I mostly agree with this assessment. I was a Patreon subscriber too for a very long time but couldn't justify the continued expense for what was being produced. It's crazy that there's still girls at very basic levels despite the development time of several years now.
I think he's gotten too invested in the girls as characters rather than as sex objects. Some of the best scenes in the game were made early on in development and required a lot less work on his part to get where they were going. Debbie's early storyline is a good example of this i think.
Now if he sets out to develop a girls storyline the amount of scenes taking place outside of the punishment system is very high. Lots of characters other than the headmaster and the girl and multiple locations are often involved so this just adds more work.
I can't help but defend the Maxine storyline though even though you rightly cite it as a good example of the problem. it was well written and the time taken over it showed in the quality at the end. I do appreciate that quality but he could still do with scaling things back a bit though.
That's not likely to happen however when there's a hardcore group of Patreon subs who will cheer on any decision the dev makes regardless of how much that decision slows down the overall progress of the game even more.
You're always going to be the asshole in the discord if you say "actually i'd prefer it shorter and kept to the original deadline so you can get back to the other 5 things you said you'd do a year ago"
There are plenty of non story driven "sex objects" games on here. Some people actually like the story aspect of games like this. It is amazing I know, but not everyone shares the same opinions and goals and those who support do so because they like the story aspect of the game more then "sex objects". If this was only a "sex objects" game people would not be here daily bitching because they want an update.
Also if you have never yourself tried to code a game like this or script and render content like this please I beg you to try to do so and see how long it takes you to get say 60 minutes of play time that all functions properly and also is intriguing enough that people actually want to download your game. Of course if you manage that then you will have hundreds of people who do not like your opinion of how the game should be and complain because it is not how they want the game or you don't include their fetish because how could that ever not be what everyone else wants. You will also never be making the game fast enough and god forbid you open it up to supporters who are never happy with anything and think because they put a little money into it every month they should be able to script the whole thing to what they want and get mad when their favorite character or in your case "sex object" does not get enough screen time.
Everyone on these forums is always like they are milking people. Some do yes. Some just try to make the best game possible which takes time. Personally made games like this years ago in my spare time, along side my real job, and my life, and the time spent and constant bitching from people who had no clue was why games stop being made. Which in turn causes more complaining about a Dev that was just making something fun. If this shit was as easy and fast as you seem to think it is everyone would make their own games and there would never be forums full of people complaining because something they themselves look forward too is not instantly updated.
This is more of a general statement about a lot of people in here but I logged in to see if there was an update on a game by a developer who spends the time to make a game function as much as possible before releasing it and first post I read was yours and I remembered why I avoid this place other then to download certain good games with stories.
Now to disappear from these forums for another few months while you and the people who think like you come up with your snappy come backs.
