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That abandoned tag leads me to believe it might be one hell of a wait..We will wait for you as long as we have to, Ayana
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Here is a WP of Ayana found from discordWe will wait for you as long as we have to, Ayana
April 2020 WP
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- Dec 27, 2018
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Since jan. 10 no sign from CZ.
Farewell, Ayana.
Farewell, Ayana.
It's not like CZ can abandon the game any more than he already has... It's not coming back.
- Dec 27, 2018
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Well, he gave some signs maybe he could go back. Since then, no more. And yes, it's still abandoned and no hope to regain any life. Shame.
I wish, unfortunately from what I recall CZ telling us the models are heavily modified. He actually liked to "play" with the models and I believe that was his original interest in creating a game. Somewhere in this thread I think he mentions how many models he's altered and has sitting (or rather did since he deleted a lot of his work in a fit of pique last year). Anyway, long answer to say I don't believe he ever said but even if he did it would be a very heavily modified version.
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Out of curiousity, why it's so hard to restart: do you have to redo everything? ( I've no idea about DAZ or whatever he's using though)
I've seen a number of games go through this ( when they lose their previous work), and they, oddly enough, end up looking worse than previous versions.
Is it just remaking the models, or there is a lot more work involved?
I've seen a number of games go through this ( when they lose their previous work), and they, oddly enough, end up looking worse than previous versions.
Is it just remaking the models, or there is a lot more work involved?
- Dec 27, 2018
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From what I saw on previous posts. YES. He's just dumped all content (models, scenarios, texts, menus, options etc.).
Otherwise, he redesigned some characters, but of course, most of the previous content was wasted.
Yep, supposedly in a fit of pique he deleted everything when he also went into "hiding" from us/the pervy side of the internet. To get this game going again he would need to recreate all the characters from scratch, etc. Which, I have to say, I would love to see him do and I'd love to see this game being actively developed again. CZ made some really great characters and I was looking forward to seeing this story develop, honestly if he did the same storyline but with new models (because of the need to recreate everything) I would be delighted.
But with the silence from CZ and lack of any progress reports I am not going to get my hopes up. Once a game is abandoned it is very rare for it to be "unabandoned" and completed. Considering everything I just don't see it as very likely that we will see this game being completed in the future. Would love to be wrong though...
- Feb 17, 2018
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Pee Wee ZagorTeNay MrFriendly
Not quite everything, everything (Yeah, I'm alive). I did have my characters backed up on a flash drive, that's why they still mostly look like themselves after recovering some missing assets. It was just a matter of getting them back to where they were and, in my eyes at least, improving them.
Since those new models I released last year I've went and gone back over them again, this time making them a bit closer to how people remember, save for Michelle, who I can't seem to decide on texture and tattoo wise. Charlotte looks more like herself, Ayana and everyone else for the most part. I just haven't posted anything cause I haven't seen the point in giving any false hope. That's why my activity on Patreon has basically stopped, save for pausing every month. Posting doesn't mean anything if I'm not on the verge of delivering something, which I'm not, and won't be for a long while. Not to mention it'd get repetitive fast.
An update should not be expected anytime as I have not seen any positive change in my personal life to where I can work and deliver comfortably and consistently. I work with these characters often, yes. I write when I feel able. But Connected is regrettably still abandoned. Even though I'm here and available, people should continue to treat it as such and put it as far from their minds as possible. And hopefully be pleasantly surprised when it does come back some day. But not this day, nor any time soon. I'm obviously hopeful but I have to be realistic as well.
I did love doing this for the short time I was active, so I do get the urge to post and do new things as well as Connected. I've created a bunch of new characters and new story concepts outside of Connected since then but with my shattered reputation it wouldn't be wise to post any of that when I have this abandoned tag here, now would it? I fucked up pretty badly already. I'd rather not repeat that same history.
