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

[Bloodguard]

Because they want $$$ for adding that , when they exceeded the goal on patreon to add sound (and surpassed it by a wide margin 10k+) they did not add it and now that they are below I do not think it is a priority for them

Well shit, that's a bummer. Guess I will pledge when they make it a priority, doesn't sound like they are doing anything else with the game.
Speaking of sound, how do you get the music to auto play for week 1? Having to go into the music player and click on each track every time is annoying as hell.

 

[RandoCard3]

Well shit, that's a bummer. Guess I will pledge when they make it a priority, doesn't sound like they are doing anything else with the game.
Speaking of sound, how do you get the music to auto play for week 1? Having to go into the music player and click on each track every time is annoying as hell.

I think the music is broken, and is one of the things meant to be fixed in the merge.

 

[Soulonus]

Well shit, that's a bummer. Guess I will pledge when they make it a priority, doesn't sound like they are doing anything else with the game.
Speaking of sound, how do you get the music to auto play for week 1? Having to go into the music player and click on each track every time is annoying as hell.

I'd say edit the files to do what you want yourself (

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[Deleted member 3482284]

Even if we get 20 years with no updates it still won't be marked as abandoned as long as he posts on Patreon every few months. Even just posting that there is nothing new to report seems to do the trick.

And still the forum requirement nerds will say we need to protest and tell the mods to change the rules so one game can be tagged differently. As if they'd ever do that. Comical

So I guess the past 18 months hasn't happened, the games still in active development. We've all just imagined the fact that bluecats taken a year and a half long holiday

 

[Dukez]

Sounds would be cool, but I'm OK without them. How does everyone feel about the slider though? I don't really like the slider and would prefer they kept it the old way.

I don't mind it, but I think the top end of the slider is too fast. Perhaps the bottom end is too slow also? (can't remember). I think they could just tune it so it doesn't look like it loses sense or like it starts frame dropping lol. If it was a proper game you could have it blend between two proper animations but I don't think you can do that in a game built this way.

And still the forum requirement nerds will say we need to protest and tell the mods to change the rules so one game can be tagged differently. As if they'd ever do that. Comical

So I guess the past 18 months hasn't happened, the games still in active development. We've all just imagined the fact that bluecats taken a year and a half long holiday

Protesting mods is such a waste of time, and that's not just for this site but as a general rule it's generally not worth it. I think a reasonable change to the rules though would be if a dev fails to keep their previous release schedule for an extended period of time (like this game is in) it should be eligible for the on hold / troubled development, etc tag.

 

[Kulman]

And still the forum requirement nerds will say we need to protest and tell the mods to change the rules so one game can be tagged differently. As if they'd ever do that. Comical

So I guess the past 18 months hasn't happened, the games still in active development. We've all just imagined the fact that bluecats taken a year and a half long holiday

This rule feels more like saving mods time, not having to judge each game on separate basis (which makes sense). However, if it looks like a cat, meows like a cat, its probably a lying bluecat and should be tagged as such.

 

[RandoCard3]

And still the forum requirement nerds will say we need to protest and tell the mods to change the rules so one game can be tagged differently. As if they'd ever do that. Comical

So I guess the past 18 months hasn't happened, the games still in active development. We've all just imagined the fact that bluecats taken a year and a half long holiday

It's less "requirement nerds" and more "either do something about it or shut fuck out about it nerds".

I personally couldn't care less what it gets tagged as. It doesn't even matter. I'm just sick it of seeing the same shit over and over again. It's boring.

If you want this game tagged as "On Hold" or "Abandoned", there are some very clear things you can do to potentially make that happen, but none of you have the balls to follow through on anything beyond whining about it.

I think a reasonable change to the rules though would be if a dev fails to keep their previous release schedule for an extended period of time (like this game is in) it should be eligible for the on hold / troubled development, etc tag.

You're probably right, but until people actually approach the mods about it, nothings going to change.

 

[headhunter32]

It really feels like going around the rules. Bet we would see much more activity should the game go abandoned. Icstor style.

The mods should let us vote if this should go into abandoned tag.

sadly that have up and downs if u let the comunity vote, i agree on a abbandonded tag or limbo tag.
But many trolls will join in and then the vote is just furstration and irritation etc.

But for me this game is in limbo until i see proof of a merch new release or other shit that is content.
it make me sad but some time u need to move on.

 

[Badjourasmix]

Even if the game doesn't get the abandoned tag, I think it won't take that much time until it's dead. The game in the last year has lost 25% of it's patrons and the revenue dropped by 39%.

 

[botc76]

Even if the game doesn't get the abandoned tag, I think it won't take that much time until it's dead. The game in the last year has lost 25% of its patrons and the revenue dropped by 39%.

I mean, it's no surprise really. Consider that it has been more than a year since the last update and that the next version will be nothing but a merger of the previous single week versions, there is just no acceptable excuse for the long wait.
If I was a patron of this game, I would probably feel pretty stupid for paying month after month for nothing by now. That's just me, of course, others might be so dedicated to the game that they don't care or have so much money to burn that their contribution to bluecat's patreon doesn't matter.

I didn't understand this need to make a merged version from the start tbh, as if having this in several smaller games was ever going to be any MORE of a problem than merging it into a single game version.
It's impractical, it will be huge in size and frankly this is something to think about once you have finished the game, but not now.
As others have pointed out, the chances that this game was ever gonna reach 365 days was so ridiculously small to begin with and if it continued in this tempo it would be finished in about 30 years or so?
I can't even imagine what games will be like then.
Why did no one in the team go and tell bluecat "dude, go for a realistic goal and make a chapter spanning two to three months in game, if we finish that, we can just go and add more chapters, don't plan for 365 days, because this will never work."
To be honest, he should have known that himself, but still... seems a bit like those families of casting show candidates who never tell them they can't really sing for shit.

