I fully agree with you on all of your points in that post. If it was easy to be all star singer / writer / stage performer there would be a lot more of them than the handful of people who can be named as such. Even the most famous generally only get full stardom in at most two of the three fields. And there definitely should be some kind of trade off for those free points gained through buying stuff and hanging out. But, yeah the way the drops difficulty was setup in that version of the game I reviewed was a bit overtweaked, understandably so though with the reasons you explained. xD
As for the code, that is very nice of you to offer indeed! I think I will take you up on that offer, however only under one provision. And that is being if there is any way I can help you out with either development or testing of the game that I contribute there in the future. From the posts I have seen it sounds like you have lost most of your helpers. As such if there is anything I can do to assist I would be glad to be of aid.
My main talents, in my opinion, are in the fields of writing / proofreading / editing and also as posted above game testing / breaking finding things that most people never discover. Partly it is a sense that something does not feel right, and partly a case of my obsessive testing to figure out what triggered that sense.
Regarding the fields of writing, proofreading, and editing, I was an amateur writer when I was younger with my focus on the fields of fantasy fiction and fanfiction. Furthermore, I have served as a proofreader and editor for multiple fanfiction authors, as well as one local club's fliers and newspapers.
I will send you an email using my email haunt (at) nightly (dot) com (grr's at the spambots that make posting emails without censoring a bad thing wish I could just use the @ and . signs.) If you have a use for any of my talents just ask and I will be glad to assist. Especially since I currently experience a gamut of free time anyway.