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Aww thank you! I'm happy to hear you like the story so far! And the fact that Fawna is your favorite character made me smile a lot <3 I'm happy you like Carl too!!

Congratulations on the DEMO release, Carrot!!!!! This is so exciting, AAAAHHHHH!!!!!

After reading a bit about what many devs have said; I'm most probably going to continue using Ren'Py. It's what I've been using for years and moving to different engines every time something like this happens is just not productive in the long run. More and more engines are adding AI to their coding to a point where it feels like it will be (or already is on its way to becoming) unavoidable. Who's to say someone releases a new engine with no AI but then, after a few years, the same thing that happened with Ren'Py happens again?

At this point, in my opinion, what's best to do is minimize the damage as much as possible. In this case, using the engine BUT guarantee that the games themselves are completely free of AI stuff. Kinda like how vegans also can't follow through on being vegans 100% not because they don't want to but because certain vital products have animal stuff and there's just no way to avoid them or it's extremely difficult to do so. 

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this, by the way! I appreciate it a lot; especially the fact that people know that I'm against having AI in my games.

Not really sure; I admit I'm not very knowledgeable about these things. Some people are arguing that what was done was vibe coding and others that it wasn't. It's all a mess 💀

Honestly, I think the most upsetting thing to me and many other devs is the fact that he hid this info for so many years.

Fortunately, I've also been seeing some threads that have been really helpful, too. Like this one here: https://bsky.app/profile/kayin.moe/post/3mnvrg2led22x

All in all, these news are still very fresh, so it's a matter of time to see what happens. 

You can also buy it on my Ko-Fi shop, which accepts cards! 😊

https://ko-fi.com/prikarin/shop

Thank you, that's very sweet of you! ❤️

Yeah, I only learned they had some other controversies after all of this happened... but at least I learned from this experience and hopefully this post also helps more people to be wary of them!

Thank you, Doksa! 🫂

I don't have one at the moment, but the intention is already super sweet of you, so thank you for that ☺️❤️

Jajajaja dskjgbdksb perdón por el susto! Siii, creo que lo que dijiste tiene mucho sentido y por eso me pareció que podía agregarlo en un mini edit 🥰

Y siii, el español es mi lengua materna ❤️

Thank you for your kind words, Kigyo 🫂💕

Yeah, to be honest, I would have declined their proposal had there not been so many cases of indiedevs successfully releasing their plushies. And I wanted a plushie of Oz and my other OCs so bad...

Don't worry, I won't give up! This was a bad experience, yes, but I think I learned a lot from it and I'll definitely be more careful now if I ever collaborate with a company down the line. Hopefully I can make the plushies a dream come true someday 🥰❤️

Claudia y cheto radiactivo 🤣🤣🤣 perdón, me hizo mucha gracia shxhshdh

Es completamente comprensible lo de no haber podido comprar un peluche; ya incluso sin el shipping a mí también me parecían muy caros. Y me enteré del precio cuando la campaña ya estaba live 💀

El día que vuelva a considerar hacer merch físico voy a intentar de que sea lo más accesible posible. No quiero que nadie se gaste una barbaridad en algo que debería ser para darles una sonrisa 🥲

Sí, aun con todas las cosas poco profesionales que hicieron... creo que una de las que más me afectaron es lo sola que me dejaron en esta "colaboración".

Muchas gracias por tus palabras ❤️ Espero que tengas un lindo mes!

Don't worry, the wording and grammar is good! 

Yeah, it's disappointing to know that they're so unprofessional and, probably, acted similarly to other collaborators before me. Hopefully my post helps others become more aware of them so they don't go through a mess like this.

Thank you for your kind words! 💕

Muchas gracias por tus palabras 🥹💕 eres muy dulce.

Sí, la verdad toda la situación fue bastante estresante pero lo bueno es que al menos aprendí de ella y pude compartir mi experiencia a otros para que no les pase lo mismo.

