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Would have been nice if the announcement came up BEFORE the price increase. I was fortunate enough to get it for "free" because I don't think I'd pay for the price that high imho.

Nothing personal but I don't make a habit of supporting devs who do shady things like this, so I guess it's time to unfollow them.

Best of luck to them and I hope they will be more transparent about issues like this in the future.

Thank you for your gracious response. If I came across as accusatory or entitled in my earlier response, I apologize, as that was not my intention. I'm sorry that it encouraged another person to accuse you of being "shady," that was not what I wanted to happen.

To clarify, Teachers being paid was not what I disagreed with at all. If you check my profile, you can see that I purchased Death is a Guest so if the devs decided to keep Teachers as paid permanently, I support their decision. And I say this as someone who did not finish the game when it was free. Money was not my issue. When Teachers appeared as paid on my feed, I thought that the change would be received better if it was communicated ahead of time. But I admit that I should have waited longer for an announcement before making my comment, and if the devs don't have this issue, I accept that. I wanted to clear up any misunderstandings, hence the length.

On a different note, I read the latest post and appreciate the explanation. Have you considered reaching out to streamers such as Blerdy Otome to cover your game or posting on Otome reddit? I have also seen other devs who are fundraising give mutual shout-outs to their projects. That may help to get more attention on your campaign. I wish you the best of luck.