What next? (No comments on this thread, please)

I'll still be putting 0.6 out, although it's going to be delayed a little. For obvious reasons, I don't have a great deal of enthusiasm right now; but it's about 90-95% complete, so won't take too much more work to finish and test.

This may well be the last version of the game. If it is, I'd like to thank each and every one of you for your support, whether you've pledged once, or every month since I started this. I couldn't have got this far without you. Extra thanks to those of you who have offered to donate extra to offset the losses. I really appreciate this, but it's simply not fair on you to subsidise the game because of the actions of one individual.

If this is to be the last version, it'll be a nice high to go out on. No (or almost no  - depending on how you go, something new may happen towards the end) 'new' story as such, but some additions to what's already there. Over 700 new images, two new characters (one in from the start, one appears towards the end), several new replayable scenes and I have no idea how many lines of new text. Finally, despite there being over two gigabytes(!) of new stuff , if all goes according to plan, the download will be smaller this time round thanks to better image compression.

To whoever is leaking the game:-

I'm not a big developer who can afford to work on a project for months/years with nothing to show for it until release. I am one person, who relies 100% on the funds raised by this Patreon page to support the further development of the game. Whenever the game is leaked, those funds take a big nosedive.

I know piracy is always going to happen. Once the game is finished, I don't doubt that it'll be pirated (not that you'll have to do so yourself - if you're who I suspect you are, you've already pledged enough to qualify for a free copy) within days or even hours, and I have no control over that. But at least it'll be finished. If my Patreon income drops any further, there'll be nothing to pirate.

I can't afford to develop this at a loss. If you leak the next version, I will make a loss and the project will have to be cancelled. Simple as that.