VN Ren'Py Abandoned Ecchi Sensei [Day 22-23 Final] [BlueCat]

[Hydronicz]

The thing that bothers me most is the lack of communication and the fact that he claimed to have enough material for multiple days + even started a new project since he is soo ahead with his work on the game.
You can at least start producing new alpha/beta days, teasers or something from the new project?

It's plain clear to see that this strategy does not and will never work, it will be almost impossible to re-earn the trust from the patreons that are slowly fading out. I highly doubt they will recover from this case of terrible management. Shame that I liked the game so much

 

[NaejEtropal8]

Being inactive for so long, we expect a complete week or month for the long wait.
It's actually starting to bug us. We'll wait but expecting what I've just said. A complete week or month.

 

[RandoCard3]

Being inactive for so long, we expect a complete week or month for the long wait.
It's actually starting to bug us. We'll wait but expecting what I've just said. A complete week or month.

Us? Are you like a Hive Mind or something?

And we know what we're getting. The merged 21 days, then we get back to 1.5 month releases.

The question is, when, not what.

 

[Neobrakeon]

Since the game is pretty much dead. I have an idea
Let's bet on how long it will take for the money to drop to 3k

 

[jaredh72]

Since the game is pretty much dead. I have an idea
Let's bet on how long it will take for the money to drop to 3k

Kinda been watching that lately, and it's actually gone up 9 patrons and about $75 (+/- $10) from yesterday, which I think had gone down a couple of patrons from 2 days ago while having the dollar amount go up a little bit.

 

[Smarmint]

Since the game is pretty much dead. I have an idea
Let's bet on how long it will take for the money to drop to 3k

Not bad, but why don't we bet/predict on when we will see a release with actual new content, which is what the fans care about, after all, not tweaking the code or fiddling with the main menu.

1) Sometime in 2021 (haha)
2) 1/2022 to 4/2022
3) 5/2022 to 8/2022
4) 9/2022 to 12/2022
5) 2023 or later
6) Never

So, everyone that is still hanging around after so long, what are your bets/predictions?

 

[Virulenz]

Well, since month1 will most likley be ready around 2023 i guess it has to be before...lets say 3

 

[jaredh72]

Not bad, but why don't we bet/predict on when we will see a release with actual new content, which is what the fans care about, after all, not tweaking the code or fiddling with the main menu.

1) Sometime in 2021 (haha)
2) 1/2022 to 4/2022
3) 5/2022 to 8/2022
4) 9/2022 to 12/2022
5) 2023 or later
6) Never

So, everyone that is still hanging around after so long, what are your bets/predictions?

Don't forget about adding languages that aren't the main ones (i.e. English and German, which I'm guessing based on the languages in their Patreon posts). Even some people who aren't native English speakers have said that they'd rather play it in English than in their own language. If they want to add those things, fine, but that should be the responsibility of someone who isn't responsible for anything else that would truly be holding up a release and could be released at any time after a release.

My guess is either as a Christmas/New Year's gift at the end of this year or the range in the 2nd option.

 

[Nikeee]

Never. He dropped it a while ago and is just enjoying the free money coming in his pockets.

 

[RandoCard3]

Never. He dropped it a while ago and is just enjoying the free money coming in his pockets.

If that were his plan, then it stupid plan, as the income has dropped considerably.

More likely they're just really bad at this.

 

[Nikeee]

The amount he's getting is irrelevant since he's earning all of it for doing nothing.

 

[TarkusTheProud]

Man I'm sad this hasn't gotten anything in so long, was such a promising game! Hopefully it gets revived, but I've been around enough dead-end h-games to know that's unlikely.

Also I was bored and took a look at the Patreon, about 34 people make up $3500 of the $3786 that this game gets every month. With 4 of those patrons being a whopping $2500. Who the hell is donating hundreds a month for this game which hasn't seen an update since last year?

 

[Smarmint]

Also I was bored and took a look at the Patreon, about 34 people make up $3500 of the $3786 that this game gets every month. With 4 of those patrons being a whopping $2500. Who the hell is donating hundreds a month for this game which hasn't seen an update since last year?

