RiamMar

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Lovemaking

Formerly 'MatureWLover'
Jun 25, 2023
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Well that was abrupt.
Not really, He has mentioned all of this before with how everything is affecting him and his family. And he has mentioned on several occasions that when every update gets leaked on f95 his income literally chumped.

Flynn needs to support his family and their well being with a career change that will actually do something. This wasn't really abrupt this was something that was bound to happend.
 

Cherubin25

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Nov 7, 2020
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Not really, He has mentioned all of this before with how everything is affecting him and his family. And he has mentioned on several occasions that when every update gets leaked on f95 his income literally chumped.

Flynn needs to support his family and their well being with a career change that will actually do something. This wasn't really abrupt this was something that was bound to happend.
Sadly this is true. While this is a piracy website, this game was probably THE game which was leaked the fastest while the Dev did not have a large enough following to compensate for this. There are other games here which get leaked very fast, sometimes within minutes, but those Devs are large enough that it does not endanger the development. Sadly this is not the case for this game here.
 
Feb 21, 2023
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So sad for the project to go, it had come a long way in such a short amount of time. And Flynn as an actually good guy communicating and all (even here) will be sorely missed. Big props to not milking and being so honest about it, even if it is a very personal situation and it's probably not easy. Kind of sad the fast leaks had at least a part in ruining it, small games normally don't have it this badly I feel.

In case you read this, wish you all the good in the world Flynn974. You truly deserve it. Hope everything turns out well in the end.
 

Lovemaking

Formerly 'MatureWLover'
Jun 25, 2023
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Sadly this is true. While this is a piracy website, this game was probably THE game which was leaked the fastest while the Dev did not have a large enough following to compensate for this. There are other games here which get leaked very fast, sometimes within minutes, but those Devs are large enough that it does not endanger the development. Sadly this is not the case for this game here.
Sadly, that was the main case yes. Flynn maybe had around 200 active supporters. While his game were leaked within hours of its released updates while the actual date would be around 10-20 days for the public verison to be out.

Sure games like Eternum gets leaked often aswell but the major difference is that Caribdis is working full time on the game with income of around 20-28k/month. With almost around 2 thousand active supporters... It's an absolute insane difference.

I respect Flynn getting where he got the game with the amount of support he had and the OFTEN leaks that would make his income worse.
 

Cherubin25

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Nov 7, 2020
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Sure games like Eternum gets leaked often aswell but the major difference is that Caribdis is working full time on the game with income of around 20-28k/month. With almost around 2 thousand active supporters... It's an absolute insane difference.
This was exactly the game I was thinking about. The latest Eternum-Update was leaked within minutes, yet the Dev does not have to worry, since they have a huge following. For a game like Stray Incubus with only a fraction of the active supporters, it is simply deadly if it leaks too early too often. Games like this basically live of people supporting for a month to get the new Update early, with it being leaked within a day those dont have any need to do so.

I really have the highest respect for Flynn, he was probably the Dev who improved the most over time - the start of Stray Incubus was really rough, but it got so much better over time.
 

paparas123

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Oct 1, 2017
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This is such sad news. This was one of my favorites. Cute models, nice story without being serious for nothing. Damn. Every good game is getting cancelled nowdays, only shitty NTRs, futa and AIcg survive. With subscribestar getting fucked too, 2025 might be the end of a good run for Adult VNs as we knew them.
 

Juerhullycin

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Feb 4, 2024
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there was enough legitim criticism toward the game which was ignored by flynn so I dont wonder why he had only 200 patreons. If Charibdis wants to ignore criticism thats his thing and he can swallow what ever losses it brings him, flynn couldnt but did it still and all the people glazing him here didnt do him any favours with it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Still hope he can sort his family problems and that they aren't as severe as they seem to be, nobody needs/deserves shit like that.
 

NiiChan

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Apr 4, 2020
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Sadly this is true. While this is a piracy website, this game was probably THE game which was leaked the fastest while the Dev did not have a large enough following to compensate for this. There are other games here which get leaked very fast, sometimes within minutes, but those Devs are large enough that it does not endanger the development. Sadly this is not the case for this game here.
While I fully understand the concept of piracy and the will that drives people to become the ultimate hero, sadly, these heroes also destroy one's life while they bask in the praise of the masses. This affects us HS developers the most, who are denied of possible passive income from Steam. All we have is our income from Patreon; without that, we are also nothing.

I wish, and I hope that next time someone thinks of leaking a game, they will kindly consider the developer's life first.

It is unfortunate, but this is the reality that we have to accept.
 
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