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I think this remake was worth. He's objectively gotten better at character creation, there were major clipping issues with the old models that he's resolved, the characters are even more unique than they were from stock Koikatsu characters before while maintaining his signature aesthetic, we get even more "household" members, and hopefully he improves some of the writing from early on; I think he's gotten better on that front.or in a year from now when those parts come out he changes his mind and puts extra time into it all... just like this remake
He had absolutely zero experience with any 3d work when he started this project (well, I guess he did from the game he made that got obliterated when he lost a hard drive that never saw the light of day) and put out an expansive project that didn't rely on the lazy toolkit a lot of Koikatsu creators do that make their games instant ignores. Even so, he saw the flaws in his work and potential for improvement and decided what he'd done wasn't up to what the skills he'd acquired since beginning this project enabled him to do and wouldn't be a good foundation going forward, as great as it already is.
He's not going to gain exponential leaps in skill in another year to the point where it would warrant restarts/complete redesigns as this first project has. Any changes we get going forward will probably be more in terms of animation, lighting, posing, and writing skills which will just result in incrementally better updates. I haven't given a cent to him (not proud of it or anything, just stating facts in case anyone thinks I'm shilling. I might this year since I'm not broke but saving for more important things as well), but this is clearly far and away the most creative use of koikatsu for a game creator with an actual story behind their work and the competition isn't even close IMO.
I know I'm probably responding to a throwaway/jokey comment but I think a lot of people are underestimating the level of improvement this reboot constitutes in a technical sense. Honestly I haven't minding waiting over a year for this (damn, it's been that fucking long...) and don't mind waiting a bit more. Besides, Power Vacuum and Shattered Minds updated got plenty to tide me over .