It's going to be an ordinary chapter. EvaKiss only started working on it like 10 weeks ago so don't expect that much more content.
...I take it you haven't seen the pricing and pledge numbers on her Patreon page. This is her full-time gig, likely bringing in euro equivalent of at least $14k USD monthly. She hires some help, but can definitely use more.
With that sum she sure's as hell can pay some help and still have some more money to live the good life.
Won't give it a value judgment, but it's a significant one and is important to play through for the most stable experience going forward.
It looks like he means it. In general, based on these figures, we can assume that the income on patreon is around of 9-11k. Just the average figure and, of course, before the deduction of the patreon commission.
I believe she is busy revamping previous one.
I'm basing it on trends I've seen across patreon numbers to estimate the total. Some patreon devs like Eva don't show the totals they make per month. But some successful devs do. Analyzing the ones who do, the subscriber count x the second tier price typically comes out to a little over or under what the dev makes per month. The end monthly total is almost always roughly at or over that calculation if you need a Tier 2+ subscription to get updates on new content, as Eva's patreon requires (Tier 1 just gets GGGB). Even more-so if Tier 3 or above saves a week or more wait-time for updates than Tier 2. Eva's matches that as well, on to Tier 4 at the earliest Alpha releases. Do these devs I've calculated from routinely release monthly or bimonthly either? Nope. They tend to release at roughly the same extended schedule as Eva or longer, give or take one or two.
I'm sorry but this is a laughable thing to say. One writer is more than enough for the story to be written, the real issue is that Eva does everything else as well.
Moreover, this is due to the fact that writing consists of two stages — inspiration and volitional effort. Inspiration exists as long as there is novelty to the work and can last, two weeks, a month, five, a year, but in general not long. During this time, the work spores well and goes quickly, the creative potential is laid down. Then there is a physiological process of inhibition and inspiration goes down, the stage of volitional effort begins. During this time, it is normal for the writer to experience difficulties, negative emotions, procrastination, etc. And Eva is undoubtedly a writer.
Or you could just extrapolate her last known data. On Jan. 30, 2019 she got 7231$ from 1934 patreons. Now she has 2107 patreons so that would be 7878$, nowhere near your 14k. My secret source tells me it is about 9500 right now which fits very well considering she raised the minimum tier for the full game from 3$ to 5$ (On Jan. 30, 2019 she had 792 patreons on the 3$ tier, if they all raised to the new 5$ tier that would put it to 9500).
And before taxes and Paypal fees, as well as paying the coder, colorist, etc. All of those expenses can easily subtract over 50% of income. It's easy to count someone else's money until you start doing something yourself and realize just how much you get ripped off by all that processing. For each $2 pledge you get only 1.25 or so before withdrawal, and after the transaction those .25 are gone as well.
I agree. Personally I think it would be best to end the game at 12 chapters. Instead of continuing to broaden the story, start narrowing it towards the end. It would already make ORS a satisfying complete game and better than 99% of what's on this site. Then for the next game, outline all the story/writing upfront. A little project management goes a long way.
Nothing out of the ordinary. She always had a hard time keeping up the 'weekly'. She often is a few days late and sometimes skips a week (or two). I guess even for a writer it is hard to come up with another way to say 'I'm still working on it' every week.
