Glad you liked the character designs! Let me explain a little about both of them. Billy is very cautious towards old men and conservatives, so he was expecting Benjamin to be a much worse person than he actually is, so he didn't bother acting nice since he thought that he'd never see him again after that night. Benjamin does call him out a little, just not overtly. He does roll with the punches since he just passes it off as a millennial thing (even though that term doesn't exist in their world but you know what I mean). As for Benjamin winning their little debates, that has less to do with his views being superior and more to do with him being more articulate than Billy is. Billy just doesn't know how to have a lasting debate on the spot and crumbles whenever things get too much for him. Not to mention, even when Benjamin "wins", his original point usually gets compromised by Billy's points at least a little bit, so it's not a total "victory". Thanks for the criticism though!
Yeah, I had a limited amount of time to write this story. Maybe I could have used the time better, but I like what we have. Glad you otherwise enjoy the story!
That is a good point and something I had considered while making this survey, I just don't have the tools to be able to filter out results by region and the like. But yeah, I assume people from poorer countries picked lower prices. Anyways, I'm glad you appreciate the effort!
People who make horror games with the intention of drawing an audience usually happens outside of the FVN community. As far as I can tell, no FVN that was made to please an audience are horror. It just so happened that the of the horror FVNs we have, a good portion of them became some of the most well known ones, like Echo and all the other VNs within its continuity, and Burrows.
And yeah, that is a good point I implied in the blog. If you look at Patreon as a service rather than a way to support your audience, it can be a bit flimsy and just buying it with a single purchase is a better value. Still, both have their own functions and Paid games are gated towards people who can't pay while free games (that are funded through Patreon) aren't. So there are reasons for either.
You're overanalyzing things. I really like Owen and he's not going anywhere. Sorry if the dialogue made it seem like that's not the case, but keep in mind that's an in universe character (albeit talking to the fourth wall) saying that, not me. That character doesn't represent my thoughts and opinions.
Hey! Glad you enjoyed the update! I'm frankly not sure what I could do to improve the hand. Didn't realize that comment would be so hurtful orz. Don't worry, he's not going to perish from the VN. He's going to stay.
