VN Ren'Py Abandoned Dual Family [v1.22.1ce] [Gumdrop Games]

[Fleads]

Hah, I think this game dev is hilarious, he made a lot of bots and fake accounts, maybe even fake patrons to show that everything is going well and there are plenty of acolytes to support cause. He is head of his very personal army of dead. So funny, I could not imagine such show could take place. It's much better than this pathetic game itself.

The problem in most games here is very bad screen writing - mindweak authors create aim "sex with..." and try to make a very long way for milking patrons. It's all because that they fear that by giving what patrons want their gold mine diminishes.

Have you smelled it before? it's so similar to... Let's be clear - you are not patrons of game-building, 90% chance you are financing another cam-whore (this time prefix is "game-"). It's not bad, it just means that you are gonna run in circles until milkman decides otherwise. And you know what? You have no right to change it.

 

[Imperator753]

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(link to patreon, zero mention of the game being dead)

Report to patreon; linked website states incest.

 

[Faceless0ne]

Report to patreon; linked website states incest.

No shit Sherlock

 

[Daxidix]

And just as everyone predicted and knew would happen, Gumdrop started blaming on his "animator (if the animator even exists) about why the game has not come out yet.

 

[lostraven]

CAPTAINS LOG, DAY 234567
A SPECIAL BROADCAST

So, rather than report on the news today (there isn't any, shocker) your's truly conducted a little interview with Gumdrops on the discord. Below is the Q&A extracted below, for your reading pleasure. Enjoy.

lostraven [Open DM]Today at 08:11
But, out of pure interest, @GumdropGames I know you don't have an actual account on F95, (And that's fine obviously) but I am curious whether you have a dummy account or two to browse the forum at all. Total curiosity is all.

lostraven [Open DM]Today at 08:17

Also there's enough conspiracy theories about Gumdrops at this point to make him a semi mythical figure on the forum, so I'm curious to get his side of things...maybe see if he can put one or two to rest.


GumdropGamesToday at 08:22

@lostraven [Open DM] I dedicate at least 7 hours a day using my many sock accounts debating people who pirate my content into liking me and my game, yes


That seems to me the most logical explanation

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[Joshua Tree]

@lostraven the obsession some of you have about me being GD is frankly quite amusing and disturbing at the same time. And come on now, you didn't accuse him of all these criminal things, or even asked him if he did child erotica on the side as a part of his shady business? Man you must disappoint many of the conspiracy theorists in this thread now. I'm happy you kinda in my camp in regard of not accuse people without actual evidence though. And kudos to you for going to the actual source.

I did pledge to the dude 3 months in the past, that is as far as whatever dealing I had with his Patreon, and I never been at his discord or anyone else's discord before for that matter.

 

[lostraven]

@lostraven the obsession some of you have about me being GD is frankly quite amusing and disturbing at the same time. And come on now, you didn't accuse him of all these criminal things, or even asked him if he did child erotica on the side as a part of his shady business? Man you must disappoint many of the conspiracy theorists in this thread now. I'm happy you kinda in my camp in regard of not accuse people without actual evidence though. And kudos to you for going to the actual source.

I did pledge to the dude 3 months in the past, that is as far as whatever dealing I had with his Patreon, and I never been at his discord or anyone else's discord before for that matter.

Oh come on, I couldn't resist asking if you're a sock puppet. We're all still on the fence on that one to be honest.

And I didn't dismiss any of the claims, it's just obvious he'd deny anything shady for obvious reasons (who wouldn't?) and I personally take issue with forming witch hunts.

Still, it does present some interesting insight.

It's a little strange to me he's talking about hiring up to 10 people and future wise 10-30 with a Patreon that is on the decline...either he has extreme confidence in his product or it's just time stalling...or he's delusional. Either way, time will tell.

 

[Joshua Tree]

Oh come on, I couldn't resist asking if you're a sock puppet. We're all still on the fence on that one to be honest.

