VN Ren'Py Restore Her Career [v0.33] [Kalyha]

[Vakkyr]

Without changing seems obvious future plot development that gonna lead Linda's daughter to willingly participate in corrupting her mom, which serves to eroge goals, how else you would justify that Rebecca is not just OK with what happens to Linda, but even helps some evil man to drown her in the abyss of depravity?
It's not easy task I would say.

Seems also planned, protagonist's "revenge" to Alex, Emma's son, also suffers from lack of solid reason. But since we are not for sparkling and breathtaking stories here, I guess it's ok. We have enough lost literature critics in reviews section, we better not be as smelly as them.

Personally I like to have a, at least somewhat, comprehensible Story in my AVNs, but that would be a whole different Discussion now. And yeah, no one is reading RHC for the Plot, or the dialogues, but still...

In the beginning the Game had much better Plotlines that where more engaging imho. Like, there where actual Problems the MC had to resolve, yeah way to easy and often in ridiculous ways, but it matched the over the top tone the whole Game had and worked well to make it to a somewhat satirical comedy.

Like the whole back and forth in Power between MC and his Aunt, or slowly coaxing Emma away from sacrificing herself for a Son who doesn't really deserves her support, somewhat "freeing her" out of her self made Jail.

Not the biggest fan of the whole Adrianna Plot but even there was a back and forth and the MC had to be a little bit careful and had to "work for it".

But for the last couple Updates, even this basic Plot development is kind of missing, and the pacing is super fast.

The Aunt breaks down in a handful of scenes, becoming almost instantly MCs submissive butt slut.

Same goes for Emma, maybe I'm biased here as I don't really like her development in general, but she also changes in a couple of scenes quiet drastically imo.

A bit more details would have been great for those developments, more celebrating the final surrender of the Women. Savouring the moment before victory as long as it goes.

Or for Linda/Rebecca a more sinister angle where Rebecca is more of a Sheltered but curious Daughter who got manipulated in thinking her mother wants to hog all the "fun" to herself, or something like that.

I'm sure the plot will still go somewhat like this, but in a much rougher and rushed feeling way. With a Rebecca that already is a super horny sadistic bitch who goes off on the idea of hurting her mother that did so horrible things as caring a bit to much about her.

 

[OhNyo!!]

here is my unofficial Android port of Restore Her Career v0.31.

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download both files, install and run the app, the rest happens automatically.
however, you still can copy the assets pack manually to the folder /RenPy/org.rhcs.the66/game on Android 11 and newer or to the folder /Android/data/org.rhcs.the66/files/game.

...oh, you have to start a new playthrough, again... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

from now on my Android ports of Ren'Py games have a 2nd, persistent save location like Windows. if you uninstall an app, the save files and persistent data remain intact.
therefore the app needs the permission to access the public external storage (or a new one on Android 11+), because it has to read and write outside its own external storage directories.
you have to grant the permission or the app is shut down.

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Happy Holidays!

Just a quick post to wish you all the best for 2025! Restore Her Career will continue, I will also update WIAS (100% promise) and I will keep working hard on the game!

I will take a few days off during the end of the year to rest and enjoy the holidays with my family so I can get back to work early January for more awesome content! I got so much to do and a ton of hot scenes that I wanna make in game haha... 2025 will be a great year for the project!

Thank you guys for supporting my work! Let's grow the community even more during next year!

Merry Christmas for those celebrating, and wish you the best in life for everyone! See ya!

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I am not the biggest fan of the cum diet, so I really hope it doesn't become such a big focus. I know its not going anywhere but I rather it focus on the actual relationship than just the cum diet, which feels like all it will be now. And if i just skip that content, then I will pretty much have no content with her, just a shame.

I am excited for more Linda, and hopefully we can get so nice progress with Rebecca, and go further with her. I also hope for a lot more Emma and Auntie, and they don't get pushed to the background for a while like they sometimes have.

 

[otoboke]

Personally I like to have a, at least somewhat, comprehensible Story in my AVNs, but that would be a whole different Discussion now. And yeah, no one is reading RHC for the Plot, or the dialogues, but still...

