Ren'Py Heavy Five [Ch.2RS] [Nottravis]

[I'm Not Thea Lundgren!]

One of the reasons for the delay is that Notty learned a new animation technique and decided to scrap all the animations she did in November and December; the new animations are much smoother and of much better quality than before.

In the past three months, she refunded one month and paused another two months; while this isn't ideal for anyone waiting for the update, it does show Notty's strong belief that backers get value for money. I suspect that if the update isn't out by the end of the month, she may pause again.

 

[allove]

Abandoned? Not charging is all well and good but the usual pattern is that they then cease production entirely...

 

[NeimadFR]

Abandoned? Not charging is all well and good but the usual pattern is that they then cease production entirely...

In what world redoing all the animations she did at the end of last year for this update because they didn't meet the new standard is ceasing production?!

 

[allove]

So it is thus claimed, how many developers string folks along with "yeah, working working" and? I mean, she isn't at the level of some, where they are still charging every month, but nothing is still nothing. 8 months of nothing if I am counting right?

 

[NeimadFR]

So it is thus claimed, how many developers string folks along with "yeah, working working" and? I mean, she isn't at the level of some, where they are still charging every month, but nothing is still nothing. 8 months of nothing if I am counting right?

Having played test builds and seen animations I can confidently say that she has been working.

 

[Kirel]

Having played test builds and seen animations I can confidently say that she has been working.

She's also been showing previews on her Discord and she's been very open about the reasons for the delay. The idea that this game is "abandoned" is laughable if you're actually part of Notty's community.

 

[allove]

Discord is patreon only. Not sure I am willing to jump on this fan train *quite* yet. Tell you what, she releases anytime in the next 30 days, and I'll pledge min $5.

Do you guys REALLY think its that odd to be skeptical of developers? I mean seriously look at all the crap that gets pulled and the FANS of the developers are rarely an honest or unbiased source.

 

[Kirel]

Discord is patreon only. Not sure I am willing to jump on this fan train *quite* yet. Tell you what, she releases anytime in the next 30 days, and I'll pledge min $5.

Do you guys REALLY think its that odd to be skeptical of developers? I mean seriously look at all the crap that gets pulled and the FANS of the developers are rarely an honest or unbiased source.

Depends on the developer. Maybe I'm just lucky, but the devs I support (including Notty) are very open and honest about what they're working on, and my experience with them has been very positive. Being plugged into their communities via Discord or forums or whatever medium they use to communicate with their supporters is a very different experience compared to hanging out on F95 waiting for new stuff to get posted on the thread of the game you're interested in.

 

[Deleted member 2602227]

I get the mistrust people have on devs. I have my moments too sometimes, unfortunately. But a dev that refunds and pauses payments doesn't sound like a scammer to me. Besides Nottravis is cool as fuck! Come on!

Edit: I just had a moment just now, seeing ICSTOR's Milfy City finally got the Abandoned tag, sue me

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

I don't think anyone has any issue with waiting, paying for the game or whatever else.

Mostly I think some are just annoyed with the estimates. And as someone pointed out, estimates are just estimates. Indeed they are, but they are based on information. I mean I assume there's a reason the estimate is late this month/early next instead of 5 minutes from now or some time in november. But ofc, the creator is in her full right to say it's out in 5 minutes from now, or in november, she doesn't owe us - or atleast not me - anything. I'm simply assuming the estimates are honest and not random dates, though I have wondered about why it's always late month/early next month. It's kinda like when I'm late for work and I call in, I'm always telling them I might be 10 minutes over, most of the time I'm actually 20 over, I know this, but I keep saying 10.

To use an analogy I think is very fitting. As hinted, I'm chronically late.
A good mate put me on the spot one day when I was my usual one hour late when I'm visiting him.
He said something like "you know you're always late, so why do you keep saying you'll be here at a certain time when you by experience have no reason to believe you will be? It's bloody disrespectful"
I had to aknowledge his point. Since then I've stopped giving times I have no reason to believe I will keep, instead I'm just giving him a "I'll be there at the latest XX:XX", which works for both of us. Ofc if I even failed to show up at the latest time announced he would really have a reason to be annoyed with me, but so far so good.

So my point is that I know by experience I'm always late to time agreed upon, and knowing that, the way I see it I'm basically lying to people if say I will be somewhere when I know I most likely won't be.
The other explanation to lying I can see is if I would have been so lacking of self awareness that my thoughts are "I've been late to meet my friend every time, and every time I've believed I would be on time. But that's zero reason to believe I'm gonna be late next time, so I can just keep saying I'll be there at time agreed upon."

Even if I had the best reasons to be an hour late, continuously finding myself in situations where I saved lives, I would still be n hour late.

Reminds me of the quote credited to Albert Einstein: The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

Hopefully my analogy will make sense.

 

[moskyx]

That was a pretty weak attempt to make it look like I don't understand basic english. On that note.... do you understand what "estimate" means? Because I suspect I would have a very short career if this process occurred:

• I reported to a client that I'd have a project ready at the end of this month or early next month,
• Then when they asked about it that month, but l tell them there were delays but it's going to look amazing.... probably late this month or early next month.
• Then I repeat that cycle 6 or 7 times

Now to clarify, I've only seen a couple posts from Notty giving estimates (such as the Feb estimate). Most of these are coming from certain members of her fan club.



Once again, I don't mind that the process is taking a long time. I'm not paying so it's not my concern when it does get released. I am just saying that every time someone asks when the release date is, certain members of her fan club come out to tell everyone that the game is likely getting released at the end of this month or next month. It's clear that these fans do not have the insight or dev knowledge that they think they have. These estimates are unreliable and don't do anyone any good. It would be more useful, to just say, "Nobody is really sure. Notty's previous release dates seems to suggest that it might be in X time frame but this is taking longer than expected so we really can't know for certain when it will be released".

Those "fans" are actually betatesters of the game. So they do know how the game is coming along and give estimates based on their own work and Notty's comments in her official channels. What they can't do is anticipate Notty's sudden changes of mind that make her remake large chunks of already done work. Anyway, so much discussion for a pointless issue

 

[I'm Not Thea Lundgren!]

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[Deleted member 2602227]

Nottravis isn't posting much here anymore or?

 

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Btw you're Dolf right?
Gonna call you Doffe from now on!

 

[F1forhalp]

Nottravis isn't posting much here anymore or?

might well be she's busy.

 

[horny_nihilist]

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I tested some scenes and it appears to work. I couldn't reach an animated scene during testing, but looking at the videos in the game directory, they seem fine.
If it breaks for certain scenes, it was not intentional and should use the official version instead!
This unofficial port/version is not released by the developer, download at your own risk.

Heavy Five [Ch. 1 to 3 Remastered Bugfix] [Nottravis]

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Hi, is there a compressed version for linux?

 

[NeimadFR]

Hi, is there a compressed version for linux?

Wow, first time I see someone ask for a Linux build, maybe you could run the Windows compressed version on Wine or some other Windows emulator.

 

[horny_nihilist]

Wow, first time I see someone ask for a Linux build, maybe you could run the Windows compressed version on Wine or some other Windows emulator.

I have wine, it's just I have seen that most of the games containing necessary files for both windows and linux.

 

[TheDevian]

On hold, maybe, but it my no means fits the abandoned tag. Not really on hold either, since she is busting ass on it. Slow updates are not the same thing as being on hold or abandoned.

 

[reiterhaniwa]

how anyone could become a patron paying a monthly fee is beyond me.

Well, as much as I could use the extra coffee a week, thirty is probably too many already. So, health benefits.