Dev was working 30+ hours a week on it, on top of his fulltime job, so he burned out.
Spread the word, guys: you don’t need to overwork yourself to be a good programmer/dev; set healthy boundaries for yourself. Slow and steady wins the race.
I believe there must be a balance between a work program , excessive dedication and expect fast financial return.
Ahhh not so slow or they end up falling asleep..
Many Devs have led themselves to believe that they could live only as developers and support themselves with Patreon. (a terrible mistake)
Which can be proven by the amount of abandoned AAA titles that the dream is over.
I believe that Grinvald fits into these category.
It is not the first time that he has abandoned Hot S, in a time not too long ago he had the opportunity to pass the project to another dev... And ended up giving up....yes, a possibility of sinking the project to (or who knows, maybe not)
Now an abandoned project, and forgotten in the desert hot sands..
Edit..A similar VN and not mentioned, WastelandGuardians.
Some similarities: an MC who sees (dead people) and emotional scars.
The beginning of the story is strange, where it starts with a female protagonist.
Good graphics, a bit confusing beginning... but it follows the post-apocalyptic theme. (one caveat, slow updates)
But for those who like the theme, and haven't heard of it...
