Post by Loguzo in Was buying on itch.io a bad choice?

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As far as I know, this game isn't worth looking at, AT ALL.

Dude, it has been months. MONTHS. This game has been on the same version for MONTHS. Not one thing has changed for MONTHS. Sure there's 1 new pose in the game now, but it's still laggy as hell, and the UI is just flat out broken for me. Stable releases my ass, if this is a stable release right now then they must be on potato PCs.
I bet they're rocking one of those Macintosh's to make a poor game like this.

^ (Macintosh) ^
Please encourage people to NOT BUY THIS GAME. At this point, I'm seeing more 3d games like this one but getting 10x more updates within the months that I have been waiting for one singular good update from this game.
The developers must be enjoying life right now. Just chilling on a beach with the money it has received from people who thought this game was gonna be good.

So, let's go down memory lane. They had a goal to release this game on steam about 1 year ago. So far, there hasn't been 1 good update in an entire year. 1 new pose? Oh that's great let me check out that 1 new pose, oh wait! My game just crashed because for some reason the UI is broken and super laggy, and most of the UI doesn't work (Referring to settings).
It's clear they are just abandoning Itch.io to get more income from Patreon. But even subscribers on Patreon barely get anything! I bet even on SubscribeStar they don't get anything as well. Game is just a straight cash grab.

Momoiro Software1 year ago(+3)

They had a goal to release this game on steam about 1 year ago.

YES, and it wasn't good enough, it wasn't a game. It didn't have the story in place. I couldn't do it in good faith.

So far, there hasn't been 1 good update in an entire year. 1 new pose? Oh that's great let me check out that 1 new pose, oh wait! My game just crashed because for some reason the UI is broken and super laggy, and most of the UI doesn't work (Referring to settings).

This is why releases are so slow, I don't like that people have this experience. Often this happens cause try to release builds with critical functions disabled but it would just cause more problems. I made a post some time ago that this would end and I would just finish the features.

Trying to make stable releases mid development while doing programming, design and art is extremely difficult. And above all I don't want a reputation for releases like this, I'd rather just wait. I work on this FULL TIME, and that's still just not enough.

It's clear they are just abandoning Itch.io to get more income from Patreon. But even subscribers on Patreon barely get anything! I bet even on SubscribeStar they don't get anything as well. Game is just a straight cash grab.

I'm going to tell you guys a secret, I HATE Patreon, the company not my supporters. I don't want to support a company that stalks someone's twitter to tell them to delete art posts they don't like. I've said it on Patreon multiple times that at some point the Patreon WILL close when I find more stable income streams.

Itch is one of those streams, for me itch is more important than SS and Patreon combined. And then you might ask "Well why don't we get fuckin updates!" cause of obligations. To me, itch is a place people expect a working product and I want to deliver that. On SS and patreon people pay to support development, so they are owed development updates. A single individual pays WAY more there than here on itch.

People here WILL get updates, they WILL get a product but I only ask for patience. But on supporter sites, I owe not only constant news but releases as much as reasonable. But even then releases haven't been frequent for a variety of reasons. Cause I know some of those releases will end up in the public, and I try to minimize the damage that kind of thing can cause.

I understand waiting is annoying, and I hope when the next release comes in a few months you will understand what you're really getting.

TeddyLarsen1 year ago (2 edits) (+1)

I think you're doing a wonderful job, Do I hope for more updates on Itch, Yes, but I understand your thought pattern, and I know how hard it can be to produce anything by yourself. Our Apartment looks and feels amazing so far, so I wanted to send you an encouraging message to know that I too support you and your decisions ^^.