Ren'Py Corrupted Kingdoms [v0.22.3d] [ArcGames]

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Let me preface with saying that I really, really like this game and it has shown and continues to show a whole lot of potential. However, it has a huge problem, mostly pertaining to how its updates are done and it just confuses, annoys and frustrates me every single time I play after waiting for a few new updates (11 updates, this time). Let me try and make one example:

*New Annie content*
Ooh, nice, I hope we get to be lewd with her finally, she has such a nice body. But any real content would do.
*Short conversation about how she's overworked.*
*I don't think I can get any farther in this version of the game...*
... What? Why would you even include this in an update if it doesn't lead ANYWHERE? It has to be so incredibly inefficient to add less than 1% new content to each character every update. And it doesn't leave players satisfied at all. So who is it for? Why do updates in the worst way imaginable that leaves everyone involved frustrated? I just don't get it. Update one character at a time until it actually leads to SOMETHING, just any actual content. As much as the story is enjoyable, that's not ultimately why people are here. And this is, obviously, just one example. It happens all the time, with all the characters. It's beyond annoying when the content has so much potential and there's just never anything there.
 
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MrJay said:
Let me preface with saying that I really, really like this game and it has shown and continues to show a whole lot of potential. However, it has a huge problem, mostly pertaining to how its updates are done and it just confuses, annoys and frustrates me every single time I play after waiting for a few new updates (11 updates, this time). Let me try and make one example:

*New Annie content*
Ooh, nice, I hope we get to be lewd with her finally, she has such a nice body. But any real content would do.
*Short conversation about how she's overworked.*
*I don't think I can get any farther in this version of the game...*
... What? Why would you even include this in an update if it doesn't lead ANYWHERE? It has to be so incredibly inefficient to add less than 1% new content to each character every update. And it doesn't leave players satisfied at all. So who is it for? Why do updates in the worst way imaginable that leaves everyone involved frustrated? I just don't get it. Update one character at a time until it actually leads to SOMETHING, just any actual content. As much as the story is enjoyable, that's not ultimately why people are here. And this is, obviously, just one example. It happens all the time, with all the characters. It's beyond annoying when the content has so much potential and there's just never anything there.
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Nicely said.
 
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MrJay said:
Let me preface with saying that I really, really like this game and it has shown and continues to show a whole lot of potential. However, it has a huge problem, mostly pertaining to how its updates are done and it just confuses, annoys and frustrates me every single time I play after waiting for a few new updates (11 updates, this time). Let me try and make one example:

*New Annie content*
Ooh, nice, I hope we get to be lewd with her finally, she has such a nice body. But any real content would do.
*Short conversation about how she's overworked.*
*I don't think I can get any farther in this version of the game...*
... What? Why would you even include this in an update if it doesn't lead ANYWHERE? It has to be so incredibly inefficient to add less than 1% new content to each character every update. And it doesn't leave players satisfied at all. So who is it for? Why do updates in the worst way imaginable that leaves everyone involved frustrated? I just don't get it. Update one character at a time until it actually leads to SOMETHING, just any actual content. As much as the story is enjoyable, that's not ultimately why people are here. And this is, obviously, just one example. It happens all the time, with all the characters. It's beyond annoying when the content has so much potential and there's just never anything there.
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Dev: Here's the first foreplay.
Player: Noice, wait...That's all there's to it????
Dev: What? You want the WHOLE experience? Wait for the updates, You greedy bastard.
 
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MrJay said:
Let me preface with saying that I really, really like this game and it has shown and continues to show a whole lot of potential. However, it has a huge problem, mostly pertaining to how its updates are done and it just confuses, annoys and frustrates me every single time I play after waiting for a few new updates (11 updates, this time). Let me try and make one example:

*New Annie content*
Ooh, nice, I hope we get to be lewd with her finally, she has such a nice body. But any real content would do.
*Short conversation about how she's overworked.*
*I don't think I can get any farther in this version of the game...*
... What? Why would you even include this in an update if it doesn't lead ANYWHERE? It has to be so incredibly inefficient to add less than 1% new content to each character every update. And it doesn't leave players satisfied at all. So who is it for? Why do updates in the worst way imaginable that leaves everyone involved frustrated? I just don't get it. Update one character at a time until it actually leads to SOMETHING, just any actual content. As much as the story is enjoyable, that's not ultimately why people are here. And this is, obviously, just one example. It happens all the time, with all the characters. It's beyond annoying when the content has so much potential and there's just never anything there.
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I disagree with you on one thing. A lot of us are in fact here just for the story. Games like this are something a lot of us enjoy not because of the pornographic aspect of having something to stroke our genitals to but because of the escapism and relaxation a good adult story provides. We just enjoy a really well done romance story. And stuff like this appeals a lot better to us than Twilight or those novels old ladies read. Mostly because it is good and not crap like they are.

