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I work in the entertainment industry. 17 years now, in fact. Unless you're working on your own project, it's someone else's vision / voice you're working on. And as a professional, you have to have a compromise with having your own input and what the client (ie the one paying for it) wants.
It's ultimately their name that's on the project and they need to be happy with the product. Your wants / artistic desires / religious beliefs / ego takes a back seat.
From what I gather about this project is that this was always going to be an issue from the start.
I didn't think Darren's and Professor Moore's redesigned would be shown next, but I looked at both designs(new and old) and wanted to give my thoughts on it.
Previously, I mentioned how I was very curious about Darren's redesigned because I felt he needed it. I was reading the description about the redesign and the only thing I could interpret is "In case you didn't know before, Darren is a NERD! To make sure you remember, we're going to emphasize the stereotypical aspects of a nerd even more!" XD Nothing wrong with some stereotype aspects of a character, but I think it's taking it to the point where I don't see what's unique about him as a person nor in his redesign. The color palette and his new look makes it look like he should be in middle school in the 1990s instead of modern day college. His redesign could have been much better, but it is the developer's vision.
I'm really happy to see Professor Moore, though. He's one of my personal favorite male characters from Lust Campus and love both of his designs. He looks a bit younger, especially with having hair on his head instead of being bald, but still mature. The most interesting part was reading how he's married, but the previous artist didn't like the idea for some reason. This does make me curious of how the writing could use this aspect of Moore's story. Like is he in a loving marriage or a troubled one, but continues to try to be a faithful husband and the player as Alice get to choose whether to tempt him? I think just the fact he's the professor already makes him "forbidden fruit", I could see so many ways it could messy for both of them if it goes that route.
Previously, I mentioned how I was very curious about Darren's redesigned because I felt he needed it. I was reading the description about the redesign and the only thing I could interpret is "In case you didn't know before, Darren is a NERD! To make sure you remember, we're going to emphasize the stereotypical aspects of a nerd even more!" XD Nothing wrong with some stereotype aspects of a character, but I think it's taking it to the point where I don't see what's unique about him as a person nor in his redesign. The color palette and his new look makes it look like he should be in middle school in the 1990s instead of modern day college. His redesign could have been much better, but it is the developer's vision.
I'm really happy to see Professor Moore, though. He's one of my personal favorite male characters from Lust Campus and love both of his designs. He looks a bit younger, especially with having hair on his head instead of being bald, but still mature. The most interesting part was reading how he's married, but the previous artist didn't like the idea for some reason. This does make me curious of how the writing could use this aspect of Moore's story. Like is he in a loving marriage or a troubled one, but continues to try to be a faithful husband and the player as Alice get to choose whether to tempt him? I think just the fact he's the professor already makes him "forbidden fruit", I could see so many ways it could messy for both of them if it goes that route.
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didn't expect to play the whole thing when i started, it was a great game with amazing art and a brilliant soundtrack to go with it, can't wait for more story
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Hi guys!
April is almost over and May comes with a metric ton of work for us.
We are still working on the remake of Chapter 1, updating all the art, adding more illustrations, new scenes, a whole new character, improving our internal programming, adding an OST, etc.
That, however, does not prevent us to hear you guys. So by popular demand we're also working on improving our project's transparency. As you may have noticed, we're trying to publish at least one post each week and we are also set to publish a biweekly Quick Update post on how the project is progressing. We hope this helps you see how each chapter is going and make you a participant of its evolution. We are also working on another big measure to improve transparency, but we cannot reveal what it is until it is ready.
We are aiming to present Chapter 1's reissue within a period of 3 months, as usual, which makes the launch day around the late June/early July. The process of revamping LC has been a massive headache quite often, but we're slowly seeing the results of our efforts throughout these months, to the point that we're feeling quite optimistic about the project. Moreover, seeing your positive reactions to the new art is reinvigorating us and poising us to continue working hard on this.
Again, thank you so much for your support and don't miss Bonnie's new look this Saturday!❤
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So this is not a simple remaster of the art but a complete reboot/remake with story changes (because previous artist was curbing the project). Still I don't understand why it took so much time, but good luck for the future.
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Seems to me from the tid-bits and gist, that either they took them to court or threatened to take them to court.
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It appears that the original team was well along on Chapter 5 before the differences in creative vision [i.e. I DON'T WANNA DO SEX SCENES!] came to a breaking point. I assume what followed were negotiations that proved fruitless, then the search for a new artist who knew what they were getting into. All time-consuming, and frustrating to us players.
So now we have the new team going back to redo absolutely everything in the game from scratch. This is something I normally detest, and I usually stop playing when that happens, especially this far along into the game. At least this time there appears to be a legitimate excuse for this tactic. Unfortunately, that means we will most likely have to wait for a year or two before they get back to where we are today with the game.
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Walter Victor
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Does it make any difference? The game is being redone from scratch with a new artist and most likely modified plot lines. Everything you play will be obsolete as soon as they come out with their first rework release.
I would recommend waiting for the rework to come out. But if you want to bide some time playing what we have now, just go ahead. But, know that everything you see is likely to change.
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It's just curiously inconsistent. I don't recall other character reveals locked behind that level.
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It's the same as the other character reveals. Posted for patreons first, then it's unlocked for everyone after about one week.
afterlights
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Thanks! I wasn't sure looking back through my Patreon feed, but that makes sense.
Why do the good games seem to follow this pattern:
(1) First release is great
(2) A few good subsequent releases not *quite* as good as the first
(3) Something happens
(4) Dev uses that something as an "opportunity" to restart the game
(5) The game never gets back to the stage it was before
Maybe we should appreciate finished games as rare and remarkable achievements.
(1) First release is great
(2) A few good subsequent releases not *quite* as good as the first
(3) Something happens
(4) Dev uses that something as an "opportunity" to restart the game
(5) The game never gets back to the stage it was before
Maybe we should appreciate finished games as rare and remarkable achievements.
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And it is somehow more common among fem protag games. Or so it seems to me at least.