Considering the number of comments, people calling it a scam, etc, going on for almost 3 years now, I think it's safe to assume 3 things, the dev is either dead, or with a serious health condition, the dev does not read or even logs in to Itch, and lastly but not least, the one I put my chips on: the dev couldn't care less about his fan base.
I don't give a f..k. Was that supposed to make me feel sad, bad, or anything in between? We all have issues, and we all have to work for a living. So try again. Or do you want a list of my problems too, if you care so much?
You would have been right, and I wouldn't even answer, if you didn't come with the "whiny" skeet. It gets old too quickly when everyone has an excuse for everything, and the rest of the world just has to pat them on the back.
Mate, you talk too much and nothing interesting. 😊 Repeating the line I told you that made me answer back. Are you so desperate for attention? You weren't huged enough and now you trying to make the rest of us pay for that? The dev should stop whining too, for that matter. Or you can go and hug him.
If I sold you a book, you paid $10 for it, and when you get it, only 10 pages are printed; the rest is blank. You ask,
"Why did I not get the entire book?"
and I say,
"I got mental problems and am really sad; I might shoot somebody later."
Does that excuse it?
Will you just let it slide and be on your way?
Once you advertise a product for other people to purchase for real currency, it doesn't matter if your entire family gets chopped up; people expect the seller to live up to what THEY advertised.
If we start excusing everybody for mental problems when they are expected to honor an agreement, everybody will start using mental problems as the reason they are ripping you off!
Business has no room for emotions.
Scroll down to Tron445's comment, the Dev posted photo updates; But I understand the frustration, hell when Subliminal took ages to release loads of people yelled and stated that they were scamming people since no updates were released nor any interactions with their potential fanbase outside of Patreon. Even the demo they had, you couldn't post about it at all but I'm straying from the topic.
Solo development is hell for programmers and sometimes they do end up in that "developmental hell" game designers call which last months, shit even years. I agree with most of the comments, keep your fanbase updated even if you're ill or cognitively unavailable because it feels that most indie developers use it as an excuse on why something is late. We know life gets in the way, just updating the fanbase makes a whole load of difference. Also "whining" as the other commenter stated isn't the correct term to use against someone that feels as if they were robbed and left out hanging with something that has the potential to be a great mindf- of a game.
(I bought the founder edition 2 years ago and have been waiting for an inkling of an updated version of the game since or just more information on X but even then no updates for 3 years on both X and Youtube)
Frustration 1000% understandable
Thank you. Exactly what I meant. And if course I didn't mean it that I don't care how he feels or his mental state, but, we are all adults. Outside of developing games there's only so many jobs you can given eternal excuses not to complete your duties. I'm a carer and I couldn't use that excuse ad infinitum. A minimum of respect and decorum for the fanbase is the minimum.
And yes, the whining part to a real complaint really angered because it reduces everyone's frustrations to a "stop complaining, you're being unreasonable" and that's not how it works.