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"really willing to work with far right groups to signal boost their bullshit"

Because they are the same. I have no problem to work with myself.

I agree with everything but the last paragraph:

"Which is to say, this isn't a reason men are going down alt- right type pipelines. It never has been."

That is simply not true. There are plenty feminist that are spiteful and misandristic, that openly mock if men decide to show vulnerability. They absolutely contribute to that pipeline, and it is a problem. Men need to call misogynistic crap out in their own group, women must do the same, or else it becomes a perpetual cycle and the culture war just festers further. That's a responsibility we *all* have.

And claiming 'collective shout' is just a brilliant move by the far right, a trojan horse that achieves their goal for them and -as seen by the original reply- fans the culture war, distracting from themselves even further.

^ this. Probably difficult to do physical in store cards at Itch.io's current scale, but yes - decoupling/abstracting from large Paymentprocessers is definitely a good idea.

"Standdalone" - "Rebuilt from the ground up in Godot"

So which is it? A rebuild or standalone? PI 1 is hardly finished. And now 22+ for AI-Slop? This is a whole parade of red flags.

"can't people tell I really hated developing for this game, why are they still supporting it" - Ummm.... No. People can't see in your head, and most people don't really care about the person behind it. That isn't meant as an insult, it is just a reality. I guess that's the best possible outcome at this point - but really, there are no winners here; still, as you laid out, it could have been worse. Just checked- game was put on steam almost 4 1/2 Years ago, so basically "halfway in" at this point, since it isn't too recent, you get a pass here. It is sad, because I really liked it (def. in my top 5, if not 3 in this genre) and held back playing it for some time, to not burn out on content drip. I feel kinda burned here, but I understand your where you are coming from. I don't think there's going to be support for your new projects from me for the time being (still wish you luck and success, but I'd rather wait and see the finished product before investing in it). It'd be nice if you decided in the future, after taking a break from this game, that you revisit it with fresh ideas and improved competence and confidence. But that's not a decision for today.