[Terretta]

Your #4 is in the FAQ:

Q: Why is there no player only version?

A: In our humble opinion far too many things treat people just as consumers. We'd rather the game was really cheap than remove the chance for someone to discover that they like creating.

You never know, one week a session will be canceled last minute and one of your players might start noodling around in build mode and discover there is a story inside them they want to tell. This is worth so much more to us than splitting the product could ever bring.

Your 1 and 3 are as well: https://talespire.com/faq

[causi]

Website marketing-speak isn't even worth consideration. For example, the dev's actual answer in the HN thread bore zero resemblance to the FAQ answer. QED.