VN Ren'Py Completed Dating My Daughter [Ch. 1-4 v1.01] [MrDots Games]

[Siddington]

If DMD was staying at Patreon then you may be correct, but Mr Dots has already said he will be taking DMD to a different location and he has created a website for it.
There is no reason to think that the game will not progress given the move to a new site.

I was referring more to Jeff Steel's comment about no current father/daughter penetrative sex. It wouldn't be reaching much to say that with the inevitable delays this project is seeing plus the pace the game was at prior to the delays, it is feasible that Dad won't get to pop D's cherry for another year. It was mean't in jest with the obvious hope that it will happen much sooner. Just hard to be optimistic about this currently

 

[fairyglen]

anyone got verson 15 download

 

[thewhatever]

I hope we will see at least a BJ from daughter in episode 17 before this game die totally

 

[Kane Salvatore]

... girl looks interesting.. but won't be the same..

Spoiler: Not DMD

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[Les_Riggs]

... girl looks interesting.. but won't be the same..

 

[towboat]

Funny how these more promising games always seem to have some grandiose issue that halts their development in some way, as much as I hope that it isn't the case I had my suspicions that he'd jump ship. If his project is paced like his last one in terms of content I doubt it'll get nearly as much traction especially after this ones untimely and abrupt delay since people who fund these kind of things will communally remember this and be skeptical about it with fair reason too.

 

[Les_Riggs]

Loving that logo. Time for someone to start a Melody thread me thinks!

 

[Jeff Steel]

What you're describing is the parable of the "ant and the grasshopper". One of my fav short stories (by Somerset Maugham) was a twist of that parable (same title)...

I wish my life was more ant, but sometimes I’m a ,title too much of the grasshopper.

 

[Kane Salvatore]

if i can i might support the new game.. but if DMD finds a new home the money will go there

 

[Londo_Mollari]

... girl looks interesting.. but won't be the same..

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Didn't see the rest of the message here, so ...
From dev (about his new game)
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Hi guys!

After receiving the approval from Patreon, today I’d like to share with you our plans for the new game. The game will be called Melody and our first update (Melody: Episode 1) will be released on March 23rd.

I’ve decided to name our updates with chapters and not with numbers this time (e.g. v0.01, v0.02, etc.) so that way it sounds less confusing for new players. The first episode will be quite long, just so we can give you all a better idea of what our two main characters are all about, what their respective backgrounds are, and how secondary characters tie into their everyday lives.

Main Plot

You play a session musician who has had a busy lifestyle, having worked in various cities and towns across the country. This has been your life, ever since you graduated from college, where you attained a degree in the field of Music.

Once returning home, you decide to leave the place you grew up in, to start a new life and a fresh start in another town. You have also decided to take a break from the job you know so well, to focus on a brand-new career. You’re just not sure what that will be yet.

In order to keep the money coming in, you decide to take up a job offer, tutoring Melody, the niece of a woman you meet by chance via an online marketplace. Melody is currently studying music in college, so having an experienced tutor is pretty important for her chosen career path.

About the dating system

You will be spending time with Melody every day. Aside from one-on-one lessons you will have with her, you will also be accompanying her at various music related activities. If all goes well, you may even be able to go out on a date with her. And if that goes well too, it could lead to something even better!

You will be making decisions between two or more options, that will negatively or positively affect the outcome of the date and the main story as well.

There will be a number of secondary characters and you'll be able to start a romantic relationship with them too.

Will you be that guy that wins Melody's heart and has her singing to her own tune again? Is it possible that you and Melody can make beautiful music together one day?

What would you like to see in the new game?

We are in the early stages of creating the game, so I’d like to know what features, scenes, clothing, characters, etc. you would like to see in this project.

The plan is that you and Melody will take several trips to different cities and get to do different music and non-music related activities while you are there. A concept similar to DMD.

A lot of the coolest ideas and scenes used in DMD came from you guys so I’d like you to help me shape this visual novel into a great game. Of course, we will take the ideas as a suggestion and in the end, we’ll decide if we implement them or not.

I’ll be sharing more renders and updates during this month with my patrons. Overall, we’re really excited to start with this project. We’ve learned a lot from our first game and we’ll try not to make the same mistakes we have made in the past.

As always, if you have any questions, please let us know in the comments section or on the Community Board.

Thanks for your support!

Mrdots.

 

[gestved]

She looks like loli.

I won't be at all surprised if Patreon will ban MrDots next game.

she doesn't look younger than any of the girls on his game, and Mr Dots never got in trouble because of them

she looks fine to be 18

 

[manneychin]

I understand why DMD and BB devs cling on to Patreon. It's an interesting situation from an economic point of view. Out of desperation, the devs convinced themselves they can still sell what patrons do NOT want and yet things will continue to be reasonably OK. After 6 months of dwindling revenues most devs will be burned out and they'll just quit and vanish. Instead, they should face the situation head on right now and do everything in their power to get off Patreon starting with pooling their names and creating a Patreon page that is just "Pay us $10/month for a few months to research Patreon alternatives". I guarantee you that a thorough research project like that, driven by known names, with tens of thousands of patrons would give the disgusting human trash at Patreon that plays Mind Police the mother of all kicks in the balls.

