This is like, a comedy bit to me.
So I'll try and start off on the right foot here by saying I'm a longtime fan of the game and I want it to get the players it deserves. The writing is excellent, the visuals are good, I am fairly certain there is no other game on the site with this level of commitment to player choice. top 1% of f95 for sure. So I'm coming from a place of constructive criticism here. Let me direct your attention to the first page of this thread.
This is bar none the worst f95 splash page I have ever seen. I'm pretty confident in saying it's the worst one that exists.
OK skip past the picture and the summary. those are fine. But these fucking downloads. How is this mess supposed to be understood to a newcomer who saw your nice picture and interesting introduction paragraph and now wants to play the game.
It's insanity to the point of comedy they way people in this thread act like it's a poor newbie's fault they're confused because they should have just figured out everything on their own. People are aware asking noob questions is rude and annoying, People would *Rather* just figure it out on their own, and the evil perfection of this 'information' page punishes them for trying. Go on a journey with me, lets put ourselves in the shoes of these prospective new players
So the four named versions of the game are Patreon, Vanilla, Remake subscribestar, and remake Friends Indeed Patreon, and then one more that doesn't have a label, only a chapter count. the unamned is the largest version with 11 chapters, Vanilla seems to have 8, the two remakes have just one, and the Patreon version is mysteriously not apparently available at all. It's just mentioned in the dropdown box labeled "About The Vanilla Version" which is probably the where someone hoping to understand all these various versions will click on first, hoping for an explanation, but learn only
"The Vanilla Version is the Patreon version with all non Patreon confirming content removed"
But that's not nothing, things are maybe a little clearer once you understand that the Patreon version is evidently the version that had to be removed from Patreon for it's Patreon-unnaceptable content, and the Vanilla version is the one that gets distributed on Patreon, because the Patreon version isn't allowed on Patreon. So that's cleared up.
A newcomer who doesn't want to be annoying and ask in the thread, trying to make sense of all this nonsense, will probably assume that once he's read all the various labels and the gone through the 9 various dropdown boxes he will understand what version he is supposed to be download. His faith in the dev will be betrayed, instead of answers there is only questions. questions like
1.
Why is "the patch" by itself in a dropdown instead of grouped with the other fanmods.
2.
"Ok, so when they say "Patreon version", is that
a) shorthand to refer to the Remake Friends Indeed Patreon version
b) or is it referring to the unamend version-Since we have a version with a name but no download links, and a separate one with just the links that's left unamned-they fit together I can;t prove it but I *feel it*
c) actually just yet another version distinct from both of those, not allowed to be downloaded for some unknowable reason.
2. What the fuck is a "Nikki removal mod"
SO HEY, NEONGHOSTS!
All my respect and love man. But like. Just fucking explain the basics in the intro post itself. This will serve you far far better than chiding people for failing to caught up on reading your devlog, which they don't know exists.
Last edited:
