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From the post of "NTR Mobile  v0.15.2 now available on Patreon!!!" made 15 days ago.

"The previous version ( 0.14.2 ) will be made available for free on Itch.io within 2 weeks"  *will* denotes certainty, setting customer expectations.

The free version absolutely shouldn't be your priority because it already was your priority when you were making it those months ago, continuing to work on a previous version that is already released to premium members effectively creating a second project demands splitting resources that most importantly slows progress lowering the value of your product,furthermore including implementations (be it QOL,content, etc.) from the active version and adding them to past versions publicly available. I think devalues the exclusivity benifit of the new versions I am paying to receive.

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I guess I worded that poorly and will try to avoid the same mistake in the future. That was basically a date I was trying to focus on but without giving any guarantees.

About the free version, I want as many people to enjoy the game as it was intended as possible. QoL changes really help with that (some where also needed not to brick your save in the future).

Thanks for the feedback and have a nice day 😉

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I want to jump in here. I think you're splitting hairs. As someone who also pays a free version is good for the visibility of the game. Should it be a priority over the paid access version, no I think not. Should an attempt be made to get a free version out with included QoL improvements and especially one that includes an emergency save breaking fix, yes. If you're already paying why are you complaining about the free version taking longer. Nosy is already a very communicative developer compared to others and does his best with juggling a full time job AND releasing a new paid version every 2-3 weeks (better than most devs).

Edit: your part about devaluing I think is incorrect. QoL improvements to the free versions only increases the value and quality of the game and makes for a better impression to those just discovering it, I don't know how you got that adding anything to the free versions would be a devaluation.