Open alpha testing of the 5.0 HD mod (online lobby).

I'm just curious, what makes up such a huge amount, considering the product is already working...

First of all, the amount isn't huge.
Secondly, if you were buying a house, you wouldn't say, "Why so much money, the house is already built?"

Specifically, the Overworld Heroes (OH) and the lobby are being developed together for 3 years. But in general, this is the culmination of my 9 years of work on the Heroes series. NINE! And I've already written about the development process of OH, for example, that it involves periods of up to 16 hours of work per day. The same goes for the lobby. Moreover, with the arrival of a family, this work undoubtedly comes at the expense of the family. At the expense of sleep and my own health. Once again: all this time, I could have spent on a lot of things that would be much more beneficial for me.

Sometimes I watch Heroes streams. Top Heroes streamers collect much more in donations than I do, and yet I definitely spend no less time, possibly even more, but this time spent is not visible to anyone. And I have a considerable audience - tens of thousands of regular users. I feel a little offended by this situation.

Specifically, in the last six months, my family income and well-being have decreased significantly. And the prospects are not rosy. I need money. That's basically why the topic of paid Lobbies and OH came up.