"When you choose to be under the spotlight, you must also accept the shadows that comes with it." That actually fits this situation really well. An almost total blackout as far as communication goes is never a good thing. Speculation starts flying as to what's going on and why no one's talking.
Eventually someone inevitably drops the Gumdrop Scam, and we're off to the races. Is the dev pulling a Scamdrop and just raking in the money? Are they actually sick? Did the Rona get em'? Are they getting ready to pull the plug? No one knows. This is were a lack of communication can *kill* a game.
Look. I get people are sick of folk bitching, but a short paragraph or two to explain this frankly stupid amount of wait time would go a long way to soothing some tempers and some rightly upset supporters. And as far as the devs go? If your actually watching this thread? Don't promise something you wont deliver and then act shocked when people bitch at you about it.
To the paying supporters? My advice is to pull your support. Once the money dries up, you will see a response one way or another. This actually ties in with what I advise people that want to support various creators, game developers, or artists. Do it on month by month basis. Then, if whomever your supporting fails to deliver what was promised without explanation, and continues to do so, you don't pay them.
To the people that don't financially support this dev? Those of us that are bitching (and rightly so) about the wait time? I have two words. Abandon Ship. Stop everything your doing to promote or keep this thread going. Ignore the game/thread entirely. Don't download it, don't talk about it, don't rate it, and don't play it. When entire threads die, especially for games as large as this one, attention gets paid.
And if this thread going dormant and the game being marked abandoned/dead won't get Pie's attention? Well, there are other games with developers that actually give a fuck. Summertime Saga for instance. Love and Sex: Second Base is also a good game. As are innumerous other games on this site.
Basically, all of that was a very long winded way to say that if the developer wont deliver product, you don't deliver payment, and cease supporting them in any way shape or form. A simple concept that helps keep people honest.
