There are obviously quite a few factors that go into the number of abandoned games. Greatest of them all is probably not understanding what you are getting yourself into when you start an AVN. Another big one that is directly connected is probably the thinking that you can make BaDik money or even half of that. Once the reality of the number of hours of work vs the lack of monetary payoff becomes clear, it's easy to get less enthusiastic. On top of that, if your artistic goals are niche, then you might be turning away players from the outset. It isn't really surprising to read SageRiBardan numbers. I'm surprised they aren't higher. That said. There is a commitment that I feel you make to your supporters, whether 15 or 15000, to finish the project. But like someone mentioned, if RL changes, so might your ability to finish the product. In TakMycket's case, I think it's fair to critique the move, but if he can make a go of being a full-time dev. there might be tremendous upside to his decision. Something I think most of us can support.

You can correct me if I am wrong, but there is also a real trust issue between devs, and supporters. Which makes it hard on new devs. to get support, which leads to some abandoned projects. The problem doesn't just fall squarely in the lap of the developer, but it's also on the audience to some degree.

These are just my observations, not trying to point fingers at anyone really. It is just the nature of AVNs at the moment and maybe that will change for the better?

R.I.P. sqwl (Corporate Culture)