That is really true. But in the meantime all the Patreons keep on paying for nothing.
It has become common. Make a game, get Patreons, continue and when the game becomes exciting start a remake. And let everybody pay during your remake because it has to be on steam.........
I choose carefully the game I am sponsoring! The dev has to make a great game. And yes there some devs around here.
The author was very clear in his post after Ep24 was released: he literaly said that for the next future the redo of the first episodes (1 to 10 IIRC) would have been his only effort, and explicitely stated that he was so clear precisely to allow all his patreons not interested in the redo to unsubscribe.
I think some of them have unsubscribed.
Those who are still supporting him aren't being misled in any way. Their money, their informed choice.
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I don't support anyone on Patreon, because I'm far from being rich so I don't do
mecenatism patronage.
Because spending 10-15 bucks every month for 5-10 years for a finished game means doing
mecenatism patronage.
But I can't deny that the Patreons doing
mecenatism patronage are the ones allowing this kind of games to exist in the first place.
(At least for startups)
So I can't complain if someone spend their money to allow the author to stay afloat... since til now I (we...) have basically played for free.
I simply will buy the game when it will be finished.
I also would have prefered ep 25 being developed before, out of curiosity for the plot... but I get that the author needs to monetize, and I get that releasing on Steam the first episodes as they were (obsolete graphics) would have been a bad marketing choice that would have lost him potential buyers.
Plus I really enjoy the polished new graphics.
I just hope that the sales of Season 1 on Steam will make enough income to expand the team and to think to the plot of Ep25 with no stress and do a good narrative work, because this story doesn't deserve a rushed final. And a good final is doable only without financial worries.