Seriously? How to you find that out? The page only shows the total and the number of Patreons.

And $600+ a month donations? I am amazed.

 

[Dragon59]

Man I'm sad this hasn't gotten anything in so long, was such a promising game! Hopefully it gets revived, but I've been around enough dead-end h-games to know that's unlikely.

Also I was bored and took a look at the Patreon, about 34 people make up $3500 of the $3786 that this game gets every month. With 4 of those patrons being a whopping $2500. Who the hell is donating hundreds a month for this game which hasn't seen an update since last year?

OK, my initial error is inside the spoiler...

Spoiler: My big blunder

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In reality, the top contributors are
5 at $100 a month
7 at $50 a month

That's 12 people providing $850, not 4 people providing $2500.

On SubscribeStar, the top contributors are:
1 at $50 a month
2 at $30 a month
$110 a month.

 

[Skummy Ecchi]

Us? Are you like a Hive Mind or something?

And we know what we're getting. The merged 21 days, then we get back to 1.5 month releases.

The question is, when, not what.

Worse, he's a COMMUNIST!

Also the reason money is still flowing in is because there is belief in the project, and what's left of the support base is trying to hold this thing up, so it doesn't get crushed under its weight of development time.

 

[Smarmint]

1 at $999 a month
3 at $500 a month
5 at $250 a month
10 at $100 a month
18 at $50 a month

That's a lot of serious supporters. It's actually $5,649, higher than $3786--I wonder if some of them are currently paused until the release of Month 1.

The loss of a few $1-5 supporters isn't going to make much of a difference.

I see the numbers are a bit less in SubscribeStar
1 at $50 a month
2 at $30 a month

I expect most of those top-tier supporters do not spend time on F95 and don't see any of the protests.

Are you sure you are reading that correctly? For the $999/month the page says 1 of 1 remaining, which seems to me that there are zero patrons at that level, since one slot is remaining, out of 1 slot. The same for the $100. 10 of 15 remaining means that 5 have subscribed at this level.

So it looks to me, the way I read it, his highest supporters are in the $100 a month group, of which there are 5, and 7 in the $50 a month group.

Still a lot, but less crazy. All others are in the $1 to $30 range

 

[Dragon59]

Are you sure you are reading that correctly? For the $999/month the page says 1 of 1 remaining, which seems to me that there are zero patrons at that level, since one slot is remaining, out of 1 slot. The same for the $100. 10 of 15 remaining means that 5 have subscribed at this level.

So it looks to me, the way I read it, are that his highest supporters are in the $100 a month group, of which there are 5.
Still a lot, but less crazy.

You're right. I was reading it as 1 of 1 available. Your observation makes MUCH more sense. No wonder my numbers were so far off! That's two significant reading errors in two days (the other was for The Headmaster). Time to call the optometrist!

I think I interpreted it that way because the person I was quoting said that 4 people accounted for $2500, which would have been the case with 1 at $999 and 3 at $500.

I'll keep my blunder there as a reminder to me to pay closer attention!

 

[TarkusTheProud]

Seriously? How to you find that out? The page only shows the total and the number of Patreons.

And $600+ a month donations? I am amazed.

Whoops, seems I misunderstood how the Patron's system was set up, I misread 1 of 1 remaining as those slots being filled not empty. Guess that's what I get for reading haphazardly. Yeah if you want the actual numbers then Dragon59 got them in their post.

 

[jamdan]

Regardless, he has lost multiple higher level supporters in the past year. It's the only way his earnings are down 43% yet patron count is only 28% down.

 

[Smarmint]

You're right. I was reading it as 1 of 1 available. Your observation makes MUCH more sense. No wonder my numbers were so far off! That's two significant reading errors in two days (the other was for The Headmaster). Time to call the optometrist!

I think I interpreted it that way because the person I was quoting said that 4 people accounted for $2500, which would have been the case with 1 at $999 and 3 at $500.

It happens to me too, frequently, where I misread something obvious. Usually because I am doing too many things at once, or thinking about too many things at the same time. Sometimes I'll even suddenly realize 2/3ds of the way through a book, that I have been misreading the main characters name the entire time.