- Nov 3, 2019
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I'd like to assume you are just making a joke but I've been on the internet long enough so just in case: you do know that's not how those numbered versions work in most porn games right? Usually a game jumps a number whenever substantial enough content/systems has been added but it's NOT an indication of how much total work has been done up until now.So it took them 4.5 years to reach 0.12 and almost a year from 0.11 to 0.12. Guess that implies there's still 33 to 99 more years to go. Can't wait to play the completed version! (literally)![]()
You make a valid point about the version numbering. As for the rest, that may be a little naive or optimistic....Usually a game jumps a number whenever substantial enough content/systems has been added but it's NOT an indication of how much total work has been done up until now.
Version 0.12 is not 12% of the final product, games might go from 0.55 to 0.56 and then to 1.0 very next patch because that was all that needed to be done for the final game, it's pretty much never a percentage of work needed for the final version (whether the dev calculated that or not).
That being said sometimes making porn games is more lucrative than finishing them, so who knows maybe you are right on the money with the time table. Even if the devs aren't greedy you grow attached to projects you work on and just don't want them to end. Good news is this particular dev at least fully released a porn game before so I'd say there are better chances for this project.
The amount of content in the game shoudn't have taken four years especially when so many sex scenes are just recycled assets. So many of the sex scenes are pretty much the same stuff over and over. Furthermore, most of KoD's supporters originally started following the game for the story...I don't get why people still keep on bashing the devs when shit is getting done - by their own pace.
Well that's not unheard of, people tend to LOVE negativity. In this situation it's kinda justified, but also kinda not, because they were crying nonstop for 8 months or so even before the update, playing oracles and accusing devs for nothing. Like the empty accusations of milking people's wallets and being a scam project.Y'all yelling "KOD has gone down the drain" but they literally doubled the scenes in the game with the last patch. Like, if you truly think the game is over and done for - leave the game, forget about it. Stop whining endlessly on the game, when there was obviously work put into the last update. The way I see it there are 2 options:
1 - shut up, enjoy the game, talk about it, share it with somebody else that might enjoy it.
2 - leave the game and forget about it. You don't like how it's being developed? How the team's not communicating? Vote with your wallet and don't pay for it. Simple economics.
I don't get why people still keep on bashing the devs when shit is getting done - by their own pace.
You make excellent points but I don't think most of the 'crying' is unjustified....It's hard to really say people to shut up with negativity, because they have some right to bash the devs for lazy coding, but it's also hard to support all the crying, as they often tend to go way off the rails. Like saying that Nomo's art is bad, or that without Sierra the game is unreadable and disgusting, or that devs are evil scammers. Or i remember that one time when some guy said this kind of delay should be illegal.
I wouldn't even mind that if they at least gave us timely updates with good h scenes. Getting an update once every 6-12 months makes it difficult to stay interested in this game. Hopefully they'll put out updates faster nowIt has become obvious that they don't have a cohesive plan for completing the story.
i personally think the game started to decline before sierra left, i personally blame patreon as i noticed the game became alot tamer when patreon started being draconian on their rules around porn gamesThe game declined since Sierra left that a fact but it didnt have to rot like it did by now,what we are looking at is a dying game that is keep going by people who invested too much and dont want to admit that they wasted money so they keep investing and hentai addicts who are content with "doubling" "scenes" once every 6 months or so instead of going to pornhub or a scene focused game.This game's biggest asset was its story,unique characters,dialogue and lore which is now not gonna be expanded very much if at all.
So its stupid to throw away all of that and focus on scenes,they added alot of recycled art while those who aren't are sub-standard quality,this shockingly came at the cost of dialogue and story which are now secondary to the lazy devs.
At this point it will take a miracle to get KoD out of life support.
