- May 13, 2021
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Hello,
I will try to keep it short.
Thank you to everyone for the kind messages and support.
Bottom line: I am either going to start over or not continue at all.
I just feel like 3/4 of the game was made rushed/without planning and resulted in:
Unlikeable MC
Bad renders/Models
Weird pacing
I came to this realization after the last update and was kind of dumbfounded that I was oblivious to these issues. Its hard for me to look at the early game. I just feel like everything is mediocre and I want it to be great.
Originally, I was going to abandon it altogether but a part of me does want to continue if I can start from scratch. Maybe doing a few renders each weekend till I get a more consistent schedule. However, I am still thinking about it.
I think the "abandon" tag would be appropriate despite what I said above, because my plans are up in the air and I don't people to feel anticipation something is going to happen soon.
For patreon supporters, thank you for supporting me and I'm sorry I couldn't read/respond to messages while my account was essentially locked down. My patreon is done and I don't think I would go back to patreon in the future.
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Upcoming plans:
1. I have about 600+ renders that were on my mega that I may post here if people want. These are comprised of holiday renders, pinups, unreleased renders
2. Not sure if I will release models or not. A lot of them are "custom" with some textures edited in photoshop and morphs made in Blender, so I would have to make actual character models rather than listing morphs out. I always enjoyed fan art and was curious what people would do with characters from the VN but now I don't know if people would still want to.
I won't be online much, so if I don't respond to messages or respond late, that's the main reason.
I really do appreciate the enthusiasm people had for the VN and was determined before that I wasn't going to abandon it. I just wish I had planned/done things differently so it wouldn't be in the state that it is currently in.
Cheers!
I will try to keep it short.
Thank you to everyone for the kind messages and support.
Bottom line: I am either going to start over or not continue at all.
I just feel like 3/4 of the game was made rushed/without planning and resulted in:
Unlikeable MC
Bad renders/Models
Weird pacing
I came to this realization after the last update and was kind of dumbfounded that I was oblivious to these issues. Its hard for me to look at the early game. I just feel like everything is mediocre and I want it to be great.
Originally, I was going to abandon it altogether but a part of me does want to continue if I can start from scratch. Maybe doing a few renders each weekend till I get a more consistent schedule. However, I am still thinking about it.
I think the "abandon" tag would be appropriate despite what I said above, because my plans are up in the air and I don't people to feel anticipation something is going to happen soon.
For patreon supporters, thank you for supporting me and I'm sorry I couldn't read/respond to messages while my account was essentially locked down. My patreon is done and I don't think I would go back to patreon in the future.
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Upcoming plans:
1. I have about 600+ renders that were on my mega that I may post here if people want. These are comprised of holiday renders, pinups, unreleased renders
2. Not sure if I will release models or not. A lot of them are "custom" with some textures edited in photoshop and morphs made in Blender, so I would have to make actual character models rather than listing morphs out. I always enjoyed fan art and was curious what people would do with characters from the VN but now I don't know if people would still want to.
I won't be online much, so if I don't respond to messages or respond late, that's the main reason.
I really do appreciate the enthusiasm people had for the VN and was determined before that I wasn't going to abandon it. I just wish I had planned/done things differently so it wouldn't be in the state that it is currently in.
Cheers!
Thank you for the post. For me, the MC and renders were GOOD, and I enjoyed the story a lot. Thank you for the hard work.
- Aug 11, 2023
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I had no issues with your vn, which is why I supported it when I was able too. The mc was young and naive, but I can't remember anything unlikable about him. The renders looked good IMO. I would support you on Subscribestar.
- Jun 13, 2022
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I thought the pacing was fine, noting really slowed or rushed, the renders were great and the Mc seemed like a normal guy nothing unlikable about him. And if you do start over would it just be a remake of Juno Task cause I think everything around it is great.
While I can sympathize with your perfectionist mindset and wanting everything to match a standard that you know you can achieve, it would be WAY BETTER to continue & finish as opposed to starting over. You have built up a decent following (as far as I can tell anyway) whose expectations are based upon what you already delivered - not based upon what you could deliver.
A complete VN with your current art and story would still be better than 75-90% of any VNs out there AND would go a long way to helping support any subsequent projects. Permanently abandoning would sour your relationship with a lot of fans and would likely result in fewer following along with your next project.
FWIW... If I were you, I would finish Juno's Task in the style that it is now, then make another game or two (either different from OR continuing to build upon the world of Juno's Task). After that, and once your skillset has leveled up even further, remake Juno's Task in a way that is a HUGE improvement over the original. Doing it that way would both excite fans of the original version and attract new people who never played the original.
- Jun 24, 2018
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Hey man glad you are still around.
You know i understand what you are saying, a lot of devs get to a point where they evolve with the game they make, they become more aware of the flaws of the earlier updates. And i do understand the concerns you have, i think the weakest part of the game is the MC, he is kinda dull, he doesnt react as naturally to things as he should and has no personality. My personal pet peeve with him is he would have giant naked tits right in front of his face and he would have the most stoic reaction ever despite the fact that he lookes like a 19 year old scrawny kid that would absolutely lose his mind in a situation like that.
However there is also a lot of strength in your game. A lot of the models are amazing, a lot of the female characters are great and interesting, the story/plot itself is unique and refreshing. I dunno how well you remember but i especially told you how much i love what you did with some of the characters in the game like Lilith, she feels like a proper, manipulative, sexy villain. I mean i asked people in the GFX thread to make her as my signature in the first place for a reason.
At the end of the day whatever you do with the game is up to you, I do hope you continue though and i dont think you need to rework all that much, just tweak the MC a bit so he has more natural reactions to the things around him, everything else is decent and in the latest updates even great. It be a shame to drop this altogether with your level of talent.
Anyway good luck man, if you still wanna continue with the game, we will be here for you, take care.
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