Wrong.
A careful look at this thread tells you a story, a story of
that type of Dev. It has a large number of 5-star reviews from the start, it has a large number of recent negative reviews, and it has
drama. You know this type. It's the breeding season type. It's a dev that has made a name for themselves in the early years of WEG scene, when pickings were slim. People latched on whatever was available even if it was shit. And they coasted off the success without putting much work ever since. That's the whole story, really.
The thing that has changed compared to the past is that we now have points of comparison, we know what is and what is not appropriate amount of work with a given budget and given time, and this game is woefully inadequate. There are games that
- delivered way more lewd content per year
- delivered way more narrative (an easy task, because this game doesn't have any)
- delivered more, better game mechanics
- started with zero funding
- also did this with Unity/Godot (not that it matters to the end user, if your game is shit because you picked the wrong engine, it's your fault)
So we know that this game is lacking in
every possible way. It has no interesting plot. It has no interesting characters (like come on, perv landlord is as boring as it can get, they are all one-dimensional). It has no complex game mechanics to speak of. It has no remarkable art (plus, the dev is not even the artist). And the game is not struggling financially compared to others. There is no redeeming quality here, not one.
That's why people are bitching, really. We know that this dev is not working, and his lies about 12hr work days are just insulting our intelligence. I mean... he is free to procrastinate, but in return, people are free to call out his lazy ass for what it is.