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Well at least Nami keeps hope alive with what seems like good success.
I'd say he is forthcoming. But don't expect a plan. He's learning as he goes, there's no university course for making a successful AVN. He is secretive because the story takes a long time to tell, and giving away the story gives away the reason people want to play the next season (in regards to characters/plots).
Also, consider that since WiaB lost its patreon, Ocean's had to change the nature of both games from what he'd intended. All devs who plan on long development stories are working out the same thing - they have to dodge the bullet before they even know it's there now. This is a big thing. I'd expect a lot of AVN's will be subjected to extensive plot changes over the next months for the ones that want to be on Steam.
I don't support as a patron, I just buy off Steam, so right now, there's no blind faith from me, I got what I paid for, it was less than a bottle of wine. Time, well, I waste time, I'm here right? We all have time to waste if we're on this site. Supporters are supporting the journey. Anyone who wants a clear cut process should support something clear cut. So in this, I do think it's a you problem (and I mean that objectivley, not as a criticism) - you want clarity when the product being offered has no clarity, it's only just established what the mysteries are. Your expectations aren't being met, but that's not due to secrecy, you want something that isn't on offer. SG is a slow burn game with mysteries, and far too long a dev cycle. Ocean doesn't hide that. What does it say in the first post? 'mysteries are about to unfold.' Ocean can't give away the mysteries as that's part of his premise. The drama might have it's moments of cheese, but the emotion is all in the reveals. If he reveals too much in devlogs, people don't get those heightened reveals. People don't get to mak their favourite theories.
So supporters who are supporting what is offered tend to be those who are happy for the mysteries and the journey to uncover them. Why is Katie smirking everywhere? How does Noji know everyone? What is the race against impossible odds? What is going on with the coaches having a lame internal power struggle when one of them has a killer mo? Are the Holgerson's pervs? What happened to Bella's sister? Why does Sasha have the other half of Nami's earring? What are Vanessa's plans for Wollust domination? How did the mafia family become a college business? What is Mila hiding? Why does Sasha have a scar? What was Nika charged with? What was the violent incident?
Sure some of it will be cheesy, days-of-our-lives type reveals, but giving the details and plans or outline of events away diminishes those story elements. THe second thing the game is about is healing. Not Nika becoming a phallic god, but Nika not being depressed. Nika getting over his trauma. Sex might be part of that, but how many people try to fuck away their traumas and end up in worse relationships that cause them despair? Nika needs to heal, not to primarily fuck, but to have proper healthy relationships. Currently he's quite shitty as a human being. I think people consider Nika's mental condition an excuse for Ocean to delay the lewds, rather than one of the central plot points. Nika dealing with the past is the main event.
If you don't trust the dev, don't give the dev money until they release something you like. That should be a rule of thumb.
