As an obvious freeloader that got this VN from here, I really am in no position to judge but I'll give my 2c anyway...
An update consisting of approx 27 sec. of new content shouldn't really be released.
Most people who download it will say "fuck this" and really it kinda isn't the right move to give this VN the credit it deserves.
This newest iteration was obviously not ready for a public release so whoever did it made the author a disservice.
It's a good VN with above-average renders, plot, and atmosphere and deserves better.
i try before i buy with most games and have some purchases on steam for games i have fully played here.
i agree with your sentiments as well. for over a years release, longer even for development, this is really really short and nowhere near ready for a steam release. it's all cart before the horse to me as this is the only project by this developer, so no reputation to speak of except this project, which seems to be very slow in development and way short of being worthy of buying.
unless this was free to play on steam, i would feel robbed. yet its currently twice the price i have just paid for drifty's leap of faith which is way beyond this game. i am a player so i will only see it from a players perspective and i get a sense that small developers forget perceptions altogether. players want large updates and often. most will settle for either short updates very very often or large updates with larger update periods.
once they put a game up for sale, both large updates and short release periods are a must. the time periods and release sizes are so far off it makes me more wary of gaining an abandoned tag than completed.
this is on chapter 3 yet it still feels like a first release from a purchase perspective for me.
so i wholeheartedly agree with you that this IS a good VN and does indeed deserve better, but whoever is making the decisions is making really poor ones for my mind
and thats MY two pennies worth