 

[minombrehota]

Mr. Dot:
So, that’s basically what’s happening guys. We will finish all the content we had planned for this update (v0.17), and then we’ll focus on the new game for a while.

Until the dust settles we have no other choice but to comply with Patreon and wait. We don’t want to rush the ending of the game either. Maybe a good Patreon alternative may become available in the next few months, who knows? But for now, we want to play this carefully and not make any rushed decisions that could mean the end of our games.

It’s you the fans that keep us going, and if DMD had been completed already, this new project that we’ve begun working on would’ve been the game we would have followed up with. So due to the unfortunate circumstances, we’ve started on it a lot earlier than we have previously planned! But we also hope that you will support us on our new project or at least try it out to begin with.

So yeah chances are between 0.0 and 0.1 that this game ever finishes it is what it is

Right now, all the chips are on Patreon's side of the table. At any given moment they can pull the rug out from under MrDots and force him out of Patreon. Why? Because of his complacency. On the surface and even a few levels below that, he's complying to Patreon's TOS and giving them a less risque porn game to keep their censors happy. Tomorrow, Jack Conte can have a change of heart and say "No Porn!" and MrDots is SOL. By bending over backwards for Patreon, MrDots is allowing them to control everything. Not to mention, I'm pretty sure that someone from the Patreon team is acting as a shadow patron to keep an eye on MrDots' dealings.

Instead of waiting for an alternative, he should just turn the DMD site into a Patreon style pay-site. It's not impossible; risky but not impossible. He won't do that because Patreon guarantees him money from his patrons while venturing out on his own runs the risk of his patrons not following suit. There's an old saying "If you build it, they will come."

If things stay as they are : MrDots stays at Patreon ; Patreon continues its anti-porn crusade ; no reasonable Patreon alternative funding platforms are found. Then yes, the chances of MrDots doing a DMD continuation after 0.17 seem very slim.
But now calculate what are the chances that things stay as they are? Damn close to zero, agreed? DMD has been and can still be a money-maker for either MrDots or a different studio in future.
So I'd be willing to say that there is almost zero chance that DMD will be completely and forever cancelled. It may take a different direction/form but it is NOT FINISHED...

If his priorities are sticking with a company that can ruin him at the whim of jagoff CEO, then I can say with some certainty that DMD's future is lost. As a patron of his and a supporter of the adult game world that has recently sparked, I'm disappointed that what's truly going to bring these games down isn't Patreon but the devs complacency. These people have created a firestorm and instead of finding different fuel to ignite it, they're letting it smolder into nothingness.

 

[CandyMan29]

the new game sounds intriguing!

 

[towboat]

I'm really hoping he doesn't release his new game with very little content from the start and sprinkle in updates slowly, I think he's going to have to go all out initially if he wants to maintain some of his momentum.

 

[CandyMan29]

right from the post regarding the new game."The first episode will be quite long, just so we can give you all a better idea of what our two main characters are all about, what their respective backgrounds are, and how secondary characters tie into their everyday lives."

seems like it'll be a long episode!

 

[Erandil]

Right now, all the chips are on Patreon's side of the table. At any given moment they can pull the rug out from under MrDots and force him out of Patreon. Why? Because of his complacency. On the surface and even a few levels below that, he's complying to Patreon's TOS and giving them a less risque porn game to keep their censors happy. Tomorrow, Jack Conte can have a change of heart and say "No Porn!" and MrDots is SOL. By bending over backwards for Patreon, MrDots is allowing them to control everything. Not to mention, I'm pretty sure that someone from the Patreon team is acting as a shadow patron to keep an eye on MrDots' dealings.

Lol... As has been said a thousand times there is very little reason for Patreon to implement anything even remotely assembling the draconian "no-porn" rules some here seem to believe are inevitable. The risk of that happening is minimal as anybody with even a little experience in this type of business should be able to tell you. I am honestly not sure in what world you guys live in that you think that this is in any way a likely event. Patreon is nowhere near as whimsical or puritan as you make it out to be. Please stop acting like there is little to no difference between "normal" adult content and extreme fetishes like incest etc.

And staying on Patreon and complying with the rules is certainly safer and easier than trying to come up with their own financing platform or method.

 

[atlas114]

i'm down for it. the new game Melody of course.

 

[DavidTurner]

I just realized 0.17 is coming out on my day off! This is awesome! Oh, yeah, and flowers for my wife or something

 

[baka]

after reading what the new game will be about i just feel its a big downgrade from DmD.
a horny old bastard manipulate a young native girl to be his. so he will teach music, a lot of that crap, and going around to different events and shit. im quite disappointed.