In the beginning the Game had much better Plotlines that where more engaging imho. Like, there where actual Problems the MC had to resolve, yeah way to easy and often in ridiculous ways, but it matched the over the top tone the whole Game had and worked well to make it to a somewhat satirical comedy.

Like the whole back and forth in Power between MC and his Aunt, or slowly coaxing Emma away from sacrificing herself for a Son who doesn't really deserves her support, somewhat "freeing her" out of her self made Jail.

Not the biggest fan of the whole Adrianna Plot but even there was a back and forth and the MC had to be a little bit careful and had to "work for it".

But for the last couple Updates, even this basic Plot development is kind of missing, and the pacing is super fast.

The Aunt breaks down in a handful of scenes, becoming almost instantly MCs submissive butt slut.

Same goes for Emma, maybe I'm biased here as I don't really like her development in general, but she also changes in a couple of scenes quiet drastically imo.

A bit more details would have been great for those developments, more celebrating the final surrender of the Women. Savouring the moment before victory as long as it goes.

Or for Linda/Rebecca a more sinister angle where Rebecca is more of a Sheltered but curious Daughter who got manipulated in thinking her mother wants to hog all the "fun" to herself, or something like that.

I'm sure the plot will still go somewhat like this, but in a much rougher and rushed feeling way. With a Rebecca that already is a super horny sadistic bitch who goes off on the idea of hurting her mother that did so horrible things as caring a bit to much about her.

But you can't measure characters evolution in number of scenes, screentime or any other appearances. It's not works like this in works of fiction. Authors usualy shows some milestones, kind of checkpoints where changes was significant, while the viewers have to imagine the rest by themselves.

So while you saying that Jenna and Emma both broke down almost instanly, I imagine Jenna having (just like Adrianna do) countless inner monologues (probably sometimes in front of a mirror), questioning her decisions, fighting with desires, hating the animal side of herself with all it's natural instincts, promising herself that she will give in to pleasure just one last time and then will end it and become an exemplary wife and matron. Nevertheless she slowly but steady realising and accepting a thought that she stand no chance, and that the "dark path" at least is not as stressful.

And I think that period of time Stan sometimes mentioning, implying that they started Adrianna's adult model career just a few weeks ago, that is just nominal. We can't consider it in judging how fast characters evolving. Because it's videogame logic, more like excuse to why their clothes changed just a few times, or they didn't get much older, while the reality became drastically different. Even logically, you can't start from the scratch and make some channel or onlyfans page popular in just a week or two. Adrianna also getting comfortable with every new thing is just the next day: "Oh, yesterday I felt like I will die while performing deepthroats, but I get used to it and today I have zero gag reflex and even quite like it". For sure it's not like this, players should understand that game logic can't replicate reality and keep in mind that in-game days count is conditional and can't be a scale for any conclusions.

 

[placebo8x8]

Maybe a dumb question, but how di I get more of the "Ladies" screen to unlock? I have been playing for awhile but only Scarlet and Kate are unlocked,

 

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Another decent Update, that still doesn't manage to catch me like the older ones did. It just kind of feels like there is nothing more at stake anymore right now. The Women are more or less all broken now, and with that their are not much surprises anymore.

I agree. It's the eternal problem with open-ended porn games - escalation. MC has basically achieved his goals with almost all the girls at this point, with them being broken/submissive/accepting/whatever you want to call it. You can try to make new escalations interesting still, but it's way harder now.

Maybe if it's really degenerate, Arianna could put her foot down and the story could get some narrative of out that. A2M with her sister, or watersports or something. Getting further into BDSM would be fun - he loves slapping ass, and those tits need attention too. But now it's my own wishlist creeping in lol

 

[internet_says]

I agree. It's the eternal problem with open-ended porn games - escalation. MC has basically achieved his goals with almost all the girls at this point, with them being broken/submissive/accepting/whatever you want to call it. You can try to make new escalations interesting still, but it's way harder now.

The girls are all still largely unaware of each others involvement with the MC and their families are still unaware for the most part and they all still have a public image and jobs they are maintaining. Plus Adrianna is the only one who has started to actively corrupt herself in anticipation of what would please the MC which could go further and others could adopt that behavior. So with those 4 things plus new sex acts I think there are quite a few possible avenues for escalation.