 

[Badjourasmix]

I mean, it's no surprise really. Consider the facts that it has been more than a year since the last update and that the next version will be nothing but a merger of the previous single week versions, there is just no acceptable excuse for the long wait.
If I was a patron of this game, I would probably feel pretty stupid for paying month after month for nothing by now. That's just me, of course, others might be so dedicated to the game that they don't care or have so much money to burn that their contribution to bluecat's patreon doesn't matter.

I didn't understand this need to make a merged version from the start tbh, as if having this in single games was ever going to be any MORE of a problem than merging it into a single game version.
It's impractical, it will be huge in size and frankly this is something to think about once you have finished the game, but not now.
As others have pointed out, the chances that this game was ever gonna reach 365 days was so ridiculously small to begin with and if it continued in this tempo it would be finished in about 30 years or so?
I can't even imagine what games will be like then.
Why did no one in the team go and tell bluecat "dude, go for a realistic goal and make a chapter spanning two to three months in game, if we finish that, we can just go and add more chapters, don't plan for 365 days, because this will never work."
To be honest, he should have known that himself, but still... seems a bit like those families of casting show candidates who never tell them they can't really sing for shit.

Wasn't it supposed to be the merge + a new week? Maybe I am wrong but I thought that was the plan.

 

[RandoCard3]

I didn't understand this need to make a merged version from the start tbh, as if having this in single games was ever going to be any MORE of a problem than merging it into a single game version.

The actual merge isn't the point. At least not the main point. The current release is a janky mess of spaghetti code. The merge is supposed to be fixing that, so it came be the foundation of all future content. If they just kept building on top of the shitty foundation, it would have resulted in jank just piling up over time and all these needing to happen later, but probably worse.

Don't get me wrong, it's embarrassing that they still have nothing to show for it after all this time. This was the right decision though. It needed to be done.

Wasn't it supposed to be the merge + a new week? Maybe I am wrong but I thought that was the plan.

Nope. Just the merge. Week 4 was never in the cards until after this is done.

 

[Badjourasmix]

Nope. Just the merge. Week 4 was never in the cards until after this is done.

Oh it's even wost than I thought then. Yeah at this point there is 100% no excuse if they aren't even working on new content for the game.

 

[botc76]

Wasn't it supposed to be the merge + a new week? Maybe I am wrong but I thought that was the plan.

Could be. It was so fucking long ago, that I honestly don't remember. I mean, there were times I actually forgot this game even existed. Gotta say though, even if, 14 months would still be a way too long time. Especially considering how fast the development used to be at the start.

 

[botc76]

The actual merge isn't the point. At least not the main point. The current release is a janky mess of spaghetti code. The merge is supposed to be fixing that, so it came be the foundation of all future content. If they just kept building on top of the shitty foundation, it would have resulted in jank just piling up over time and all these needing to happen later, but probably worse.

Don't get me wrong, it's embarrassing that they still have nothing to show for it after all this time. This was the right decision though. It needed to be done.

I'm no programmer and not one to claim knowledge, where I have none, but I mean, wasn't that the explanation for the last time already, when they went from updating single days to weeks?
I can certainly understand wanting to put the game on solid footing for further development, but something just isn't working here.
From my position as just a player, (and someone who stopped supporting this game a long time ago), I would have been perfectly fine with getting week-long updates until a certain threshold was reached. Again, just me as a player, not going in any way into what makes sense for the dev-team.

 

[Bloodguard]

Sounds like this Dev needs to take a lesson from Dark Cookie. Both have basically been working on tech updates for a very extended period of time. Difference is, Dark Cookie regularly communicates with patrons and throws them a scene or 2 every 6 months. It's why he still makes the big bucks in spite of basically releasing less than an hour of content over the past 2 years.

 

[Deleted member 440241]

I didn't understand this need to make a merged version from the start tbh, as if having this in several smaller games was ever going to be any MORE of a problem than merging it into a single game version.

This is the problem with so many complaining in the thread and calling Bluecat a scammer, people are now genuinely misinformed. The merger was never about putting all 3 weeks into one download, that was just an added perk to doing it. The point of the merger was to fix the many broken mechanics of the game and set up a solid foundation for future updates so that choices could actually matter. Right now your choices don't mean shit for subsequent releases, and there's the looming threat of features like the phone causing game breaking bugs.

 

[RandoCard3]

I'm no programmer and not one to claim knowledge, where I have none, but I mean, wasn't that the explanation for the last time already, when they went from updating single days to weeks?
I can certainly understand wanting to put the game on solid footing for further development, but something just isn't working here.
From my position as just a player, (and someone who stopped supporting this game a long time ago), I would have been perfectly fine with getting week-long updates until a certain threshold was reached. Again, just me as a player, not going in any way into what makes sense for the dev-team.

Updates were still in days, they just merged them into a week as they went. For example, Week 3 released as 15-16 first, then 15-18 and so on. If we do eventually get new content, the next update will be days 22 and 23.
But yeah, something is going very wrong, and BlueCat should do a better job keeping at least his Patrons informed.
This was unfortunately a player choice though. BC put it to a vote, and his Patrons chose this shitshow.

 

[Tim Long Curry]

This was unfortunately a player choice though. BC put it to a vote, and his Patrons chose this shitshow.

The merge was sold as being done quickly and that it would make future updates faster (ha). If people vote to pet cute dogs and then get wild wolves unleashed on them instead, the false advertising isn't on the voters.

 

[jamdan]

There just needs to be another tag for situations like this. Something in-between "On Hold" and "Abandoned". Maybe "Pending" or "Suspended" development. Which would mean that it's technically being worked on, but on a very slow pace for an extended time. There are probably better words for that, but those are the two I thought of first.