VN Ren'Py Abandoned Black Diamond [v0.7f] [Deus Actum]

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K.T.L.

Keeping Families Together
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Mar 5, 2019
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Damn, what a tiring game to play for the first few minutes. Nothing but conflict everywhere. It's too much (for me)!
 

SexyShelly

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Jul 22, 2023
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update from the dev on discord


" I'm planning to post a status report on Patreon either later today or tomorrow. Also, I have some side projects that I've been preparing for months, and three of them are almost ready

Oh, and I'll also post some sneak peeks for the higher tiers"
 

tannerjd2007

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Sep 9, 2017
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update from the dev on discord


" I'm planning to post a status report on Patreon either later today or tomorrow. Also, I have some side projects that I've been preparing for months, and three of them are almost ready

Oh, and I'll also post some sneak peeks for the higher tiers"
Doesn't look like that's gonna happen.
 

SexyShelly

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Jul 22, 2023
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Doesn't look like that's gonna happen.
Dev updated discord about 6 hours ago, as soon as he updates the status report I will post it here

Good day y'all. Apologies for the delay in updating you on the development progress. I've returned today to my PC and will begin writing the status report now. Please allow me some time to organize my thoughts, and I'll have it ready in a few minutes. Thank you for your patience. ❤
 

Kazanovaromeo

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Jun 28, 2022
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Never did I say I find the game bad, but that it might be a possible reason for BD's lesser popularity among the other games. The idea is hard to prove, and the same goes for your theory. You don't have stats to prove your 'not enough people tried the game recently.' statement. Blaming only two releases doesn't make sense when there have been six more since, including v0.2.1. People had time and content, but the thread is still inactive with posts like 'when's the next update?' and 'abandoned?'. Fans of straight content almost raised hell over how ridiculously low the amount of males is.

Your assertive statement, "Popularity has nothing to do if something is good or not." is inaccurate and contradicts your chosen terminology because popularity is a mirror reflecting where value meets the masses. Considering how small, in terms of products the market of adult games is, especially that of the FMC genre, the masses see no value. Were your statement held true, then using Apple as an example, they would not sell a single phone unless the quality met the standards set by their marketing. I'm not drawing a direct market comparison, rather, I offer this example to illustrate my perspective.

Regarding my contributions as a supporter, check my post history, and you'll notice that I've promoted BD on various threads, shared news, and leaked a couple of game versions here, which in fact, have brought more subscribers to his Patreon. Just so you know, I would create fan art as well, as I do in the AWAM fan art thread from time to time, and helped promote the game here. But I can't because Deus doesn't share his .duf files. All of this is more than what you've done, judging me for having a different opinion when you certainly don't know me. But according to you, it's laughable to offer a different opinion but admirable to use someone else's answer as your own to back up your claims.

You saw the angry emote and still pressed it, even though it's not a facepalm anymore and this says a lot... However, in the risk of getting thread banned, I'll leave it at that. I've given my two cents and am moving on. You all can continue to spam the angry emote and see if that changes anything smh. Peace out.
this game is poorly done when it comes to straight content - probably one of the worst i ever seen. No idea why dev even bother with straight paths instead of make this avn a full lesbian.
It's also worth to mention - almost 2 years and he has only 35 paid members, it's obvious what will happen to this project if it doesn't change
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JustAUser89

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BD has everything I'm seeking in an FMC game: blackmail, lesbian, straight, incest and an actual story. So, based on sneak peeks that DA posted on Patreon, I'm not moving along anytime soon because the next update looks hella promising. Just a note for future reference, it's not your place to instruct me on what to do. I suggest you focus on offering constructive feedback and keeping the conversation flowing instead, mate. If you disagree with my analytical approach and the slim probability I presented, let's move this discussion to a private conversation rather than cluttering the thread with unnecessary and pointless posts like yours.
 
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DanteDamonic

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BD has everything I'm seeking in an FMC game: blackmail, lesbian, straight, incest and an actual story. So, based on sneak peeks that DA posted on Patreon, I'm not moving along anytime soon because the next update looks hella promising. Just a note for future reference, it's not your place to instruct me on what to do. I suggest you focus on offering constructive feedback and keeping the conversation flowing instead, mate. If you disagree with my analytical approach and the slim probability I presented, let's move this discussion to a private conversation rather than cluttering the thread with unnecessary and pointless posts like yours.
Can you screenshot some of these posts from patreon and post it
 

Kazanovaromeo

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Jun 28, 2022
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BD has everything I'm seeking in an FMC game: blackmail, lesbian, straight, incest and an actual story. So, based on sneak peeks that DA posted on Patreon, I'm not moving along anytime soon because the next update looks hella promising. Just a note for future reference, it's not your place to instruct me on what to do. I suggest you focus on offering constructive feedback and keeping the conversation flowing instead, mate. If you disagree with my analytical approach and the slim probability I presented, let's move this discussion to a private conversation rather than cluttering the thread with unnecessary and pointless posts like yours.
OFC ,you are right , it's not your place to instruct me on what to do.
and you are right again , cluttering the thread with unnecessary and pointless posts like yours is not necessary at all.
 
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Shinlaw

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Aug 6, 2017
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Man, I searched "lesbian" in the thread and saw so much crying about excessive amount of lesbian content that I downloaded this game instantly. After parrying dicks for an hour I got a single endless sleepover teasing scene and that's it, what the hell?
 