And I didn't dismiss any of the claims, it's just obvious he'd deny anything shady for obvious reasons (who wouldn't?) and I personally take issue with forming witch hunts.

Still, it does present some interesting insight.

Weird you all doesn't focus your wrath on like DarkCookie, pulling 50k a month (before taxes) and months with very little to show for.. He must be a criminal too right?

For a "sock puppet" I sure post a lot all over this forum, where a lot of the angry rabble in this thread seems more or less focused on this thread alone. Heck some of the posts lashing out at me, been 1 post accounts, like someone didn't want to use their main account, weird that.

 

[lostraven]

Weird you all doesn't focus your wrath on like DarkCookie, pulling 50k a month (before taxes) and months with very little to show for.. He must be a criminal too right?

For a "sock puppet" I sure post a lot all over this forum, where a lot of the angry rabble in this thread seems more or less focused on this thread alone. Heck some of the posts lashing out at me, been 1 post accounts, like someone didn't want to use their main account, weird that.

One problem with that, Darkcookie DOES produce work. It's slow, and I imagine there are internal issues there with the team, but we can literally watch live streams of him drawing the new content that we DO see in-game...and he does deliver something every 3-4 months typically.

Gumdrops at best has produced the mini-Christmas update to placate users...it's not very re-assuring though.

And come on, this isn't my wraith, I'm fairly level headed.
This is more of my investigative journalism side at best.

 

[Deleted member 1371697]

CAPTAINS LOG, DAY 234567
A SPECIAL BROADCAST

So, rather than report on the news today (there isn't any, shocker) your's truly conducted a little interview with Gumdrops on the discord. Below is the Q&A extracted below, for your reading pleasure. Enjoy.

lostraven [Open DM]Today at 08:11
But, out of pure interest, @GumdropGames I know you don't have an actual account on F95, (And that's fine obviously) but I am curious whether you have a dummy account or two to browse the forum at all. Total curiosity is all.

lostraven [Open DM]Today at 08:17

Also there's enough conspiracy theories about Gumdrops at this point to make him a semi mythical figure on the forum, so I'm curious to get his side of things...maybe see if he can put one or two to rest.


GumdropGamesToday at 08:22

@lostraven [Open DM] I dedicate at least 7 hours a day using my many sock accounts debating people who pirate my content into liking me and my game, yes


That seems to me the most logical explanation

lostraven [Open DM]Today at 08:30
Ooooh take it easy tiger, and there's nothing wrong with admitting to browsing the forum. I never said you went there to argue with all the pirates. Plenty of devs go there to browse.


lostraven [Open DM]Today at 08:31
Some honest advice, have you ever considered hiring someone for PR purposes


GumdropGamesToday at 08:31
@lostraven [Open DM] Just mememing, nothing personal :] In all seriousness, the last time I went there was December I think. Not much interesting to see there


Milking, etc etc


Gets boring, even more so than the lack of updates

lostraven [Open DM]Today at 08:34
So, is May a real planned date for release, or is that just speculative nonsense.


GumdropGamesToday at 08:35
@lostraven [Open DM] I will publicly post a release date when I can secure one with the lads I'm contracting with, you'll know. Anything out right now is speculative, yes


lostraven [Open DM]Today at 08:37

Could you give a rough estimate how many hours of gameplay this update is? Or is it at least over 2 hours.


GumdropGamesToday at 08:40

@lostraven [Open DM] I can't say for certain -- it's a fuck ton of content both story and gameplay wise so it isn't really a metric compared to past updates. I would look at something like Summertime Saga as a great example -- a chunk of time is spent exploring/searching through hub areas, which is somewhat how sections of Part X (especially the dance) will end up being. Some will cruise through that fast, others will meander. I won't put a time table on it since it could vary, but it's definitely more than twice as long as Part IX


lostraven [Open DM]Today at 08:49
So, given the extremely long length of time for this update, how much faster with this team do you think you'll be able to produce updates? Are you confident you could promise one say, every 3 months? Or?


lostraven [Open DM]Today at 08:49

P.s does the name Joshua Tree ring any bells? (Total aside I know)


GumdropGamesToday at 08:51

raven I think it's too early to jump into my old habits of promising dates, but I will say it will be a balance between the leaner and largest updates I've released


lostraven [Open DM]Today at 08:53

The account 99% of the time thought to be Gumdrops, Im not convinced myself personally, the writing style is different, but I thought I'd ask gumdrops anyway.


