slowed down in content, at least. Glad they're sticking to it though, I quite like this game and would be sad to see it die
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It's just the public version... Announced at the same time with the 2.8 which stay under subscription