As for the rest I kind of agree. I understand why the dev is doing what he is doing. Focusing on one character per update would leave players who like the other characters more feeling angry, left out and generally unhappy. And with this many characters you'll always have more people unhappy than not. I have experienced that my self at times as a player. But as it stands the dev really has taken it to the opposite extreme in that he likes to open up plot threads and not close them.

So we've ended up in situations where there are so many ongoing plots that I have to keep notes to keep track of them and yet none of them are finished. And this leads to each new update basically being "take one step in each plot line, close game and wait for next one." And that isn't exactly a great experience either. Especially when these plots are emotionally impactful as many are in this game.

I too would much rather see him focus on one plot line and thus charter or set of characters at a time. Not necessarily to the exclusion of others but like more focused. He really does need to find a better balance with this because otherwise the game is great.
 
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MrJay said:
Let me preface with saying that I really, really like this game and it has shown and continues to show a whole lot of potential. However, it has a huge problem, mostly pertaining to how its updates are done and it just confuses, annoys and frustrates me every single time I play after waiting for a few new updates (11 updates, this time). Let me try and make one example:

*New Annie content*
Ooh, nice, I hope we get to be lewd with her finally, she has such a nice body. But any real content would do.
*Short conversation about how she's overworked.*
*I don't think I can get any farther in this version of the game...*
... What? Why would you even include this in an update if it doesn't lead ANYWHERE? It has to be so incredibly inefficient to add less than 1% new content to each character every update. And it doesn't leave players satisfied at all. So who is it for? Why do updates in the worst way imaginable that leaves everyone involved frustrated? I just don't get it. Update one character at a time until it actually leads to SOMETHING, just any actual content. As much as the story is enjoyable, that's not ultimately why people are here. And this is, obviously, just one example. It happens all the time, with all the characters. It's beyond annoying when the content has so much potential and there's just never anything there.
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This is why I often wait for like 5-6 updates at a time, I make my way to the changelog and see if there's anything relevant to the story or some decent character events that will feel like it's going somewhere (looking at you Madison and Veronica). While I can sing this game's praises to high heaven it is incredibly frustrating seeing the changelog every now and then only for like 1 or 2 events to pop up and even then those "events" only being dialogue related. I absolutely adore the story and will forever have it as my main focus, I can however understand the utter confusion of the lack-there-of sexual themes (namely wanting to finally nail Annie to the bed for fucks sake).
 
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demondelic.psy said:
This is why I often wait for like 5-6 updates at a time, I make my way to the changelog and see if there's anything relevant to the story or some decent character events that will feel like it's going somewhere (looking at you Madison and Veronica). While I can sing this game's praises to high heaven it is incredibly frustrating seeing the changelog every now and then only for like 1 or 2 events to pop up and even then those "events" only being dialogue related. I absolutely adore the story and will forever have it as my main focus, I can however understand the utter confusion of the lack-there-of sexual themes (namely wanting to finally nail Annie to the bed for fucks sake).
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Well Annie won the poll on patreon so you wish will be granted soon. But i agree about the frustration abotu the updates. Having to redownlaod the whole game because of few new dialogues kinda suck. I just hope we will also get Gwen pregnacy. I wonder why it isn't in the game yet. I also hope they will let us impregnate the east hallway residents someday.
 
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You have to do everything with jinx to get the other one to unlock. Check your heart and go to her and follow the leads.
 
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Soon it would be about 20 versions since I have started waiting. If I'm not wrong last version I played was 8.3 or 8.4. I am now deep into this rabbit hole, and every week it feels like waiting for the next version will be worth it to do everything from the get-go.

I wonder when my patience will crack, or if this rabbit hole will somehow leads me to wait until the game finishes or in another 20 versions lol.
 
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Soon it would be about 20 versions since I have started waiting. If I'm not wrong last version I played was 8.3 or 8.4. I am now deep into this rabbit hole, and every week it feels like waiting for the next version will be worth it to do everything from the get-go.

I wonder when my patience will crack, or if this rabbit hole will somehow leads me to wait until the game finishes or in another 20 versions lol.
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Just think of it like NNN, but every release of the game is a day. It'll probably be easier that way, or something along those lines.
 
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As a $1 patron, I received an email reminding me about the poll, only to find that I needed to be at least a $2 patron in order to view the post and vote in the poll. I've had this happen with other people's Patreons too, and it's rather annoying.
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Really it's $5 unless you got in the early promotional tiers :p The Vanguards are a lie just like the cake :HideThePain:

VANGUARD | LEVEL TWO
$2 per month (sold out!)

Same perks as LEVEL TWO $5 per month
 
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