Lysergic
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So what? The existing content is already great.
This being abandoned is a goddamned tragedy.
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This being abandoned is a goddamned tragedy.
Is it right that this has been abandoned? I've looked at the discord and patreon and there are status updates as recent as Oct 16, 2022 (which is relatively recent seeing as most developing adult games receive as I've experienced, update 3-4 months or as long as 6) It seems their content pages are still running and have a respectable base of users. However feel free to correct me, this is just a quick five minute look.
DoverDad
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KnuckleDragger79
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There was a half-assed update a few months ago that was mostly broken. That has been the only update for the last 2 years. And now I'm hearing that BlueCat has made a new Patreon with a new name and is now working on a different game. So you tell me if he is a good dev or not.
If true, he should release the character cards and let someone else run with the game. It is a solid concept with a nice base to work off of character and story-wise.
Wolfen5
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Why though? If he still has suckers..I mean, hopeful Patrons donating monthly, why not just let that run dry and additionally finance his new endeavours. If true that is...
Skalli
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Where's the source for this? I must've missed it. Would be a new low if true. But not that surprising after what happened so far.
Ah I understand, it does seem a real shame but I suppose that's not unusual.
It would be my friend if I knew what to look for, are you talking about illusions discord channels or the discord channels of the game developers?
Bomatres
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its not a new things for developer with random brand such as bluecat to make another brand name, just look at how similar these game with HS or PH model are
they can just use old model and change some design and start working on another game
this is probably the reason BlueCat didn't continue Ecchi Sensei
look at the headmaster, its update also become slower at the same time of Ecchi Sensei, i'm not saying both are the same person working on different games with different names but its highly possible
Bloodguard
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I don't think he could sue for using the same assets, as those are not exclusively his, but copying his code or story, could be copy infringement. Depends on if new user made money off it though. If it's not for profit, it would be considered parody.
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Normally in a legal system if you broke a law to make whatever made you profit, you cannot sue someone who wronged you.
So if someone ripped this word for word and pic by pic and BC went into court the Ripoff would only need to get Illusion to notice the case then they would sue the shit out of BC for profiting off their Property. And BC would have no legs to sue a "thief" who stole BC's stolen property.
Yes the words are not from Illusion but they are inextricably tied to the stolen property which gave the VN profitability.
Bloodguard
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Sounds about right. This is the problem with Devs using Illusion in general. It's pretty easy to work with, but they are a bit capped in the amount of money they can make. Devs can't put them on Steam either. Its Why Killer switched to Daz for My New Memories. Games like Now & Then, Once in a Lifetime, and My New Family, would probably make tons of money on Steam, but sadly, we will never see them there.
Skalli
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I understand the reasoning, but the statement in his post sounded like a fact, so I was looking where it came from, maybe Discord. Speculation doesn't help much, imho.
I find it more likely that BC messed up, the team fell apart and lethargy made it almost impossible to continue. But the money made it too hard to admit, that there wasn't progress.
There is no excuse for the long delays anymore.
SoulRipper1990
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Wait wait .... He stopped working at that game ? Why ?
granny gumjobs
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The merge will be out at the end of 2020. Thats why the patrons voted for it. "Looks at calendar" . . .oh. Thats ok. If Bluecat takes out the character cards it will be released at the end of 2021. Oh. . . .Oh dear. Not to worry! Bluecat said in Discord that it will be done by the end of 2022 which is . . "Peeks at calendar" . . 42 days away.
Reading the patreon posts that were posted here it looks like a combination of: Lost motivation to work on it and a lack of people that know what the fuck they are doing. He claims (he has also claimed he worked on it for 2 years and released 1 update) that he is still working on the merge but since no one has seen any sort of progress in over 2 years it is either a bold lie or he has absolutely no clue what the fuck he is doing and is stringing people along until he can figure out a way to get it done.
hiddink
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you don t have to be a genius to know this guy wasn t going to finish this game, when you played so many porn games over the years as me, you develop a radar of failures and succes , you can notice since the first release of a game if it will be abandoned or completed, and i just happen to be a genius plus have logical sensecan you give me next weeks lottery numbers, given you have such powers of assured and guaranteed prediction? Oh, and the weakness of every supermodel and hot actress on the planet? Actually no, I dont need the latter, its money, just the lottery numbers will do......
also, i cannot prove this to anyone here but i actually won a price in lottery, not the most high but not bad enough
DoverDad
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couldn't even make his own characters without getting people to pay for it