It's entirely possible that someone else besides Jill made those photos, and as such could have had any number of reasons to put their last name on it. It's also entirely possible that's it's not a reveal at all and DPC had to put the MC's thumb somewhere and it made the most sense to obscure the writing on that photo. I'm not saying it's impossible he put that much thought into a random photo most players won't pay attention to, just that it's not guaranteed that who Jill's family is means anything at all. I think stuff like who leaked the Cathy photo, the reason for Bella's husband leaving and MC's mom are things DPC has put a decent amount of effort into building up reveals to, but Jill's sister or really any family member is unlikely to move the needle all that much (imo). We know she comes from a rich family, who that rich family ends up being might not even be Jill's drama point.
Even if someone else did make them and wrote Jill and ‘Val‘ Royce on them that still doesn‘t explain why the name would need to be obscured. In that moment the MC doesn’t know anything about Jill. In a way in would have been better for him to of seen the picture, know Jill has a sister and then find out she died.
We know her family is the Royce’s it’s revealed in episode 5. these Photo’s are 100% a clue to something. No chance DPC renders and designs 2 Polaroid’s with no significance. That clue could be that Jill is a Royce. It could be she had a sister and that clue could be something yet to come.
DPC has put lots of clues and things hidden in plane site so far. Simple things like the HOTs coming out of the toilets in cafeteria. A set of feet behind a van. The safe being uncovered in Rusty’s room. The ‘soldier‘ at Bella’s. Very little in BADIK is for no reason. It might be red herring, it might have a wider meaning, but things like this are designed to make you wonder.
BTW I’m hanging my hat on this theory, Camila fucks Rusty, Riona steels the laptop while he is distracted, posts the photo. Rusty panics and runs out of the room, Quinn sneaks in and attempts to steal money from the safe.
This is his work ethic. We have to live with that. Compared to multiple other devs, he is still lightyears ahead in how he works & communicates.
Afaik he asked whether community wants voice acting which he was able to add knowing that it will increase development cycle timeframe more. Consensus was that his patrons can live without it.
Agreed he is one of the very best in the genre.
I’d like VA I think it‘s the next step in taking these types of games to the next level. That said it might be tough to find enough good voice actors willing to make adult content like this.
This "industry" is made up of several dozen individuals working mostly by themselves on games that don't exactly follow any kind of set, regulatory guidelines, especially when it comes to how they number their different versions, so I don't see exactly how they can take any such "steps" to improve things when it's not a unified "industry" that can band together and improve anything in a collective way.
I under stand that it is a group of self employed people at the moment. But adult games are growing in popularity at a rapid rate. Those few dozen people are generating hundreds of thousands of dollars a month in revenue. Not to mention something like Subverse that made £1.6m For its development.
My point was really that in order to advance, they need to do more and push the envelope. DPC is a leading light at this in terms of quality, but could deliver more with the money he is making
