discussion VN Ren'Py DAZ Power Vacuum [Ch 12 Beta] [What? Why? Games]

[Republican Bear]

Sigh....another one of the better games abandoned at this point with little chance the dev will ever return.

Why are the better games never finished or abandoned, and yet everyday 100's of slop that will never be updated get released.

 

[stafeild]

Why bother making updates when dev's patreon is still raking in $4k a month after over a year of inactivity? Too many people enabling this behavior.

 

[Dubbie]

Still abandoned. Dev is around, just not working game. There is a Discord, but it is Patron only (when I left it was just people asking each other if it was going to be continued). Here is a parting gift though (not from dev):

Spoiler

View attachment 769670

Is that an IA image of Lucia? Aw, man, she was my favorite character.

Sad to see this game go under, too.

 

[indipiccalilli]

yeah - those metrics are sad. Two years without an update so has to be abandoned at this point. It is insane to think it looks like the dev has collected so much money and delivered nothing. If you are interested I was looking at some metrics for the devs page and this was how much was collected since 2024. The last release I believe and given nothing back.

Could be some slight accuracy issues but the answer is reasonably. :

Spoiler: Some metrics:

Total Revenue (Payouts Only, Jan 2024 - Present): $131,396.61

Number of Monthly Payouts: 29

--- Monthly Payouts ---
2024-01: $5,648.86
2024-02: $5,013.68
2024-03: $4,816.95
2024-04: $4,444.28
2024-05: $4,318.33
2024-06: $4,433.69
2024-07: $4,541.63
2024-08: $4,659.85
2024-09: $4,763.92
2024-10: $4,796.25
2024-11: $4,931.35
2024-12: $5,236.26
2025-01: $5,376.19
2025-02: $5,426.48
2025-03: $5,172.51
2025-04: $4,662.32
2025-05: $4,616.14
2025-06: $4,460.79
2025-07: $4,457.61
2025-08: $4,394.11
2025-09: $4,321.54
2025-10: $3,827.20
2025-11: $3,977.78
2025-12: $4,006.25
2026-01: $3,926.39
2026-02: $3,940.69
2026-03: $3,794.47
2026-04: $3,743.01
2026-05: $3,688.08

 

[WhiteVanDaycare]

Why bother making updates when dev's patreon is still raking in $4k a month after over a year of inactivity? Too many people enabling this behavior.

Except billing has been paused for 1.5 years now (why they have so many supporters still).

 

[S0K4]

Sigh....another one of the better games abandoned at this point with little chance the dev will ever return.

Why are the better games never finished or abandoned, and yet everyday 100's of slop that will never be updated get released.

It's truly a shame. The developer certainly didn't lack support—you could even say he had more than enough. He undoubtedly created one of the best games out there. It goes without saying, but there's a tiny chance he might come back—who knows?