VN Ren'Py Abandoned Boobswatch [Demo] [Honey Soul Games]

Netori

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I'm willing to bet that the reason for it being abandoned is because the dev used the actual full names and likeness of multiple Overwatch characters, and got a strike from Blizzard. I think some OW porn can go under the radar even though it's blatantly those characters being represented, but when you start saying "Jesse McCree, Hana Song and Ana Amari," then there can be no doubt that it's infringing the original characters. I may be wrong about that, but I've seen several games just recently get abandoned pretty quickly because of those reasons, and the dev not wanting to redo everything that would be required to squeak by the copyrights.
The patreon still up tho
 

toryuuu

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Ah what a shame this was abandoned so quick, would love some more Overwatch games and this seems like it was promising. Hopefully the dev will see all the people in the thread talking about it and decide to pick it back up or something
 
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Beggarman

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I get the feeling the dev died or something. They had plans for 2 games, posted multiple character arts and in-game shots for one plus an in-game shot for the other, then posted the demo for boobswatch after which nothing. Their Twitter is equally lacking in any new content after the demo was released.
I'm worried this happened too. This doesn't really fit many other scenarios. It's also kinda awkward as the creator doesn't seem to have anything like a Discord to check either.

The only alternatives I can think of are that they quit (maybe angry, maybe depressed) after seeing they got no interest, or they had a massive hardware failure that fucked their equipment up and they can't realistically buy the tools they need again. The former's understandable if they're a bit volatile, though definitely not a good idea, and not exactly unexpected considering it seems to have had zero advertising*. The latter is kinda a reach - They seem good enough with the art that they could still make money on commisions and shit, and even if they totally lost all login info and game backups, the logins can be clawed back with time, and the demo could at least be decompiled and used as a base going forward.

I guess Copyright is a possibility too, as (IMO - IANAL) they do stray too close to the original characters for this to be a viable monetised project, however... yeah, as mentioned above, these pages are all still up. I'd have expected them to be taken down by now. Even if he saw a C&D in his inbox, shat, then logged out of everything and never came back, I'd have expected the patreon to be taken down by now by patreon getting a takedown. I didn't sub, but it all still seems to be active and working.

*as an aside, where the hell would someone advertise these days? Here, ULMF, TFGS, maybe LewdGamer if they do a write-up on your game?
 

Obsidion69

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I'm worried this happened too. This doesn't really fit many other scenarios. It's also kinda awkward as the creator doesn't seem to have anything like a Discord to check either.
Ya it's the complete sudden silence that doesn't fit any reasonable scenario; I mean there isn't even any reminders that the demo is out or any attempts at "pity me" posts.

If they quit they'd probably take down the pages. If their equipment fried to a degree where recovery was impossible they likely would have at least made a point of letting people know somehow even if they lost passwords and couldn't recover them which is almost impossible these days. If they got legally bitchslapped again they'd probably let people know just to vent if nothing else and like you said that's assuming Patreon didn't take it down first. etc...
 
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Ratnedalu

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Ya it's the complete sudden silence that doesn't fit any reasonable scenario; I mean there isn't even any reminders that the demo is out or any attempts at "pity me" posts.

If they quit they'd probably take down the pages. If their equipment fried to a degree where recovery was impossible they likely would have at least made a point of letting people know somehow even if they lost passwords and couldn't recover them which is almost impossible these days. If they got legally bitchslapped again they'd probably let people know just to vent if nothing else and like you said that's assuming Patreon didn't take it down first. etc...
I think it was aliens.

All jokes aside, there are other games that use these characters that are still up and running. Namely Academy 34, but :p
 

Obsidion69

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I think it was aliens.

All jokes aside, there are other games that use these characters that are still up and running. Namely Academy 34, but :p
Haha I actually had considered saying it was they either died or were abducted but I felt that was inappropriate since it seems there's a very real chance this person died or something similar.

As for Academy 34 great game but not quite the same in terms of story or likely content from what this dev seems to have planned. Also they have a nasty habit of breaking their saves like every other update.
 

Ratnedalu

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Haha I actually had considered saying it was they either died or were abducted but I felt that was inappropriate since it seems there's a very real chance this person died or something similar.

As for Academy 34 great game but not quite the same in terms of story or likely content from what this dev seems to have planned. Also they have a nasty habit of breaking their saves like every other update.
Yeah, but they use real names is my point :p
 

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But the fact that basically nobody could even bother to push a free like button on Twitter is what I would take as an indicator that making it is a waste of time because nobody wants it.


The access tier is $1. And I also pointed out that they didn't even get Twitter likes, which are, y'know, free. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to keep working on a project when there is literally no indicator anyone is interested.
Especially with the way that employers stalk people's social media nowadays, I'd be very weary of liking porn games on twitter. Maybe if I had a second account that couldn't be traced to my real life.