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Y'all hating on me 'cause ya know I be right!
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No hate here, but we already have Becca representing Notty in game and McGruder for our little pixie needs, so let Notty surprise us with the last two. One could be our beloved leader Thea of course and last will be very important to the plot I suspect. We will see though. I could live with your speculation as wellY'all hating on me 'cause ya know I be right!
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*sighs at such a silly idea*
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But no
You'll have to see.
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Also no renders of Notty on the dance floor? Now we still have to belief Ava was actually right, we know you can do a mean battlerap but that is not the same as being a smooth mover.
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Impressive pose for sure.
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There is more.Impressive pose for sure.
See! And you called me a madman!*sighs at such a silly idea*
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But no
But more seriously, one of the remaining "girls" can only be the Ophion queen or something to that extent :3
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Though that last part could make sense, possibly Notty has an even bigger twist in mind for the game. It will be interesting to follow.
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Yeah a alien babe is the only thing missing now.
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I wonder if scanning McGruder's barcode would identify her as someone else...*sighs at such a silly idea*
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*is. very*
I think, as much as it shocks me to say this, Huitieme is right. Or as least as right in that I agree with him (which I confess shocks me even more....)I think, if possible, it should be done before chapter 4 comes out. I know it means that we'll have to wait for the new chapter, but hear me out here.
Let's say chapter 4 comes out tomorrow. The masses rejoice, the land is fertile again, the blind recover eyesight, babies laugh, politicians give the money back to the people, the world is right anew. Then what happens? New peeps come here and wonder why we few, we happy few, sing the praises of Heavy Five and the Great Notty (blessed be Her name). So the new peeps download the game, and the first thing they see are these grainy renders! They close the game, delete it and leave forever wondering why we're so crazy about it.
Now, in this new paradigm, it all starts the same, except chapter 4's out later. People rejoice, politicians find they have a heart, etc. And the newbies come to us with shiny faces and *innocent* expectations. They download the first chapters and BAM!! Quality! Quality everywhere!
I guarantee you the tread will be flooded with "wy didn't i downloaded that game before?!?" Ok, it might become tedious, but think about the sweet patreon money that will go directly into Notty'sbeaverhamster...
Also, in a more serious tone, if Notty does indeed intend for the station to have a new appearance, it would be weird to either have the new graphics in chapter 4 but not the old ones or, worse, to keep going until she finally makes the decision to work on the remaster, but this time, the amount of work will be greater.
Just food for thought
Y'see the thing I can't quite get my head around is why H5 isn't played. And comparatively it isn't. There's a rather nasty little game that came out a couple of months ago with twice the reviews and three times the likes so make of that what you will. But tastes aside, it doesn't seem to matter how good the writing is. Oh, it's a factor for sure, but when you consider BP alone has smarter content than most releases it's obviously not an important factor to many.
Sex and pictures on the other hand are important.
Now I'm a writer first and foremost and nothing is going to change either the story or indeed the way I tell it. Nothing will change the content either. But given that the adult content is going to explode shortly there is a very real risk that the earlier graphics and the UI, to an extent, will put people off despite that- and H5 is a game to be played.
Y'see it doesn't matter that I have to spend say four times as much time to make a piccy as a super rigged dev. That's not a factor in peoples consideration. No one goes "well considering she's got an etch-a-sketch and a packet of crayons that's not bad" (well except you lot!). No, they look at other game's graphics and go "That's poo...".
So yep, once the tags are updated with all the new content - interest may well be regenerated in the game - until they open it...and it's not much use saying "yes but in Chapter Four it looks great!" because that won't I suspect cut it. People don't have patience.
I think I have to do the remaster before Four is released. Now I realise this will go down as well as Marcus offering you vitamin tablets but I feel it has to be done. You've all seen what the game could look like. Indeed should like. Imagine what you'd feel about the game if it had the graphics it could/should/can have instead of the ones it did.
I know this is will be an unpopular call. I know that. I know also it will cost me patronage and cash. I know that too. But the longer I leave the remaster not only will it take more and more time to do later down the line (and thus delay the next game - plus bore me to tears as I redo absolutely hundreds of images for an audience that's already played the game), but it also doesn't change the fundamental structural image problems we have at the start of the game. Structural problems that prevent people playing it.
So how long will it take?
I've a weeks rendering to finish off Four and I want to do that first. If only so I can get it out to playtesters. The remaster should only take two to three weeks I think as I don't have to do everything. There is a lot in One, Two and Three that are quite passable. It's mainly some of the internal Vanguard shots, the hallways, the plant room and the MC's room that are the main problems I think. The changing the menu option to that which I showed earlier won't take that long to be honest as it's just dropping a screen in and adding the correct button images.
So the end of the month looks viable. If it gets close to overrunning then I'd just pause the patron page so no one got an October charge as it would be unfair to charge people for rework I think.
*stands back and awaits thoughts....*
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I so tried to make that happen - sadly I couldn't as it would have been a great place for an Easter eggI wonder if scanning McGruder's barcode would identify her as someone else...
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Well you have my support for that, as said before most important thing to me is you being happy while developing the game.*is. very*
I think, as much as it shocks me to say this, Huitieme is right. Or as least as right in that I agree with him (which I confess shocks me even more....)
Y'see the thing I can't quite get my head around is why H5 isn't played. And comparatively it isn't. There's a rather nasty little game that came out a couple of months ago with twice the reviews and three times the likes so make of that what you will. But tastes aside, it doesn't seem to matter how good the writing is. Oh, it's a factor for sure, but when you consider BP alone has smarter content than most releases it's obviously not an important factor to many.
