Polarthief
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Big sadge, Hyao didn't get the update in the weekend. Hopefully tomorrow
Edit: SURELY. TOMORROW. RIGHT?
Edit: SURELY. TOMORROW. RIGHT?
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I doubt next month, but I'm actually curious what's gonna happen for it. Maybe he'll do all his content for this month and all guest content for next month?Probably next week or next month at this rate, he's had 2 months+ of time to do this, probably something is going on in his life.
Either that, or he'll release 2 patreon updates in a monthI doubt next month, but I'm actually curious what's gonna happen for it. Maybe he'll do all his content for this month and all guest content for next month?
Seeing that they haven't been able to finish their update on time, I doubt that.Either that, or he'll release 2 patreon updates in a month
Nobody here is trying to sue Hyao for breach of contract. But there's a social contract between the developers and the patreons to fulfill promises to a certain reasonable degree. Funnily enough the degree is more or less set by the developers. Hyao set the deadline himself and then failed to meet it repeatedly. In accordance with social contract some people point it out and complain about it. This is great because it tells others whether to support the project or any projects by that developer, hopefully impacting their bottom line enough for them to correct their behavior or at least prevent people from wasting money on the project.Pretty much what vitrelladonella said.
From what you said, I'm not sure you know how Patreon subscription actually works.
Or you've been poisoned by those who exploits such model to extract money (one of the worst thing they did is pay-walling contents behind subscription).
It's "parasocial" cuz it's "delusional power fantasy". I don't even understand how you can compare these to Investment Industry.
- No matter how you think you are "investing in these projects", You are not.
- There're no contract signed to guarantee an agreed outcome. You might as well not getting anything you expected in return.
- No matter how you think you are part of the development cuz you gave the dev bunch of money, You are not.
- You can give feedback, you might even influence the project.
- BUT it's ultimately up to the Developers to make the call and do the work. If it's aligned with your interests, great. If it's not, bad luck for you.
Tho I agree with your "Without accountability, nothing would get done...". Everyone only acts with their own best interests.
The sad truth is we are not able to held anyone accountable in gaming industry due to lackin' regulations. (Sick of Big companies sell overpriced and unfinished games yet?)
And that's one of many reasons why there are so many Abandonware, besides "dev burnout due to unhealthy environment", "developing game is difficult, requires way more skills than dev can handle", etc.
And what's all this to do with Lustful Desires you ask?
It's just a porn game, if you don't like the state of the development, just move on with your life. You can't hold Hyao "accountable" for anything cuz there's never an agreement signed in the first place. Nor can he you.
In Hyao's defense, this is the first time he's legitimately missed a deadline he set. Further in his defense, here's his exact wording:--there's a social contract between the developers and the patreons to fulfill promises to a certain reasonable degree. Funnily enough the degree is more or less set by the developers. Hyao set the deadline himself and then failed to meet it repeatedly.
There's no *hard* confirmation (unlike Lilith's Throne dev) that it would be on the weekend, so, yeah. He has given us a heads up when a month wouldn't have an update (so you could pause Patreon payments for a month if you wanted), unlike some other devs (LT as already mentioned for basically every fucking month, or the OnlyIHaveSkillls dev who did it twice). Plus like, $1.I think I should be able to release the update this week, most likely sometime during the weekend.
Right. My main complaint was actually the content in the last X releases and not this particular deadline. Sorry for the confusion.In Hyao's defense, this is the first time he's legitimately missed a deadline he set. Further in his defense, here's his exact wording:
There's no *hard* confirmation (unlike Lilith's Throne dev) that it would be on the weekend, so, yeah. He has given us a heads up when a month wouldn't have an update (so you could pause Patreon payments for a month if you wanted), unlike some other devs (LT as already mentioned for basically every fucking month, or the OnlyIHaveSkillls dev who did it twice). Plus like, $1.
I'm not trying to white knight Hyao here, but honestly, I'm willing to give him the BOTD provided he actually follows through on this update being as good as he's made it out to be.