GumdropGamesToday at 08:54
@lostraven [Open DM] I'm not sure if I made it clear with my jesting comment earlier, but I don't go on F95
I don't even have an account
December was the last time I checked while working on the Last Christmas memes


GumdropGamesToday at 08:54
But lmao
I don't see what value I would extract debating people about my game
Doesn't seem like there's any minds to be changed
There's only so many variations of "whar updaATE" and "milk man bad" one can utter
But one may continue to try
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lostraven [Open DM]Today at 09:09
What prompted you to out source by the way, I thought you wanted to complete this update first prior to hiring new staff?


GumdropGamesToday at 09:10

@lostraven [Open DM] I think I've written in previous dev updates that I would look to hire local additions prior to Act II so it would have a running start



GumdropGamesToday at 09:11
For the online contractors, I don't think I've ever said I would animate/compose everything myself


lostraven [Open DM]Today at 09:16
Do you find it daunting at all that so much has been build up on this update and how good it'll have to be for the time its taken, are you at all worried some people will feel a sunk fallacy cost and youll lose Patreons? (Personally I'd be terrified at having so much riding on an update like this, I'm nail biting when we give a 2-3 month release).


GumdropGamesToday at 09:16
:}

@lostraven [Open DM] Yes, you wrote this a few months ago


GumdropGamesToday at 09:16

My answer

@lostraven [Open DM] Nah lol

It's the best thing in the world

Part X

and all of f95 will become paying patrons, thank god

They promised me personally


lostraven [Open DM]Today at 09:17

Fair enough, I guess I'm just curious if your feelings have changed at all as the length of time has gone on


GumdropGamesToday at 09:18

Time will tell! We'll see on release date.

But I'm far less worried than whoever still lurks in my thread on that site.


lostraven [Open DM]Today at 09:18

And I'm considerable easier going than most of F95

Considerably*


GumdropGamesToday at 09:18

I appreciate that

:]


lostraven [Open DM]Today at 09:22

So how many staff is there total now you have working for you? Do you manage them yourself or have someone co-ordinating? I've always been cautious about having too few or too many chefs in the kitchen myself.


GumdropGamesToday at 09:23

I have one full time person in the office with me currently, one training and a third coming soon. And for something like 3D posing, I have to disagree since the bottleneck is man hours rather than capital dumped into an asset (GPUs)



lostraven [Open DM]Today at 09:28

How come you're training staff and not just hiring a already trained professional already? Not that there is anything wrong with it of course.

lostraven [Open DM]Today at 09:30

Is it like a volunteer thing youre running with him/her or a mini apprenticeship? Or?



GumdropGamesToday at 09:30

LOL

volunteering

Cmon my dude

I pay people for the work they provide, posing is a lot of work


lostraven [Open DM]Today at 09:31

Like, elaborate. Over here in the UK we have volunteer learning courses. It's unheard of for this niche market but I was just curious on how that works.


GumdropGamesToday at 09:31

I wouldn't settle for anything but a local, full time hire, which there really aren't a lot of familiar with Daz Studio in my area

These are smart lads I know personally and can step through every process, save time trading emails and waiting days

No, they aren't volunteers

They are full-time employees and directly part of the development team



lostraven [Open DM]Today at 09:37

Fair enough, you've invested in renting an actual block of office the last I heard, is it nice? I'm pretty sure you're the only dev I know actually investing in one.


