It’s not dead stop spreading misinformation, the creator is active on his Patreon and is planning on a full steam release.
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Hey everyone.
Got some stuff to talk about. Namely the monetization aspect of this project.
MAIN GAME:
For the previous 5 years of so, everything I've made came out for free eventually. For the main game, it was available on the $10 tier on day one of each update. While the $5 tier gets it 2 weeks later and the $1 tier, another 2 weeks after that... and finally it would be available completely for free sometime after.
This is changing. Now, new episodes will stay at the 10$ Tier indefinitely (this will retroactively affect EP11, which I will move back up to the $10 tier as soon as I post this.
EP1-EP10 will remain available for free. I won't removed the download.
BONUS EPISODES:
For the bonus episodes. Previously, each new episode that comes out was locked at the $20 tier until a new one is developed. At which point, previously released bonuses will migrate down the tier, all the way to the $1 Tier before being available for free later.
This is also changing. The lowest limit for down tier migration for bonus episodes are now at $5. They will not go lower than that as each new bonus episodes are released.
A newly released bonus will still be locked at $20 until the next one is made as this is the entire reason behind the bonuses, as a top tier reward.
This will not affect the bonuses that are already available for free. Namely Bonus 1-3. They will remain free forever. Bonus 4 and above will never go below the $5 tier going forward.
REASONING:
First and foremost I'm doing this for the money. Not gonna beat around the bush about it. Putting an asking price on what I think (hope) my work is worth both in terms of money and self worth. Secondly, this is to make things more in line with what other devs of similar games are doing with their monetization. And finally, it's to make things align better as I attempt to make my work available on the various store fronts on the interwebs.
FINAL THOUGHTS:
Sorry to the $1 tier folks. You guys are the biggest group amongst my patrons. And I appreciate you all for all these years. I've been putting off this decision for a long time now even though it's been eating away at me with each new release. But things are changing and the decision has been made.
Thanks for reading,
Az.
Here’s a link to their subscribe Star, for those who want to help out. with funding since Patreon got nuked. https://subscribestar.adult/thesolarionproject
https://lewdpixels.com/news/has-itch-io-become-an-irritation-too-far/ sure thing sorry for the late reply , heres a link to a news website with an article on the issue.