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Smarmint
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Well, I come back every few weeks or so to see what is happening with Ecchi Sensei, and sure enough the once every 2.5 month status update is out.
Skummy, honestly, I would just stop defending Bluecat for now. I know you mean well, but it doesn't help you, it doesn't help him, and really, I don't think it is convincing anyone, sorry to say.
Those that have faith, for their own reasons, will always believe the best of Bluecat and what he is doing, and assume he is hard at work all this time, and that he is just bad at communication.
The rest of us, just want a date, whether this month, next month, 3 months, something. We have all been asking for a specific month target for the last 8 months. Still nothing. So far all we have gotten is vague non-targets.
I agree that this status update was more detailed than most, but the details are more troubling than the vague statements. Can it really take months of hard work to translate character cards? I mean, what is it, one paragraph per character? I think at this point, we would all be happy with Google translate, and just move on. And reusing the images in the menu for the different translations? That is what Bluecat wants to lay out there as his team's big accomplishment? It is better to just say, "honestly, we haven't done much, and you all have no reason to trust us after all that has happened, but we are committed to work hard on ES from now on, and you can all expect the merge to be released in August (or whenever)". That would be more honest, and actually useful information for all his paid supporters. Or, Bluecat could just show his Patreons some of the new content he has been working on all this time, according to you. That would mostly satisfy most of us. Compare that to Braindrop, who has a similar delay for his game, but has consistently explained what is going on and regularly releases teaser renders to keep the fans happy during the long delay.
A clear statement about what work is left to do, a rough estimate of the time needed for the major tasks, and a target month for the merge release (which still has no new content), would be much welcome. Any other dev will do this for his fans, especially after such a long delay. But we have all been asking for this for the entire time.
Skummy, honestly, I would just stop defending Bluecat for now. I know you mean well, but it doesn't help you, it doesn't help him, and really, I don't think it is convincing anyone, sorry to say.
Those that have faith, for their own reasons, will always believe the best of Bluecat and what he is doing, and assume he is hard at work all this time, and that he is just bad at communication.
The rest of us, just want a date, whether this month, next month, 3 months, something. We have all been asking for a specific month target for the last 8 months. Still nothing. So far all we have gotten is vague non-targets.
I agree that this status update was more detailed than most, but the details are more troubling than the vague statements. Can it really take months of hard work to translate character cards? I mean, what is it, one paragraph per character? I think at this point, we would all be happy with Google translate, and just move on. And reusing the images in the menu for the different translations? That is what Bluecat wants to lay out there as his team's big accomplishment? It is better to just say, "honestly, we haven't done much, and you all have no reason to trust us after all that has happened, but we are committed to work hard on ES from now on, and you can all expect the merge to be released in August (or whenever)". That would be more honest, and actually useful information for all his paid supporters. Or, Bluecat could just show his Patreons some of the new content he has been working on all this time, according to you. That would mostly satisfy most of us. Compare that to Braindrop, who has a similar delay for his game, but has consistently explained what is going on and regularly releases teaser renders to keep the fans happy during the long delay.
A clear statement about what work is left to do, a rough estimate of the time needed for the major tasks, and a target month for the merge release (which still has no new content), would be much welcome. Any other dev will do this for his fans, especially after such a long delay. But we have all been asking for this for the entire time.
Well if it's any consolation, I did decide to just step back again until the tester versions are being given out to testers pretty much. So no more postins tryin to fight back the tidal wave of negatives, though once I get a good prompt, I'll be back with questions.
I respect you, so that's why I'm giving you an explanation, otherwise just kinda keeping tabs and keeping mouth shut until I have concrete evidence to bring to the table for everyone as proof that the end is finally near for this shit. I'm pretty damn tired and just trying to stay patient at this point, thankfully my real life is getting busier and distracting me
Thank you for your well put piece though, aight I be out!
I second a previous poster on this, and think it bears repeating. If translations are holding this thing up, put them in later. English is enough for release. 90+% of the patrons and fans will be able to play in English just fine, even if for some it is not their first language. Other translations are great to have, but they can always be added during later, incremental updates, with English providing the "backup" language for text that has not been translated yet.
Erotic Behavior
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I know Bluecat claims this is already the biggest and longest visual novel. But I wanna just say it now Lessons in Love is updated more often than this shit and is catching up pretty fast.
dont forget that in the middle of december he said in an update, that the alpha should be out at the start of the year (so eta 2-3 weeks). no matter what happened, this is clearly a "scam" at this point, because its impossible to still work on these things, after 7,5 months with or without illness from the staff
RandoCard3
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Eh. Let him claim whatever. It's doesn't actually matter whether it is or not, as long as there a good amount of content, which there is.
TadStrange
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Yo deadass that came to mind, LiL has been picking up good lately.
I guess that it would prolly be the ones labeled "week 1 final" , "day 8 - 14 final", and "day 20-21 Final" but those
are just guesses...
RandoCard3
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.MASHMAN.
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I still just hope i get to /headpat Shina plenty, no matter how long it takes.
It's been so long i had to double check her name... Those Neko/Shina goofy moments were nice.
It's been so long i had to double check her name... Those Neko/Shina goofy moments were nice.
Construct
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No release in July. Maybe an update in August that specifies a planned release in mid to late september.
It's hard to say with this game. I want to believe it's coming, but the devs have been consistently wrong about how much work is left. That's assuming you trust what they're saying (which I know a lot of people don't, and I can't blame them).
I want to see the merge, and I want to see the game continue, so I'm going to keep hoping, but trying to guess a timeline is beyond me. If the Devs have it right this time? We could absolutely see the merge in July, but, like I said the track record doesn't make that high chance prospect.
I want to see the merge, and I want to see the game continue, so I'm going to keep hoping, but trying to guess a timeline is beyond me. If the Devs have it right this time? We could absolutely see the merge in July, but, like I said the track record doesn't make that high chance prospect.
Are we going to expect another Week or more?
I noticed the calendar in-game and there are birthdays mentioned further away. Not to mention, the mention of a RASPO University in-game which seems that it might be appearing before or after the graduation of Class 3.F. How long IS the game supposed to be? (Expected to be?)
Will it change from Week to Month? Will the game date be long? (i.e. 2020 - 202? [Year it takes place])
I'm not going to bother asking when the next update will be (Although Dark Mind Week 3 Final patch is expecting), but I'm sure these other questions raises more suspicions/curiosity.
Other than that, keep up the good work.
I noticed the calendar in-game and there are birthdays mentioned further away. Not to mention, the mention of a RASPO University in-game which seems that it might be appearing before or after the graduation of Class 3.F. How long IS the game supposed to be? (Expected to be?)
Will it change from Week to Month? Will the game date be long? (i.e. 2020 - 202? [Year it takes place])
I'm not going to bother asking when the next update will be (Although Dark Mind Week 3 Final patch is expecting), but I'm sure these other questions raises more suspicions/curiosity.
Other than that, keep up the good work.