VN Ren'Py Pineapple Express 2 [v0.1] [SadPepper]

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TonyMurray

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I guess there's your answer on the communication...



Hey Everyone — unfortunately, I have some bad news, which I’ll try to soften a bit at the end.

Due to certain personal issues and increased risks for me associated with working on games of this genre, I have to shut down my Patreon page and step offline. I’ve thought about this for a long time — creating this content truly brings me joy — but I made this decision so I can sleep easier at night. I sincerely hope for your understanding.

The good news: I will continue working on the project I’ve started. I don’t like leaving things half-finished, and I value your support. I’ll just be posting updates, probably, on the F95 page — the same place where I repeatedly asked you not to repost my updates ahead of time, but you did :)

Thank you for supporting me all these years and believing in me. This has been an interesting journey — I’ve tried to hit deadlines, be honest with you, keep learning, and improve the quality of my work. That said, it’s also been very exhausting and time-consuming, full of stress and sleepless nights. Working with a team instead of solo would probably be much easier.

I already stopped billing and payouts few days ago, and in a couple of days I’ll completely shut down this page. Maybe in the future I’ll come back and start fresh if circumstances change. But for now, this is the reality. Thank you for understanding!

KR, SP
 
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I guess there's your answer on the communication...



Hey Everyone — unfortunately, I have some bad news, which I’ll try to soften a bit at the end.

Due to certain personal issues and increased risks for me associated with working on games of this genre, I have to shut down my Patreon page and step offline. I’ve thought about this for a long time — creating this content truly brings me joy — but I made this decision so I can sleep easier at night. I sincerely hope for your understanding.

The good news: I will continue working on the project I’ve started. I don’t like leaving things half-finished, and I value your support. I’ll just be posting updates, probably, on the F95 page — the same place where I repeatedly asked you not to repost my updates ahead of time, but you did :)

Thank you for supporting me all these years and believing in me. This has been an interesting journey — I’ve tried to hit deadlines, be honest with you, keep learning, and improve the quality of my work. That said, it’s also been very exhausting and time-consuming, full of stress and sleepless nights. Working with a team instead of solo would probably be much easier.

I already stopped billing and payouts few days ago, and in a couple of days I’ll completely shut down this page. Maybe in the future I’ll come back and start fresh if circumstances change. But for now, this is the reality. Thank you for understanding!

KR, SP
Not at all what you want to see so early in the morning heartbreaking we losing a great dev.
 

Joshy92

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I'm a bit shocked tbh. Maybe all the negativity got to him or maybe it's because of all the strong arming by patreon and steam lately. I wonder if big apple will still come to steam?
 
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wolfling11

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I guess there's your answer on the communication...



Hey Everyone — unfortunately, I have some bad news, which I’ll try to soften a bit at the end.

Due to certain personal issues and increased risks for me associated with working on games of this genre, I have to shut down my Patreon page and step offline. I’ve thought about this for a long time — creating this content truly brings me joy — but I made this decision so I can sleep easier at night. I sincerely hope for your understanding.

The good news: I will continue working on the project I’ve started. I don’t like leaving things half-finished, and I value your support. I’ll just be posting updates, probably, on the F95 page — the same place where I repeatedly asked you not to repost my updates ahead of time, but you did :)

Thank you for supporting me all these years and believing in me. This has been an interesting journey — I’ve tried to hit deadlines, be honest with you, keep learning, and improve the quality of my work. That said, it’s also been very exhausting and time-consuming, full of stress and sleepless nights. Working with a team instead of solo would probably be much easier.

I already stopped billing and payouts few days ago, and in a couple of days I’ll completely shut down this page. Maybe in the future I’ll come back and start fresh if circumstances change. But for now, this is the reality. Thank you for understanding!

KR, SP
Wtf nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
 

Dealbreaker

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Does this mean he has been doxxed in any way?

Sounds like a combination of reasons. Primarily obviously in order to get off a paid schedule with supportors, to lessen pressure and workload.
 
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wolfling11

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I guess this is bcoz of this " on the F95 page — the same place where I repeatedly asked you not to repost my updates ahead of time, but you did :) " and we're to blame if it is :cry:
 
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wolfling11

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I have to say, despite my strong dislike for this game, dimajio/SadPepper is the last dev I expect to abandon a game. However, no communication from him for over a month now is also not a good sign.
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Filipis

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I guess there's your answer on the communication...



Hey Everyone — unfortunately, I have some bad news, which I’ll try to soften a bit at the end.

Due to certain personal issues and increased risks for me associated with working on games of this genre, I have to shut down my Patreon page and step offline. I’ve thought about this for a long time — creating this content truly brings me joy — but I made this decision so I can sleep easier at night. I sincerely hope for your understanding.

The good news: I will continue working on the project I’ve started. I don’t like leaving things half-finished, and I value your support. I’ll just be posting updates, probably, on the F95 page — the same place where I repeatedly asked you not to repost my updates ahead of time, but you did :)

Thank you for supporting me all these years and believing in me. This has been an interesting journey — I’ve tried to hit deadlines, be honest with you, keep learning, and improve the quality of my work. That said, it’s also been very exhausting and time-consuming, full of stress and sleepless nights. Working with a team instead of solo would probably be much easier.

I already stopped billing and payouts few days ago, and in a couple of days I’ll completely shut down this page. Maybe in the future I’ll come back and start fresh if circumstances change. But for now, this is the reality. Thank you for understanding!

KR, SP
Imma be real with you all - the shutting down of Patreon page is an overreaction.

We don't know what the personal issues are, but everyone is equally facing the "increased risks" he mentions - and I don't see others (with far worse material) shutting down their pages in response.

Whatever the core issue is behind this move, it has to be purely personal. I hope nothing bad is happening (health-related is the obvious culprit), maybe the dev is burning out on monthly release schedule and wants to stop taking money to feel pressured to maintain it?

Whatever the cause, don't expect monthly releases anymore.


In any case, it has been a relatively good run (except for stinkers like PE2).
 

Joshy92

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It's a shame but the dev didn't just leave his page open like a lot have done so I respect him for that. Goodluck with everything dev it's been a fun ride ever since I played sharing my fiance for the first time.
 
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