Unreal Engine Delta Zone [v22.1 Hotfix] [DEVOLUTION]

[DKOC]

Devo I think is going to have a bit of a wake up. Either Steam is going to nuke the project, which I think is more likely once they get wind of the subscription service that is handled off Steam for TOS violating content or the negative review bombs for the slow and limited adult content you have to subscribe for to access will really make a bad impact. I'm not sure if its the language barrier or he doesn't care, but he doesn't seem to want to see reason on this.

Yeah. There have been a lot of promising projects here on F95, that crashed and burned when the game either got kicked off Steam or their pre-alpha prototype got review bombed into Mostly Negative, and the prospects of making money off it, became nonexistent.

Steam likes early access beta titles that intend to be completed in 1-2 years. Beyond that, even Steam gets tired of people complaining to them that the game is abandoned or in development hell. This one, even if it got on Steam, would still be 3+ years away from completion, in terms of gameplay, not mentioning the sexual content.

Now, Itch.io is way more lenient with gameplay concepts, like Tentacle rape. Can find a ton of tentacle themed games on Itch, that you won't find on Steam. So, maybe Devo should get it on Itch, instead of Steam.

"I'm not sure if its the language barrier or he doesn't care, but he doesn't seem to want to see reason on this." I can try talking to them; tell them DKOC wants to talk in PM (and give any feedback on Release 22).

 

[DKOC]

He'll probably just launch the SFW version on steam for "marketing". I remember reading Dev wanted the game to be fully playable without NSFW elements...though it'll just be a generic shooter then

The SFW version is filled with tons of grievances most FPS players would get irritated over. Like Aimbot AIs that can snipe you from 150 meters away and you can't hit the broad side of a barn full auto within 10 meters. The only reason people tolerate that is because of sexy female heroine and sexy time stuff thrown in as well. Strip that out, and there is just so many other better shooters out there. The only way it works, is as a hybrid of the two.

After all, people could play the SFW of Delta Zone here on F95 for years. People cracked it to get the cheats and the sexy stuff. People weren't playing it without the sexy stuff (and possibly the cheats).

 

[DKOC]

I've been watching his discord for the past week or two looking for an update in the announcement page and there hasn't been anything outside of the new map updates in the SFW channels. I haven't seen a whole lot about the steam sfw version. It mostly seems like he's been working on a new intro map to finally change the hideout system or something. He was at a GDC conference in march so that could also add a week or two to the release date resulting in early to mid June.

Either way, I'm still waiting for the quadruped creature.

I don't recall them saying they wanted a SFW version specifically for Steam. The only thing I know on the topic, is a SFW mode for streamers, so they could play it on Twitch. Though, again, if he wanted people to play it on stream, they should allow the NSFW and focus on Kick (an alternative streaming service) or OnlyFans (yeah they now have a streaming service like Twitch, but with full nudity if desired).

 

[lololtigers]

So this is no longer a joke that past months went into new empty map and DRM

I've been trying not to pay attention to the game's development over the past few months since it's still nearly identical to v14 that I started with. I'm not one to tell someone how to make a video game, but damn, throw in some more nsfw stuff and get some cashflow before trying to make a tarkov clone.

That being said, he hasn't release a changelog for v23 and I'm pretty nervous now that it's just that. A new empty map and more DRM.

 

[IKagamiY]

I've been trying not to pay attention to the game's development over the past few months since it's still nearly identical to v14 that I started with. I'm not one to tell someone how to make a video game, but damn, throw in some more nsfw stuff and get some cashflow before trying to make a tarkov clone.

That being said, he hasn't release a changelog for v23 and I'm pretty nervous now that it's just that. A new empty map and more DRM.

Well, that's the thing, the dev is already making around 10K a month via Patreon and Subscribstar, so the money is definetely already here , it is an insaaaaaane amount of money for an indie dev.
Though patreons seem to start to call the dev's bullshit because he lost 4-5K worth of subscriptions in the last few months.

