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"Not nice" is flippant way of putting it, considering the developer does not believe the 300+ people that gave them cash and supported them for the past 2 years are no longer worth their time.

A five minute tweet owning up to zero progress is worth more than another page of empty apologies.

"I'm really ashamed how late I've been with this update... You know that feeling you get when you know you should call someone, and you mean to, but time keeps getting away from you, and then it feels too LATE to call them, and you end up putting off the call even longer because you're embarrassed...?

That's the feeling behind this update. I'm so sorry, everyone! :( Barring some major RL catastrophe, I'll try not to disappear so long again."

This was last posted last year. Chances are they could be putting off again due to insecurities. Makes things less shady, but still just as scummy.

Getting Edgardo back was all that mattered.

Like, it's gotten to a point where these posts y'all make ARE my updates.

It's kinda... REALLY disrespectful in a way.

If this were a passion project made on the developer's own time, then I'd say no one is entitled to updates. But people went out of their way to help fund for this game rather than wait for the commercial product. They were promised transparency, yet the Kickstarter's gotten no true progress update since 7 months ago. It's ridiculous.

I want this project to do well. Game mechanics that allow in-depth agency of a protagonist's personality, actions, appearance and dialogue is a rarity. I like having the option to give a character dark skin like mine. I like being able to actually converse with characters and having different ways to respond to them. I like making decisions rather than watching scripted events.

If I wanted otherwise, I would just read a book or watch a movie with a linear, established story.

Games like this are too few, so it is a blessing when one's in development. But I can't fathom why developers will leave fans in the dark.

The latest update said a few more days before some activity, some word. And it's been two months that people have been strung along hoping that they'd get ANYTHING tomorrow, or the day after.

This game was supposed to be done 4 months ago. I'm not asking for it to be rushed. I'm asking that backers deserve at least a tweet. SOMETHING. They don't even have a release date to go by anymore.

We're stuck waiting. For all we know we could get no word about anything until next year. And it sucks.