Shrug, haven't really checked their Patreon count for a while. I didn't go after what their goal was, but what they said, when they announced VU or that they make a different Patreon.
While you are correct that many Devs would kill for 400 Patreons, we know that ViNovella has a 6 (I think, not sure) man team for Fetish Locator. That is not feasible with 400 patreons. With the amount and quallity of updates they want to put out (and put out in Fetish Locator).
Of course a 6-people team is not possible with 400 patrons, but I believe that even a single person working exclusively on VU should be able to make a decent update in 5, 6 or 7 months, just not as big as a FL one.
There are countless devs working alone in this industry, some of them making some of the best games here.
Why are here so many people who always have the most pessimistic outlook, even with ViNovella having a super great track record on Fetish Locator.
The reason is simple: previous experiences with other devs, even big ones. "I will make a new game while making this one, but development cycle won't be affected, believe me"; "Two different teams will be working on these and updates will come faster" (the opposite happens). That's what I meant when I said "we know how this works."
You could be right there, though; maybe I'm pessimistic and some people could be paying for the sins of others
Btw its pretty funny that you say "they don't have a second team", what would make the long lasting update process more likely, because its a 2 man project or Vi does it themselves, while also saying "We know how this works
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I explained this before: with 400 patrons, one person could work on this for 6 months and put out a decent update.
Those are 400 people supporting you for VU, not for FL. They deserve something too.
Can we really not give them the benefit of the doubt, when they didn't have any issues before? They even said in a Patreon update that "I regret having such an epic amount of content to deliver in one update". Come on I get it we get burned here on Devs quite frequently, but lets have faith in ViNovella and ViNovella Games.
I'll gladly accept your suggestion. THIS TIME ONLY
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I don't care about FL while I really like VU, so I'll be definitely happy to see you're right.