VN Ren'Py Abandoned Dual Family [Stream Extras] [Gumdrop Games]

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Trapezio

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Sep 28, 2017
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It is going to be at least 19 months between the last update and the next one. Gumdrop knows what he's doing. He used to release consistently and saw his patreon start to rise slower and slower. If he kept releasing consistently his patreon would probably peak and maintain somewhere between 14-16k. He realized that was the most he would make per month so he decided to start delaying releases, now maybe the first couple of delays were genuine, but when he saw how his patreon hardly fell he realized how he could make much more money by delaying releases and having more months to collect patreon checks.
This is what has been happening to most of the successful Patreon games.



What we're gonna see happen next is he will put out some consistent, but short, updates for the start of act 2 to pump up his patreon and gain some trust back. Then somewhere around the middle of act 2 he'll start delaying releases again, and at the end don't be surprised if it goes another year or more for an update to come out. I'd like to say his patreon supporters wouldn't stand for that again and wouldn't let him get away with it, but they're so delusional I'm sure they probably will.
You won't see any update at all, dude.
 
Jun 3, 2018
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c'mon guys, at least give the dev credits and gratitudes from all of us,,,
he teaches us a whole new level of patience,, even a senior master monk in shaolin temple couldn't pass this patience test,,, :p
 

ThunderL

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What are those patreon updates? More baiting for money? Obviously not going to pay just to see them. Anyone here mind just posting screenshots of them, since I don't want to get scam? Also I expected a lot from this game but when I notice that the story isn't going anywhere and choices matter little, I'd say TellTale Games are a way better way to consume your time.
 

Joshua Tree

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Jul 10, 2017
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Gumdrop & Nergal have the exact same behaviour let us report there patreon pages they need to be deleted !
Report them for what? You pledge to any of them? It's a support the creator platform, not a retail store or a subscription service, and last time I checked its quite voluntary if you want to pledge support to someone or not.

"Hello? Is this the fap police... I want to report a denial of fap...." Yeah, I think I see it now... make a report and let us know how that venture go...
 

Joshua Tree

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What are those patreon updates? More baiting for money? Obviously not going to pay just to see them. Anyone here mind just posting screenshots of them, since I don't want to get scam? Also I expected a lot from this game but when I notice that the story isn't going anywhere and choices matter little, I'd say TellTale Games are a way better way to consume your time.
Well, Seeing Tell Tale went out of business, and their final chapter to their "Walking Dead" game will be an "epic store" exclusive. I guess the so called main stream games industry got a lot to be called out on as well.

Oh, because you don't want to get scammed, you beg other "scam victims", for updates. Seeing people that support is prone to get a lashing for doing so, I can understand if no one would. Maybe the better thing would been to just ask if someone could share, without make it sound like them some sort of victim first.
 
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You won't see any update at all, dude.
Nah, he will put out an update eventually. If he never does eventually his patreon will run out, he wouldn't abandon the money train. He'd be pretty stupid to give up on 9k a month. But obviously the game will never be updated in a timely manner unless his patreon supporters stop being so delusional, it will literally take him over a decade at least if his supporters let him get away with it.
 

Bonhart

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Dec 30, 2017
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with each passing day the date is getting closer, will it be the right time?

(Sorry my english)
 

Watcher X

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Dec 26, 2017
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Unfucking believable that he still earns that amount.......
Actually not that surprising.

I'd bet most of his Patrons have high amounts of disposable income. They probably subscribed when Gumdrop was at his peak and was actually producing work, and because they don't notice $10 here or there withdrawn from their Patron account they have just forgotten to cancel it.
 

Joshua Tree

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Jul 10, 2017
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Actually not that surprising.

I'd bet most of his Patrons have high amounts of disposable income. They probably subscribed when Gumdrop was at his peak and was actually producing work, and because they don't notice $10 here or there withdrawn from their Patron account they have just forgotten to cancel it.
Doesn't match with the statistics really.



He take a plunge every month, bounce back and keep slowly climbing
 
Feb 18, 2018
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I have been purposefully away from this thread for the past few months, so I gotta ask if any Patreons on GD can confirm if the Sep 10 is legit or it's a hoax again? Has he posted anything there that legitimized the progress reports?
 

cxx

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month afo he told on patreon that update is coming at sep 10th (at least header didn't specify year) and after that no update related posts.
 
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