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janni00711 year ago(-3)

It's absolutely shameful of you to call the developer lazy or say they need to "do better", no matter when the last update was. 

This is basically a free game and you are not entitled to frequent updates and content, regardless of how much you donated or for how long you've been a follower.

The developer will release updates based on their own schedule and you have no place to set expectations for the development or even implore the community to stop donations. This is their game after all, not yours. 

Perhaps rather be grateful for the fact that you already got to enjoy all the updates that have come out so far.

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Nobody1 year ago(+3)

I am simply worried about the donators. The dev for MGI just quit and promised everyone more content and never fulfilled that promise. Also, before you get mad at me for calling the dev "lazy", go look at their profile on discord. They literally describe themselves as a lazy game developer. Hint on why I said (glad you are aware of it lol), I made sure to write my comment as good as I could without attacking them. I am simply worried about everyone giving them money for more updates when it has been 3 years since the last update.

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janni00711 year ago (1 edit)

I think it's completely alright to be curious about future updates, especially after that amount of time. But I mean...you could've just asked, like "Hey, what's the current state of development" or "When do you plan for the next update to release" or something like that. 

That would've been far more respectful than being demanding or judgemental about it right away, without knowing the reasons for the delay.

And about your worries for the donators: They can choose to stop donating literally anytime, it's up to them if they wanna believe in an update or not or if they maybe just donate out of appreciation for what's already there. It's not really an unjust thing for the developer to receive donations, even when there's no new updates. In the end, every donator needs to decide that for themselves.

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Nobody1 year ago(+1)

You are 100% right, and I apologize if I came off demanding or judgmental. That was not my intention and still isn't. I just think numerous people are riding on this hope train that a new update might come out. And sure it might! But if you look at the track record, it's not great.

Especially when you're getting money from your donators, but they get nothing in return.
It's not exactly tipping anymore because tipping is there for the service you got. But yes, all donators can think for themselves and decide for themselves, but I also am free to inform new players about the track record of the game and how the dev is handling it.

It's not a black and white issue, it about is there going to be a new update, is the dev still working on it, is the money going to dev helping them with the game. So many questions and I can't help but ponder that after three years, we would have another update by now. 3 years of money coming from patrons, 1,254 patrons (As of March 2023) over 6k a month. I can't help but be skeptical and think of MGI. I can't help it. It is just what I see.

Also, the reason why I didn't ask those questions was because they have been asked in the comments for the past three years, with the same response from the dev. I

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