GumdropGamesToday at 09:40

I'd be surprised if I'm the only one -- when upgrading GPUs/computer hardware, it gets so large/noisy to cool they almost always need some dedicated, quarantined room. I've had the office space I'm in currently since last March and will likely grab a larger space when Gumdrop Games is 6+ people



lostraven [Open DM]Today at 09:43

Whats the max amount of staff you would want?

Like ever.


GumdropGamesToday at 09:45

I haven't really considered it yet, but right now I plan on pushing as close to 10 as I can before year's end

There's so many aspects in development that are spread thin due to labor, so I see no problem using funds to directly address and better those parts of development

I guess the limit would be up to expense rather than management -- I'm likely not going to have 30+ people working for me.

Not yet :]

Need to get releases back on schedule for that


lostraven [Open DM]Today at 09:49

That sounds very ambitious, I'd recommend hiring a manager to help if you ever did reach those numbers of staff.


GumdropGamesToday at 09:51

Without a doubt



lostraven [Open DM]Today at 09:56

Well, that'll do for questions. Thanks for giving some clarity on things. From here on out all I have is some of the more outlandish claims Ive heard so I'm not going to waste time asking them, as I assume you'll categorically deny them for obvious reasons, but thanks for your time anyway goodluck with the game, hope it does somehow manage to meet its high expectations.



GumdropGamesToday at 09:56

sure thing, we'll see what you think on opening

Captains note, some of you may be wondering why I didn't question Gumdrops on the more 'criminal accusations' such as money laundering. Well, frankly, I'm not going to commit to accusing someone of a legal crime without valid evidence. Also, what do you think would happen even if I did ask? Gumdrops throws his hands in the air and goes, 'Ya got me' and I dial up with a gleeful smile some Government body and tell them "Shut it down Lance." He'll just tell me to fuck off and ban me from his discord.

Hopefully you can extract whatever from this interview and draw your own conclusions,
Captains Log, signing off!

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I don't even know where to begin t.b.h

Most of the questions read like somebody made a interview for a High School assignment..
You probably started with the best intentions and wanted to ask the "hard" questions, but instead you got caught up in the charm of the moment and was intimidated by it and Gumdrop started to direct the interview themselves..

That becomes clear because Gumdrop does nothing but circle around questions and making up excuses when you asked the real questions..

How big is the update going to be
Depends on the player.
How big are the updates going to be after this
Bigger then the smaller previous one but smaller than the biggest one.
Is the release in May
I don't know.

But the sentence that defines his mismanagement in my eyes is this one

I don't see what value I would extract debating people about my game
Doesn't seem like there's any minds to be changed

This is so wrong, in so many ways ...

Even if you hate your supporters, your fans(And there are still plenty of them on this thread... Not me anymore evidently)
You need to be transparent or at least be honest with them.
So much damage could have been prevented on this thread if he would logged onto here and gave some honest answers.Would he get a lot of shit from people ... Sure, but at that stage you aren't doing it for that 95% of assholes(Including me)but for those 5% of people that still believe in you.
Just like most developers do on this website, and "normal" developers do on platforms like Reddit and twitter.

That sentence is nothing more then Gumdrop giving the Middle Finger, and you are clearly right to ask him if he shouldn't have a PR person.
Because clearly he needs one.

I won't go into the supposed other activities he is doing next to this(Although i do believe it), because without proof it's nothing more then rumors.

Clearly i'm not a fan of Gumdrop, that's without question.(Even though i am a big fan of this game).
If this game is going to be finished in 2025 i will gladly pay Gumdrop for the full game, but paying him monthly based on his promises.... Well, i would rather wipe my ass with that money and flush it down the toilet ... At least that way i get what i "payed" for.

@lostraven
This wasn't a personal assault at you, i actually respect and like what you tried to do : ) So thank you for that.
But in my personal opinion Gumdrop directed the interview instead of the other way around(a.k.a, he played you).

