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Hey, I like the new nice writing style. I can't promise you'll get an official answer from Caribdis, but I'll try, maybe that's enough.

(EDIT: I'll try answering your questions is what I meant)

1. I'm not sure why this release takes longer but my best informed guesses would be the winter holidays and an increased amount of animations in this release. Also, the releases tend to get larger, so the the development time tends to increase as well.

2 & 3. First of all, some people just want notifications when there's a new release since they're following a lot of devs. To reduce spam, development updates are separated from release updates.

Also, this project is free and entirely financed by donations. As you might now, Patreon subscriptions are generally more expensive than buying the game at value, so as an exclusive extra, you get to be part of the development process. This is another reason why these updates are separated.

Caribdis could put the progress banner on the game page, maybe he'll even do it if you ask nicely. Though the absence of it does act like a reverse-advertisement: If this project interests you, you're encouraged to dig deeper and maybe even get a subscription. Though right now, you can still access it for free anyway on Discord and Subscribestar.

damalon217 days ago (1 edit) (-5)

I appreciate the gesture but I still want to hear it all from Caribdis. You might be right about all of this. I dont know, I want solid information though, not guesses.

As I have said before I am simply not interested in Patreon or Subscribestar. Thats because I dont like Patreon. I have several reasons for that. One is that I dont like the proliferation of finance platforms, another is that I really dont like Patreon's policies when it comes to what they allow on their platform and what they dont. Since Patreon always take a piece of the money going to any contributor on their platform I refuse to use it because I wont give any money to them, under any circumstances. I dont even want to look at a page on Patreon, I dont want to give them the views.

I understand and agree with the Patreon subscribers getting an extra benefit or two. They pay extra, they get extra benefits. I never once questioned that. What I am questioning is why the release is taking longer than usual. Thats the really important question. I'm pretty sure I know the answers to the other two questions. Would still like to hear the answers from Caribdis himself though.

Someone said to me that the money comes first: I respectfully disagree. The first thing should be the art, the passion. Those give your work soul. Making the money top priority may allow you project to survive, pay the bills, but it also makes you something of a sellout. If you start with beautiful art, like the work Caribdis has done in the past, you will draw fans and they will support you.

So first you get the money, then you get the power and then you get the women... wait no, thats not right... I mean first you build a project on a foundation of passion, then you'll attract fans and they will happily provide what they can. So in my opinion money is a distant third, just enough to pay the bills. Thats all you need.

Last word on your response for now: I'm not asking for your promise. Don't want apologies from anyone either. I am still going to keep spamming this page on Itch, hoping that I'll get a direct response to my questions from Caribdis. If he never responds I'll just keep going. I wont take this anywhere else though, from now on I'll keep my feud right here.

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