Merizmare

Hey guys,
has everyone played the update yet? Did you like it or not?

Reading the
forums has been a bit discouraging lately, although, for the past 5 months, the
number of subscribers has stayed about the same, so I think I might be doing
something wrong. Honestly, some things have been a bit disappointing. I thought
if I treated people well, they would do the same for me. As you know, I've
always released the game for free on the release day without any problems or
something. Obviously, no game can please everyone, and I hoped that people who
don't like this genre would say, "Okay, this just isn't my game, at least
I didn't pay for it and didn't lose anything." But now I see it doesn't
work that way. It feels like some people are annoyed by the very existence of
this game.

Now I'm
considering releasing new updates only here for subscribers, as other
developers do. I don't really want to do this, to be honest. I don't like the
subscription model many visual novel developers use. But what else can I do? If
some people don't like the game, maybe I should stop bothering them with my
presence. I never make decisions impulsively, so I’ll let this idea sit for a
while before deciding. What do you think about it?

The last
couple of days, it’s been hard for me to get back to work. I even thought about
asking  youfor a week off, but I didn't
think it was a good idea to delay the 0.8 release for a week. I love this
update and can't wait to do it, so I pulled myself together and mostly worked
on technical stuff. I made backup copies of all the data, bought a few new
products for the 3D program, and cleaned up the mess on my computer. Yesterday,
I started working on a document outlining the events in 0.8 and their order.
Today, I plan to finish this document and start writing detailed dialogues,
which I think will take about 7 to 9 days.

Next time,
when I finish the dialogues, I'll tell you what to expect in 0.8, without
spoilers, of course. But I can already see that there will be fewer animations
than in 0.7.