 

[Major Wanker]

Can we please slap an abandoned tag on this? He will never release an update. Even my wife is starting to see reason thankfully. And a fair few high supporters are now gone, ok a fair few got banned from discord then pulled there support but still its excuse after excuse. September is now the release date he given his 50+ dollar supporters so it just keeps being delayed because there is no update or he has only just started working on it

 

[Joshua Tree]

@JabadaJD waiting for your interview with GD

Btw, would you rather want GD to spend time debating people about his game, or actually spend the same time work on it (which he might, or might not be doing)? And in regard of how big/long the update will be. Sure it can depend on the player, there is those that read every piece of text in a game, and there is those that just fast forward to the next image.

 

[MykeRosy]

The conversation goes the more im confused. How can he have more personnel soon if hes having hard time giving tentative dates that helps boosts his profits. I mean the more i look and read to it the more im thinking that GD is a scumbag. Imagine milking his patrons for about 1.5 and want to have more people and say "we doing everything we can but i need more personnel, so please give yo money more".

 

[MykeRosy]

Can we please slap an abandoned tag on this? He will never release an update. Even my wife is starting to see reason thankfully. And a fair few high supporters are now gone, ok a fair few got banned from discord then pulled there support but still its excuse after excuse. September is now the release date he given his 50+ dollar supporters so it just keeps being delayed because there is no update or he has only just started working on it

The sheep on his discord channel will argue that "theres no tier above $20" and they will block u. Happens to me im just asking there that.

 

[MykeRosy]

I don't even know where to begin t.b.h

Most of the questions read like somebody made a interview for a High School assignment..
You probably started with the best intentions and wanted to ask the "hard" questions, but instead you got caught up in the charm of the moment and was intimidated by it and Gumdrop started to direct the interview themselves..

That becomes clear because Gumdrop does nothing but circle around questions and making up excuses when you asked the real questions..

How big is the update going to be
Depends on the player.
How big are the updates going to be after this
Bigger then the smaller previous one but smaller than the biggest one.
Is the release in May
I don't know.

But the sentence that defines his mismanagement in my eyes is this one

This is so wrong, in so many ways ...

Even if you hate your supporters, your fans(And there are still plenty of them on this thread... Not me anymore evidently)
You need to be transparent or at least be honest with them.
So much damage could have been prevented on this thread if he would logged onto here and gave some honest answers.Would he get a lot of shit from people ... Sure, but at that stage you aren't doing it for that 95% of assholes(Including me)but for those 5% of people that still believe in you.
Just like most developers do on this website, and "normal" developers do on platforms like Reddit and twitter.

That sentence is nothing more then Gumdrop giving the Middle Finger, and you are clearly right to ask him if he shouldn't have a PR person.
Because clearly he needs one.

I won't go into the supposed other activities he is doing next to this(Although i do believe it), because without proof it's nothing more then rumors.

Clearly i'm not a fan of Gumdrop, that's without question.(Even though i am a big fan of this game).
If this game is going to be finished in 2025 i will gladly pay Gumdrop for the full game, but paying him monthly based on his promises.... Well, i would rather wipe my ass with that money and flush it down the toilet ... At least that way i get what i "payed" for.

@lostraven
This wasn't a personal assault at you, i actually respect and like what you tried to do : ) So thank you for that.
But in my personal opinion Gumdrop directed the interview instead of the other way around(a.k.a, he played you).

Yeah feels like its he want a "safe questions".

 

[lostraven]

I don't even know where to begin t.b.h

Most of the questions read like somebody made a interview for a High School assignment..
You probably started with the best intentions and wanted to ask the "hard" questions, but instead you got caught up in the charm of the moment and was intimidated by it and Gumdrop started to direct the interview themselves..

That becomes clear because Gumdrop does nothing but circle around questions and making up excuses when you asked the real questions..