BenHatira

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Man, I searched "lesbian" in the thread and saw so much crying about excessive amount of lesbian content that I downloaded this game instantly. After parrying dicks for an hour I got a single endless sleepover teasing scene and that's it, what the hell?
First of all the lesbian tag doesn't mean shit on here and seeing your join date you already should know that. Beside that you don't really need to "parry" dicks for an hour, there are around 2-3 choices to avoid the male "LI's" in game.

Also the game is in early development and is just about done with introducing the main characters - and asuming you did the lesbian path (the correct one imo) you should know that Rose is gonna be a real slow burn romantic route, while Lydia will be the faster path (if you into that whole incest thingy).

If you in here for a quick jill/fap than nah sadly this game is not for you atm if you go the lesbian route ! :unsure:
 

Shinlaw

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Aug 6, 2017
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lesbian tag doesn't mean shit
Yeah, that's why the first thing I do with lesbian female protagonist games is search "lesbian" in the thread (comments) to see if somebody asked about pure lesbian playthrough possibility and what they were answered.

You are right, the game is pretty early in development. I just expected more judging by what I saw in the comments lol.
 

BenHatira

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Yeah, that's why the first thing I do with lesbian female protagonist games is search "lesbian" in the thread (comments) to see if somebody asked about pure lesbian playthrough possibility and what they were answered.

You are right, the game is pretty early in development. I just expected more judging by what I saw in the comments lol.
Yeah i get it, as long if you can divide between honest comments about content in the game and the clowns who claim is only lesbian focused cause the MC is not instantly whoring out in the train scene. :unsure:

That's also the problem, there is a rather big amount of people in the comment section in most games that feature a lesbian route that talk shit about it's all about the FMC being waaaaayyyy to much focused on the lesbian part of the game, even if it's bs.
So someone actually looking for that kind of gamplay wonders why this said plot of the game doesn't come up earlier or at all.

Yeah as i said the lesbian tag is bs on here atm ...
 

Knight_of_the_lance

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Concerning Edward I have a small bone to pick, but first I would like to congratulate the dev for some of the most realistic construction work I have seen in AVN to this point. So let's get into it.

First of, he starts his day at the right time. good start. but then when he comes back, he sais this:
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Normally you don't mix those two kind of works, residential and commercial or heavy residential depending on the type of skyscraper the project is. And you would have your whole day in one place usually. And finishing a house can mean a lot of things depending on his tasks. Anyways, the only way that he would do two jobs like that on the same day is if he works for a labor rental compagnie. There is also an other problem with working on a skyscraper starting midday. On bigger project, where I live, you have to participate in what we call a welcome meeting before you even set foot on the jobsite. Those meetings are usually at the start of the day and if you miss it you will be turned around and sent back home. So there is no way he would start there past 7h00 in the morning.

But then something worst happen:
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Ok that would not happen like this. Skyscrapers need a lot of concrete, especially the footings, pilar bases or pin caps. In one day you can easily pour in the hundreds of cubic meter of concrete. ( one cubic meter is roughly equivalent to one cubic verge.) You would not mix that by hand. If only because the concrete at this stage, all stage really, need a specific composition. Also it is usually caried from an of site concrete plant by truck. And the typical truck can only carry up to 8 cubic meter or for a semi 12 meter. So imagine trying to mix concrete by hand for let's say only a hundred cubic meter that a technician will then evaluate to document the composition and proprieties.... yhea not happening. I can see three common scenario in which he would enter in contact with concrete powder. the destruction of an over pour of concrete with a jackhammer or kango, the mixing of cement for concrete finissions or the mixing of mortar for block divisions. The later, the more likely. The task involve you using a tumble mixer with a overhanging silo from which you pour ciment and mix with water. Depending on the age of machinery and experience of the worker a lot of dust can get airborne.

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Here is the sad and I will also comment on the part about working with no mask or gloves.
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He does not have long to live. We don't see him with a cigarette so those might be sings of the early stages of silicosis. Especially if his boss did not provide him with the appropriate protection equipment. If he was on a skyscraper jobsite the responsable person for safety and health would have stopped him. Also, at least here, safety mesures have been reenforced to prevent the professional disease. Any job you do in which you might be in contact with silica necessitate more than one prevention mesure. For example piercing a small hole ti fix a screw in concrete necessitate a mask, either of a water source during the piercing or a HEPA vacuum and a perimeter to prevent other workers to be near you while you work. Even something as simple as brooming a floor is complicated if the dust and dirt might contain silica. You need to close of the entire floor wear a mask and either wet the floor to prevent the dust from lifting in the air or wear an hazmat suit. This disease is serious. Some of the mesures implemented look draconian and overexaggerated but they are new. Depending on the form of the disease he might have as low as a year to live. A classic example of how pernicious a pulmonary disease like that can be is an asbestos mine worker coming home and his wife contracting the disease while putting his closes in the washing machine and dying from it.
 

BenHatira

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He does not have long to live.
Well good riddance if you ask me .. i play the game for the corruption of Lydia and all the other female LI's so i couldn't care less about Eddie getting that dust lung :BootyTime: (a happy lesbian orgy).

Jokes aside occupational safety is a top prio of course, have to break a lance for that for sure !

But damn this game will contain magical elements in the future, so realism is not really something i would associate with it.
 
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