VN Ren'Py Isabella - Chasing Shadows [Ch. 4.3] [badtimetales]

[Krepax]

It's in early access. There are 1,000's of dead games on Steam in early access.

Well the original scope of early access was to put the final customer into the development loop to provide sensible feedback and also (for smaller devs) to give a much needed cash injection.

If early access turns out to be just a gambling game where people throw in some money hoping to see a reward one day, then it defeats its original purpose and makes things worse for everyone. For dedicated indie developers who badly need money to finish their projects and for customers who would like to see a better final product. When enough people will turn their back to early access because they've finally learnt it's a waste of money, it will be a loss for everyone.

 

[Reniere]

Has there been anything said on Discord ?

 

[Dyhart]

Well the original scope of early access was to put the final customer into the development loop to provide sensible feedback and also (for smaller devs) to give a much needed cash injection.

If early access turns out to be just a gambling game where people throw in some money hoping to see a reward one day, then it defeats its original purpose and makes things worse for everyone. For dedicated indie developers who badly need money to finish their projects and for customers who would like to see a better final product. When enough people will turn their back to early access because they've finally learnt it's a waste of money, it will be a loss for everyone.

This is a huge reason why I will not use Patreon.

And unfortunately I cannot disagree with anything you've said.

I was going through old files and came across this game. I was thinking about this and couldn't remember the title.
It's the same version. This must be way over 1 year and no abandoned tag.

I know by now things are largely inconsistent here but I was hoping it was updated and I didn't realize.

 

[Ragnar]

Bad reviews, lack of sales, loss of patrons, lack of trust if he tries to do a new project, etc.

Isabella has 46 patrons/subs after 4 years of development. I don't think anyone, including Badtime, is expecting a sudden explosion in popularity and paying patrons this late in development.
Creating a VN requires time and effort, it's like a job, a job that in this case is not paid.
I can understand why development is getting stale. Badtime has shown passion and work all this time, but it can't be easy to invest time and effort in something that doesn't work as you expected.

 

[DragonsFear]

Isabella has 46 patrons/subs after 4 years of development. I don't think anyone, including Badtime, is expecting a sudden explosion in popularity and paying patrons this late in development.
Creating a VN requires time and effort, it's like a job, a job that in this case is not paid.
I can understand why development is getting stale. Badtime has shown passion and work all this time, but it can't be easy to invest time and effort in something that doesn't work as you expected.

but 1 year+
a lot of creators with a way lower time frame to add updates, or atleast say something
also he had way more people on his patrion a year ago , but if a creator duos it the way as this one duos no wonder people walk away
at this point (even tho i like the game a lot) its nothing more than a cash grab, especially considering that he said about a year ago that they were about to finish this game/and placed it on steam(which they did)

 

[Mcknobz33]

Seems like it's time to call it quits on this one

 

[Meehaha]

Seems like it's time to call it quits on this one

I really hope you are wrong, but its really not looking good.
I purchased on steam at last release as well.
Real shame if you are right, it was looking like a great game.

 

[Sarton23]

the dog , it's the fucking dog fault.

 

[Dessolos]

the dog , it's the fucking dog fault.

hey leave Zeus alone he is a good boy ( lol so tempted to make a joke cause of that 1 streamer shocking his dog)

 

[Sarton23]

hey leave Zeus alone he is a good boy ( lol so tempted to make a joke cause of that 1 streamer shocking his dog)

the moro? fuck the moro

 

[wookie ookie]

From Developers Discord. I reduced and changed to gif
Happy Halloween from the ladies

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[wookie ookie]

Isahalloween

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[wookie ookie]

valhalloween

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[Dessolos]

Val is the best 1 just because of the smoke effect

 

[wookie ookie]

Val is the best 1 just because of the smoke effect

I like the smoke effect also. All the HQ ones are available on my Mega link below Val is good

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[Krytax123]

Man i see this dev creating (and posting) so many renders and now even animations for all kind of stupid special events (halloween, christmas, valentines day) but barely getting any development done.

I started to stop subbing to devs who do lots of these shit and special requests and so on, maybe they are better off as artists than as devs and there surely seems to be a demand but im out of this shit.

This avn started really good back than but to me became quite annoying, the whole setup with the two girls (and the animals) just doesnt work for me in this avn. Everything seems unessecary complicated and convoluted and the white knight "opportunities" feel too constructed to me.

It often feels like it aims to annoy the reader (or at least people like me) and the bad development speed just made it worse.

Good luck to the dev anyway

 

[hoshin0119]

It’s been over a year since the game was released on Steam… I know it’s a solo-developed project, but shouldn’t we at least be able to get an idea of how far along the development is?

 

[!TheRoyalReaper!]

It’s been over a year since the game was released on Steam… I know it’s a solo-developed project, but shouldn’t we at least be able to get an idea of how far along the development is?

Yea I wonder that too hope it isn't abandoned

Edit. It is still ongoing it been confirmed by Dev in discord

 

[Reniere]