Demon Jhim

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Sooo... were they stopping collecting pledges during those 5 months or were they milking the hell out of this 15 minutes update? 5 months * 7k = $35,000 for... what? When Cheeky just started he was hungry and was delivering nice updates on regular basis but once he got support he took the approach every other greedy adult developer takes on Patreon: exploit your fan base, do nothing, collect paychecks and maybe release a half-assed update once in 5-6 months.
I guess you would have gotten your answer had you been a patron yourself. You aren't so it should never really bother you what he does with his patreons.

In other words, your criticism holds no water on this site, especially among us who are not his patrons.
Plus this is actually announce in the Discord server.
From Patreon update:


[6:56 AM]
All four members of the team are now back and working away.
Not going to try to squeeze something out before end of month just for the sake of it (just to justify a payday). So still planning on turning off payment before 1st May, so nobody will be charged until you have Ep17.
Here's what I am aiming for: Turn off payment for May. Get Episode 17 part 1 out in early May. And part 2 before the end of May.
 

acewinz

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Sooo... were they stopping collecting pledges during those 5 months or were they milking the hell out of this 15 minutes update? 5 months * 7k = $35,000 for... what? When Cheeky just started he was hungry and was delivering nice updates on regular basis but once he got support he took the approach every other greedy adult developer takes on Patreon: exploit your fan base, do nothing, collect paychecks and maybe release a half-assed update once in 5-6 months.
Lolz, so it's not 5 months * 7,000 but only 4 * 7k? My god, this changes everything!! Ahahahaha.
I don't mind being called a greedy gumdrop personally. It's an improvement on some things I've been called and some of those even deserved, but I do take an exception when it applies to Cheeky. If you were a patreon as others have said, you would know that in addition to not charging for May, Cheeky also promised everyone of our patreons back in April that if they turned off payment due to the delays or really any reason, they could still message him to receive EP 17 when it was finished because he is a stand up guy I am proud to work for and with, who still paid our team while patreon was paused out of his own pocket.

I would also like to direct you to a wonderful post here
https://f95zone.to/threads/where-the-heart-is-ep-17-cheekygimp.10549/page-600#post-3183906
by OctavianusAugustus who did a nice summary of our content/progress to time.

Also Cheeky's own assertions here
https://f95zone.to/threads/where-the-heart-is-ep-17-cheekygimp.10549/page-664#post-3590398

That clock this update in at 8k plus lines, 500+ renders, and 19 assorted animations, not to mention the interface/gallery upgrades. Which is both one of our largest updates, and about 4 times the size of his early releases at a much higher level of quality. But please do advocate on behalf of our patreons when it's pretty obvious you are not one of them.
 
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imunisasi

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I don't mind being called a greedy gumdrop personally. It's an improvement on some things I've been called and some of those even deserved, but I do take an exception when it applies to Cheeky. If you were a patreon as others have said, you would know that in addition to not charging for May, Cheeky also promised everyone of our patreons back in April that if they turned off payment due to the delays or really any reason, they could still message him to receive EP 17 when it was finished because he is a stand up guy I am proud to work for and with, who still paid our team while patreon was paused out of his own pocket.

I would also like to direct you to a wonderful post here
https://f95zone.to/threads/where-the-heart-is-ep-17-cheekygimp.10549/page-600#post-3183906
by OctavianusAugustus who did a nice summary of our content/progress to time.

Also Cheeky's own assertions here
https://f95zone.to/threads/where-the-heart-is-ep-17-cheekygimp.10549/page-664#post-3590398

That clock this update in at 8k plus lines, 500+ renders, and 19 assorted animations, not to mention the interface/gallery upgrades. Which is both one of our largest updates, and about 4 times the size of his early releases at a much higher level of quality. But please do advocate on behalf of our patreons when it's pretty obvious you are not one of them.
nah acewinz let the troll who to lazy to read puke
he make a statement without reading, like a granny who mad on corona who kill many ppl using gun

btw mostly wthi fan in here already read post daily and know what going on
also cheekygimp supporter already getting info about this
 

acewinz

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nah acewinz let the troll who to lazy to read puke
he make a statement without reading, like a granny who mad on corona who kill many ppl using gun

btw mostly wthi fan in here already read post daily and know what going on
also cheekygimp supporter already getting info about this
I hear ya. Post was less for him and more for any new folks who might wander by and potentially listen to him.
 

fromsovngard

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The episode was fun to play, maybe a bit too short but as a few of you have just said, after that time I guess it would always appear as insufficient. Not gonna complain about it though, because I discovered the game just after premiere of ep. 16 so anyway I had the pleasure to play it all at once. Maybe that's why I would like it to be longer, because I don't have actual comparison to previous episodes.
Plotwise, I like how the mystery slowly starts to unveil. Can't wait for ep. 18 already.
Keep up the good work, dev team.
 

Deleted member 15555

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I hear ya. Post was less for him and more for any new folks who might wander by and potentially listen to him.
Don't waste time on people, cheeky has always been an amazing guy and all those that know him since day 1 know what type of guy he is, he doesn't need defending because facts / actions always speak louder than words ;)
 
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Acewiz, I'll be honest, I have no idea who you are and how are you connected to this project. I assume you're the talking head for the project or something like that. Respect your desire to find the right excuses and publicly protect the one who's paying you... from the money he milked out of his fan base for 4 months of doing nothing providing excuse after excuse after excuse... Oh, I'm sorry, "dev update" after "dev update" after "dev update". I was a patron of Cheeky back in the day, stopped around episode, can't actually remember, 10 or 11. Right now I support only 4 devs, not just because I only like 4 games but because that's all the spare funds I can allow myself to use to support those whom I trust. But looking at your "dream milk team"... man, people like you never admit they are exploiters.
 

Dirion

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I find it strange that Acewinz is allowed to bring up and drag on the discussion of the development speed/patreon funds after the warning but when people reply to it their comments get deleted. Please allow the back and forth the continue or prevent Acewinz from just continueing on the discussion to snag the last word on it unchallanged because you keep deleting comments that try to refute what he's saying.
 

Deleted member 15555

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Acewiz, I'll be honest, I have no idea who you are and how are you connected to this project. I assume you're the talking head for the project or something like that. Respect your desire to find the right excuses and publicly protect the one who's paying you... from the money he milked out of his fan base for 4 months of doing nothing providing excuse after excuse after excuse... Oh, I'm sorry, "dev update" after "dev update" after "dev update". I was a patron of Cheeky back in the day, stopped around episode, can't actually remember, 10 or 11. Right now I support only 4 devs, not just because I only like 4 games but because that's all the spare funds I can allow myself to use to support those whom I trust. But looking at your "dream milk team"... man, people like you never admit they are exploiters.
that's the funniest thing I've ever read, if you were his Patreon you will know the guy is always honest with his patreons and not some ass trying to milk people, if he wanted to only milk people why does he stop the patreon charging people, I think you guys are trying to discredit someone who has always show care for his fanbase and if you guys don't like him, no one forces you to be here press X and close the door when you leave -->
 
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