 

[Rhinochoc]

 

[Vakkyr]

But you can't measure characters evolution in number of scenes, screentime or any other appearances. It's not works like this in works of fiction. Authors usualy shows some milestones, kind of checkpoints where changes was significant, while the viewers have to imagine the rest by themselves.

So while you saying that Jenna and Emma both broke down almost instanly, I imagine Jenna having (just like Adrianna do) countless inner monologues (probably sometimes in front of a mirror), questioning her decisions, fighting with desires, hating the animal side of herself with all it's natural instincts, promising herself that she will give in to pleasure just one last time and then will end it and become an exemplary wife and matron. Nevertheless she slowly but steady realising and accepting a thought that she stand no chance, and that the "dark path" at least is not as stressful.

And I think that period of time Stan sometimes mentioning, implying that they started Adrianna's adult model career just a few weeks ago, that is just nominal. We can't consider it in judging how fast characters evolving. Because it's videogame logic, more like excuse to why their clothes changed just a few times, or they didn't get much older, while the reality became drastically different. Even logically, you can't start from the scratch and make some channel or onlyfans page popular in just a week or two. Adrianna also getting comfortable with every new thing is just the next day: "Oh, yesterday I felt like I will die while performing deepthroats, but I get used to it and today I have zero gag reflex and even quite like it". For sure it's not like this, players should understand that game logic can't replicate reality and keep in mind that in-game days count is conditional and can't be a scale for any conclusions.

This is probably one of the best descriptions of how to don't write fiction. It would be stupid to assume the Audience themself will just fill in all the blanks the author leaves, regardless of how big they are.

Sure, you don't show every little, mundane, detail about a Characters Life. But you also don't Showcase only the big milestones either, you need Time and details to make a Character and their development feel good. It has to be believable. If it's not, the Characters feel stupid and the audience can't connect with them.

They need to have a motivation that is logical, or at least somewhat relatable for the Audience. If the goal is for them to have a connection with the Characters that is.


So yeah, I think a few more Scenes, a little bit more Screentime for some Characters, Showcasing the 1-2 smaller Milestones before the big ones would make the last updates (potentially) so much better.

I agree. It's the eternal problem with open-ended porn games - escalation. MC has basically achieved his goals with almost all the girls at this point, with them being broken/submissive/accepting/whatever you want to call it. You can try to make new escalations interesting still, but it's way harder now.

Maybe if it's really degenerate, Arianna could put her foot down and the story could get some narrative of out that. A2M with her sister, or watersports or something. Getting further into BDSM would be fun - he loves slapping ass, and those tits need attention too. But now it's my own wishlist creeping in lol

I honestly think there are enough boundaries to push/break if one want.

Like others said the Women are mainly unaware of each other so this could be an angle to go, make some of them to accomplices in pushing the boundaries of each other, or even lure in new (non important) Women.

A lot of Fetishes are still open, like, Bukkake, BDSM, Watersprots, the whole Incest opportunities besides MC and Arianna, maybe some Impregnation Fantasy or scares. You have the whole sharing/Sexwork iceberg you could conquer if you want or stuff like Bestiality if you want to go more "extreme".

The real problem is, as you said, that it's the more difficult, demanding task to do when it comes to Writing and planning the different Plotlines out. Especially if you want to try and avoid holes as big as the last Updates (imo) had.

 

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The girls are all still largely unaware of each others involvement with the MC and their families are still unaware for the most part and they all still have a public image and jobs they are maintaining. Plus Adrianna is the only one who has started to actively corrupt herself in anticipation of what would please the MC which could go further and others could adopt that behavior. So with those 4 things plus new sex acts I think there are quite a few possible avenues for escalation.

I honestly think there are enough boundaries to push/break if one want.

Like others said the Women are mainly unaware of each other so this could be an angle to go, make some of them to accomplices in pushing the boundaries of each other, or even lure in new (non important) Women.

A lot of Fetishes are still open, like, Bukkake, BDSM, Watersprots, the whole Incest opportunities besides MC and Arianna, maybe some Impregnation Fantasy or scares. You have the whole sharing/Sexwork iceberg you could conquer if you want or stuff like Bestiality if you want to go more "extreme".

The real problem is, as you said, that it's the more difficult, demanding task to do when it comes to Writing and planning the different Plotlines out. Especially if you want to try and avoid holes as big as the last Updates (imo) had.