If this gets done, it needs to be done right or not at all. I'm still in the "not at all" stage. So long story short, I'm still taking things one day at time over here. It's not about working on the game. Its about working on myself right now and has been since I made my confession last year. The game comes later.
Not quite everything, everything (Yeah, I'm alive). I did have my characters backed up on a flash drive, that's why they still mostly look like themselves after recovering some missing assets. It was just a matter of getting them back to where they were and, in my eyes at least, improving them.
Since those new models I released last year I've went and gone back over them again, this time making them a bit closer to how people remember, save for Michelle, who I can't seem to decide on texture and tattoo wise. Charlotte looks more like herself, Ayana and everyone else for the most part. I just haven't posted anything cause I haven't seen the point in giving any false hope. That's why my activity on Patreon has basically stopped, save for pausing every month. Posting doesn't mean anything if I'm not on the verge of delivering something, which I'm not, and won't be for a long while. Not to mention it'd get repetitive fast.
An update should not be expected anytime as I have not seen any positive change in my personal life to where I can work and deliver comfortably and consistently. I work with these characters often, yes. I write when I feel able. But Connected is regrettably still abandoned. Even though I'm here and available, people should continue to treat it as such and put it as far from their minds as possible. And hopefully be pleasantly surprised when it does come back some day. But not this day, nor any time soon. I'm obviously hopeful but I have to be realistic as well.
I did love doing this for the short time I was active, so I do get the urge to post and do new things as well as Connected. I've created a bunch of new characters and new story concepts outside of Connected since then but with my shattered reputation it wouldn't be wise to post any of that when I have this abandoned tag here, now would it? I fucked up pretty badly already. I'd rather not repeat that same history.
If this gets done, it needs to be done right or not at all. I'm still in the "not at all" stage. So long story short, I'm still taking things one day at time over here. It's not about working on the game. Its about working on myself right now and has been since I made my confession last year. The game comes later.
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Man! Glad to know that you are alive!
I only hope that you could recover yourself someday. I know what you mean.
Bless you.
Have you ever given thought to working with someone? Is trying to create the entire thing a burden or a joy? I ask because I know that some devs love a single aspect of game development and want to focus on that part but end up getting bogged down in another aspect. For example I enjoy writing but don't have any talent with renders/models. Anyway, I hope things get better in your personal life so that one day we will be pleasantly surprised to see something happen with this game. Take care of yourself CZ.
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I'm so glad you're still alive and in good health (at least I hope
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I have given it thought. I've talked to people as well, at least for the rendering part. But that doesn't entirely fix the problem because I'm still in my own head at the end of the day. I have to be able to uphold my end of the bargain when the team comes to collect which would simply cause me more stress.
The thing with depression is that everything you know to love you find yourself doing less and less of. Perhaps you start but never finish. Until one day you find yourself unable to start at all. So I may write a bit here and then not type shit for an entire month after. Or open Daz Studio there and then not open or really do anything worth mentioning for some time.
For example, I've been creating new characters and stuff, but I haven't exactly rendered an image in months, with the exception of one or two test images of Ayana in a new apartment setting, which was created May 1st. Haven't rendered an image since then and before that was even more scarce. And this is something I know I love to do. It'd be irresponsible of me and disrespectful to request/hire help when I can't so much as help myself. Plenty of devs have teams and they still can't deliver anything worth a damn. Saying that there are already plenty of common names that came to mind.
I can delegate as much responsibility as I please, but if I'm not committed to my part of the bargain, it'll all just fall apart regardless of how many people are helping me. But I also understand that I have to be able to take that first step. So it's something I am working out. Just haven't gone anywhere with it as yet.
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Working on it. One day at a timeI'm so glad you're still alive and in good health (at least I hope
Thank you.
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ChainZero if you need the deleted files you can try a file recovery utility. If you have not written too much on the same disk it should be possible to recover most of the lost files. Your game was really wonderful, you have real skills that not many people have.
But I hope you fix your health problems before anything else.
But I hope you fix your health problems before anything else.