VN Ren'Py Jessica O'Neil's Hard News [v0.60] [stoperArt]

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Bolero

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As usual 0 good news. I like how he mentions ˝last stretch˝, lol sure mate, last stretch should not take 3 months to make. Anyway, other bad news he talked about, he wants to remake some in game content from previous updates!?!??!?! Man, that thing you do when you have extra time and not when you are making one update per year.
And obviously i have to comment how he responded to that question from a supporter on his patreon. What a jerk.
 
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Bolero

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palmtrees89 said:
Dear god... Wall of text incoming.


Stoper: "I've been working on the writing and the postwork in the last couple of weeks."

That's funny, because in his last couple statements (since July) he was simply talking about working on the last scene and how difficult it was to get into it. The guy can't make up his mind. If he's been working on that for a "couple of weeks", what exactly was his nonsense devblog from August 23rd about? Because that IS a couple weeks.


Stoper: "Most scenes I make are starting to have at least two distinguished variations, and that essentially doubles the work amount for each event."

The amount of renders created, writing & script determines how much work it is in the end. Adding a "variation" is NOT doubling the amount of work required unless he's literally creating twice as many renders and writing, which we all know won't be the case. That one is straight up bullshit to try and justify the time it took to come up with this (most likely) tiny update, just like all the other nonsense excuses he's made the past 10 months.


Stoper: "I will not be making the change in variables that I planed, so you won't have to start from the beginning."

Back in February I believe, he's said the missing final branch from the previous day was ready, but he didn't want to release it because of the change of variables he was working on. And now he's telling his patrons that he did infact not work on those variables, making his decision and reasoning to not release the missing part to be a complete hoax? Lmao


Stoper: "I'll leave that for the next update, because I want to make some changes in the previous content, mostly writing, but some small changes on the images as well. And that would take a little extra time that I don't have now, seeing how far back the previous update was."

Oh, isn't that great news? He's already setting himself up for another endless development cycle after this release. Actually, considering his August 23rd devblog where he said he's adding another extra step to make clothing look good, he's setting himself up for a never ending devcycle if you combine these two. You know, changing some values in the code could be released as a minor hotfix so people can play through the game again before the next release drops, but that would be too easy for good old stoper, huh? Also, this bit sounds very much like he's going the same route many other developers go with their "remaster" plans. Oh boy his patrons are in for a wild ride of nothingness! That makes it 3 "additions" to slow down development to a complete halt basically. "A little extra time" he says...what a comedian.


Stoper: "The good news is that the two rig setup is starting to work well. So when the creative juices are flowing I'm able to move at a good pace with the renders."

That's about the fourth time he's saying this since November last year, but he's barely creating half a render per day at this point. Yeah, the rigs surely are magical! If he considers this good pace, what would he call his pace from 4 years ago when he was working on a shitty single low-end machine, releasing updates every ~3 months? He's such a liar it's ridiculous.


Stoper: "We'll see how much of a positive impact that will have in the next months."

I'd think he's mocking his supporters with this line if I didn't know any better. He knows how this is gonna turn out. We know it. Everyone knows it. Just say that your next development cycle is gonna be even slower because you don't give a shit, that's how people can actually evaluate the value you have for them and their support. Bullshit is what I call that.

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Yeah you said it all most of us would like to say, but lack the writing skills to do so:). He gave himself so much excuses here, that after he releases this update, the next one will take more than any other update so far. So 1 year+ for sure.
 
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Oliver Wendell Homely

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Nick198 said:
I want to know, has the developer still communicated with anyone? Has anyone of the sponsors spoken to him?
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I haven't communicated with him personally, but I am a supporter and saw his update on Patreon. He says he's working on the update and is also making some retroactive changes. My guess is we'll see something before the end of the calendar year, probably.
 
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Oliver Wendell Homely said:
I haven't communicated with him personally, but I am a supporter and saw his update on Patreon. He says he's working on the update and is also making some retroactive changes. My guess is we'll see something before the end of the calendar year, probably.
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Originally, you were his sponsor. He said at the end of July that he was conducting the final update, and now he is still discussing the update. Let's ask him what big guy he is updating. Can he provide you with 5 to 10 minutes of content by the end of the year?hahahaha
 
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