I don't mean to rush you at all—just asking as a friendly and curious fan. Why is this update so much later than expected? Was there a development issue, or did you add a lot of new content? I hope you can answer my question. I really love this game—I've played it many times over, and it's truly an unparalleled game
This is the first time I've seen this claim. Where did you get this information? Was the dev playing 8 hours a day every day, or was it only a one-off thing? Additionally, was the dev doing this recently, after the delay, or was this months ago?
Secondly, even if this was true (and I do not have any evidence that it is), the developer is allowed to spend their free time however they please. The insinuation in your claim is that the dev is playing video games instead of working on the update.
Not only do we not have evidence of this, how many hours of dev work are we entitled to in a week? Is the dev required to work a full 40-hour workweek? Are we allowed to be upset if he only spends 20 hours a week making the game? Are you giving him money to compensate him for that time?
I am frustrated with the development of 1.9 as well, but we have no say over what the dev does during his free time.
I think we are all frustrated because we are waiting on the edge of our seat for an update we were told was just around the corner months ago (before the estimated release window was removed). That is upsetting, but it is important to remember why we are upset. Were you upset when the dev took a month-long break after the 1.8 release? I did not see the same critique of the dev during that time on Itch. The difference in the two scenarios was clear communication about release windows, not how much time the dev spent working every week.
You are allowed to be frustrated that the update is taking longer than expected (I am). But I have no evidence that the dev consistently spends that much time playing games. Additionally, I think the problem is not what the dev does during his free time, but that a deadline was missed.
he never really adds enough to justify the long wait time in my opinion especially with how much they use AI to help with the game but there's probably some personal reason as to why or he's just lazy sadly you can't really ask him on the discord either because the mods will just attack you and rally the sheep in there to insult you if you even criticize the dev so we just gotta wait and the release date is whenever he feels like it he should just write that on the page of his next game instead of giving dates that are never accurate
I do not mean this as an insult, but have you played any other NSFW games developed by a small team which does not use AI assistance. The gaps are much larger and/or the content in each patch is by far less. Each Starmaker release is much larger in comparison to other releases, and the clear fault with 1.9 is that it is probably too overly ambitious.
As for mods jumping over your queries, it is most likely the questions you are asking or the way they are worded. If you are asking why is the game talking so long this has already been answered "feature creep" it would be a waste of time for Kal to even answer that question again. If you asked him stuff like "What was your inspiration for Anna's personality?" You would most likely find him more willing to engage.
Couple more weeks now, and should nothing go wrong in testing 1.9 will probably be ready to ship, going by docs language used.
Said it before and will say it again, I love Starmaker. But pushing Kal and back seating his personal time is not going to make a very good update. It is as simple as that. It is not all rainbows and kisses though, my main critics still stand:
- Bad release management
- Bad communication
- Not enough focus on the MC/Anna's narrative and a little too much time spent developing other new characters who's stories are too short or open ended (i.e the concept has pushed past a little being just a side project at this stage - these large delays kinda prove it - strong belief if this was a main project with more resources it could compete with the heavy hitters in the NSFW space)
que si tuviera mas recursos, hermano el autor de este proyecto factura una cantidad considerable al mes, como me dices que falta de recursos no tiene lógica, se ve que te gusta este juego, es normal a mi también me gusta, pero exageras con tu fe, lealtad, o como lo quieras llamar
espero que el creador de este juego no te termine decepcionando, ya que al parecer eres uno de los que lo defiende a capa y espada a pesar de todo
Alo,
dejame explicar un poco en como funciona este comentario. "El creador factura una cantidad considerable al mes", quisiera ver de donde sacas esta informacion. Espero no te refieras a una cantidad estimada de patreon, que no solo no es correcta ya que patreon adquiere parte de ella, los recursos van al equipo tambien. Starmaker es solo hecho por Kal(el creador) pero Arvus tiene otros miembros y el projecto principal, en el cual el arte es completamente creado por un artista, animado y programado consume dichos recursos.
No hay una "factura considerable", y los "recursos" son destinados al projecto principal.
Gracias a esas cosas y porque starmaker usa AI, es por lo que starmaker se mantiene y se mantendra gratis.
Espero esto pueda aclarar un poco.
Hello there,
where have you seen an attack on someone asking an actual/genuine question and show me the mod that did it. 99% of the questions are always "when update?" Or "why is taking this long, it should be out already" to which the answer is always 2026/when is done.
In regards to "is never enough to justify the wait, especially for the use of AI". You're either not seeing all the content OR worst, thinking this is done by clicking a button that says "generate" and stuff appears. The code is done, the minigames are done, all images and sprites are modified manually after initial generation, some things are fully manually done.
The amount of content on each update for a title that is free, done by a single person, with this amount of polish, that is not even a main project and that it has been usually updated every 3 month is unheard off.
One thing is feeling frustrated with missed release dates, a different thing is talking without foundation. I eager you to either instruct yourself in how a development process functions or try to do it so you maybe can get to understand how things are done and how much effort something takes. The use of AI for the making of starmaker is not a "ntr phone" kind of work, it actually has effort.
Short Recommendation:
For basics of the development cycle, read Accelerate by Nicole Forsgren and How Google Tests Software.
For AI image generation, install Stability Matrix and try popular Illustrious models.
Tracing can be done in GIMP (free) or an entry-level Photoshop package.
For coding, start with VS Code + Continue extension using a small Qwen model. Learn core concepts first (variables, loops, functions, OOP) via CS50, freeCodeCamp, or Unity Learn, then move to Unity.