Mouse Painting Master

Mouse Painting Master is a small indie visual novel / RPG released on November 26, 2020 by solo developer Kurumi Works. The game received two patches in its first week addressing difficulty options and bug fixes, followed by one final update on December 11, 2020. That December 11, 2020 post is a detailed and candid statement from the lead developer explaining why further updates are not feasible. The developer cites insufficient sales revenue to fund new content (including CG artwork), a rigid underlying game framework that makes additions technically difficult, and creative exhaustion after ten months of development. The post explicitly concludes: "this update should be the last update for Mouse Painting Master." The developer had previously promised a DLC art pack and acknowledged that commitment in the same post, but noted it was contingent on finances and the artist's schedule — and given that no such DLC has ever appeared on the store listing and no further communications have been made since December 11, 2020, that conditional promise was never fulfilled. No news posts, DLC listings, or store description updates have appeared since December 11, 2020 — over five years of silence consistent with a completed and abandoned project. The game launched as a finished narrative product with three endings, and the developer has clearly communicated that development has concluded.