And that the reason why i think you are a inspiring developper, adult audience or not, taking the time to speak with a total stranger about this , taking the time to answer, i did not mention it but yes i read your post, i wish dev on patreon would open more on news not behind Cash wall, because i think that this is the main issue here, take "Satisfactory" -game from coffee stain as an example, they started to have a dialog with their fanbase around update 0.3.0 and after that they made a big patch every 6 month or so, but between each patch they keep in touch with the dev, the fanbase..
By keeping the developpement (news) behind the membership "pay to get news" is a big mistake, actually you want your fanbase to be hook to your "news" keeping your fanbase inform, "information should be free", you will reach a bigger fanbase, and your project will grow much more faster.
Now i can't argue with you as a non-professional game dev, i started to craft game on rpg-maker a few years ago, and my main issue, everytime i get the code down is "visual" what you call Render...i got no talent to put my mind into an image, whatsoever, but i understand a lot of concept that non developer would not even be aware of.
If Render would be they only issue for me, as i'm aware of a lot of programming principle like ; check, variable, switch, conditional branch, parallax mapping and so on. The fact that you master this on your own is already something. I don't know about python, i look into ren'py and to me it look complex, maybe i'm just too old now. Ya im almost 50...
And like me the main reason why Visual novel work so fine with us , including yourself, i guess, it that lack of romanesk adventure, let face it we like the Romantic even if this Romantic is Gore, best example is "the boys" serie on prime, people like hero, even if they are murderer, why because we like power!
My love for game is way to heavy to explain as it come back to 1982 when commodore 32 bytes was release with a keyboard and a cartridge on his right side, if people speak about atari and coleco as the first console id say that keyboard was probably among them.
That aside, i'm a big fan of fantasy, from the first rpg style, spaceQuest and other more known to the public like final fantasy... So that the main reason why i want to make a game, though even if i had patreon to help me, i'm not sure i could do everything on my own, i would probably need a drawer, if you get what i mean so anyway, this letter is not about my project but yours, and again i really appreciated the fact that you took the time to get back to me.
It show how you respect your fanbase, and since the first day i've been following you, you never deceived me, i like your idea, it reach me in all my "R" spot ---Roman spot. And ya i get it when you speak about the hardware issue.
I think the main reason why i didn't publish any of my game was because of software issue, don't get me wrong Rpg-maker is good got a great community that really help non coder like me, but the limitation of the program is a PITA, that aside im sure if i would take the time to get the financial support like you, that i could drop a great game in the end, i guess i'm still not convinced enough about what i can or can't do, and how to do it.
Anyway i guess you understand why i would make a great game dev, by now as i like to write down so much...lol
Sry for that big hell of a response...
As i read i think you are spanish so buenos dias Mister AllNaturall ty for your quick answer and let keep in touch...