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Project management skills are very valuable and rarer than you'd probably expect, I wouldn't be surprised if Icstor doesn't have them. In my field of work they're absolutely essential and even there people do the barest minimum when it comes to preparing workflow sheets, estimating timelines, and tracking progress. Icstor is actually ahead of like 90% of devs just by having a progress bar. So many of them are like "yup update is chugging along, maybe next month?" with no concrete estimate or guess at what percent is done/left.
 

Megatron71

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I'd like to see Icstor try the SS route just for one update simply to see how that plays out , the main reason being Icstor rarely communicates so having only one progress bar in some cases is misleading maybe splitting them into sections like
-Coding
-Writing
-Rendering
-Bug Fixes
-Caroline Ovr Content
-Celia Ovr Content
-Neighbor Ovr Content
Will say a lot more than Icstor actually does, now obviously that method isn't perfect but coming from a Dev that doesn't say much as often, actions speak louder than words. When you give definite release periods and make promises that's neither good for the dev or the consumer what that does is raise hype while also in parallel raise potential disappointment. For the Dev should things not go as planned when the release date pushes closer you work yourself harder than your health can take to meet the deadline we found out this with BioWares DAI and many other titles, I wouldn't be surprised if that played a part in Icstor health decline.
Now everyone is different and everyone has different preferences me personaly I never had a problem with SS method DC gives news every few weeks plus with the progress bar you're not confused about what's being worked on. So I'll leave this post with one final question, would you rather a dev not communicate a lot and not show what's actively being worked on or would you still be fine with that dev still be radio silent but show you how the progress is going in different categories?
Motkeyz uses a set of progress bars similar to what you're saying and communicates weekly via his patreon page and almost daily on his discord. It's this kind of communication as to why I continue to support Timestamps and stopped Milfy City.
Anyways, it's possible to have progress bars and communicate often and still deliver a quality product in a 2-3 month period without nearly the amount of drama as ICSTOR creates.
 

Ilhares

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My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined. Nobody goes the SS route anymore..
Why do I envision you wanting the scene where you wake up in a basement, tied to a bed, as a dominatrix looms over you with your junk in their hands, quoting "You are now in the hands of the SS."
 

Aristos

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I just know the damn Christmas update ruined everything. I hope he doesn't waste time to do another one this year. The only reason Icstor still got support because he completed his previous games. Still this long of a break after what he said before he took it sighs. Since Halloween is coming up I truly hope he doesnt waste time on that either.
Ohhh, that avatar of yours. Rupan Sansei (or Lupin in my country and everywhere else). Brings back memories of my early childhood, I still remember the intro song in my language even if it must have been around 25 years since I last heard it.
 

Almighty

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Ohhh, that avatar of yours. Rupan Sansei (or Lupin in my country and everywhere else). Brings back memories of my early childhood, I still remember the intro song in my language even if it must have been around 25 years since I last heard it.
It still comes out to this day. A movie just came out in Japan it was based on Fujiko I believe. Lupin III is my all time favorite comedy/adventure anime.

I'm not sure who my favorite female is in this game yet. A lot of times with isctor games I always like the aunt more or older sister.
 
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∞LUST∞

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You were encouraging people to shitpost, which is against the rules.

This thread seriously isn't enough of a dumpster fire for you already?
There are litteraly 10 pages of MEMEs and GIFS after people found out about the delay. I was making fun of that. If you delete posts for just pointing out the obvious then you should deleat at least half of this topic.

Meah....Whatever dude, you are the mod. ;)
 

goobdoob

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wow recent update was last year november , damn all this while he has been taking dem money without releasing an update . damn he is winning at life . 10 months of free money
Now what, I say, what in the sam hill are you talking about, boy? Did you get clunked on the noggin?

PAY ATTENTION, BOY!

He turned off his pledges for part of the time.
 
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botc76

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What's the ETA for v0.6?
Since you seem incapable of reading, what would giving you an answer be good for?
Why I think you can't read? The answer to your post is just four posts above yours... it's not like you are FORCED to read at least the last page of a thread before asking a dumb question, but it is the sensible thing to do.
 
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