I really miss this shit. It was a good game that had some soul in it. You don't really see many of those or they just end up turning into corny, soap opera shit.
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As far as how good urban fantasies could be by VN standarts, this was one of the best. I really long for this to continue.
And I don't even usually like things with magic fantasy elements. So that says a lot.
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According to this Patreon post,
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, the game will change name in Unsevered (it's in the ">Now, to the biggest news so far." paragraph) and, also, as stated in the
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post, the game will come to Steam, before he start working on chapter 5, as an early access game, apparently the 22nd of this November:
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Add it to your wish list guys, that costs you nothing but it may motivate dev a little more to stay on track and he needs all the motivation he can get.the game will come to Steam, before he start working on chapter 5, as an early access game, apparently the 22nd of this November:You must be registered to see the links
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i think his problem is not motivation, it's lack of communication and crappy PC.
i do hope the game can be a wild success too. i like the game
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As discussed above and on Discord, he probably has ADHD or at least it's major symptoms so in this case motivation is a very low abundance resource.
By lack of motivation I didn't mean he doesn't give a fuck about this game because I know that in reality it is quite contrary. That's not enough (it's never enough lol) when your dopamine neurotransmitters work sinusoidal, you can be very motivated today but because of lack of instant rewards/successes/positive feedback of your doings, it quickly depletes... Then there comes self-blame, lowering self-esteem, reducing your communication with others because you feel like a failure etc. I know for a fact that mental support can change a world here so yeah, even such little thing like wishlist on Steam can help.
Crappy PC? Surely that doesn't help although that's not the major problem here.
idk about now but when i was a patron, crappy pc was a major problem.
That and lack of financial support resulted in him not being able to dedicate bigger time onto the game cuz he needs to make a living.
Regardless, it would be nice if 2025 becomes a Mad World renaissance year. I've read the income some devs publicly shared on their game's steam release and Mad World has the quality, so here's to hoping.
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the amount of time that passed doesn't help his case though, devs can quickly fall out of relevance, and without a good number of supporters even a steam release will fall flat. Not enough wishlists and the game will buried so far at the bottom that no one will see it promoted by the steam algorithms .
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This is it. We're finally here — the biggest, most crucial moment in the four years of this project's lifetime.
Unsevered has entered its release campaign and is now available to wishlist on Steam.
As I prepare myself for the next three months of what will be my most grueling trial yet, and the next hardest thing I've ever done in my life, I come here to humbly ask for your help in this moment that could very well make or break this project.
I'm very lucky to have such a generous, patient, and supportive community. You've given me way more than I ever had any right to ask, which is why I've always refrained from letting words loose without a good purpose. You deserve none of my excuses and all of my effort. There were many setbacks, family drama, and health problems along the way, but I've always tried my best to show everyone I'm serious about what I'm making. I've only been able to unveil a small piece of my overall vision, but I still hope all the care I've put into it has shown you where the heart of this project is.
So far, I think I must've done an outstanding job of boring you with my endless platitudes about how much I love video games, and how my mission is righteous and true... and yet, I think it's appropriate to do it one last time. If there's a right moment to do it, it's now. If for some reason you can't trust my love, then trust my hate, since I'm just as moved by spite as I am by love. I seek to give away everything I once expected from my betters, and that's a powerful thing. I wish to mature into a true artist, in its most raw form; to create something of value, not price; to offer people worlds and stories that will be appreciated years after I'm gone. If nothing else, I hope to have proved to you all that I am willing to dedicate every cell of my body to achieving that. We've been here together long enough, haven't we?
The problem here is I need resources. I need to hire people to help me as I am in no way equipped to handle the entire pipeline of this project on my own for much longer. I need to go to sleep tonight and have the peace of mind that the future of Unsevered — and my own, is secured. I need power because will alone won't carry this forever no matter how obsessed I am. No amount of idealism can change reality, and the reality today is I need resources yesterday. Still, I am not here today to ask any of you for money. I can't expect you to give me something I'm not yet able to repay. I want to ask that you spare a moment of your busy lives to wishlist my game on Steam, as Steam's algorithm will push forward only what does a good job of gathering people's interest through wishlisting. If you can, I need you to share this on any forums or relevant places of discussion on the internet. I don't know how to reach everyone; I can't know, and I can't do this without any of you. It's impossible to put into words how decisive this moment is, and how much Unsevered needs this — how much I need this after so much time and energy has gone into getting it off the ground. It's imperative that this release is successful, as I have no other cards to play. If this release doesn't pay off, I'll have to consider options that aren't options right now, but that would, in the end, ensure the future of Unsevered, and Smoke Mob Games as a whole; options that I'm not considering for very good reasons.
All I've ever wanted to be was a game designer, and this project has given me an opportunity that once, I could only ever dream of. I will fight, I will sweat, and I will bleed for this if it's the last fucking thing I'll ever do, and If I haven't done enough, or haven't been able to make myself clear so far on how committed I am to seeing this to the very end, then it means I have already failed, and I do not deserve another single second of your time. After all, none of us is getting any younger.
However, If anywhere in the past four years, my project has been able to spark even mild curiosity in any of you, please, help me bring it to its full potential. You have all already done me a great kindness, all I ask is for the power to pay it back. Give me my wings, and I promise to spend the rest of my life flying towards the sun.
Unsevered will be released on Steam on November 22nd. It's been an honor to walk this path with you so far. I'll see you when the work is done.
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care to explain something?is this a new porject of him or is the same game remastered or reworked?
