Generally, posts on f95zone fall into one of several categories:
- Questions about when the next update will be.
- Wars between developer defenders and people pointing out developer laziness (these types of posts make up about 90% of the threads in Summertime Saga, What a Legend, Aurelia).
- Questions about how to do something in the game because someone is stuck.
- Questions/suggestions about future content. When will a certain girl get content, or suggestions on which one should get it. Occasionally, there are suggestions about fetishes, mostly incest and pregnancy.
- Very rarely, I see discussions about the already existing content.
As for this thread (or PL2): I regularly see posts of type 1 here, but I don’t see posts of type 2 at all because updates are frequent, and besides, Droid probably doesn’t want that kind of popularity
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Posts of type 3 are also rare because, as you said, PL and SL are fairly simple games, and it’s hard to get stuck. Occasionally, someone might get stuck in PL1 by only developing a relationship with one girl or by not doing any activities. So, the lack of such posts isn’t an indicator of anything either.
However, the small number of posts of type 4 and 5 is puzzling, although I do remember that there used to be suggestions in the PL1 thread about which country the next girl should come from, so people seemed somewhat interested in that. But there weren’t an overwhelming number of them either.
And the small number of reviews is also surprising (though I’ve been planning to write my own for about half a year now).
If observing this community has taught me anything, it's that it's better to sell promises than an actual product (this is common in marketing).
Droid, tell Sven to draw the highest quality images, with everything included, even pregnant girls. Create a giant map that suggests there will be tons of content. Make an amazing prototype of the game, so technically advanced that you know there’s no chance of finishing it (besides, people here don’t care about finished games, just the next update. How many people ask when the game will be finished versus how many ask about the next update?). This prototype will look great, with a few beautiful scenes featuring a busty mom or sister, and tons of pop-ups saying "This will be in the next update". I suspect that Patreon numbers would go up, and you could then release some content once a year. Content you’d probably work on for a month at most.
There will probably be an uproar in the thread (rightfully so) about why you’re slacking off, but life teaches us that there will be a few defenders who will protect you like their own child, and in that way, the thread will become popular.
It’s very sad, but based on my 4 years of observation, that’s how it is.
That is, the vast majority of developers don't suffer from laziness, but from being overly ambitious. However, that doesn't change the point.
