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Last time i got absolutely roasted for commenting on the fact Hopes might just be an experienced milker. But that was long ago. Now i see people have caught on
at this point i would like just an update on the games progress or the lack their off. doubt it will happen as i see this game being abandoned at this rate. which is a shame as it was a good story.
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Also you're so wrong. Milking is an active activity even, if you only doing cows on a farm. What hopes does, at least from the communictation view point is simple don't give a fuck.
It isn't a smart choice, regardless of his intent. If he want to have a good fanbase and customer, he should communicate and even if he only want to scam people into giving him money for his game, then he should communicate too.
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I'll give him 5 dollars to write 5 sentences on where he's at. No release date, no images, just a general "I'm doing x, and it's going poorly, well, other"
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Not optimal?
It is beyond stupid.
Someone here was supposed to message Hopes. Still haven't seen him pop up anywhere to even give an I'm alive, so funds are being diverted into the Floaty fund for possible eventualities.
As far as milking goes.
That would require a lot more effort. If you want to see milking MattoElias stop by the WVM thread. He takes it to a whole new level, and if you want to bash the Dev there you can borrow my clubs.To be fair if he hasnt deactivated patreon payments despite staying silent all this time, he is kinda milking.
But who cares, i even hope he still makes a bit of money, why else would he get any motivation to continue this? And tbh some people deserve to be milked Thinking he's working full power in silent mode is very very very positive thinking at this point unfortunaly.
I just hope he somehow gets the motivation/drive or whatever is missing back to continue this epic story somehow
But who cares, i even hope he still makes a bit of money, why else would he get any motivation to continue this? And tbh some people deserve to be milked
Thinking he's working full power in silent mode is very very very positive thinking at this point unfortunaly.I just hope he somehow gets the motivation/drive or whatever is missing back to continue this epic story somehow
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I'm just gonna assume that you posted this in the wrong thread......
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A lot of things changed, I got a job as seaman, travel around the world and moved foward, I usually don't play those games anymore, but there some like this one that still catch my attention, I hope he comes back to continue this, because I truly enjoy the writing.
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I have a theory: unsatisfied about his wishes not being granted by Hopes, Canis kidnapped the dev.
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Steam is a one time sale. That's the reason why the first week of release is so important for a new game.
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Steam takes 30% from the revenue and then come the taxes. Let's assume a optimistic case and 300k is the revenue and a greedy gov with 45% taxes.
Afair is Hopes from Scandinavia and according to a quick 'n dirty google search are the peak taxes there around 25%-55%
| Steam revenue | 300.000$ | |
| Steam cut 30% | 90.000$ | 300.000/100*30 |
| Revenue before taxes | 210.000$ | 300.000-90.000 |
| Taxes assumed 45% | 94.500$ | 210.000/100*45 |
| Estimated Revenue | 115.500$ | 210.000-94.500 |
I have no clue how healthcare and similar things work there, and to be honest I could not care less.
It should be noted that the values are only assumptions.
What we know in any case is that Steam wants 30%.
The tax rate depends on too many variables that we don't know, e.g. which Scandinavian country exactly, the exact annual income and things that can be deducted from tax and amortisation of operating costs.
Gamalytic's estimates are quite accurate. This was confirmed to me by several devs who have a Steam release behind them.
However, estimated 115K$ is a nice financial cushion - plus the income from Patreon.
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Actually a good game ... and as DEV probably still has a good income from its fanbase, it will remain just over the event horizon as long as money is still flowing in. Until those still willing to pay are no longer prepared to do so. Then, from my point of view, it would quickly fall into data nirvana .... POOOOOFFFFF