6 months and no updates.. but the newer project gets all kinds of love. I feel bad for what you're going through.cant help but goon for Rita so much anyone have nude screenshots of her for me to goon to
So much for the assurances months ago that developing "Rebel Duet" would not impact the development of "Casual Desires" negatively. Just as I thought back then that was wishthinking at best, a lie at worst. It is extremly rare for parallel development to run in lockstep, few developers are able to do it.Chapter 20 is being released by mid-July at the latest. It's just taken a lot longer than usual due to the upcoming Steam release of Rebel Duet.
I think it was a change in priorities. The majority of his supporters seem to be coming from RD and they don't care about CD at all. Naturally, CD becomes an afterthought because why would you waste time behind a game that isn't catering to your audience?
Spot on.
I don't neccessarily dislike Iondivvys decision to develop a second game at the same time, but the biggest failure was to release both at the same time, evidently confirmed by as he claims that the upcoming steam release (and sorry but who buys sexual games on steam in the first place?) is so important to work on that Casual Desires took a forced delay.
If devs need to work on something else to avoid a burnout or to keep their ideas coming thats totally fine, but he should have always done that privately without releasing it before Casual Desires finished.
It'd also have been smarter because shortly after Casual Desires would have finished, he would already have had a good version 1.0 release with a lot of content, potentially impressing many more people of his development pipeline & foresight and putting him on the map of the most known & dedicated devs here.
Now he has the constant stress to work on both simultaneously and to release both regularly else he risks disappointing people and having them stopping their support, currently we already see how much less support he gets from CD fans. It will just get worse considering RD gets a second full update in the 7 months that CD got nothing.
Very true and I agree with you on this. Doing a second game to avoid burnout is a good idea, but he went at it the wrong way, like most one man or small group teams do, unfortunately.
Spot on.
I don't neccessarily dislike Iondivvys decision to develop a second game at the same time, but the biggest failure was to release both at the same time, evidently confirmed by as he claims that the upcoming steam release (and sorry but who buys sexual games on steam in the first place?) is so important to work on that Casual Desires took a forced delay.
If devs need to work on something else to avoid a burnout or to keep their ideas coming thats totally fine, but he should have always done that privately without releasing it before Casual Desires finished.
It'd also have been smarter because shortly after Casual Desires would have finished, he would already have had a good version 1.0 release with a lot of content, potentially impressing many more people of his development pipeline & foresight and putting him on the map of the most known & dedicated devs here.
Now he has the constant stress to work on both simultaneously and to release both regularly else he risks disappointing people and having them stopping their support, currently we already see how much less support he gets from CD fans. It will just get worse considering RD gets a second full update in the 7 months that CD got nothing.
Easy: the other game brings in the (steam) money, so this is on the back-burner.Hum. We are mid-july and Chapter 20 was suppose to be released mid-july at he latest.
ionDivvy any news bud? Hope all is good!
Last estimate I can see on the discord from the 3rd says two weeks until the next Rebel Duet release, then that the next Casual Desires will release after that. So Casual Desires is probably still a few weeks from release at this point.Hum. We are mid-july and Chapter 20 was suppose to be released mid-july at he latest.
ionDivvy any news bud? Hope all is good!
Yup. After the next RD update (between the next few days to a week), I'm focusing on Chapter 20 of Casual Desires and will not be doing any significant development for RD until v0.20 is released.Last estimate I can see on the discord from the 3rd says two weeks until the next Rebel Duet release, then that the next Casual Desires will release after that. So Casual Desires is probably still a few weeks from release at this point.
Not sure where you got that ( the hate or attacks pointed to you) ... but yeah it's kinda impressive that a game that actually brought in so many players, is now just a afterthought compared to your new project !I'm aware it's taken far too long, and I can understand CD fans who might be losing their patience. That said, I won't be replying to any hostile comments or personal attacks, as I don't really find that to be a productive use of time.
No matter how much money the new thing is bringing in, it's pretty scummy to essentially abandon this project here. Betraying their fans' trust isn't a good choice or a "way to go as a dev team".Anyway i'am just fuming out my nonsense and in the end of the day it's your choice to decide which way ya'll going as a dev team
I do not know how you come to the "hate and hostile" conclusion, but I am deeply disappointed with you/your team! It is blatantly obvious that Casual Desires, the game that brought you many of your fans to start with, is today an afterthought at best. There is no way to sugarcoat this situation and to top it off, many months ago you told us that Rebel Duet would not have a negative impact. Back then I already considered this wishthinking or a lie on your part, which time has confirmed. Only a handful of developer (teams) are able to develop two or more games in lockstep.Yup. After the next RD update (between the next few days to a week), I'm focusing on Chapter 20 of Casual Desires and will not be doing any significant development for RD until v0.20 is released.
I'm aware it's taken far too long, and I can understand CD fans who might be losing their patience. That said, I won't be replying to any hostile comments or personal attacks, as I don't really find that to be a productive use of time.