A message to all devs: cliffhangers are a crappy idea!

[Ottoeight]

A wholeheartedly message to every VN author:

STOP ending a chapter / an update with a cliffhanger!!! that's the shittiest idea ever!


That's crap in tv series / movies / fiction / whatever and that's crap in VNs too. Please stop it.

Well... I just needed to vent...

Anyway, just think about it, ok?

 

[Insomnimaniac Games]

No, I'm gonna end a chapter with this.

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[MarshmallowCasserole]

Here's a novel idea: don't play every update.

 

[Ottoeight]

Here's a novel idea: don't play every update.

Well it was easy when 99% Patreon games had monthly updates - guess what, they never had cliffhangers either.

Now I see 4-6-10 months update cycles.

 

[Penfold Mole]

Otto, are you alright? Drinking much?

 

[Glorified_ignorance]

Patience is a virtue.

Learn to control your urges.

Young grasshopper.

 

[RedPillBlues]

Cliffhangers are fine. Just like every other trope when used sparingly can make a story better. The issue is a few devs here think that every other update needs one, and that shit getsboth predictable and boring fast.

 

[Icarus Media]

https://f95zone.to/threads/indecent-wife-hana-v0-31-fallen-eros.106980/

You would LOVE this game then.

 

[Ottoeight]

Otto, are you alright? Drinking much?

Just ended reading a VN with a huge cliffhanger. I said: "oh well, it is what it is". Then I thought: "damn, next update will come out next summer, at best... WTF"

 

[Glorified_ignorance]

Just ended reading a VN with a huge cliffhanger. I said: "oh well, it is what it is". Then I thought: "damn, next update will come out next summer, at best... WTF"

Have you tried looking for other games or activities in the meantime?

A cliffhanger is what keeps the audience coming back for more; It's always been an ingredient for success.

If you're really enjoying the game, remember not to rush its growth progress.

oh well, it is what it is

 

[Insomnimaniac Games]

If you're really enjoying the game, remember not to rush its growth progress.

Nah, don't you know the best thing to do is put 100 sex scenes in a v0.000001? All those incest games should start with MC's boning their moms immediately.

 

[Glorified_ignorance]

Nah, don't you know the best thing to do is put 100 sex scenes in a v0.000001? All those incest games should start with MC's boning their moms immediately.

So wait, are you calling the dev's the impatient ones now ?

 

[Insomnimaniac Games]

So wait, are you calling the dev's the impatient ones now ?

I am apparently not as good at sarcasm as I thought I was.

 

[Count Morado]

I'll let you know my response in my next comment on this thread. Stay tuned...

 

[Glib_Gentleman]

I think the only problem with cliffhangers at the end of updates is if there is a cliffhanger at the end of the LAST update the game will ever do.

And I guess if the cliffhangers are done badly like old serials:
"Oh, no! Batman and Robin are tied up by the villain and the spinning saws are inches from their face! How will they get out of this situation, viewers?!"
Next week:
Situation is already over and Batman is free as the episode starts, brushing himself off as he unties Robins ropes. "That was a close one, Robin! Now let's get that fiend!"

 

[Glorified_ignorance]

I am apparently not as good at sarcasm as I thought I was.

I think the only problem with cliffhangers at the end of updates is if there is a cliffhanger at the end of the LAST update the game will ever do.

Or original netflix tv series, where they announce that series wont continue for another season.

 

[Ottoeight]

I think the only problem with cliffhangers at the end of updates is if there is a cliffhanger at the end of the LAST update the game will ever do.

And I guess if the cliffhangers are done badly like old serials:
"Oh, no! Batman and Robin are tied up by the villain and the spinning saws are inches from their face! How will they get out of this situation, viewers?!"
Next week:
Situation is already over and Batman is free as the episode starts, brushing himself off as he unties Robins ropes. "That was a close one, Robin! Now let's get that fiend!"

I'm just thinking about these damn tv series where season's last episode ends with a cliffhanger... then 6-10 months after tv managers tell us the tv show has been canceled and there won't be a new season.

Patreon's VNs have the same problem: you never know whether you'll see another update.

 

[Glorified_ignorance]

Good things don't last long better get used to it

 

[Ottoeight]

Good things don't last long better get used to it

But the problem with these Patreon VNs is that they do "last" LONG, you know: I've been following a VN (I won't tell its name) since 2018 - since its 0.1 release - and now the Dev just announced a few days ago that he quits and he has abandoned the game. Right when the ending was just around the corner.

It lasted too long, I guess.

 

[Glorified_ignorance]

But the problem with these Patreon VNs is that they do "last" LONG, you know: I've been following a VN (I won't tell its name) since 2018 - since its 0.1 release - and now the Dev just announced a few days ago that he quits and he has abandoned the game. Right when the ending was just around the corner.

It lasted too long, I guess.

Usually " i quit" they refer to : I milked enough money from this one, time to change my dev name and make new project.