Oh, yay. Another round of dudes sitting at the
Preach. But sadly, speaking truth/reason here won't stop the endless stream of complaint posts by individuals who have decided in their own heads (based on none of that inconvenient truth/reality stuff) that the dev is unquestionably malicious for not meeting their specious demands.
Dude, this kind of complaint shows up in pretty much every VN. Very few developers release updates quickly, and when they do, they usually come with very little content or noticeably lower quality; in other cases, they rely heavily on AI.
The problem is that many people don’t know how to evaluate things properly. The only fair way to judge an update is based on
the amount and, above all, the quality of the content delivered, not just on how long it took to release. Judging solely by the months of waiting creates bias and leads to unfair accusations against developers who are not scammers, unlike well-known cases such as icstor or Dr. Bones.
In VNs made with
Honey Select 2, especially projects of
medium–high quality like Twisted Memories, it is completely normal for
1 or 2 well-crafted scenes to be produced in 4 or 5 months. Carefully made poses, camera work, lighting, writing, bug fixing, and integration take far more time than many people realize. Demanding more scenes in that timeframe usually means lowering quality or heavily reusing assets and AI.
The only real way to know whether an update was worth the wait is
when it actually releases, by objectively analyzing its content and level of polish. As for the endless complaints, it’s enough to read the forum rules: those kinds of comments can be reported, and moderators will eventually remove them. That’s why the best thing we can do is simply wait.
If the goal is to reduce the time between updates, the only viable alternative would be to release
smaller updates every 4–5 months, with one or two scenes at most. This approach has worked for some developers, such as the creator of
Sinful Summer, although even there a greater reliance on AI has become noticeable lately.
