I can't help it, and have got to ask. I was a patreon subscriber for the first couple of years, but gave up when the story never went anywhere. I became a new member in Dec 2023 when it was supposed to be updated, after going through it I dropped it again after a couple of months because nothing had changed but some of the renders had been modified. The story has been the same for years, granted some of the renders were modified, but nothing else. I try not to get upset because I know it can be challenging sometimes to come up with new stuff. I should probably just write it off, and move on, but I really liked the story and keep hoping you will do something more with it. Any chance of that happening, or more smoke, and promises that lead nowhere. Sorry for the rant
Hello there, first, thank you for the support, but also I'm sorry if it upset you. The game has been in development since 2019, and if I understood correctly by "first couple of years" you mean not the start of the development, but 2023. In December 2023 Remake update was released that updated the first parts of the game and other important parts so that I can work faster on the game. Since then, I've been working on the next update, the progress of which you can always see right above the comment section here, in the "About" section on Patreon, or in the discord info channel. It's not challenging for me to think of what will be next in the game, in fact, I have an idea of what will happen plotwise for the rest of the game to the end of it. The challenge is to bring it all to life in good quality as much as I can offer it. That's what takes time.
From what you've written, I got the impression that you didn't read the Patreon posts, and that last part about promises threw me off. I'm not really making promises, besides promising to do my best to bring something good to the players. I never set up any release dates until I'm fully sure that update is ready for the release, for that particular reason, not to mislead and upset people by putting it further away. For the next update, as I said, you can see progress just above the comments, I'm working on the last parts of it.
To understand where the development going, there are always my Patreon posts, starting from the latest ones, if that's something you're interested in. Also, since you were a patron, you can DM me on Patreon, if you have more things you want to ask or anything. There I read, and answer to everything.
I really appreciate your reply, it would be quite difficult for me to be, so laxed, when dealing with a patrons rant. I really do appreciate your message, and I look forward to seeing an update. And I started at the beginning, but stopped for the slow updates, and felt like things stopped. Then jumped back on in Dec 23 and I was disappointed. I do realize something this technical can be a challenge. Best of luck to you