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Very pleasant and beautiful graphics. I am surprised that the author has so few donations on Patreon.
13k a month is few?Very pleasant and beautiful graphics. I am surprised that the author has so few donations on Patreon.
Damn, it seems I looked at the wrong Patreon.13k a month is few?
No disrespect because in general i get what you mean and you are right.. but cyan gets 13k a month.. so in the last 9 months (if it was always 13k) he earned 117k for 10 minutes of content.Honestly, a lot of you guys seem to be hurt by how random people on the internet spend their money. I don't know if any of you did a project on your own, it takes a shitload of time to do the smallest things and Cyancapsule is an artist, not a video game developer. People like the product and want to support the creator, there are no promises on anything on the Patreon. Also, as far as I can tell most people that complain about slow progress are not even the ones paying for the game.
But he's one person making a game, not several teams worth of people developing a AAA title. It's really not a fair comparison. People are free to support his Patreon, or not. I don't think he's under any obligation to outsource his workload if he doesn't want to, it's his project. Any by the same token nobody is obligated to continue their sub if the content release schedule isn't working for them.No disrespect because in general i get what you mean and you are right.. but cyan gets 13k a month.. so in the last 9 months (if it was always 13k) he earned 117k for 10 minutes of content.
Big studios get criticized left and right but for devs on patreon it's not allowed?
I mean yeah, he is not making an AAA title, but this is a fucking Renpy game. I know good art takes time and he is doing this alone, but Jesus Christ, 9 months of "dev time" for about 7 minutes of gameplay on a VN? He is clearly milking his fans for money.But he's one person making a game, not several teams worth of people developing a AAA title. It's really not a fair comparison. People are free to support his Patreon, or not. I don't think he's under any obligation to outsource his workload if he doesn't want to, it's his project. Any by the same token nobody is obligated to continue their sub if the content release schedule isn't working for them.
Don't they all? (the developers of such popular games) Free patreon money really does make things worse in this regard. I know of at least five really good projects that are stalled because... Because patreon subscribers are giving the authors free money anyway. I don't know what to make of that. I mean, the developers are obviously afraid to actually finish their games, because that would surely mean the abrupt loss of their patreon income. And I thought to myself, guys, just finish your game, start another project and milk it for another 10 years. Why are you slowing down your work on the current game when you were actually able to make more updates before and now, for some (obvious) reason, you are slowing down with each update? And then I understood that such a step would mean actually working hard. And so people who were driven by passion in the beginning now just get the money for their unfinished project without any intention to move forward.He is clearly milking his fans for money
Thankfully they don't there are multiple of the highest rated games that you never see anybody claim as "milking"Don't they all? (the developers of such popular games) Free patreon money really does make things worse in this regard.
There are also examples of the opposite. And we're talking about really popular projects that for some reason don't get updates for years (but have a lot of patreon subscribers anyway)there are multiple of the highest rated games that you never see anybody claim as "milking"
This is a tale as old as time. People pay for all sorts of things and see value where you may not. As long as there's no coercion, what's the harm? People who support him know how to handle their money better than some rando telling them what to do. If they didn't think it's worth their penny, they would hit cancel membership.I mean yeah, he is not making an AAA title, but this is a fucking Renpy game. I know good art takes time and he is doing this alone, but Jesus Christ, 9 months of "dev time" for about 7 minutes of gameplay on a VN? He is clearly milking his fans for money.
Don't get me wrong, I respect the hustle, I would drag out the project as much as I could If I was in his shoes, but I'm just baffled how gullible the people supporting him on Patreon are if this is somehow accetable to them.
Did you jerk off to him?So far Billy has to be my favorite character
That's an exceptionally ignorant statement to make. The fact of the matter is many people don't know how to handle their money, the drive to get people to pay a recurring bill exists because once people start paying that way, they are much less likely to stop, for anyone with any knowledge of business, they are aware of this push for business models to get some sort of recurring payment model going. A recent study showed it boosted sales by up to 200%.This is a tale as old as time. People pay for all sorts of things and see value where you may not. As long as there's no coercion, what's the harm? People who support him know how to handle their money better than some rando telling them what to do. If they didn't think it's worth their penny, they would hit cancel membership.
You'd make a great career in a government cabinet.That's an exceptionally ignorant statement to make. The fact of the matter is many people don't know how to handle their money
those people arent gullible those are very rich ignorant kids of rich parents from the west, normal person would remember they support someone and send their money because they are doing their own bills and they menage their own things, rich kids got lot of free time they sit on twitter they play games all the time, dont work but get money from their parentsI mean yeah, he is not making an AAA title, but this is a fucking Renpy game. I know good art takes time and he is doing this alone, but Jesus Christ, 9 months of "dev time" for about 7 minutes of gameplay on a VN? He is clearly milking his fans for money.
Don't get me wrong, I respect the hustle, I would drag out the project as much as I could If I was in his shoes, but I'm just baffled how gullible the people supporting him on Patreon are if this is somehow acceptable to them.