Ren'Py Dark Magic [v0.20.1] [F. Lord]

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kitsunedawn

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Stardust said:
Holy shit did the summertime saga's return just trigger a revival of all of the abandoned tag games???
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Summertime Saga wasn't 'abandoned' per se though. Keep in mind, with that title, it was well known that the developer was doing a tech rebuild of the game, changing the game engine that they were using. Problem with that (I speak from experience here) is that even between versions of the same game engine, you rarely have everything work like it did previously. So code refactoring needs to take place to make that happen, which takes time. Depending on how big the code is, it can take upwards of a year to get the code refactored to work with the new game engine.

The 'abandoned' tag here though, doesn't really take things like code rebuilds, or similar situations where a developer has to slow, if not completely pause updates while working in the backend. Now, sure, things would flow quicker, update wise, if there's a whole team working on a development, but that's not always the case. When it's just one person working on a game, then any work that's being done is going to exponentially take longer.

Going back to what I've said earlier in this thread, there's no real tag used by the site here that accurately describes what's going on. So when people see "Abandoned" they simply assume that welp, the developer gave up and isn't doing anything more with that title. Sure, while that DOES happen, that's not always the case. I can't help but think that, unless a developer specifically comes out and states that they are abandoning a title, or something happens like with Sensei Overnight, then an "On Hold" tag should be applied, and if there is no change after a year, then "Abandoned" should be considered.

Jumping to conclusions doesn't really help anyone, and if anything creates a good bit of conflict in the various threads.
 
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kitsunedawn said:
Summertime Saga wasn't 'abandoned' per se though. Keep in mind, with that title, it was well known that the developer was doing a tech rebuild of the game, changing the game engine that they were using. Problem with that (I speak from experience here) is that even between versions of the same game engine, you rarely have everything work like it did previously. So code refactoring needs to take place to make that happen, which takes time. Depending on how big the code is, it can take upwards of a year to get the code refactored to work with the new game engine.

The 'abandoned' tag here though, doesn't really take things like code rebuilds, or similar situations where a developer has to slow, if not completely pause updates while working in the backend. Now, sure, things would flow quicker, update wise, if there's a whole team working on a development, but that's not always the case. When it's just one person working on a game, then any work that's being done is going to exponentially take longer.

Going back to what I've said earlier in this thread, there's no real tag used by the site here that accurately describes what's going on. So when people see "Abandoned" they simply assume that welp, the developer gave up and isn't doing anything more with that title. Sure, while that DOES happen, that's not always the case. I can't help but think that, unless a developer specifically comes out and states that they are abandoning a title, or something happens like with Sensei Overnight, then an "On Hold" tag should be applied, and if there is no change after a year, then "Abandoned" should be considered.

Jumping to conclusions doesn't really help anyone, and if anything creates a good bit of conflict in the various threads.
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True enough, however unless you are on some kind of insider information or a Patreon sub, you wouldnt know anything about whats going on on the back end of things. Therefore, as someone who is simply waiting for an update but doesnt get one for 8 months and then checks the game only to see the Abandoned tag, its only normal to assume the worst.
 
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I honestly thought this game was abandoned for good. I haven't been following this thread for a long time now. If the dev has had medical issues or whatever than the game should have just been wrapped up or abandoned for good. Maybe I'll check back in a few years to see if anything has changed or not.
 
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Uthuriel said:
There was a dev that literally died twice... and then again... so... :KEK:
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Yeah, there is some "developers" that are something else, there is one that he cannot "work" because he have kidney stones and cannot do anything...but the best that i know is one that he is "working hard" every single day (since the game last update)....but the game don't have a single update in more than 5 years... :KEK:
 
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The quality of the halloween part 2 is actually insane, with the models and subtle IA use for body, I pretty much prefer this way than before that was way too realistic and not blending well with the models, the change log indeed sounded like a farewell, but I hope things keep going forward, and the makeup adjustments in some characters translates to the game going forward, Airi light makeup was perfect, along with other characters visuals as well, the lightning work also was pretty good, it was indeed a step up compared to the others updates visual quality-wise.
 
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has it gone back to actual mind control.
It starteed as mind control then went to the characters just getting scenes where they act more slutty.
 
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i can.t use my magic on sada when shes in the living room at night
can some one please help me with my Problem
 
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Wills747 said:
Hi all my compressed unofficial Android port of Dark Magic 0.17.5 with BrandyYT cheats mod
Usual gestures, save name/delete, seethru textbox, resizeable game and dialogue text, variable viewer + console and number of other features
Scrollable textbox - no more text off the bottom of your screen

**Special Instructions:**

Install apk.
Grant storage permissions on first run!
On first run you will get a prompt to copy the archive.rpa file to documents/Wills747/dark.magic/game folder.
(game will quit now)
Copy the archive.rpa file to the directory indicated in game.
Restart the game.
Keep in mind if your default install location is an actual SD card and slow speed this may slow the launch.

Also, keep archive.rpa. I'll use it for future updates to minimise the apk size.

archive.rpa:
Mega

v0.17.5 APK:
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Updated ny Android port to v0.17.5
 
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