How big is the update going to be
Depends on the player.
How big are the updates going to be after this
Bigger then the smaller previous one but smaller than the biggest one.
Is the release in May
I don't know.

But the sentence that defines his mismanagement in my eyes is this one

This is so wrong, in so many ways ...

Even if you hate your supporters, your fans(And there are still plenty of them on this thread... Not me anymore evidently)
You need to be transparent or at least be honest with them.
So much damage could have been prevented on this thread if he would logged onto here and gave some honest answers.Would he get a lot of shit from people ... Sure, but at that stage you aren't doing it for that 95% of assholes(Including me)but for those 5% of people that still believe in you.
Just like most developers do on this website, and "normal" developers do on platforms like Reddit and twitter.

That sentence is nothing more then Gumdrop giving the Middle Finger, and you are clearly right to ask him if he shouldn't have a PR person.
Because clearly he needs one.

I won't go into the supposed other activities he is doing next to this(Although i do believe it), because without proof it's nothing more then rumors.

Clearly i'm not a fan of Gumdrop, that's without question.(Even though i am a big fan of this game).
If this game is going to be finished in 2025 i will gladly pay Gumdrop for the full game, but paying him monthly based on his promises.... Well, i would rather wipe my ass with that money and flush it down the toilet ... At least that way i get what i "payed" for.

@lostraven
This wasn't a personal assault at you, i actually respect and like what you tried to do : ) So thank you for that.
But in my personal opinion Gumdrop directed the interview instead of the other way around(a.k.a, he played you).

You have to keep in mind Gumdrops will just throw me out of the discord, I can't demand he answer anything nor do I have any evidence to throw back in his face. I'm asking him questions on his turf. It's not like a formal interview where I can really grill him, I was trying more to indirectly get information extracted so it wouldnt just result in radio silence or a 'Fuck off no more questions'. I've also got to add this was a on the fly interview, Gumdrops rarely answers me anymore in general and its not like we pre-agreed to an interview prior, so there is that.

 

[Major Wanker]

The sheep on his discord channel will argue that "theres no tier above $20" and they will block u. Happens to me im just asking there that.

There is no official tier. But anyone supporting on patreon or his site for 50 dollars or above get access to a room where gumdrop spends alot of time explaining things to them. For instance my wife was told he was telling her the real date but the low pledges a different date so he didn't lose huge amounts of money meaning he couldn't pay for staff. His discord is toxic as hell you get banned for anything negative. Hell you ask about dates you either get ignored or banned

 

[lostraven]

There is no official tier. But anyone supporting on patreon or his site for 50 dollars or above get access to a room where gumdrop spends alot of time explaining things to them. For instance my wife was told he was telling her the real date but the low pledges a different date so he didn't lose huge amounts of money meaning he couldn't pay for staff. His discord is toxic as hell you get banned for anything negative. Hell you ask about dates you either get ignored or banned

I tried before challenging him with serious questions but he outright ignored it. I was actually surprised I got as many questions as I did, he can go ghost for days/weeks at a time. The craziest thing to me is how inactive his discord is, yet he's still making 6K cash,things just don't quite adding up.

And he's talking about a business expansion with a Patreon that's on the decline and public goodwill that's on thin ice with even the most hardcore supporters.

 

[Zonal12]

It's a shame Patreon started hiding the monetary value each page is making a while ago. Would have loved to see how much money Gumdrop Games is making milking such naive and gullible people. How can anyone seriously continue to give that sc4m money?

 

[Major Wanker]

I tried before challenging him with serious questions but he outright ignored it. I was actually surprised I got as many questions as I did, he can go ghost for days/weeks at a time. The craziest thing to me is how inactive his discord is, yet he's still making 6K cash,things just don't quite adding up.

And he's talking about a business expansion with a Patreon that's on the decline and public goodwill that's on thin ice with even the most hardcore supporters.

What???? He's making 6k on patreon? My wife supports on his site and he told her he was making 7k in that alone. Holy mother of God.