Agreed. Since Perfect Pitch looks like it might be at risk here, would you consider sharing a backup distribution channel so that we don't lose the trail if you get burned by the witch hunt? Thanks and well wishes as always.
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Hey, Chronox.
A very big thanks to you and to guy2022 for alerting me to this development. I make it a conscious point to remain unplugged from these sorts of things to the degree that I am able to, but these changes merit some action on my part.
The rest of this comment is intended both for you and anyone else who has happened upon this page.
For the time being I will continue to keep this itch page current, but I will also begin hosting content on mediafire as a redundancy measure, at least for now:
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/g1g7hl9km2sux/Perfect_Pitch_Distributions
I am very fortunate to be the author of a project which does not accept payments or donations to sustain itself. That said, even projects like this one cannot be totally insulated from the fallout.
The implications of this kind of change amount to an existential earthquake for the AVN medium and countless others adjacent to it. This has a chilling effect on the creation of new works, regardless of their themes, and may dissuade countless others from ever dipping their toe into development in the first place. The ham-fisted erasure of current and future works in order to appease individuals without any connection to the visual novel community is a profoundly disappointing thing to see and experience. But I am preaching to the choir.
I would like to encourage those reading this comment to help amplify the creations of other authors who may be displaced by this change. Donating is one obvious step, but simply spreading the word about a project you found meaningful or trying out a new game you wouldn't otherwise have tried matters more than you can imagine.
These are still the early days of this situation, and more definitive information is sure to come in the weeks that follow. If and when I learn anything new about the viability of the Perfect Pitch itch.io page, I will communicate that on here and/or through notes uploaded to the mediafire folder.
Work continues daily on v0.9 of Perfect Pitch. But know that I am still allowing this project to take a back seat to some of my other priorities and interests. That change of development pace after the conclusion of v0.8's release has done me much personal good. Spending too much time with my nose buried in development took me away from the things that gave life to Perfect Pitch in the first place. I am glad to be making concerted efforts to reconnect to what matters, and also, to discover new points of creative connection.
I've just made an account on the Visual Novel Database and began a thread in the Perfect Pitch discussion section. In the event that things go south, fans of the series can continue to get in touch with me there.
While I don't want to pretend that Perfect Pitch is safe from harm on itch, keeping my game free to play does work in my favor— because no payment processors are or will be linked to my account, it is less likely that I will be beholden to their policies.
That's a reason to be optimistic for the project page's viability at least in the immediate term. The VNDB communication channel will be utilized as a stop gap solution in the event that I need to pivot platforms and approach to distribution.