VN Ren'Py Onhold Hillside [v0.15 First Half] [DarkBlue]

[robrize2169]

damn i just noticed this had the on hold tag. damn dude, always happens when games seem to be nearing completion. oh well. hope the dev is well and gets back at it as soon as possible.

 

[Justaphase]

I see this has the on hold tag now sad to see but expected

DB did post here on Tuesday, so that gives me some hope that he is still working on getting the rest of chapter 15 ready for us.

 

[Dessolos]

DB did post here on Tuesday, so that gives me some hope that he is still working on getting the rest of chapter 15 ready for us.

yeah not to worried as I been seeing DB come around here a bit more often in the last 2 weeks but still sucks to see all the same

 

[Milton749]

Not unexpected. Hopefully, DB can take some time and get his passion for Hillside back.

 

[moovigym]

When I first played this game, I was impressed by the attractive characters.
But as I watched the update, my expectations disappeared because given the speed of the update, this is not 'slow burn', but 'not burn'. and look at the situation of this game now

 

[Justaphase]

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When I first played this game, I was impressed by the attractive characters.
But as I watched the update, my expectations disappeared because given the speed of the update, this is not 'slow burn', but 'not burn'. and look at the situation of this game now

Here we go with the people taking some kind of pleasure from the "on hold" tag.
The first half of chapter 15 only came out just over 2 months ago, we got a quick update from the dev on the 24th of June, so only a few weeks ago and we were already told that he was taking some time off after the first half. He even responded to someone here on Tuesday about the game. So lets hold off on pulling the plug just yet shall we?

 

[moovigym]

Here we go with the people taking some kind of pleasure from the "on hold" tag.
The first half of chapter 15 only came out just over 2 months ago, we got a quick update from the dev on the 24th of June, so only a few weeks ago and we were already told that he was taking some time off after the first half. He even responded to someone here on Tuesday about the game. So lets hold off on pulling the plug just yet shall we?

I hope you get what you want

 

[Mr. Robo]

the writing quality was quite lacking for a long while. only in the last 4 or 5 episodes, there was a very noticeable increase in the quality of the writing.

it's still a good game, but the hype probably created unrealistic expectations for me.

Hmm, I dropped it a while ago. That sounds like a different person probably took over the writer's position. Don't know if it's the Dev themselves writing it or not since, you know, we can't see behind the scenes. But if you were able to notice an increase in the quality of the writing, that's what I get from it.


That's why you shouldn't let other people's "Hype" be a reason for you to jump into a game. Do research and keep your expectations low. When you have a thread that talks about a user more than the game and its story/characters, you know something is wrong.

 

[Dessolos]

Hmm, I dropped it a while ago. That sounds like a different person probably took over the writer's position. Don't know if it's the Dev themselves writing it or not since, you know, we can't see behind the scenes. But if you were able to notice an increase in the quality of the writing, that's what I get from it.


That's why you shouldn't let other people's "Hype" be a reason for you to jump into a game. Do research and keep your expectations low. When you have a thread that talks about a user more than the game and its story/characters, you know something is wrong.

yeah I find it's best to take everything with a grain of salt I even dont trust reviews on this site but rather use them as a baseline. tbh if it wasn't for Charlotte and loving her character id probably have a hard time getting through this game but for me characters are more important than story so it was easily a amazing game for me personally.

 

[tmu500]

Hopefully it does not stay ON HOLD for every long time.

 

[fishbrain]

Well that blows, but on hold beats the hell out of the dreaded yellow tag.

I'm hoping for Lucy. Poor Charli has already popped out 2 kids. They need some cousins for Pete's sake.

Who's Pete?

 

[Milton749]

Well that blows, but on hold beats the hell out of the dreaded yellow tag.


Who's Pete?

This dude.

 

[Dessolos]

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When I first played this game, I was impressed by the attractive characters.
But as I watched the update, my expectations disappeared because given the speed of the update, this is not 'slow burn', but 'not burn'. and look at the situation of this game now

if you put deveolopment time into the equation than yeah it would feel like no burn just like many other slow burn games. But I dont think it's fair personally to take deveolopment time into consideration if a game is slow burn or no burn. I think it's slow burn because of the context of the game and while it's going at slow pace maybe too slow for some I think it's going about it in a way that makes sense for the characters. So because of that I feel it still is a slow burn.

 

[Joshy92]

It sucks seeing the onhold prefix but I really hope DB is able to take a long break to recharge his batteries. Mental health is no joke and I hope everything works out for him.

 

[jingyuchua]

On Hold??!! WTF.....Why am i getting a gut wrecking feeling of an abandoned tag after this

 

[Milton749]

On Hold??!! WTF.....Why am i getting a gut wrecking feeling of an abandoned tag after this

Don't get too disheartened yet. DB warned us that he was taking a break. He's been really good with communication, so I'm confident that any change in taking a break, he will let us know.