If I made so much money from something, i'd treat it like my baby, idk why the dev has so little presence.

 

[Semetrika]

Well, that's the thing, the dev is already making around 10K a month via Patreon and Subscribstar, so the money is definetely already here , it is an insaaaaaane amount of money for an indie dev.
Though patreons seem to start to call the dev's bullshit because he lost 4-5K worth of subscriptions in the last few months.

If I made so much money from something, i'd treat it like my baby, idk why the dev has so little presence.

Because he don't care. It's typical approach in porn games. Also if you look at graph on graphteon, then you see each of end month it drop because people don't use subscribtion renewal. Actually from march he got more subscribers. For last three months it dropped only by 100 subscribers.

 

[Prokolix]

just a few days ago Devo had 1000 subscribers on Patreon, and now there are 689. What happened to this guy? xD

 

[DKOC]

just a few days ago Devo had 1000 subscribers on Patreon, and now there are 689. What happened to this guy? xD

Just a few days ago was May. Probably a lot didn't bother to renew subscription.

 

[malicardy]

just a few days ago Devo had 1000 subscribers on Patreon, and now there are 689. What happened to this guy? xD

consequences of taking money from people while giving nothing of value in return

 

[lololtigers]

just a few days ago Devo had 1000 subscribers on Patreon, and now there are 689. What happened to this guy? xD

I can't figure it out. I remember he was talking in his discord about hiring a new animator. I can't see the nsfw channels, but the sfw channels are just people asking questions about the cyberwarfare.

The development channel is the new map, some lore introduction for an area, a hacking minigame, new blood mechanics, graphical updates to Ivy's face, cpu optimization, water effects, reflections, etc.

It's not the update we want, or what people are willing to pay for, but he does seems to be doing a lot of world building and working on the game and he's pretty responsive to questions asked in the discord. I just don't want another open world empty map. I wish he fleshed out the current maps instead of making the world bigger and bigger. Oh and give me that quadruped creature.

 

[ZitC_R]

and I don't need anything new at all, just give me this quadruped creature too, and maybe some other creature, I don't mind

 

[VanillaLover]

I can't figure it out. I remember he was talking in his discord about hiring a new animator. I can't see the nsfw channels, but the sfw channels are just people asking questions about the cyberwarfare.

The development channel is the new map, some lore introduction for an area, a hacking minigame, new blood mechanics, graphical updates to Ivy's face, cpu optimization, water effects, reflections, etc.

It's not the update we want, or what people are willing to pay for, but he does seems to be doing a lot of world building and working on the game and he's pretty responsive to questions asked in the discord. I just don't want another open world empty map. I wish he fleshed out the current maps instead of making the world bigger and bigger. Oh and give me that quadruped creature.

Definitely on the other side of history with this one.

I'd prefer this game have a stable SFW release first as this will allow Devo to upload it to Steam, which will soon be the boost he needs.

The NSFW part was always just a tack-on project, but the base game was always shit. Devo needs to work on it first before adding new features and flesh them out first.

 

[IKagamiY]

I can't figure it out. I remember he was talking in his discord about hiring a new animator. I can't see the nsfw channels, but the sfw channels are just people asking questions about the cyberwarfare.

The development channel is the new map, some lore introduction for an area, a hacking minigame, new blood mechanics, graphical updates to Ivy's face, cpu optimization, water effects, reflections, etc.

It's not the update we want, or what people are willing to pay for, but he does seems to be doing a lot of world building and working on the game and he's pretty responsive to questions asked in the discord. I just don't want another open world empty map. I wish he fleshed out the current maps instead of making the world bigger and bigger. Oh and give me that quadruped creature.

If the update has everything you say i'm actually quite okay with that honestly. We knew there was gonna be a hacking minigame due to cyberwares and the game in general could really use some fresh paint, so new blood effects and such. It's really something to be done soon so he can focus on actual content imo. I really do hope he's gonna stop adding maps soon though, we need content, not story nor another map to barely explore for no reason.