I didnt pay much attention to Patreon and i didnt see any major changes,the minotaur scenes with Sabia plus the bandit leader (forgott her name) are pretty brutal not to mention sadistic and involve bestiality.i personally think the game started to decline before sierra left, i personally blame patreon as i noticed the game became alot tamer when patreon started being draconian on their rules around porn games
First - minotaurs are intelligent humanoids so it doesn't count as bestiality. The game does feature sex with the hellhounds but those scenes had to be snuck in much later since Patreon forbids bestiality.I didnt pay much attention to Patreon and i didnt see any major changes,the minotaur scenes with Sabia plus the bandit leader (forgott her name) are pretty brutal not to mention sadistic and involve bestiality.
Please do elaborate on how the game became more tame since patreon.
Is that why Sabia acts like that? I though it was intentional to make it comic or that its the dev's style.The scenes with the minotaur are anything but consensual.First - minotaurs are intelligent humanoids so it doesn't count as bestiality. The game does feature sex with the hellhounds but those scenes had to be snuck in much later since Patreon forbids bestiality.
Second and more troubling - Patreon forbids non-con. That's a big problem for many fantasy games and KoD is no exception.
The orcs follow a culture of conquering lands, slaughtering men and raping enslaved women. That's problematic due to Patreon's prohibition of noncon so everytime Sabia gets raped, she acts like she's mildly annoyed instead of actually being distraught about being raped or gangbanged.
Yes, the game became much tamer and it's made even worse due to poor writing.
Regarding the noncon, there are scenes that involve other characters being raped and the women in those scenes act a little more realistic. But most sex scenes in the game involve the protag so the noncon scenes with Sabia are much tamer.Is that why Sabia acts like that? I though it was intentional to make it comic or that its the dev's style.The scenes with the minotaur are anything but consensual.
Anyhow the devs are responsible for all of this mess,they chose to join patreon and supposetly abide by their rules which are arbitrarly instead of doing things the way they wanted,joining patreon AFTER they finished KoD would have been smarter since they would have gotten atleast some donations before (and if) they decided to shut them down.
This reminds me of ZXC (or what his name is) that made Latex Dungeon,he was on patreon for quite some time (over a year) and practically didnt abide by their rules yet he got quite a bit of a following and donations,he moved to SubscribeStar after his patreon was shut down.Regarding the noncon, there are scenes that involve other characters being raped and the women in those scenes act a little more realistic. But most sex scenes in the game involve the protag so the noncon scenes with Sabia are much tamer.
And I partially agree about Patreon. At the time it may have been necessary for financing the game but there are certainly better alternatives. In fact, I and other supporters have in the past suggested that Nomo move the game to SubscribeStar since that crowdfunding platform doesn't restrict noncon. Frankly, I wish more adult game makers would go to SubscribeStar.
Good points. A funny thing about the scenes with Avion (the minotaur) and Sabia - That scene was rewritten just one update later. In the original version Sabia clearly was more distraught and emotional about him raping her. But some supporters argued that the scene was 'too intense'. Some even called it depressing. It just goes to show the mentality of some supporters. These morons are like, "Oh yeah! Give us more scenes of Sabia getting raped and gangbanged by orcs and minotaurs!! Woohoo!"This reminds me of ZXC (or what his name is) that made Latex Dungeon,he was on patreon for quite some time (over a year) and practically didnt abide by their rules yet he got quite a bit of a following and donations,he moved to SubscribeStar after his patreon was shut down.
Point is that he didnt allow patreon to dictate his passion/work and smartly used it as long as he could then moved.
Now that i think about it non con scenes would be a little hard to pull off,im not a fan of brutal scenes but more scenes like the orc raping the elf or like the minotaur with sabia would have been welcomed for their originality and for not really crossing the line.
That's partially because that was the last story patch before 0.12. Everyone wanted more h-scenes and the devs wanted to make new assets (groping, human town, minotaur, tentacle monster), so it was decided that the story would get pushed into the background for the next 3 patches and in exchange we would get a lot of sexy interactions, groping and a bit more things to do around the camp in general.It''s already been said but the moment the warchief gets captured and that depressing music starts playing all the time is where this game fell apart and never recovered from. Big sad.