Thank you for creating and sharing this game/story/fantasy.
I just finished playing up to day5 and really liked the game so far.
Thanks
it seems utterly hyperbolic when you talk about 98% of the people on here are out to get you.
No, I said that 98% of the people on F95zone disliked my text-based game. I don't blame them, and I don't care about those 98%. I have no need to convince them that they're wrong. They should just keep on searching for something they like. I'm sure they will find something because it's a lot of good games in different styles on this site.
So right at this moment I started to feel a little alienated by the one, who I wished to support and show appreciation.
Why do you feel the need to share that? I don't care if you like me. I don't care if you like the game and I don't care if you want to support the game. There are so many more important thing to spend money on, so if you have to choose between spending money on an erotic visual novel or helping refugees from Ukraine (or somewhere else), then I really hope you prioritize the refugees.
Also, I couldn't help but wonder about your mental wellbeing, I am not saying this to be rude, those thoughts just started going off in my brain.
Thanks for the concern. I'm doing fine, but it might be healthy to stop working on this game at some point.
Your following paragraphs all left the aftertaste of a persecution complex and that is just my observation, not a fact.
There are also some contradictions in your behaviour - why do you have to "fight people" over anything related to this project? Sure, I can understand fighting someone who you, for example, perceive to be hurting your bottom line, but you stated with sincerity that you don't do this for the money. Even if this is in fact all about money it wouldn't make sense, because this "sabotage" was about to get you a new supporter. I and many others wouldn't have found out about you otherwise.
I don't care about the bottom line. I didn't write a story to earn money or get supporters, and I certainly don't care if you had found out about me or not. As long as I have 1 person who takes enjoyment from what I'm writing then that's good enough for me. THS was just a side-story that I wanted to write for my Patreons (Not to make money, but to show my appreciation). Sadly, some people on F95zone couldn't respect that. I tried to reason with them and promise that it would be released on F95zone when the game was finished but it didn't work. Then I tried to compromise and say that I could release it on F95zone with a delay, but still some idiot decided that he wanted to fuck this project and release new updates on F95zone.
You don't necessarily have the control over what happens to be uploaded on this platform, but why has this to be a bad thing?
Like another member before had stated, people (with the financial means) pledge support to projects/developers they like and want to continue unimpeded. I don't want anything extra - just for you to continue as you have and I have to believe, that I am not the only one who thinks and acts this way.
What irritates me is not just to lose control of the content uploaded to this site but the lack of respect those people show to developers who have spent thousands of hours creating the content. If these people have this desperate need to share content on this site then why don't try to make something on their own, or hire someone to create content for them. Yes, I know this is a pirate site and that shit like this happens, but I still need to be honest about what it does to my motivation for finishing this game.
If what you are looking for is an echo chamber, where only positive opinions are accepted, then you can't look in a public place like this, but you could create your own (discord as an example) and vet every member by their behaviour/opinions, not saying this would be healthy.
As I have said time and time again. I don't care if people like the game or hate the game so where this echo chamber bullshit is coming from is unclear. Yes, I may have to release my newest update other places than on my Patreon site now. I think that's sad, but when people become patreons just to fuck with this project then that site isn't safe anymore either.
What really disturbed me by the end, was your emotional blackmailing towards me/the audience in form of "then I just quit".
It not only is unnecessary and incomprehensible, but also just unacceptable behaviour.
You don't have to do anything you don't want to do, but please reflect on your actions and behaviour - they seem out of whack.
I have never tried to blackmail anybody. I'm just trying to be honest with people. I think some of the trolls on this site truly believe that they're helping the creator or making F95zone better. I think it's a fair thing to let them know that their actions just lead to projects being abandoned.
Finally, let me repeat that I liked your game and thanks for giving me the opportunity to enjoy it. I hope you can continue at your own speed and with the same erotic drive you had when you started. I will have to postpone my support until I got clarity about your further actions, but still all the best to you.
Thanks. I also hope that I will be allowed to continue this project at my own speed. I do not care what you want to support. Hopefully it's something more important than a visual novel, but it's a free world (At least the part of the world where I'm living).