Yea, I agree there's plenty more things that can be introduced. This issue is the narrative tension of new developments, not the developments/acts themselves. Most of the tension - the feeling of not knowing what's going to happen or how the characters will react - is gone when the girls are all "anything you want, master! I love being your slave/slutty mother/anal whore"

I'm simplifying, but that's basically been Adrianna's dialogue for a while now. Minor questioning but then she soon goes along with it. Rinse, repeat for the next new MC request

To be clear, this is still a great game and it's no unique fault of the dev. All stories have to end eventually.

 

[Vakkyr]

Yea, I agree there's plenty more things that can be introduced. This issue is the narrative tension of new developments, not the developments/acts themselves. Most of the tension - the feeling of not knowing what's going to happen or how the characters will react - is gone when the girls are all "anything you want, master! I love being your slave/slutty mother/anal whore"

I'm simplifying, but that's basically been Adrianna's dialogue for a while now. Minor questioning but then she soon goes along with it. Rinse, repeat for the next new MC request

To be clear, this is still a great game and it's no unique fault of the dev. All stories have to end eventually.

I get what you mean, and I think with Adrianna this is 100% true. She's burned for a while now and there is not really anything really new happening with her. Though I'd have to admit I personally always thought of Adrianna as the weakest Character in terms of her writing, I know a lot of people Love her but for me she always was on the boring side.

Jenna could be the next to wear out as I think her dynamic with the MC, the sort of constant struggle over power in their Relationship is really the only thing making it interesting.

The most promising ones would probably be Linda and Emma with their Kids on an Incest, BDSM/Cuckold angle in their Plotlines, but here it seems that this get's Speedrunned, so an "The End" sometime soon seems for the best. Even if it would be kind of sad for the potential this could have had, but who knows, maybe in a future Project.

 

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Yea, Linda could be really interesting with how to integrate the daughter into (I assume ) humiliating and dominating her. Definitely looking forward to that if it develops more

 

[otoboke]

This is probably one of the best descriptions of how to don't write fiction. It would be stupid to assume the Audience themself will just fill in all the blanks the author leaves, regardless of how big they are.

Sure, you don't show every little, mundane, detail about a Characters Life. But you also don't Showcase only the big milestones either, you need Time and details to make a Character and their development feel good. It has to be believable. If it's not, the Characters feel stupid and the audience can't connect with them.

Bruh, the terms "main character" and "side character" exists for the reason. Length of works can't be infinite. In movies you rarely see some side character's background being described with more than one little speech line, the rest relies on being assumed based on character's looks and acts. And that is not even bad, because not the number of details matters, but how precise and well made they are. Conciseness is a virtue.

And I think it's common knowledge that works of art supposed to be made in uncertain manner, leaving a lot to imagination and assumptions. Story that leaves no questions = boring story that unlikely will catch a lot of people, provoke discussions and fan theories.

 

[otoboke]

And yeah, no one is reading RHC for the Plot, or the dialogues

so an "The End" sometime soon seems for the best. Even if it would be kind of sad for the potential this could have had

Isn't it's just mutual exclusion? I feel realy sorry for Kalyha, to always being between two opposite vectors of criticism. Some people acussing him in being milker who intentionally slows progression of his story, others says story feels rushed. Some claims that plot is unworthy and should be skipped to sex scenes, others implying that potential was huge and developer should have turn it into 10 times bigger narration focused novel. And sometimes it's same speakers.

It has to be believable. If it's not, the Characters feel stupid and the audience can't connect with them.

Btw, about connection, I remember, after one of the updates, where MC was quite harsh with Jenna and she appeared to be quite depressed, I felt really bad for her, she made impression of a person who can commit suicide any day and probably considering it right now. I think no need to explain that sudden strike of empathy is not what you expect(or need) when you want to fap.

Eroges shouldn't try too hard to develop realistic and psychologically deep narration. It's just feels out of place. It contradicts with the goals of porn games. Moreover, RHC from it's very start was made in a style of power fantasy, like over the top. It's funny to demand much more fine(subtle) and believable characters evolution/development.

To be clear, this is still a great game and it's no unique fault of the dev. All stories have to end eventually.

