it is abandoned, the dev is just telling a lie because he knows people will get upset.
not sure whats going on in his mind, i would definitely chose the game that is better instead of focusing on a game that is not as good. for me Happy Summer is just a waste of time. but nothing we can do about that, its dev's choice. but at least he can be honest and drop this project or share the project to the community so we can continue on it.
I dont think Happy Summer is a waste of time, but yes this dev seems to fear the actual sex scenes
sharing it for the community to finish it sounds like a very good idea
I actually think Caizer is sincere in wanting
My Lovely Sara to be only on hold for now. It might be naïveté on his part, or it might be just optimism, but I don't think he's
intentionally being dishonest. Still, I agree that while I like
Happy Summer, it isn't some kind of super-game that will suddenly make his earnings spike so he can do what he's said he plans (after hitting $1000/mo he'll hire someone to help and continue
MLS).
If he really wants to make his earnings increase — as has been stated on the
HS thread — he should progress the sexuality more rapidly. TBH, I think some of the stuff of recent updates (locations like the café, the library, and the beach) should have been placed in the original release of
Happy Summer, while other additions (characters like Mika and Mary) should have been delayed for a later release. There seems to be too little progress with the main characters (the MC, Rosie, and
possibly Lucy) right now.
Even the gaming sin of sandbox elements seems more forgivable when there is a lot of storyline progress. But only having a little progress in characters' stories isn't great, and it almost seems to exacerbate existing concerns about the gameplay and lack of content. I don't think adding at least some petting if not some kind of -job at this point is unreasonable.
I get the changeover from Tyranno as an engine to Ren'Py, but I
don't understand the complete shift in playstyle and the huge slowdown in lewd content.