The problem is you're trying to catch up to a moving object. So in order for the transition to happen smoothly and efficiently both things have to be in the same exact spot. 2 full years of full time development that we paid for got us to the point the Android build is at now. If we added another year we might be close. But at what point and what $$ figure do you suggest we pour money to get to some imaginary goal? This thread is already unhappy with the amount we have, and you want us to continue to pour capital into something you don't get to interact with for another year or two? I would rather get that thing in peoples hands faster, and we picked Android, instead for running 2 of the exact same project but literally a year or two behind in content. Let's not kid, the people that post here would play both versions and still complain.
The main version has it's problems due to the bi-montly update cycle. If we went to what is now the norm of major devs we wouldn't be updating for a year or more. The content addition would be huge, and the bugs would be minimal. However we won't do that.
Brass tacks: I booted up the last update and couldn't get a single new piece of content to work. And I wasn't the only one. It was reported up and down the thread.
Maybe I'm not in any position to tell you gentlemen how to spend your money, but sooner or later, the elephant in the room will have to be addressed. Not only is fungus severely outdated, but the game has incurred so much technical debt that it will never be in a good state.
There is, of course, the reality that patrons need to be pleased or they'll stop supporting. Going dark for a year would impact the cashflow. And that's a fair point. Can't begrudge you guys for making an honest buck.
But there's another, more obvious reality on the table that might offer a solution. Whether we're paying or pirating, by day's end, we all just want to see some real degenerate shit happen to comic book characters. It's porn. The art is the game's main draw, while gameplay is a distant second.
Hell, the fact that so many are paying in the first place for something so widely pirated is proof that they want to support the project in the long term. No shade, either. That's a pretty sweet deal for you guys. I'd bet the majority of Patrons would be satiated with regular art-only releases while the game is rebuilt and updated in the background. Before you know it, a year comes and goes, and the new PC and android releases are ready to go. Goodbye fungus; goodbye decade of technical debt
But what do I know, right? I'm just one of those thread guys, right? You know, the thread with over 37,000 responses as of late that serves as one of the biggest hubs of discussion on your game? What do any of us know?