Some developers are able to do quality updates every month and others take months to years to do a small update. The rate of update a developer chooses is fine. The problem arises when they charge monthly but fail to deliver. If the developer wants to take things slow and only update a few times a year or longer they should charge per update instead of monthly and 99% of the complaints go away.
- Oct 5, 2017
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Mmmm, sadly the complaining will never go away. Example: everyone knows of AWAM, yes? And possibly A Mother's Love (Another is The Headmaster*). These developers are known to have bi-yearly release times. Most people don't seem to mind, and they tell everyone this. And yet..... complaints. And we have to listen to them all .
*if you're not familiar, do check it out. Interactive, really developed characters, funny. And he delivers in that time - in spades.
*if you're not familiar, do check it out. Interactive, really developed characters, funny. And he delivers in that time - in spades.
- Jun 15, 2017
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Before I say anything I'm going to say I mainly play renpy and unity games so I can't speak for games made on different engines they could be made faster but I rarely find a developer that updates monthly and If they do It's usually 200-300 renders at most, however most mainstream games on here release every 2-3 months and that's being generous. I'm also confused on your point about payment plans because You'll be hard pressed to find many devs on this website that charge per update rather then per month, in fact I can't even think of one of the top of my head but of course I do know they exist. The problem with charging per update is that it is simply not enough income to sustain most peoples daily lives. It's pretty simple If you like a game that someone makes and want more you can support them, If enough people support them then they could possibly turn it into their fulltime job meaning faster and better updates. You can't be angry at someone for having one delay because of their fulltime job or general life and then decide to start boycotting them and expect them to continue to make the game you enjoy for little to no money. The comments you're making make perfect sense for a Dev who has repeatedly delayed their game with random excuses, not for someone who has done it once like Kalyha.
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- Nov 6, 2019
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I would say there is no any game engine, developers on which, delivers faster than on Renpy. We can take a look at devs of Karryn's Prison, dudes with thousands of supporters and blessed by community for their stable and pro-level performance, at least no one complaining about slow work. They doing updates every 3-4 months, and this is the team of two, drawning artist + coder.
- Feb 25, 2017
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I'll just say this : if the dev lost interest in working on this game, he should do a big final update, complete it and move on to something else. In 5 years I'm on this site, I got used to multiple threads where the Devs showed signs of boredom and demotivation - This is the case here. There's nothing worse than working without any motivation or passion on something. It destroys anyone from the inside.
- Jun 15, 2017
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I 100% agree with everything here, I just think everyone is jumping the gun a bit after only one delay. I would say the bigger sign of possible demotivation and boredom is the fact that the dev has already made a new game without finishing this one. I would like to say worse case scenario he pauses this game and works on the other for a while until he gets the motivation back ,but again I think everyone is drawing too many conclusions from this games very first delay after 1 year and half of development.
- Jul 14, 2017
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- Jun 20, 2019
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Kahlya, you rule bro, f the haters... I will be looking forward to your release whenever you manage to finish it....
I hope to play this game in March.The long wait is starting to tire me out !
A few renders to finish, a final check up to correct potential mistakes, replay the whole update and gallery and it's good to go! 
So it's a matter of a few days now.
So it's a matter of a few days now.
- Jun 20, 2019
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Thanks for the update....A few renders to finish, a final check up to correct potential mistakes, replay the whole update and gallery and it's good to go!
So it's a matter of a few days now.
The dev will accommodate your request just because it's you asking for it and writing that.
Pretty sure that this is kalyha's second account.