But isn't it's just natural? Corrupted characters as a result of corrupting game. I don't see other options, so I don't think "fault" is accurate word. It's just how storytelling works, tension level can't be even from start to the final. We passed the culmination, it's expected that excitement get lower. I remember like 2 years ago I was warning other users here, about that they are wrong with hurrying dev to break Adrianna faster, because the process of pursuit can be better than reward. And now we are in a point of time where people complaining that girls already broken.

Stay strong, dear Kalyha, those folks nevah can be satisfied.

 

[Rhinochoc]

Very happy to have restarted the game from scratch; it's becoming really, really good! Can't wait to see what's next!

 

[Vakkyr]

Bruh, the terms "main character" and "side character" exists for the reason. Length of works can't be infinite. In movies you rarely see some side character's background being described with more than one little speech line, the rest relies on being assumed based on character's looks and acts. And that is not even bad, because not the number of details matters, but how precise and well made they are. Conciseness is a virtue.

And I think it's common knowledge that works of art supposed to be made in uncertain manner, leaving a lot to imagination and assumptions. Story that leaves no questions = boring story that unlikely will catch a lot of people, provoke discussions and fan theories.

Btw, about connection, I remember, after one of the updates, where MC was quite harsh with Jenna and she appeared to be quite depressed, I felt really bad for her, she made impression of a person who can commit suicide any day and probably considering it right now. I think no need to explain that sudden strike of empathy is not what you expect(or need) when you want to fap.

Eroges shouldn't try too hard to develop realistic and psychologically deep narration. It's just feels out of place. It contradicts with the goals of porn games. Moreover, RHC from it's very start was made in a style of power fantasy, like over the top. It's funny to demand much more fine(subtle) and believable characters evolution/development.

I really have a hard time to try to explain myself in a way that you don't take it the wrong way.

You're kind of right and totally wrong at the same Time.

First, you can't compare the Narrative structure of Movies and Games 1:1. They are 2 very different kinds of Media with their own rules and conventions.

Just as an example, Movies run roughly for 90-120 minutes, Games (AVN's) can easily take between 5, up to 50+ hours. That alone opens Games up to a (potentially) much more complex and more detailed structure when it comes to Narration and Characters.

Then, yes, Mysteries are important for a Narrative to have. But purposefully crafted ones, that the Narrative can play around with. Not random plot-holes that get created because the Authors rush or underexplain things. There's a difference here.

About you feeling bad for Jenna, that's great. That is what an Author usually aims for. And in earlier Updates that worked for me as well. I have a real soft spot for Emma because of how good of a job the Dev did with her early Characterization and development.

It's the (imo) change in quality of these things in the recent Updates that makes me speak up, not the Game in general, that's important to remember. The last updates just didn't took the Time and care to Show why Characters do what they do (especially Rebecca) so their actions annoy me.

Lastly for the "shouldn't try too hard to develop realistic and psychologically deep narration" point.

No one was saying that, at least definitely not me. But the Characters should at least adhere to some sort of common sense. If everything it want's to be is a Power Fantasy, why shouldn't MC just rape the shit out of the Women he meets until they Love it. Wouldn't that be the "Ultimate Power Fantasy" for an Character like the MC? But that would be boring, wouldn't it?

 

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But isn't it's just natural? Corrupted characters as a result of corrupting game. I don't see other options, so I don't think "fault" is accurate word. It's just how storytelling works, tension level can't be even from start to the final. We passed the culmination, it's expected that excitement get lower. I remember like 2 years ago I was warning other users here, about that they are wrong with hurrying dev to break Adrianna faster, because the process of pursuit can be better than reward. And now we are in a point of time where people complaining that girls already broken.

Stay strong, dear Kalyha, those folks nevah can be satisfied.

It sounds like we agree on everything regarding the natural flow of storytelling. It can turn into fault if the conclusion gets dragged out too much and gets repetitive and stale. But I don't think that's a guarantee here, there's lots of possibilities for more 'meat on the bone'! I gave some in my first comment, even

 

[otoboke]

First, you can't compare the Narrative structure of Movies and Games 1:1. They are 2 very different kinds of Media with their own rules and conventions.

