VN Ren'Py Abandoned Bad Teacher [v0.2b] [WindwardGames]

[Holy Bacchus]

Yeah, I'm of the opinion that either 1) he is really sick or 2) he has quit. In all honesty I lean toward really sick. He was doing great, had growing support, and a lot of interest so it's unlikely he just quit without communicating. Definitely the best game that I fear is or will be abandoned. Hopefully we will hear from him soon.

Sometimes these things happen, like with "A Family Venture" where the coder D.S.-sama has returned after weeks of radio silence and WillTyler was worried about the game being able to continue.

This is just an unfortunate aspect of this work, that if something serious happens to a dev who works solo and who isn't in regular communication with others who can let patrons and fans what's going on in the event of something happening to them, then we'll never know what's happening with them and we just have to hope that they're OK.

 

[Shades19]

Game isnt important right now. Hopefully he heals from anything that kept him off, and recovers completely.

 

[Reindog]

I need more of that game, i'm eager

 

[markus T]

Game isnt important right now. Hopefully he heals from anything that kept him off, and recovers completely.

Are you telling me that Devs aren't super human and actually have real life issues to attend to?

 

[Shades19]

Are you telling me that Devs aren't super human and actually have real life issues to attend to?

Yes.

Must have taken a lot of time for you to come up with something so innovative and clever I see.

 

[NeroZee]

I just hope he and his family are alright, these are fucked up times, where i live 2 brothers both in their 20's died from Covid just 1 week apart from one another, so screw the game i just hope the Dev is alright.

 

[Sony12345]

Though the game is not important then Dev's life, but only way to find if windwardgames is alright is through this game. I don't think there is any other way except his patreon page right?

 

[Rufluszs]

I hope he gets better as soon as possible. It is not every day that a developer appears that creates good content and updates the game in a short time.

 

[BirdmanBoss]

Not to be that guy, but since people have contributed money to this guy the least he can do is leave a message that he is alright. It has been almost 2 months. Unless of course the worse that has happened and I really hope that isn't the case.

 

[Zoey Raven]

Yeah, I'm of the opinion that either 1) he is really sick or 2) he has quit. In all honesty I lean toward really sick. He was doing great, had growing support, and a lot of interest so it's unlikely he just quit without communicating. Definitely the best game that I fear is or will be abandoned. Hopefully we will hear from him soon.

From doing his official walkthrough, all communications I have had with him, he was very professional, and a nice guy and always got me what I needed. He loved his game and was really excited about it. It is very out of character for option 2 based on what I knew of him. So I am inclined to agree with your that option 1 is the case. I hope he will get better and I hope the worst has not happened.

 

[Holy Bacchus]

From doing his official walkthrough, all communications I have had with him, he was very professional, and a nice guy and always got me what I needed. He loved his game and was really excited about it. It is very out of character for option 2 based on what I knew of him. So I am inclined to agree with your that option 1 is the case. I hope he will get better and I hope the worst has not happened.

Would be you able to reach out to them just now and see if they respond? I think it's fair to say that for those of us who are fans of this game, we're all a little worried.

 

[Zoey Raven]

Would be you able to reach out to them just now and see if they respond? I think it's fair to say that for those of us who are fans of this game, we're all a little worried.

I've done this several times and nothing. Just nothing.

 

[Holy Bacchus]

I've done this several times and nothing. Just nothing.

Do we know where they are? Is it somewhere that was hit hard by COVID?

 

[MrFriendly]

From doing his official walkthrough, all communications I have had with him, he was very professional, and a nice guy and always got me what I needed. He loved his game and was really excited about it. It is very out of character for option 2 based on what I knew of him. So I am inclined to agree with your that option 1 is the case. I hope he will get better and I hope the worst has not happened.

Sadly, I agree that option 1 is most likely. I really hope that he is okay. At this point I don't care about the continuation of the game, I just want WwG to be alright. We've seen a lot of bad shit happen to the developer community this year and I don't want Windward to disappear or worse.

Would be you able to reach out to them just now and see if they respond? I think it's fair to say that for those of us who are fans of this game, we're all a little worried.

I've done this several times and nothing. Just nothing.

That's really sad... Dang.

 

[Holy Bacchus]

Sadly, I agree that option 1 is most likely. I really hope that he is okay. At this point I don't care about the continuation of the game, I just want WwG to be alright. We've seen a lot of bad shit happen to the developer community this year and I don't want Windward to disappear or worse.

Yeah, I'm seeing developers talk a lot about how stressed and sometimes depressed they get with this work because they're working so hard to meet their own deadlines and ensure their patrons get what they paid for, Braindrop being the most notable one.

Hopefully they haven't succumbed to anything like that or the nasty COVID, but if it is the latter hopefully they'll be OK. I've seen stories where people are coming out of the hospital after 3 months in intensive care, so we just have to hope for the best.

And I'll make this vow and hope that others will join me; if Windward returns I will become a patron of theirs.

 

[MrFriendly]

Yeah, I'm seeing developers talk a lot about how stressed and sometimes depressed they get with this work because they're working so hard to meet their own deadlines and ensure they're patrons get what they paid for, Braindrop being the most notable one.

Hopefully they haven't succumbed to anything like that or the nasty COVID, but if it is the latter hopefully they'll be OK. I've seen stories where people are coming out of the hospital after 3 months in intensive care, so we just have to hope for the best.

And I'll make this vow and hope that others will join me; if Windward returns I will become a patron of theirs.

If Windward returns he's got my patreon dollars. As we are 2 days shy of a full 2 months of no communication I am worried that he is not going to be able to come back. I really hope I am wrong.

 

[Zoey Raven]

Do we know where they are? Is it somewhere that was hit hard by COVID?

No, I do not.

 

[Laziness]

With this and BrainDrop going silent for a while, I wonder if there's an argument to be made about emergency contacts for people associated with devs.

 

[Holy Bacchus]

With this and BrainDrop going silent for a while, I wonder if there's an argument to be made about emergency contacts for people associated with devs.

If a dev wants to do that then that's up to them, but most people don't tend to think that anything will happen to them and so they're often caught short when something bad does happen to them. There's also the issue of the stigma surrounding the work these guys do, especially those who make very taboo games involving kinks like incest. Finding someone you trust enough to be to communicate with fans and even be a proxy on a site like this to let everyone know what's happening with the dev in case of an emergency could be a very difficult thing.

Some devs do cultivate friendships and communication networks with other devs and people involved in this kind of work and others don't. Unfortunately it seem like Windward has been very much riding solo.

 

[Laziness]

If a dev wants to do that then that's up to them, but most people don't tend to think that anything will happen to them and so they're often caught short when something bad does happen to them. There's also the issue of the stigma surrounding the work these guys do, especially those who make very taboo games involving kinks like incest. Finding someone you trust enough to be to communicate with fans and even be a proxy on a site like this to let everyone know what's happening with the dev in case of an emergency could be a very difficult thing.

Some devs do cultivate friendships and communication networks with other devs and people involved in this kind of work and others don't. Unfortunately it seem like Windward has been very much riding solo.

All solid points. I just wonder if instances like this may cause devs to rethink things.
That said, it probably won't even be considered if cases like this result in irreparable dives in patron numbers (which I don't think have happened anyway).