I get what you are saying but patrons support the creator for the creation of the game right? which does get created at the end of the day? forgive me for being dumb i dont see the point of whats the problem here? patrons want to support so they do nah? why does it matter what the supporter does with it? to share or not is his wish or not, right? anybody who wants to support will support and anybody that cant or dont want to, doesnt do it?
I'm under no illusion that we won't eventually leak; I know what this site is about, I was a member of it before I started a project, and I'm one of the few insane devs who enjoys F95's community. We owe a significant amount of our traction and popularity to this site and we wouldn't be where we are without it.
So I don't get mad when it does inevitably leak.
I say please enjoy and am happy that people are clamoring to play our work.
HOWEVER, you can't blame me for not wanting it to leak. We are two people splitting the income from this project, and believe it or not, the number of people who will impulse buy an early release because they're looking to goon on a weekend and can't find it free isn't zero. Even if it's just 4-5 people over the course of a day... that's not insignificant to us and I'm grateful we've made it this far without anyone spilling the beans.
...and obviously I can't condone it out of respect for our patrons who support us month after month.