I am not too sure, 14th-15th, now changed to "August 2025" would suggest unexpected problems during development. So we might be waiting another week or two, though I do hope I am wrong 😞
I am not sure it will affect the Starmaker Story projects directly at the moment, as it is a free game. It is currently permissible to upload free adult games on itch.io, provided they adhere to the platform’s updated content guidelines. This means they "may" need to make some adjustments to 1.7. But I believe the delay has been a result of their other projects, not to mention the amount of burnout that will result in. From pervious posts it appears the developer is close to code complete on 1.7, but there are most likely all manor of bugs that need clearing before it is ready to post.
Wait, really? It was feminists who started the adult games censoring shit? I was kinda expecting it was the 'I go to church every Sunday and I'm holier than thou' people who would be all gungho about this. I'm guessing it's about sexualizing women in media again? I can't really expect the censorship to work because if there's a demand, there would always be a market for it. It sure would be as effective as the prohibition.
don't worry too much, i've been a supporter from Arvus games for years now, i've been around even while they were still making their first project named Roundscape Adorevia.
Firstly remember, while starmaker is awesome, it's still a side project, they are working on the sequel to their 1st game ever which for now their refers as Roundscape 2 but the name could still be changed.. at some point they said maybe they would name it Roundscape Eclipse... anyways their focus is not completely on Starmaker. And honestly if you saw how GOOD Roundscape 2 is looking... you would be completely shocked xD. It's basically a Ero RPG game seen from top down (like Warcraft 3 for those who know), and the level of liberty is very high.
Now Starmaker... well maybe it's being delayed not only because of the feminist crap, it could also because of some of their habts, and i tell you guys this from experience, sometimes when they do stuff like that, is simply because they get these last minute crazy awesome idea and they simply go for it and put it into the game... i wouldn't be surprised if patch 1.7 is more like a patch 1.7.5 xD (they have done it several times...)
So stick around be patient and support them just like any other Adult game maker... right now it's a very dark time for NSFW games in general... unless you're in Japan, Japan has been simply giving no flying fucks to the feminists xD... Most of their website for NSFW games already even found a counter to the Mastercard and VISA issues thanks to their Japanese Amazon that's completely unlinked to the global Amazon, meaning they follow japanese laws and Mastercard and VISA would never dare debank a market as heavy and Big as Amazon it woudl bbe too much of a huge loss