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

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Karl Speidel

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Jinsoyun said:
Yay, signs of life!

Wait, what?

Step by step again:
End of July is the target. Last release was at the start of January, so if no further delay happen, then 7 months for a third of a bad-end filler. Even if they say that the 3rd part will be faster that doesn't say much.

And let's go back to that bit again. Part 3? In their post in november they said that Sabia getting captured will be the new filler story. Then in January they spoke about two parts and now we are at 3 in the planning? Each time they write a post this filler story gets longer.

Finally they say that "very submissive" Sabia's fans will like the dialogue. What does that mean? "Very submissive" as in so much so that she actually enjoys herself secretly or does she end up getting fucked till she faints and gets called "slut" 30 times per minute? I would vote for the first one please if that's an option.

My suggestions for the slight chance that someone from Hreinn hears this:
If you are already thinking in terms of part 3, then turn this story from a filler dead-end into a proper side quest. Make it possible for Sabia to get back to Grok og Dar. Otherwise we are heading into ONE YEAR LONG development of content that any real playthrough would just skip over in a second. And i'm not saying (yet) that we won't see part 3 till the end of the year. I'm saying that according to their last post, next in line in development was the Vehlis-bad-end story which would also be skipped in a playthrough.

I had my complaints about part 1, but honestly, this quest line is not un-salvageable, but it cannot stay a filler bad end.
Let Sabia escape, give us a few minutes of dialogue for Sub-Dom-Neutral versions of how she did it and let us see a bit of aftermath when she returns home. Some of her friends could express worry, her enemies could be annoyed that she even returned, her captain could be angry that she wasn't available for months, her new recruits could ask for payment for the missed time... in action.

Seriously a lot of bonus points if she escapes after sex and still is naked and she has to go buy new outfits or just walk in on Tekrok naked and request a new slave armor because she couldn't bring her original one back. This could be incredibly funny and sexy like the better quests used to be in this game.
This would integrate this quest back into the story and elevate it from a filler to a proper optional side quest.

There are a lot of things Hreinn could still do to make this story worthwhile if the development took so long and as i said, this set up is a classic for a reason, the opportunities are endless. There is no reason for this quest line to end up being auto skipped just yet. Hreinn, you can do something about it and fixing it wouldn't take longer than running into a dead-end.
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They dont really care about the game by this point,its a Bo wei and Koda kind of situation,hell even koda was kicked and a standalone version of crow was released.So probably worse.
 
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Jinsoyun

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pigg said:
Zombie game? It all went to shit even before the main artist left the project and the replacement's work is questionable at best.
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The main artist is the same and never got replaced. And he is also the only artist ever since NN.
 
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souldead341

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pigg said:
Unless he suffered horrific brain injuries, it's not the same artist.
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It is, he just made a bunch of lower quality art that was supposed to be used for side content and repeatable scenes. They then used the art as the main assets for a bunch of scenes, and the artist has been sick and / or lazy about doing the better-quality pieces they used to.

So unless Nomo (the artist) has actually left the project and they've hidden that he left, the artist hasn't been switched, just done shittier drawings.
 
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404NoNamegr

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Burnout in general can result in some serious decline in work output quality and more. Doesn't mean that they necessarily replaced the artist.
 
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sadfuck

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At the risk of incurring hatred and scorn, does this game no longer receive mac updates (official or compressed)?
thanks.
 
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Rorrecros

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Its been a while since I played this game or check on the updates, is this project still getting updated? I remember it being real good.
 
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Partyboy78

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Rorrecros said:
Its been a while since I played this game or check on the updates, is this project still getting updated? I remember it being real good.
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There might be an update at the end of the month, but who knows. They're still promising to push out quicker updates, something they've already failed to do the first time they said they would.
 
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Jinsoyun

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sadfuck said:
At the risk of incurring hatred and scorn, does this game no longer receive mac updates (official or compressed)?
thanks.
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0.14.2.1 has an official mac link in their free patreon post, so the most recent patch should be on mac. I can't test it tho.
 
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