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ZenoMod

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In general comparing VNs to $50 videogames is never going to work, the closest one might get to it is by looking at some indie games on Itch.io (or what used to be Desura), but if you ever followed them you'd know how long those would take to develop.

Any other and faster development process requires more folks, and folks are a cost.
Folks are a cost, and to hire folks you don't just need money: you need to be a charismatic person with management skills.

You need to be willing to delegate, and thus to accept that nobody in the world is going to do something in the exact same way you would have done it.

Let's say that DPC has many other qualities...
 
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I think DPC can afford folks but he just don't wanna.
I don't know and never interacted with him, but just my silly 2cents

  1. The cost of competent people can be staggering.
  2. If you don't get competent people the quality will decrese exponentially the more you add to the project.
  3. Delegating part of your creative process can be good, but also removes a lot of agency on your own project, some understandably don't like it.
All this to say, nobody forces anyone to pay for DPCs development time (patreon, etc..) the proof is that we are on this site which besides marketing (important) doesn't provide any direct benefit to him.

All it takes is to be patient, or not and move on.
 

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than he wont be your brother in law. he have to be the brother to your wife to be your brother in law.:geek:
so, you can go, you can have Jojo's sister and be happy with her.(y)

Probably a misunderstanding then, in my country the word is the same to designate my sister's husband and also my wife's brother. Welcome to France :)
That said, I didn't know there was a different way to design it in English. Thanks for letting me know.
Yeah, he wouldn't be your inlaw, he'd be your outlaw, which could quite possibly be worse. :ROFLMAO:

(Although maybe calling them outlaws is just an Australian thing).
 

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Folks are a cost, and to hire folks you don't just need money: you need to be a charismatic person with management skills.

You need to be willing to delegate, and thus to accept that nobody in the world is going to do something in the exact same way you would have done it.

Let's say that DPC has many other qualities...
To be fair the art of delegating is either innate or very hard to master, first trick is to pick the right folks from the get go (which is a challange on its own).

Personally it took me decades to learn how to properly delegate, and only did it due to "circumstances". like it's impossible to run a big team without being able to delegate, then you realize that spending evenings and weekends working on something someone else would be able to do better than sleep deprived you... :HideThePain:

Sorry went again personal.
 

MiltonPowers

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The funny thing is DPC keeps complaining about how he doesn't want to share previews because of the spoilers, but he spoiled every single big lewd scenes for MGs with those Steam previews :KEK:

are-they-though.jpg

Or is DPC pissing himself laughing for putting out these random renders that will not be scenes?

While Simpworld is going crazy with anticipation, are they just rewards or dreams or photos or fantasies or Jacob's improved artwork?
 

Crusader of Romance

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I think DPC can afford folks but he just don't wanna.
This is basically it. He has a vision, he enjoys the work and wants to do it himself.
Folks are a cost, and to hire folks you don't just need money: you need to be a charismatic person with management skills.

You need to be willing to delegate, and thus to accept that nobody in the world is going to do something in the exact same way you would have done it.

Let's say that DPC has many other qualities...
Time is also a cost. Most often you pay for time. DPC wouldn't have time or money to make a game like Being a DIK without support. Sure, now he has enough money but people chose to continue to support him, nobody forces them.
I don't know and never interacted with him, but just my silly 2cents

  1. The cost of competent people can be staggering.
  2. If you don't get competent people the quality will decrese exponentially the more you add to the project.
  3. Delegating part of your creative process can be good, but also removes a lot of agency on your own project, some understandably don't like it.
All this to say, nobody forces anyone to pay for DPCs development time (patreon, etc..) the proof is that we are on this site which besides marketing (important) doesn't provide any direct benefit to him.

All it takes is to be patient, or not and move on.
Very true.
2. A certain other college VN is proof of that.
Actually, sister/brother's husband/wife is also in-law.
 
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ZenoMod

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To be fair the art of delegating is either innate or very hard to master, first trick is to pick the right folks from the get go (which is a challange on its own).

Personally it took me decades to learn how to properly delegate, and only did it due to "circumstances". like it's impossible to run a big team without being able to delegate, then you realize that spending evenings and weekends working on something someone else would be able to do better than sleep deprived you... :HideThePain:

Sorry went again personal.

I can relate.

Personally I would never delegate anything. What's the point in having no boss to tell me what to do and how to do it, if I have to accept that part of the work is done by someone who is not me, and even if better than me he would do it his way, not my way?

I'm not self employed because I don't have the needed skills.

If I were self employed I'd definitely be a solo player, just as DPC is.
 

ZenoMod

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Time is also a cost. Most often you pay for time. DPC wouldn't have time or money to make a game like Being a DIK without support. Sure, now he has enough money but people chose to continue to support him, nobody forces them.

That's the point. He has support.

So he can be a solo player. Why would he accept the inevitable compromises that come with a team if he has the resources to do it his way? :WeSmart:
 

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A Fan Sig for all the Maya lovers out there ;)
~ Doesn't this just make you wish for summer days to grace us all with its presence again? :devilish:


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Maya is pretty low on my list - but that looks awesome my man. Great job, Maya fans are going to love it.
 
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