If even just half of the time that was spent promoting this game on social media, and responding to people in this thread was instead spent developing the actual game.....there would almost certainly have been more than 20-30 mins of content in the last 3 years.
All those paragraphs and snide comments could have been dialogue. And the completely unrelated renders; used to advertise a practically nonexistent game, could have instead been part of the game itself.
You would have a lot more to show for your time, the game would likely be far more successful, you would almost certainly have more patrons, and you wouldn't be getting constantly chastised by 95% of the people in this thread.
Think about the kind of forum you are on. It's very unlikely that this is a collection of the most normal, healthy, well adjusted individuals. Many people are dealing mental illness, depression, ADHD, loss, trauma, addiction, procrastination, self-sabotage, SH...etc. It is almost certainly something that is more common than not among the majority of users on here. Which is precisely why they also understand it doesn't justify any of this. At the end of the day, it does not absolve you from responsibility or accountability, and if you won't hold yourself accountable, others are inevitably going to.
People are literally giving you money and holding you to damn near the lowest possible standard for content output and you still don't respect them, their money, or their time enough to even attempt to do right by the those who are enabling your entire lifestyle. Instead you spend time trying to attract new people who haven't grown tired of giving you the benefit of the doubt. And making more excuses.
Compare what other solo developers using roughly the same tools and with full-time jobs have managed to create in the same amount of time. I'm positive they have all had their challenges as well. Not to say you should be matching their output, but there is an immense gap between your current rate of output and theirs.
Life is constant adversity, and to sit around feeling sorry for yourself for years, making constant excuses is a rare luxury. I know this may sound harsh, but it really doesn't have to be like this. Nobody is truly benefiting from the current state of things. What benefits you do get are drastically diminished compared to what they could, and should have been.