Sex and pictures on the other hand are important.
Now I'm a writer first and foremost and nothing is going to change either the story or indeed the way I tell it. Nothing will change the content either. But given that the adult content is going to explode shortly there is a very real risk that the earlier graphics and the UI, to an extent, will put people off despite that- and H5 is a game to be played.
Y'see it doesn't matter that I have to spend say four times as much time to make a piccy as a super rigged dev. That's not a factor in peoples consideration. No one goes "well considering she's got an etch-a-sketch and a packet of crayons that's not bad" (well except you lot!). No, they look at other game's graphics and go "That's poo...".
So yep, once the tags are updated with all the new content - interest may well be regenerated in the game - until they open it...and it's not much use saying "yes but in Chapter Four it looks great!" because that won't I suspect cut it. People don't have patience.
I think I have to do the remaster before Four is released. Now I realise this will go down as well as Marcus offering you vitamin tablets but I feel it has to be done. You've all seen what the game could look like. Indeed should like. Imagine what you'd feel about the game if it had the graphics it could/should/can have instead of the ones it did.
I know this is will be an unpopular call. I know that. I know also it will cost me patronage and cash. I know that too. But the longer I leave the remaster not only will it take more and more time to do later down the line (and thus delay the next game - plus bore me to tears as I redo absolutely hundreds of images for an audience that's already played the game), but it also doesn't change the fundamental structural image problems we have at the start of the game. Structural problems that prevent people playing it.
So how long will it take?
I've a weeks rendering to finish off Four and I want to do that first. If only so I can get it out to playtesters. The remaster should only take two to three weeks I think as I don't have to do everything. There is a lot in One, Two and Three that are quite passable. It's mainly some of the internal Vanguard shots, the hallways, the plant room and the MC's room that are the main problems I think. The changing the menu option to that which I showed earlier won't take that long to be honest as it's just dropping a screen in and adding the correct button images.
So the end of the month looks viable. If it gets close to overrunning then I'd just pause the patron page so no one got an October charge as it would be unfair to charge people for rework I think.
*stands back and awaits thoughts....*
Personally I think that the affirmation sex has arrived and the kind of sex will make even more people play anyway. An in between solution if you trust your patrons enough could be to release the new chapter 4 to patrons as soon as done and then release chapter 4 public as soon as reworked. There is a serious risk in this though the patron version will leak to early is my experience. Using old comp for the rework could possibly lessen the time, but I will trust your judgement on that over my own since you know your own situation best.
So do what you wish to do.
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Oh and do not freeze your patron please or repay.*does...*
Although totally fair twist tho. This is me we're talking about
Just be open and upfront and let patrons decide what they wish to do and do not decide for them. Just might be wise to do make a promise you will not do another re-render before end. 
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If you feel that remastering the earlier chapters will help the game then I got your back sweetness (it's a very nice back to have ... the view I mean ... you get where i'm going with this).
I do, however, feel I need to be the voice on your other shoulder and say when is it going to be good enough?
We've all seen what you can do and if going through and redoing some renders will help then i'll fight your corner with you and do what I can to get more eyes on it and shill the shit out of it.
On one condition.
When enough people tell you it's good enough you listen, that is all.
If you don't you'll put yourself in the endless loop of "but I can do better" and you'll get nowhere except driving yourself nuts.
In some things you can be your own worst enemy.
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Okay, so the easy bit first... Surely in the future, they'll be using QR Codes or whatever surpasses them? BTW QR Codes would be far easier to scan, even on slight curves like ankles!I so tried to make that happen - sadly I couldn't as it would have been a great place for an Easter egg
And now for the still easy bit, but a bit longer... Okay, a lot longer.
I think, as much as it shocks me to say this, Huitieme is right. Or as least as right in that I agree with him (which I confess shocks me even more....)
I really don't understand this point either, it truly is an excellent game. I've been recommending it left, right and centre; and not just on here. I think it's getting played, it just not getting reviewed! Which is the maddening part? There are almost 15,000 downloads on a certain download site, so people are downloading it in droves. Maybe after you put in a message about Patreon or people giving feedback in CH4 that might change?
The writing is what drew me to this in the first place; I'll admit that the first time I played (when CH1 was released) I wasn't blown over, but I still downloaded CH2 because I saw promise (and then didn't play it again until CH3). The whole thing is just spectacular.
I'm glad I stuck with it.For me the art was secondary, I was more interested in the story. But don't get me wrong, pretty pictures are nice too.
People are childish impatient idiots!
But that's a fact of life, unfortunately.I think that YOU should do what YOU think is best, one thing you have to remember in all of this is that it's YOUR game, and while there might be some naysayers, you'd get that if you released it tomorrow. Okay, so two things to remember.
If you don't fix it now, I don't want you getting disheartened later on because you wish you would've done the remaster when it was a much smaller job. Okay, three things to remember.
You should definitely do the remaster before you release CH4! If only to save your sanity (was there any, to begin with, I mean just look at Mike?
) I suspect that you're not going to lose any of your hardcore supporters either here or on Patreon (I think I can class myself as one of these now), we're in it till the end! Take as long as you need! Honestly!
Please don't do that, you have been nothing but upfront about the whole thing; I support you on Patreon for a reason, I knew going in that I wouldn't be getting a release every month, and I'm fine with that. So please don't pause, otherwise, I'll just have to double my pledge for November!
Please see above for my thoughts!...
EDIT: Shit! Did it really take me 35 minutes to write all that down?