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before I say what I have to say a little disclaimer
I don't know what went on in this developer's life and I hope whatever he went through he's okay now
and I do hope this game is successful for him however this is my problem
after making people wait for almost a year for an update
which is fine I don't mind waiting as long as the developer doesn't go radio-silent
when the update finally comes out it focuses on one story with one character and you can't even continue the main story
even if you're not doing a monogamous playthrough like me when you focus on one girl
the fact that you can't even continue the main story after waiting a year
then shortly after you disappear without a word for 11 months
i dont understand this. did he changed the entire game? and it says when the early access comes out will have seven chapters and here only has 4 chapters. will he release on Novemeber 22nd 3 chapters together?
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He had some real life issues which he still struggles with unfortunately. There are better and worse periods, hopefully he will be back on his tracks with both life and game development...
Only the title has changed (maybe some in-game details, will see) and it is mostly for marketing purposes as far as I know, something like "new year, new me". I'm not sure about chapters, I don't want to mislead someone but again, as far as I know there is no new content made so far. He has story written but renders and coding are yet to be done.
Also if early access on Steam will be successful and there will be cash inflow, it surely will help him with progress. Let's be honest here, this is really good game and much worse AVNs were sold on Steam in huge numbers.
The way I understood its just a rename because "Mad World" is a very common name for stuff, there is a game MadWorld, there are songs, etc.. "Unsevered" I only found "Unsevered Ties" after some googling which appreares to be a 4 book gay romance novel. So "Unsevered" alone doesn't give me any results except for word explanation, which I guess is what the auther wanted. A name for his game that isn't used.
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Never in my life have I ever hated writing; until now.
No good way for me to say this, but in my arrogance, I've underestimated the workload. Hate to sour people's nights with this post, but some of you will notice I missed my release yesterday. The game wasn't ready, so I've decided to push the release date back until it is. I wish I'd told you guys about the delay sooner but I only realized I wasn't gonna make it two hours before release.
You guys got the beta excuse from me yesterday when I could barely even read what I was typing out. Today I'm here to give you the uncut release full HD 4k excuse, also available on mobile devices.
There has been a huge lack of oversight on my part. First of all, I didn't anticipate not having my two computers to render together overnight since I still need one of them to work, which I've been doing around the clock, no-sleep, raw sex to make the release date. I've tried working while rendering but aside from not having enough RAM, my CPU has started to overheat a lot lately, reaching 212 Fahrenheit. After rebooting I even got a BIOS message before entering Windows telling me I had to cool this shit down or start shopping for a new CPU. First time I ever got that message. Don't know how much mileage I still got on this computer and I don't wanna test it.
I fought so hard to make yesterday go exactly how I dreamed it would be. I had never been awake for that many consecutive days. I thought I was starting to hallucinate, but I'm not sure. I don't think I'd know if I was. At that point, I was spending more time drooling over my keyboard than actually working, and two hours away from release, I threw the towel and went straight to bed.
The last thing I wanted to do was go back on my word, but there was no way I would've won that fight yesterday with the game I have now. I have to go back, lick my wounds, and live to fight another day. There's no putting into words how deeply ashamed I am for this. I feel corporate and fucking dirty for pushing this back and pulling the apology letter move right after I gave a specific date and everything. Though this decision made me want to throw up, unfortunately, I was physically incapable of going any further. Both because I can't make my laptop and my overheating desktop render any faster, and also because I'm beat. I had thoroughly replaced my sleep for power-napping this entire week and I don't want to think about what was going to happen to me had I stayed awake for another day. I've never gone this long without proper sleep.
I've reached the limit of my design.
Still, I think it's pretty cute how my brain suddenly rewired itself back to peak condition the second I needed an excuse for my incompetence.
On the bright side, I did get more done this week than I have done for the past six months thanks to that deadline. There's a silver lining to this clusterfuck, I guess.
In the end, I do this more for myself than for anyone else, so I'm not sharing this with you guys because I want it to become your problem, it's not. No one's putting a gun to my head and forcing me to work on this day in and day out. This is entirely on me. I just want to explain why I failed to make good on my word as it's the only thing I can do right now. I don't know what the full consequences of this fiasco will be for my release, but I know I lost a lot of respect for myself yesterday. Probably a lot of yours, too. At the very least, I can give you guys a status update on what I've got so far, and what I don't.
- New script reworks for 4.1 are done. Script polish pending.
- With the new renders, Chapter 0 has now been completely reworked compared to the first version of the game, with new animations and gallery unlockables.
- Animations for Chapter 1 are done.
- One of the animations for Elena's library scene has been completed and rendered. Another one is still pending.
- At least five animations still pending. I can now animate and render one animation sequence in under 48 hours if I set the render time limit to 20 minutes for each frame. They get the job done but it doesn't beat letting them cook all the way, though.
- Render count is around 500 and still going. Post production pending. I haven't checked which renders came out undercooked yet.
- Sound pending. Sound levels seem good so far.
- Gallery system pending. I know how I want it to work on the backend, but I've been struggling with the user interface for months and can't decide on how it's supposed to look. I do have an idea I liked but haven't tested yet.
- Achievements pending.
- UI polish pending.
- New changelog menu pending.
- Chapter 5 script mostly done. Screenplay pending.
- I've been overfeeding myself for the past week or so (lots of protein) so the brain should be working fine. I have plenty of fish, chicken, beets, and kale to eat this week so things are good on that front.
- I still have sleep debt to pay, another night should suffice.
- Most importantly, I've built momentum and work cohesion is good. I'm not distracted.
Day #1. (Chapter 0) The Protagonist is trying not to have a bad day, but a bad day is trying to have him. I can relate.
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