Previous releases were late as well? I don't remember that. Lacking in content? Absolutely, but I don't remember anything about him missing deadlines...My main complaint was actually the content in the last X releases and not this particular deadline.
I apologize for being so late with this one.
It was finished earlier, but I did a mess with one event, so most of today we were trying to fix everything so it won't cause problems. I hope we didn't overlook anything.
The update is roughly 40k+ words. It's a big one. One part of it is the Bareshade assembly event, the other is expanding the Skullbreaker camp. Plus some small things here or there. Plenty of new other things as well - new cg, new sprites, new music.
Without further ado...
PART 1: CONTENT
Bareshade Fair
Stroll around
Official meeting
- Tao (maybe) in trouble (Req: Tao invited to fair, bandits in town)
Bareshade
- Main event. Finish the necessary conversations with the guests for the option to be available during the fair.
Bernard:
Assembly
- Assembly (Req: Werewolf event finished, Orc event finished, Lizard invited to the fair, Tao invited to the fair, NC guards invited to the fair)
You need to talk with those people to progress the event further during conversation with Bernard.
Northcrest
- Ruins: Roushk
- Northcrest Outpost: Everett
- Junkyard: Tao
- River's Bank: Feliar (Req: Rather obvious)
- Iron Blood Camp: Korg (Req: Stood against Mirage, Groth visited the fair)
- Iron Blood Camp: Orgram (Req: Talk with Korg finished)
Dulrig:
Skullbreaker Horde Camp
- Conversation: Crawler hide
Entrance:
Camp:
- Orc Slut (Req: Respect -70, 'Reward' talk done if picked that option during encounter with Mirage)
- Warm welcome (Req: Respect -25)
Outdoor prisoners (MC Male top content):
- Naked MC (Req: No clothes. Scene with Respect -15)
- Explore Camp (Random events)
Khalgor's Tent
- Blowjob from the green orc
- Blowjob from the red orc?
- Double blowjob from the ogre
Entrance (MC Bottom content):
Conversation:
- Khalgor's Walk (Req: Respect -70, Orc Slut event done, once per day)
- 3 scenes + 1 Fem MC scene + 1 wolbauk scene
'Tent'
- Mirage's promised reward (Req: 'Khalgor' picked as a reward, 'Mirage' conversation done)
- Place to stay (Req: Respect -10 or 10+)
- Prisoners (Req: Korg not in Orgram's tribe, Respect -20 or 20+, Outdoor prisoners done 5+ times)
Jungle
- Entrance
- Rest
- No rest for the wicked (If sleep was interrupted. Results depends on the players Respect)
Sabal Encounter:
Battlefield
- Escape variant – Escape has now four steps. You can pass each one of them which would take you to safety. A failed escape leads to a choice to continue a fight or trying escape again.
Check the surroundings:
New Items
- Two new events (Encounter, Item Find)
- New Enemy: Gryphon
PART 2: VISUAL/AUDIO ASPECTS
- Gryphon's Feather
- Gryphon's Arrow
- Crawler Armored Chausses
- Horde's Necklace
Narram’s addition:
StanG's addition:
- CG: Gunnar / MC
- Enemy: Gryphon
Burb's addition:
- Enemy: Pair Bandit
Civ's addition:
- New Icons: Warding Amulet, Traveler's Set, Poisonous Arrows, Sparking Arrows, Gryphon's Arrows, Gryphon's Feather, Crawler Armored Chausses, Horde's Necklace
- Updated Icons: Antique Coin, Arrows
- Music: Endurance (Battle Theme music for boss fights)
Ah so it's another one of those "you have a choice but not really" situations. Gotcha. Hey, at least the gryphons are pretty cool with their three scenes. And the skullbreaker events are good.Req: Stood against Mirage
Mobile is always a day or two after the update post. If you quote/ping/etc remind me tomorrow, I'll try to post it by Thursday (as I have plans/will be busy on Wednesday, so maybe tomorrow night if it's posted by then).Guess there is no mobile yet hope mobile build will be released soon
go to your preferences and turn on 'MC CG'. (Its for the track bj btw)great update but how am I supposed to see the Gunnar/MC cg![]()