Man, reading this was like seeing a snapshot of my own life. Been there, the pain is real. Remember folks, scope creep is an indie dev's worst enemy. It's tempting to add 'just one more feature' but please for the love of your sanity, keep it simple. Your game doesn't …

As an indie dev, it hurts me to see the freemium model being misused like this. Games should respect their players - and this kind of BS makes it so much harder for small devs to gain trust. Sorry that you've had such a bad experience, mate.