Oh, no! TeachersLP is a paid game now? (also apologizes)
Hi guys! How is it going? It seems things got a little heated over here.
We planned to wait for tomorrow's morning to write a post and talk about it, but we don't want this issue to become a bigger problem to everyone.
So! First, we want to apologize for not announcing our decision about setting a price to TeachersLP earlier, and we also want to thank you for speaking out and being honest with us.
We always try our best to make good decisions, but sometimes we make mistakes like this. We are truly sorry.
So yea… We didn’t say anything about it, because in our minds it wasn't a big deal (especially since a lot of people mentioned that TeachersLP was a surprise to be a free game).
But why now after two years of a free release?
Being two indie devs working full time on otome games is not easy. Especially when we are surviving only on eventual donations.
But our main reason is the quality of our games.
If you are following our updates on every Honey Bunny page, you know how hard we are working for our crowdfunding campaign. And you guys also know that it is not working well enough.
We need to pay artists such as voice actors, composers, proofreaders, and more! However with the new game coming, and “failing” with our campaign, we decided to cut off all donations towards our personal use and direct it to pay everyone.
But guess what?? Even giving up on our part is not enough to pay everyone.
That's why we need help right now so we can make better games.
One last thing. I’m going to sound too personal right now, but reading someone calling us “shady” for needing money to survive and make better games really hurt us.
I get it that we did wrong by not announcing it beforehand, but we are not scamming anyone! We are not swimming in gold and we just need support to bring more quality to our games!
TeachersLP will not be forever a paid game. It's only for a while to help us. So if you can’t pay for it now, just wait a little, ok?
When we are stabilized again, we will be able to do this for you.
Sorry about all the confusion and we hope this answers all your questions and worries about our decision.
Thank you for reading and for understanding.
Also, do you think we don’t know? But we do. People are uploading Death is a Guest for free on forums and other sites. But we haven't said a thing about it.
It's okay if you don't want to pay for our work, but please don't make us look like a villain when all we are asking is for help to bring you better experiences and keep us surviving only on this.
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Teachers. With Love and Passion.
It's time to start a new life, make friends, live a sweet school romance, and face dark secrets.
Status | Released |
Author | Honey Bunny |
Genre | Visual Novel, Interactive Fiction |
Tags | Comedy, Dating Sim, Female Protagonist, Multiple Endings, Narrative, Otome, Romance, Slice Of Life, Story Rich |
Languages | English, Portuguese (Brazil) |
Accessibility | Subtitles, Blind friendly |
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Dias melhores virão, espero! Amo vcs :(
Hi hi.
So sorry to hear that there have been issues about the pricing of your game. Totally understandable decision.
Your games are one of the main reasons I still use the itchio app, otherwise I would only use steam. You write great games. Keep it up.
<3
Oh! As a regular player of most of your games and a developer, I can totally understand your decisions!
Your games are so well programmed, fluid and with interesting stories, above all! So it makes more than sense that it needs greater (and monetary) support.
This company deserved more popularity! I hope you guys get what you deserve and I can't wait for the new game you're developing!
I don't care what people say about the pricing surprise. If this is going to surprise you without any announcements, then you're surely going to have a bad time in places that has these kinds of things happening all the time.
Having a dev not announce something is not always the end of a world. It's a different story if they were not announcing anything because they really did not care about the public. But if it's them being in a bit of a bind or in a pinch, then it's understandable and it's called being human and if you can't understand this reasoning then you're lost in a different system.
Also can't believe the melt down over a single announcement that is important sure, but if you've already been following their other games or should be because these games are pretty good, then why is this specific game surprising you?
Only thing I'm surprised about is it not being priced sooner.
Honestly go for it. It's your game. The fact that the game was free this long is freaking amazing and like you said yourselves, it becomes free again in the future. So if ppl can't pay, there are enough games that are free that they can play till this one here becomes free again. Games are a luxury, like art is etc. so ppl need to decide for themselves if they are willing to pay. If not then obviously it wasn't worth enough for them and then that means that you don't need to play the game that desperately. Tbh I personally didn't see the price change and only now your post about it, so for myself it wasn't really a big deal either but yeah I think for the future it does definitely make sense to write the post beforehand, just for the transparency of it and as a heads up. But other than that, ofc it's your decision :)
Wish the best of luck and success for you two and the new game!!
I really love it when people twist my words to fit their own agenda.
What I meant when I said you guys are one of the shady devs is exactly the LACK OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PRICE INCREASE BEFOREHAND. If only you had use your brain properly, no one would be outraged by this news, and those who want your game for free would have the time to grab it LEGALLY.
But hey what do I know? I'm just the villain in you guys' eyes, and honestly I have no intention to argue about this further. But I truly despise people who just make it seem like I don't think before I type while in reality I'm only writing what's on everyone's mind. The difference is, I'm actually speaking up and not just go 'oh yeah oh yeah no prob as long as you keep making games hurr durr'
Whatevs, I'm totally done with this matter and will just block your account so I don't see any of your feeds.
Oh, also, no need to reply, it's just something to think about (if you guys even capable of that.)
So rude and entitled. You should be ashamed to speak to hardworking game developers like that.
I am really sorry to hear the news, thank you for sharing this game for free when you could.
I played when it was free, and i can say with sure,for the ones who are scared to pay. Go for it! The game is amazing!
i played this when it was free and i loved it. while i cant pay to help, yall have my utmost support no matter what. i hope all goes well with everyone. i think the game is definitely worth the money and asking to be paid for ur work isnt a bad thing
It's your right to ask for a reasonable price for this game. I very much loved this game when I played it. There is nothing wrong by asking to be paid for your hard work!
All of this means a lot, in the heat of the moment we thought everything was going to go wrong :'D and seeing all this support really makes the difference for us, thank you so much!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Question. Is there anything new added to the paid version? Just asking for those of us who already had the game and wondering about that.
No, don't worry, it's the same game 😉❤️
First of all, you make amazing games. And I think it is not a big deal to decide if you want your game to be paid. Because you have a full right to. Even without announcing it beforehand. Sorry that you have to deal with unreasonable people. Wish you all the best.
Thank you so much!! ToT
yes, I agree!! but I can understand who wants an announcement beforehand, maybe to prepare themself, if they can get it or not.
yea... I hope no one else has to deal with this :'D and thank you so much!! ❤️❤️❤️
I didn't know people were mad about this...even I was surprised that this was free when it got released lol. I hope you guys get back on your feetsies as soon as possible!!! Wishing you guys the best, you've worked hard 🙏🏻
Thank you!!! TOT
Me neither :'D but now that things have calmed down, I see how frustrating it can be, not to the point of attacking us
But we sincerely appreciate the amazing love we received!😭😭❤️❤️❤️