Ahh the classic once money starts flowing, updates come to grinding halt, people shoulda learned by now but eh it is what it is
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Wow almost a full year with out a new build. Crazy that happened last year too.
- Aug 12, 2016
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People need to do a little critical thinking. The whole "devs are lazy and trying to milk Patreons" narrative is very common and it COULD be true, if it's the case of a game that has tens of thousands of patreons.
But Orc Massage? You take a quick look at it and you can see that it has less than 500 patrons right now. Assuming on average patrons are on the $5 tier then that's only $2500 per month, but it'll be much less if most patrons are only on the $1 tier.
Orc Massage is on STEAM though. And Steam has WAY more reach than patreon, and Steam isn't subscription based. You buy the game once, you own it. The devs have a financial incentive to actually finish a game and publish on Steam, since you tend to get more sales once you're out of early access.
How much more? Who's to say, but according to SteamDB these are the estimated number of people who own the game on steam:
Even going by the low estimate number of 100k owners, at $15 usd price... that $1.5m USD.
With that kind of money on the table you really think they're going to waste time milking the 500 patrons?
But Orc Massage? You take a quick look at it and you can see that it has less than 500 patrons right now. Assuming on average patrons are on the $5 tier then that's only $2500 per month, but it'll be much less if most patrons are only on the $1 tier.
Orc Massage is on STEAM though. And Steam has WAY more reach than patreon, and Steam isn't subscription based. You buy the game once, you own it. The devs have a financial incentive to actually finish a game and publish on Steam, since you tend to get more sales once you're out of early access.
How much more? Who's to say, but according to SteamDB these are the estimated number of people who own the game on steam:
Even going by the low estimate number of 100k owners, at $15 usd price... that $1.5m USD.
With that kind of money on the table you really think they're going to waste time milking the 500 patrons?
Counterpoint, they've already made bank at 1.5m USD, the money they've made through multiple months of patreon income and the lowest estimate of 500USD per month remaining is just a nice little bonus. All they have to do is release a new update and people will probably resub or buy the game, rinse and repeat.
Granted, I do not think it's purely out of malice or greed, because as you said, they can make a lot more money if they were more consistent. I personally think it's either complacency, mismanagement, scope creep or sheer incompetence.
At least they need to have some transparency and communicate with the people that are subbed to them on patreon and their community in steam more frequently. You can't spend so much time without anything to show (that consumers can actually get their hands on, not just some gifs and pictures in a devlog) without garnering a fair amount of criticism. Hell, the supposed winter update from last year was delayed and halfway through 2024 they still haven't released anything.
The devs being lazy COULD be true, depending on how substantial the next update is (and it better be worth the year long wait but I doubt it), but they are absolutely milking patreons. Even if the amount is not that substantial, they are still taking in the money of people with absolutely nothing to show for their customers.
- Jun 12, 2023
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Nevermind, just discovered you can rotate the camera angle. Wish I'd known for the harpy too. =\
Help needed please. I can't progress. I have maxed out purchases (hammer,chair still locked), have $8k, 3 girls at 3 hearts/99%, give perfect massage almost every time but nothing changes. Went to gallery and tried all the select hearts etc, just plays what I've done. How do I move forward? Trawled everywhere looking for guides but all are only basic starting tips. Any help greatly appreciated, thanks.
Can we mark this abandoned yet? One week away from a year without updates.
Section 3: https://f95zone.to/threads/game-uploading-rules-2024-02-29.524/#post-6137
They still post WIPs on Steam, Twitter, Etc. so it's not technically abandoned.
- Nov 19, 2023
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LMAO. The devs over at Seasun got so sick of waiting for updates that they decided to make it themselves for their own game (Snowbreak: Containment Zone).
Absolute cinema, truly snowpeak.
Sadly, no. Gacha third person shooter, it's decent if you like the genre. Best we can do is mod in nude models to make the massages and interactive skins lewder but that's as far as it can and will get until the devs decide to make the sex update meme into something real.
Can't wait for the update to drop and see how it compares to Orc Massage in terms of gameplay. Also coping that Torch Studio notices and they get their asses back to work, either because it reminds them that the game exists and is still in development, or to not get their thunder stolen. Imagine getting one upped by a gacha game where your core gameplay mechanic is just a side thing for them.
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maybe we'll get that dragon girl one day that was posted on his patreon couple months ago
- Jul 11, 2018
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I just wish we could interact with the fish girl in her human form...
- Aug 29, 2017
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New devlog, not sure when it will be implemented into the game tho.
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Can't wait!
I don't care what others said about the long waiting for the update.