Beware incoming wall of text. I had a lot of feelings about this.
Oh man, I am so sorry to hear this. I'm sorry I haven't left a comment before, but I tend to be a lurker more than a participator in discussions, but I felt like I needed to comment on this. I just want to say that I love your work. I've bought and played all of your games, both free and commercial. And I've loved all of them. I first found your games when I was scrolling through the romance tag on itch.io because I'm desperate for some otomes, I think I've already read all the good ones and came across The Rose of Segunda. I absolutely loved it. The art is beautiful (as it is for all your games) and the story and writing are great. Loved the setting regency era is always good and the romances were well put together Leopold is bae, he's so badass and hot, and gotta love a tragic backstory, despite the general shortness of the game and the somewhat choppiness of the events; I think it worked for that setting, and it didn't detract from the goodness of the game for me, especially when it was free. I was actually shocked to see a game of TROS's quality be free; I know I've definitely paid for games of lower quality. I was definitely excited for the sequel and I'm gonna be sad if you're unable to complete it. :( I need more Leopold in my life
After I read TROS, I made sure to look up other games that you made, since I liked your writing, and I saw that you had only the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea released at that time. I saw that it was commercial, but that didn't stop me; I had faith in your writing at this point. So I bought it, and oh boy, it's seriously one of my favorite games. There's just something about it. I know it's kinda short, but the way it was written really flows and it feels less choppy than TROS, which works for this setting. Speaking of the setting aliens? let's go with aliens, I think that might be one of the reasons I love it so much. It's just so interesting, and I believe that this otome is the only one with a setting like this one (at least that I've heard of, and I've played a lot I have no life). I also really like the characters, and their romances. There may not have been a lot of characters, but I feel like that just made them all the more fleshed out Karl is bae, I love jerks with a heart of gold. I seriously love this game and come back to replay it at least every few months.
After that game, I made sure to make your itch.io page one of the ones that I frequently come back to keep rechecking a few times a month. I saw your works-in-progress Heaven's Grave and Best Friends Forever, and I was seriously super excited. Quality, affordable otomes that actually get completed and released on a timely bases are kinda hard to come by these days, at least it feels like that to me, so I've been waiting on those games with bated breath. As soon as HG came out, I made sure to buy it and play it. And oh boy, I think you broke me with that game. Holy crap, what a game. It's seriously your best piece of work yet, no joke. The writing and story is amazing, and the setting is really interesting (I love Japanese-inspired stories totally not a weeaboo). I'm seriously appalled that this game hasn't done better, it's a travesty. Everyone should play this game. It made me have so many feelings. I was immediately invested in the story, and man, I totally cried multiple times, this game seriously made me so emotional. It's so deep and meaningful, but also so heavy and depressing, not that that's a bad thing. However, if I had to speculate on why this one might not be selling as well (besides your lack of social media presence), I wonder if the very heavy and sometimes downright depressing setting might be a reason? I hope that's not it, because I feel like it's really a deep and meaningful story (I feel kinda repetitive, synonyms are hard) that's definitely worth reading. And the characters! Oh man, you know it's good when I can't pick which is my favorite. I like them all for different reasons. They each have good and bad qualities, and each have good character development throughout the story. There were things about each of them that really made me like them and made them feel really fleshed out and real. And the events of the story itself, wow. I kinda feel like it's one of those stories that I won't be able to replay as often as the other games due to just how heavy the plot is, but it's totally worth it to play through all the routes at least once.
As for BFF, I've honestly been looking forward to this game even more than HG. I'm honestly shocked that more people don't seem interested in the setting. I'm definitely too old to still be school age, but that doesn't turn me off the game at all. I actually don't mind games with a school setting, as that's usually only a part of the setting anyway. Like for BFF, it may be set in a school, but what I really find interesting about the setting and plot is the fact that the MC just straight up dies in the beginning, and you play the game as a ghost with other ghost companions (Switch seems like he might be my favorite, but I also like Lance too). But then it doesn't even stop there, because you can plan out the life of your ghost MC's still-living BFF. So while the fact that they happen to be in a school may have been done before, I feel like the rest of the plot hasn't really been done in most other otomes I can think of. I'm sad that it looks like people aren't looking past the school setting to see what potential this game really has. I'll be really super sad if you're unable to finish it. Like, really sad. :(
As for the kickstarter, I've never really done that before, as it's typically been my policy to never put any money into a game that isn't already finished, since it's so hard to tell if the game will actually get completed when it comes to indie devs. But recently, I actually pre-ordered an otome from a dev that I'm really looking forward to and trust, and I feel like I can trust you too. And believe me, I'm definitely looking forward to BFF. So I definitely wouldn't mind supporting your kickstarter. I don't know that I can afford to offer much money right now, probably no more than $25, as that looks like that equates to about £20. And honestly, I don't really care much about the rewards that would get me, as I'm only really doing it to support you so that you'll be able to finish the game.
As for getting better sales, I've already mentioned earlier (as have almost everyone else it seems) that you should try to have more of a presence on social media. Like maybe a tumblr devlog, or a discord channel for your games. It doesn't always have to be an major update about specific progress in the game; sometimes occasional little things about the game/characters/plot could keep the game relevant and draw more people in, especially if they feel like they were there with you in the writing process and watched it grow from the ground up. Even just posting about your life, or about your thoughts that day, or how you were feeling as you were writing. Things like that could get people more interested in not just your game, but in you as a developer. It could endear you more to the readers and make them more invested in you and your projects.
Anyways, sorry for the book I just wrote. I hope that I've helped you in some way, but at the very least I hope you know how much I've loved your games and how much I've been looking forward to more from you. And how sad I'll be if you're unable to finish them. Sending you my love~! <3