Or you can release this on Steam Early Access, even though you said you didn't want to. If you need money, you need money. Most of us here would buy it there, plus many more people.
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That is technically an option but the problem is that it goes against my very nature..
Quoting myself in a previous reply here:
Releasing beta or early access stuff is not really something I'm keen on doing because once I put something out there, for example: something I don't want to show everyone yet, then it's very likely going to be everywhere, like screenshots, maybe a video, anything.
And this ruins the surprise for everyone, and I've stated many times I'm not a fan of spoilers.
And sure, once I release the game, everything will be out there anyway but I just don't want stuff out there before it's actually finished unless I post it myself.
I do appreciate the gesture but I don't want to undermine the vision of the game just because I need money.
I'd rather just make a completely new, less important game.