If your team keeps making "updates" like this I will stop following, because you're not adding ANYTHING to the itch website, you're just essentially harassing people who followed this project on itch, to pay up for any previews on those premium subscriber websites. You've already done posts like this several times. I understand that you people want to earn some revenue, but this is just not the way. This project has just started, so there's little confidence for most of us, especially since your developer team is relatively new. Many of us have already seen many projects come and go especially on this website, because many developers make promises and start up cool ideas, only for them to realize that whatever they wanted to make work was too difficult to pull off, or they just lost interest in the project because of things going on in their lives, which can be understandable in certain circumstances, but after 1-2 decades of seeing how these crowdfunded projects typically work, I now just wait for projects to either reach a good portion of content, or finish development before I support financially. I've only issued a warning. You can decide to heed it or not, but then don't blame those of us in the community for a lack of interest if you decide to ignore it.
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We can’t leave our pages completely inactive with no posts. Updates take time, so sharing behind-the-scenes content is necessary. We’ll simply keep working on the game consistently, no matter how long it takes. This is a complex project, and the planned content for each version requires time to create.
Anyway, there’s no reason for the project to stop. Whether our growth happens quickly or slowly doesn’t really matter. Development will continue at a steady pace either way.
The last few updates haven’t really provided any information on Itch itself—just links to paid platforms. I understand wanting to support development through subscriptions, but from a follower’s perspective here, it feels like there’s nothing to engage with unless we pay immediately.
The Version 0.1.3 post worked better because it at least included a changelog, even without previews. Even small things like brief summaries of what’s being worked on or progress notes would help keep people interested.
I’ve seen other developers handle this by posting short updates on Itch while still keeping previews or extra content behind subscriptions, so both audiences stay engaged. Something like that could make these posts feel more like actual updates rather than just redirects.
Right now, these posts mostly come across as redirects. If that continues, people may end up unfollowing—not because they dislike the project, but because there’s nothing to follow here.
This is just some feedback from someone who’s been following a lot of projects like this over time.