VN Ren'Py Abandoned Kingdom of Deception [v0.14.2.2] [Hreinn Games]

[Jinsoyun]

Even if the artist is MIA they can use the already existing assets to move forward, it's not like the new art is anything amazing. Is it lazy? Sure, but it's also the most cost/time effective way of doing things at this point not to mention they've already been reusing assets over the past few updates. I'm half tempted to mod the game myself. Between this, SS and Seeds of Chaos I swear every 2D game on this site that started around 2016 is cursed.

In theory that is exactly what they are doing right now. Since Nomo is also the guy behind the story and character personalities, i doubt that we'd get a story focused quest, but the writer and the coder said that they are trying to cook something up by the end of october.
Take it with the usual slab of salt, but at least the correct idea came to them eventually.

 

[nyqz]

Guys, please recommend me games with orcs like this one (but preferably with enough content), otherwise I’m already losing hope of finishing this game, they were once my favorite developers, but with every message they post on Patreon I’m getting more and more disappointed

There's weirdly few orc-focused games considering how much of a h-cliche it is. Are you open to games that just have a big component that's orc focused, or does it need to be mostly orcs?

 

[Negativpro0]

Aight fellas it is the 29 of Oktober. An update was promised for the end of Oktober, only two days left. Bets are open. Which one will it be?

A: update comes out
B: update does not come out
C: what update?
D: dog ate Hreinn homeworks, so there is no update.

 

[Jinsoyun]

Aight fellas it is the 29 of Oktober. An update was promised for the end of Oktober, only two days left. Bets are open. Which one will it be?

A: update comes out
B: update does not come out
C: what update?
D: dog ate Hreinn homeworks, so there is no update.

Can i say the line this time? Someone was faster than me every time in the past.

E: Which October?

Thank you.

 

[TERES]

Aight fellas it is the 29 of Oktober. An update was promised for the end of Oktober, only two days left. Bets are open. Which one will it be?

A: update comes out
B: update does not come out
C: what update?
D: dog ate Hreinn homeworks, so there is no update.

C: what update?
More likely until November.

 

[Jinsoyun]

They have an update post. I can't read most of it, but this is the start:
"Hey guys - letting you know where we are. We wanted to release it before the end of the month, but the coding will take a bit extra time..."

 

[Partyboy78]

"We wanted to release it this month, but we figured we could fish another month's worth of money from ya'll once again. See you next month to feed you the next excuse".

 

[xhyde]

Really struggling to imagine what coding issues they're running into that take a week to fix... its not like Renpy is a complicated engine...

 

[Negativpro0]

 

[scheriel]

I mean I expected nothing less from them. Thought the coding was finished a long time ago? Wasn't the patch delayed by Nomo not being satisfied with his art?

 

[Jinsoyun]

I mean I expected nothing less from them. Thought the coding was finished a long time ago? Wasn't the patch delayed by Nomo not being satisfied with his art?

They are doing something else now, or at least it seems to. The real patch with the story quest and all that is unfinished as you said, with Nomo wanting to redraw something. Currently the writer and the coder is trying to put something together that can be released at least while we wait for Nomo.

 

[ashkatchemall25]

You know... I don't really know code... but couldn't the story technically continue and later images added?

 

[Enigmanic]

You know... I don't really know code... but couldn't the story technically continue and later images added?

Absolutely. Any programmer or software engineer with the slimmest hint of knowledge and competence in their craft can handle code for Ren'Py. NDS, the coder for KoD, is lazy or incompetent.

 

[Jinsoyun]

You know... I don't really know code... but couldn't the story technically continue and later images added?

From everything i've read so far from Hreinn, their development cycle goes something like this:

1. Discuss the content of the patch.
2. Nomo starts drawing, writer starts writing.
3. When those two are finished the coder compiles the content into a patch.
4. Test and release.

Now, i must say again that i don't know much about coding, so anyone with more knowledge can correct me on this one, but as soon as the plans are made and Nomo has some sketches or the writer has some rough scripts, a programmer can start coding already with placeholders and just quickly replace those with the actual content when the artists are done.
Even if the coding process legitimately takes a couple of months due to some kind of difficulty or a lack of available time, the task itself can be started long before everything else is done. And so far i've not seen a single indicator of that happening.

 

[scheriel]

Anyone in this thread from the future? I am actually curious if this game will ever be finished

 

[Enigmanic]

Anyone in this thread from the future? I am actually curious if this game will ever be finished

Of course it will. When it's finally finished and goes on sale on Steam I'm looking forward to pre-ordering it for my unborn grand-nephews. (..when they're grown up, of course.)

 

[StoryMan]

Is there anyone here who understands Stable Diffusion and ControlNet ? If we find the right prompts, with their help it is possible to realize some new art with Sabia)? Or AI doesn't know how to realize such things yet?)
(I just don't know much about it...)

You can find Lora on Sabia on the Civitai website. There you can also see examples of works by users of the site using this Lora. It still falls short of the original, but the result is good.

P.S. If anything, pardon my language - I write through the translator DeepL.

 

[Jinsoyun]

You can find Lora on Sabia on the Civitai website. There you can also see examples of works by users of the site using this Lora. It still falls short of the original, but the result is good.

P.S. If anything, pardon my language - I write through the translator DeepL.

Wow, these actually look pretty good. The usual AI-hand problems are present, but i can't say that i mind a top-down Sabia BJ picture that i can actually see.

Damn, i wish Nomo to get better and start drawing full art again.

 

[MrTvHead]

You can find Lora on Sabia on the Civitai website. There you can also see examples of works by users of the site using this Lora. It still falls short of the original, but the result is good.

P.S. If anything, pardon my language - I write through the translator DeepL.

Man those are perfect. Can you send us the link to the Lora?

 

[StoryMan]

Man those are perfect. Can you send us the link to the Lora?

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