Oh no, he's donating to FitGirl so that gives him permission to download everything they release. Just like other people with his games, see?So everyone has to pay a monthly subscription for his game but he's allowed to pirate games?
What...? That didn't make any sense lol.
Hostility towards criticism seems to be a reoccurring trend.
I hate to break it to you, but I don't think anyone can clean up this mess.
In Yummi's defense, he charges per Major Game Update, not month, so if he doesn't push out a big update he doesn't get paid.and this is the reason y dont even want to support anymore another good game just trowing the towel wile he is laugh of us like yummy tiger and neiron fountain of mana
an important lesson. Everyone should learn to buy a product for what you are getting, not the promise of what you could get.and this is the reason y dont even want to support anymore another good game just trowing the towel wile he is laugh of us like yummy tiger and neiron fountain of mana
Patreon's perfectly fine as a tool, but only when people realise what it is and don't convince themselves that it's something it isn't.
Thank you! Too many people don't get this. The idea of Patreon and its clones is based on the traditional idea of patronizing an artist, where you (traditionally somebody wealthy, Patreon's big revolution was to enable crowdsourced patronage) give money to support them financially (so they can pay their bills, rent, etc) so they can spend their time making their art, not to purchase something from them. It's like what you do when you donate to a charity, for example. Often that patronage can grant special privileges (like early access to their work, etc), but it's supposed to be different in purpose from a transaction, like purchasing a product from the artist.Patreon's perfectly fine as a tool, but only when people realise what it is and don't convince themselves that it's something it isn't.
Patreon is literally just: a tool to financially support a creator you like. It is not a platform to purchase a product, it is not a guarantee of any future content - and that's where I think people tend to slip up, and feel like they've been scammed.
The safest thing if people aren't willing to take a gamble is, like you say, just buy finished (or unfinished but final versions of) content, where you know what you're getting. It's the smart thing to do if you just want to pay for a product and receive that product, and don't want to do the specific thing that Patreon exists for. I will only ever support a Patreon if
a) I've enjoyed some content for free that I thought was really worth X price, and I want to support long enough to pay X price
or
b) I genuinely love what the creator is doing and their design approach etc., and am willing to take that gamble, knowing that just like an investment it may not necessarily be 'successful'
It's rare that I do use Patreon, as there are very few (b) devs out there, and for the (a) ones I can typically just buy the product. But I genuinely think this is the only way people should be treating Patreon, you're just choosing to support them in whatever they do - it's got 'patron' in its name, after all!
It's not abandoned; it's just artificial scarcity. The longer Abelius can perpetually keep the game in development, the longer he can continue milking it. There's no assurance his next project will be a success like this one, so he continues dripfeeding until he can.Was this project really abandoned? Before I started developing my own game, I had taken a look at "Pizza Hot!" and had really loved the atmosphere that came from its development, as well as the art, gameplay and story...