Por ahora nomás seguiré con el juego y merchandising digital (tengo pensado hacer un artbook de Killer Trait, al igual que hice con Where Winter Crows Go); pero me encantaría en algún momento poder hacer merchandising físico. Me tocará investigar para más adelante 💪

Que bonito que hagas cosas DIY; mucha suerte con eso! ❤️😊

Yeah, thinking back, you're absolutely right that it's rather unprofessional to make it all a verbal agreement instead of a formal licensing 😭

Thank you! I hope you have a great month 😊

Thank you for your kind words! 💕

Another commenter below, Dollheart, offered the perspective that I might have talked to several people, after all. And I think it makes sense too 🤔

All in all, I'm not really looking for them to release any statements about this; especially since they've already refunded everyone and, at least in the last email, they apologized.

What they did is certainly not a good look on their company, but just being able to write this post (with all the screenshots as evidence) and share it with the world is enough for me. This way, people will now make a more informed decision if they're ever reached out by them or others.

Thank you for the support, that means a lot! 😊 

Thanks!

As for the rev share part, I consulted it with people in my circle and they said it's okay. I was never told to sign anything, so there wasn't an NDA. If I had been bound by a contract, I wouldn't have shared things they told me not to share. But there was never a contract here.

Thank you, Naarel 🫂

Thank you so much for the kind words 🥹♥️💕

Thank you! 

Kickstarter is a possibility but it also comes with its big risks, so I'll have to consider carefully if that's the best option 🤔

Thank you, Mus 🫂

Thank you for your kind words, Carrot! 🫂 And for your sharing your thoughts with me when we chatted about this whole ordeal too; it's helped me a lot <3

Hopefully better things are coming. I'll keep doing my best!

Thank you so much for your comment and for sharing your call center experience, Dollheart! 

What you said makes total sense; perhaps it's because it was different people that the English level among the emails changed depending on who was writing it!

Yeah, their lack of help in marketing really bummed me out... I wasn't sure if I was being paranoid but it really IS more logical for partners in a collaboration to BOTH try to market a product, right? I actually visited a Miniso shop recently and they certainly do promote a lot of Sanrio so I'm not surprised their campaigns are so successful <3

Everything that happened was a real shame... but well, at least I learned from this. Hopefully the next time I make physical merch it goes well!

Thank you for the good wishes and your kind words, hope you have a wonderful month! <3

Ooohh that looks beautiful!! Thank you so much for sharing it; I love how you drew Crowe! 🥰❤️

AAAHHHH, I'm so excited for this!! Thank you for the update and congrats on this new release!! 🥳🎉

Aww, muchas gracias!! 🥺💕

Oohhh otra persona Argentina en España entonces! 🥳💕

Siii, estuve viendo que también han traído cosas de Argentina 😊

Espero adaptarme bien pronto con mi gata Kiki! ❤️

Muchas gracias! 🌸 He llegado ayer así que ahora comienza la adaptación ✨

Sí, soy Argentina! 🇦🇷 Me gusta mi país (sobre todo Buenos Aires, que es de donde soy), pero la verdad es que la situación económica allí va de mal a peor 😞

Oohhh, me hace ilusión probar las tapas! Tienen mucha fama y se ven muy buenas! 🤩

Muchas gracias! ❤️

El viaje fue muy bien, por suerte! Llegamos ayer ✨ Mi gata estuvo muy tranquila en el avión. Ahora solo falta que las 2 nos adaptemos bien a nuestro nuevo hogar 💪

Yes! I'll definitely make sure to take it easy these days. Resting and relaxing! 🥰

Oohhh, muchas gracias!! 🥹❤️

Sí, tienes razón, mejor concentrarme en asentarme bien en España y ya luego seguir con los juegos, cuando esté más tranquila y mi gata Kiki también. Thank you very much for the support and the kind words, you're very sweet!! ☺️

Hello, there!

Oohhh, I see! Thank you for letting me know! I love crime fiction but certain legal terms escape me sometimes 🫣

I'll make sure to change it for the next demo update. Thank you! 😊 🙏

Hello, there! The full game will most likely cost 12 USD. 

As for the time of release in 2027, I'm sorry, but I can't really give you a specific month. Making games takes quite a lot of time and there can always be unexpected things  that happen. I don't want to say a specific month/date and then have to change it if there happen to be delays; not to mention I'm funding the whole project by myself and a bit of help from donations here and there, so there could also be delays because of the need to save money to commission more artwork or other things for the game.