Just as an example, Movies run roughly for 90-120 minutes, Games (AVN's) can easily take between 5, up to 50+ hours. That alone opens Games up to a (potentially) much more complex and more detailed structure when it comes to Narration and Characters.

I don't know how it's in visual novels, maybe they suffering from graphomania. I'm refering to universal principles that works in any art. Literature, for example, is not really different from cinema, you never can see like 10% of the book length being dedicated to side character. Even biggest novels, like 500-1000 pages, introducing new characters by just couple of paragraphs, half or the one page at best. I think attempts to "properly" developing 10-20 characters in one work is the signature of nowadays, when a lot of people, who is not professionals, making indi games as a hobby.
Uncertain manner of execution, when artist leaving as much details as possible in a "blured" state, to allow some range of interpretations (as well as to make it easier to viewer to associate with character, because when it's not completely clear how character feels or what his motivation is, the viewer can substitute his own mindset) is also universal. It's same in poetry, song lyrics, painting. For example, impressionism have no sharply depicted details at all, except of lightning. Or languages that more depends on context than inflections (so they allow more interpretations, like english) is more suitable for poetry and lyrics.

You're kind of right and totally wrong at the same Time.

Except for word "totally", it's fair enough btw, I understand it. Not everything I'm talking about is applicable to the actual topic, and for sure RHC have a space to get better in any aspect, including storytelling. Moreover me too had a feel that Emma's and Jenna's behaviour shift happened kinda abruptly. My point is that your judgment is too uncompromising, there is the other side of the coin, other point of view. A flaw is not always a fail, sometimes flawless state is just unachievable. 10-20 side characters developed as thoroughly as main one in a hobby work of fiction that is finished in a human's life span or the corruption eroge where characters evolving but the tension/excitement never drops - is the examples of those chimeras or unicorns that will never be catched.

 

[Pancake888274]

Just played the latest one, and goddamn what an update it was! I wasn't really expecting much considering the fact that there's no Adrianna progression on this one. But it really didn't disappoint with the side chicks at all!

Absolutely loved the night club scenes with Emma and Kate. And to top it all off, the scenes with Scarlett really just did it for me. Not gonna lie, top class netori right there with top tier situation setting. The dialogue writing has been a standout of this game which has me hooked for a while now. This has been a masterpiece Kalyha! This really has set the bar high, at least for me.

I know some might disagree with it all being a bit too fast of a progression there, but I'm all for the fact that as a dev, you really can't keep piling up the tasks of including every minute detail you can before it happens or before you reach there.

For someone who left off this game long ago due to it's super slow progression, and came back 2 years later to give it a try, only to find oneself sticking to the game this time around, I really can say the the progression has been decent enough in recent times. Also, I wouldn't want the update frequency of a game of such potential to be like twice a year or something, only because it has to add "everything" to make it look more real. It's my personal opinion and I respect those who wanna have it otherwise, but I'm done with projects of that kind that take way too long for something to happen. Main reason why I dropped this game off in the first place. I know that it all shouldn't happen almost instantaneously either. But for the time the game made people to wait initially (with some of them dropping it off midway like me), has what has made the current pacing worth sticking on to it. I would want realistic character development for sure yes, but I wouldn't want to grow too old enough to see all of that happening if you know what I mean haha. Especially when it's a single dev that's pulling it all off and taking in whatever suggestions and feedbacks he can. But well, to each their own, and differing ideas are always welcome. But at the end of the day, we all know what we are here for.

Happy holidays and wishing everyone a great year ahead!

 

[otoboke]

I know some might disagree with it all being a bit too fast of a progression there, but I'm all for the fact that as a dev, you really can't keep piling up the tasks of including every minute detail you can before it happens or before you reach there.

For someone who left off this game long ago due to it's super slow progression, and came back 2 years later to give it a try, only to find oneself sticking to the game this time around, I really can say the the progression has been decent enough in recent times.

Yeah, roughly speaking, 33% of players thinks that progression is too slow, another 33% thinks it's too fast, and the rest thinks that pace is just fine. And non of them is wrong, because it's mostly the matter of individual perception.

And any developer just can't hit every goal, like monumental complexity, fast production, keeping it free to play and etc. You have to keep balance and sacrifice a lot of things. Those who can't - just ending up abandoning their projects.