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

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dwalsh

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Jul 1, 2019
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I've always wanted to play this game (if it's the original) but the abandoned tag ran me from it. I just logged in and saw this update and was like wow. But I'd like review first before it try it.
 
Jan 9, 2019
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Don't know why people here keep "reacting" when the "update" that was just uploaded is not only infected, it's not an "update".

I downloaded both to make sure. First one is the old version but infected. Seems like an attempt at spreading a virus. This goes to show how naive people in this thread are. Time and time again.

Second one seems to be the same crappy second version (with huge uncompressed images to make it seem large) which was already here, but which I never played. The one with even more nonsensical images, videos with extremely bad hair rendering, bad lighting. Obvious evidence of the person in charge nowadays having no skills at all.

For the record, I didn't execute the second one either after knowing the first one was infected. Instead, I unpacked the .rpas to see what's inside.

By first one I mean the links under " DOWNLOAD " in the first post. By second I mean the ones under "Act II".
 
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EZ8lt

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Dec 24, 2019
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Same shit as with Icstor. Peeps got finally fed up, reported them to Patreon, Patreon threatened to delete their account which would make them loose their scamming scheme, so they released a bullshit size of an update to "justify" their existence. Obviously there won't be 4 years, let alone 4 weeks worth of content in these shit, but do feel free to "hope", sure.
 

manneychin

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May 8, 2017
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Please clarify how this game is packaged. Versioning is confusing.

A v0.98ce was available here for years (there was also a v0.99ce, I think somewhere in the comments, but I don't know what the deal was with this one) and it was pretty clear that everything having to do with DF was in a single zip.

Now in 1st post I see:
  1. DOWNLOAD linking to 1.03 GB Dual_Family-1.00.0ce-pc.zip
  2. and ACT II linking to a 3.23 GB Dual_Family-ACT_II-win.zip

I've only played a very early version of this game so I don't understand what's with zips vs. Acts vs. Parts. What do the above downloads contain?
 
Jan 9, 2019
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Please clarify how this game is packaged. Versioning is confusing.

A v0.98ce was available here for years (there was also a v0.99ce, I think somewhere in the comments, but I don't know what was the deal with this one). It was pretty clear that everything having to do with DF was in a single zip.

Now in 1st post I see:
  1. DOWNLOAD linking to 1.03 GB Dual_Family-1.00.0ce-pc.zip
  2. and ACT II linking to a 3.23 GB Dual_Family-ACT_II-win.zip

I've only played a very early version of this game so I don't understand what's the deal with zips vs. Acts vs. Parts. What do the above downloads contain?
See my comment above.
 
Jan 9, 2019
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You've mentioned a potential virus multiple times now but don't bother to explain exactly what the issue is or where it's coming from. I don't mean that in a rude way though. My Mac doesn't have any anti-virus since Mac OS X is pretty secure in itself. Is your anti-virus picking something up?

I've downloaded the Mac "old version" but don't see any issue at all. That's NOT to say there isn't a virus, I'd just appreciate further details. I see a shit ton of libraries that I know damn well aren't being used directly for the game itself and he completely hides his source code, but other than that nothing I can see without decompiling.
Check with Kaspersky.

As for the contents, I know because I unpacked the .rpas from both new links. You don't need to execute the game to see the content.

If you are so thirsty for old content that you will blindly execute a very likely infected version, that's your problem. Although I doubt someone would bother with a mac virus, probably only for windows.
 

Acardia02

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Jan 27, 2019
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It's a pity. This game takes me back as one of the first ones I ever tried. Then poof it just stopped. I am hoping this isn't just another cash grab. Best thing we can do is just watch and see what happens.
This is the first game that I play, but it's been 2 years that he is milking patreon, people should mass reporting his scamming page to be delete.
 
2.10 star(s) 191 Votes