And thus, another self-imposed deadline passes by.
Not only that, but they only give very vague deadlines (just saying which month) and are still consistently missing them...
Given what happened on this site, I don't blame this user for their concern.
These generic, meaningless update posts are always hilarious. Why is it always the same story with the successful devs? I mean, aside from the free money of course.
5 years is a long time in a game's development cycle. That's the drawback to games that take a long time: when they finally finish they can feel lacking in a lot of ways. It's actually why I appreciate reworks that are graphically-focused. If a game takes so long, it almost demands some type of rendering update just to stay current. There are some (I include myself) who don't care all that much — I'm much more into an overarching story and character development — but it's still a big issue for long-term games. When, for example, The Last Guardian finally released back in 2016 I loved playing it, but if I'm honest it already looked somewhat dated upon release.
The exact same reason why i actually appreciate the Tech Update in Summertime Saga.
$59,791 Fucking absurd how much that game makes on patreon alone. On topic, I boggles my mind on how Mythic Manor used to get updates every 2-3 months with hour long content drops. I have a sneaky suspicion that this update will not reflect 10 months of work.
Yeah, I worry you're right. Those earnings don't necessarily reflect someone living high on the hog or anything, of course. They have a team, although I have no idea how many are on it. If there were 10 developers, that's $10k/month/team member (not accounting for Patreon taking their share, ofc). But if they also live somewhere expensive, that becomes worth a lot less. Let's say they lived in San Francisco. The average earnings there are around $90k/year, so typical earnings are $7500/month. This game would therefore pull in 80% of the average income there for each team member each month. That means you have to cut things in order just to survive with local cost of living.
Not to mention all the taxes.
That sum goes to the team. Not trying to speak up for the dev for this game here, but if I recall correctly, there are 2 people (supposedly) active in this project. Not to mention that this sum of money is the accumulation over months (or years), and is to be split between themselves. Some investments are to be made even when making a renpy game as well.
