Finally you got around to fixing some things that 6.0 broke. I'm hoping this time you won't wait for a major update to fix minor bugs WHILE also adding minor updates to the game anyway. It make it feel like you give no crap about the quality of the game when you do such. I only ask you keep the game that *is there* working as intended WHILE you adding stuff if you choose to add stuff at all in the first place. Content updates could be rare while bug fixes should be common, not the freaking other way around. Hopefully 7.0 to 8.0 would be less stupid in terms of priorities and I won't need multiple versions to play a single game. I still haven't tested everything though, for all I know you could had just accidently fix one complaint I had but I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt.
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Once you start working a new build (update) you can't just release a single part of it without releasing the whole thing. That is unless you want to make an entirely new build just to fix that one thing. Usually this isn't a problem and they do it but we are talking about just one person programming and not a team. Not to mention the immense amount of pressure the community was pushing on him. Also the minor bugs weren't fixed immediately because they weren't a big deal. Oh and one more thing, you're a fucking prick.
Your post was decent until the last line. Sorry but I just was giving the facts. It feel awful when you report a list of bugs on EVERY minor update just to see that they are still there. I'm sorry I care about quality? The dumbasses on discord are clearly no help as they always miss the most in-your-face bugs in the game, everybody want a free game but no one seem to want to see it be the best that it can be. Unless you are supporting the dev if cash then odds are you are just a fucking leech with no useful feedback.
You are playing a Work in Progress, not a full product. It is always used, delivered, and updated under the stipulation that things may break. It is entirely free, and you do not enter into a licensing contract. The dev also listens to feedback. You are not entitled to a functioning game at this point, both legally and morally.
Making sure both the game and the dev have a good foundation of how to update the game is important. Layering content on broken content simply doesn't work else games like Maplestory would be the best thing ever lol. Trust me a lot of games fail directly because they try to do such and let the pileup ruin the project as a whole. Fix what is there THEN add else you will also have to fix what you added on top of the old bugs which might just create new issues anyway causing massive double dipping into issues.
You are partially correct, feature creep can definitely ruin a project. However, fact is much of VotV is placeholder content or otherwise subject to change, so expending too much effort on that is likewise a waste. Gradually expanding the scope of a project while ensuring the bugs never get TOO bad is something most developers have a problem with, and this project in particular has been very forward with QA and bugfixing.
And besides, a Roadmap is an option, not mandatory. This is neither a paid project nor a project made under employment, it is clearly someone's passion. Sharing in it is nice, but it doesn't entitle anyone to the labor of the developer. They could pull the plug tomorrow, delete the game off the internet, and no-one would or, could, punish them for it.