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Again with the excuses, and again with the constant emphasis on the game being FREE.

"Fully free."

"FREE game."

"FREE."

Okay, it's free. If that point is supposed to end every criticism, then disable the Patreon button and remove every mention of donations from your fully free game. If money truly doesn't matter, that shouldn't be an issue.

What bothers me isn't that the game is free...it's that every concern gets brushed aside with the same excuse instead of being addressed directly.

And honestly, I don't even know who you are. I can only hope you're a moderator and not an actual developer, because the way you're responding reflects poorly on the people making the game. Your dismissive, cocky attitude does far more damage than any criticism I've seen here.

For the record, I'm not holding your behavior against the game itself, and I'm not withdrawing support because of one moderator on Itch.io. I'm just tired of seeing legitimate feedback met with excuses and condescending replies instead of actual discussion.

I said “we are giving you money” because you’re acting like we support you for some reason other than this game. You make it sound like Starmaker wasn’t successful or hasn’t made you any money. Aren’t we supporting you because we actually appreciate the game and want you to keep making money so you can continue updating it? Of course we appreciate it. Why else would we subscribe to Patreon?

I’m not mad at the devs for delaying the update. I get it. No one wants to miss deadlines, and I’d personally rather get something when it’s ready, with real content, polished and not full of bugs. What I don’t like is the attitude toward fans. The “stfu and wait” I mentioned is just how your tone comes across. That’s what it feels like you mean. I never said you literally said those words.

from downvote's you are getting it is clear how people feel about what you are saying...stop telling your fans "its free so stfu and wait" because its such a dickhead thing to say to anyone...these are fans and they give enough shit about the game that they donate money...money that they spent time to earn, time out of their lives that they can not replace...you can't just say "its free so no money is being made" cuz its BS...just apologize instead its not that hard...many of us do not care about the other projects, we are fans of this one! and we are giving you MONEY...thank the audience for their patience and apologize to them when you fuck up and miss your deadline