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IMO my sympathy's saved for the backers stuck in limbo. You have individuals that invested $300, $500, $1000 for this game that should have been done nearly 2 years ago.

The wait had been smoother when the release was shifted from Dec '17 to Mar '18. The dev had been making monthly updates with pictures of progress and utilized their Tumblr to keep fan engagement high. This is already taking forever but the constant ghosting and radio silence makes time just stop because there is nothing to anticipate. Go to the Kickstarter comments and you see backers having to pull teeth for any communication.

There are pretty much no choice-based VN type games to bide my time now since it's such a niche market and I've played them all. Especially since Telltale just shut down due to their own terrible management.

I'd like to support people like Agashi who make these games but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ you've got projects like this that are unreliable with zero transparency. They'll get my money when they release a tangible product.

lliiraanna5 years ago (2 edits) (+14)

I have to agree on that. I'm not a backer and have been pretty lax about following this game, but boy, do I feel bad for the investors.

See, I wouldn't say a word if this was a free project - but it's not. People payed money for it, so now it's an actual obligation - a job. Nevermind the delays, I understand that real life happens, but I don't believe that one can't find like five minutes per week to write at least a single sentence like "Hello, still have problems, progress slow but going, see you another week." - or have someone else do this for you.

And if there's some kind of serious trouble, trying to sweep it under the rug is the worst thing to do in the long run, even if coming out with it seems scary.

All in all, I hope that the author does well, but I won't deny that this is highly unprofessional and maybe even disrespectful to the fans. Fingers crossed for a good and swift resolution.

Vesper5 years ago(+2)

as someone who backed their project I feel disappointed and just sad tbh. We just want updates, any kind. It's okay saying you didn't finish things, but say it. keeping us like this makes me afraid of what you said; if in the end this project never comes to life at least tell us so. It's fine, we will understand, life happens, people have jobs and family. But not this silence stretching until people become bitter please. We were all very excited for this project, but this has become ridiculous and absurd.

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