I've seen a message he has received from Patreon. He can't mod it nor do anything with it. In case of DMD Dots has to even send idea for his new game to his reviewer to gain their approval so renaming won't give much I suppose. DMD was also modded and there is really well justified worry about all games with such a theme that were already suspended. Life is about money so devs will try to adjust themselves
Nothing personal here....But I simply do not believe even a single word of that!
Especially considering that many other games were in the same exact situation as DS is in now and all are now back (AFTER REVIEW) with minor tweaks and changes to their Patreon Page. One game (MotH) did a quick character readjustment to remove the incest. Others have added a Character naming routine at the start of their game that allows you to return the game to an Incest theme by simply naming the characters from default to mom, dad, sister, and brother.
And DS' statement I quoted below tends to prove what I'm saying
True words mate, if he really want to continue with BB he have alternative route to go, he can simple rename the game.
The Drop project it's not a option here it's just a wish.
It's work no matter what method he chooses. I can understand why he may be tired of making this game and just ready to move on (and put his work effort) towards something else.
I am going to throw this thought out here since I think it may have been missed by most if not all of us.
DS wants BB to die so they can work on something else.
He's already stated that he doesn't really "get" the whole incest angle.
But he felt obligated to do it since he made so much money off it .
So this would have been the way out for him as Patreon cracks down.
The Convenient Inconvenience theory? LOL
I agree with you to a degree that his interest in the game has waned and perhaps he is less inclined to put in the effort to save this game as he might have if he didn't have another game all ready to go on Patreon and start collecting funds.
That said let's be clear that DS didn't create this situation, he just ignored a situation others have been dealing with the last three months and Patreon finally got around to him and BB.
Now the question is (and I'm sure he is debating internally) is...
Does he like doing this game enough to make the effort or arrangement to keep it going either on Patreon or some other venue...
Does he finish the rest of the game and make a completed work without any monthly support so he can make money on One Off sales of the completed game.
Or does he just give us the V13, and leave the game as an uncompleted work and move onto a different game?
He's been told it's not moddable, and I don't really see a reason not to believe it. The game is pretty heavily incest centered, and even if you call them roommates, it still has a family vibe to it. Plus there is the blackmail stuff you mentioned. That's probably a contributing factor, and perhaps a major one. DS also mentioned Patreon had some lesser concerns with the appearance of some of the characters.
Like I said above...Other games have gotten away with making mods...I see no reason why they would single out this one. As for the content being blackmail there are so many games like that who aren't being reviewed by them I doubt highly that is a factor. And characters LOOKING young should not be a factor since the ages stated at the beginning are all of age.
The truth is what makes this game incest is all in the dialogue. So that is the only thing that really needs changing.
If they were all roomates or lived in a boarding house there would be no basis for Patreon to ban the product.
But that is a LOT of work to go over line by line and make changes and I'm not sure but the way he has handled dialogue and descriptions may mean that once changed to comply it might never be changed back.
If he manages to mod the current game in a way that it can be modded back to incest easily it could even be a blessing to us and to DS himself. He would no longer feel constrained by the Incest story that seems to inhibit him and simply concentrate of situations of sexual encounter he DOES feel comfortable writing. And we could easily mod it back to doing those things with a Family member if we want.
Well, it's a bit of misunderstanding. If I want to rewrite BB, I just have to explain how it will be changed and Patreon should approve it. And I've decided to step out.
I admit that I have been a bit of a critic of the direction of this game for some time but I do sympathize with your current situation and no CREATOR should be stopped from creating and finishing a product they started.
I think this might serve a good lesson to all future developers that each game should have a method for selecting or changing the names and relationships of the characters at the game start. Then the dev can never be called out for the relationships as the User selects them. This can all be done with just a few variables set at the beginning of the game.
Those variables being inserted into the dialogue when needed.
