Ren'Py Lust Theory [v0.9.0] [Inceton Games]

[Penfold Mole]

I know this was written with sarcasm, but if we take it at face value that this Lancelot guy really did think Embercat fucked up all of the writing since taking over in S3, it does beg the question by what metric did he use to come to that conclusion?

Was it the, from what I've seen on F95 at least, overwhelmingly positive feedback by the audience, hailing it as salvaging the train wreck left by S2, and doing some nice character growth with each installment?

Was it the frequency of the updates, which were close to almost a week per at times, compared to most other devs, team or not, that would typically take at least 1-3 months for the size of these updates?

Was it the lack of complete asspulls that made the plot an incoherent mess?

When comparing the two endings of the latest update as a compare/contrast exercise, was his work too satisfying?

Was it the complete lack of shitty fucking Lust Time?

Seriously, what was the metric that determined Embercat sucked and needed to be fired?

Likely a combination of all of it. Ember tried to fix something that was designed to suck

 

[Conviction07]

I know this was written with sarcasm, but if we take it at face value that this Lancelot guy really did think Embercat fucked up all of the writing since taking over in S3, it does beg the question by what metric did he use to come to that conclusion?

Was it the, from what I've seen on F95 at least, overwhelmingly positive feedback by the audience, hailing it as salvaging the train wreck left by S2, and doing some nice character growth with each installment?

Was it the frequency of the updates, which were close to almost a week per at times, compared to most other devs, team or not, that would typically take at least 1-3 months for the size of these updates?

Was it the lack of complete asspulls that made the plot an incoherent mess?

When comparing the two endings of the latest update as a compare/contrast exercise, was his work too satisfying?

Was it the complete lack of shitty fucking Lust Time?

Seriously, what was the metric that determined Embercat sucked and needed to be fired?

It ultimately all comes down to money. Inceton's revenue took a big drop somewhere during season 2 and it hasn't been able to recover since. This is just my opinion, but when they hired Embercat to take over the writing of Lust Theory, they likely did it with the unfair expectation that he'd fix whatever went wrong before, and gain back all those lost patrons. Unfortunately, that didn't happen, and it's easier to put the onus of responsibility on the new guy they don't have a personal relationship with, who they can easily swap out with someone new if the desired results weren't achieved. That's not something they can do with the trio of owners at the top who actually run shit.

The point I'm trying to make is that Lancelot is not creatively minded, he's a numbers guy. And if Lust Theory was pulling in the numbers he wanted and needed it to, he'd be blowing Embercat right about now, telling him how good he thinks his writing is. But it's not, so obviously it must be because the writing sucks and story is boring. I suspect the same thing happened with me, too. And I say suspect because I was never even officially let go, or given a reason as to why I wasn't needed any longer. It literally went from having a 5 year long working relationship with nary an argument had, only ever being told they were happy with my work, even visiting them in person where everyone was super lovely and welcoming towards me, to being ghosted a few months later when the game I worked on released on Steam and was a bit of a flop.