Honestly almost 4 years of early access by the time of release is not a good look.
Just thought I’d point out that this is fairly standard time for early access, even amongst bigger companies
And compared to other games on this forum, I don’t think a 4 year run (really 3 and a half, EA began March 2021) is looking that bad either. Especially when you consider all these devs have had Patreon income the entire time. Also do note how few are actually tagged as completed
Was it difficult? No doubt, anyone’s first game would be, let alone one of this scale. But they didn’t quit, they didn’t go and crowdfund themselves into oblivion like Star Citizen and make finishing the game practically impossible, they’re at the finish line.
Regardless I hope every other smut dev realizes the bar’s been raised. I can’t go back to just browsing textful of VN incest games with slightly edited Ren’py models. No generic moan packs for the sex, or sound effects over still images. The same thing occurred ten years ago with Lara in Trouble and Kuniochi. We went from soundless loops on tumblr to artists leveling up and producing voiced content and longer projects. Once someone else shows you it can be done, there’s more to aspire to.