VN Ren'Py Abandoned Obrenor: The Outcast Prince [Ch. 4b] [Lazy Tiger Studio]

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TiffanyMonroe

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The good news is now they don't have to quit because of lack of money they can still make it and put in on steam.
 
darkwolf0x

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Well the good news is the game is still at a point of development where it can go in this new direction without it affecting the overall feel of the game, at least in my opinion. Frankly I'm more into seeing where the story is going than the sex for a change with this one.
 
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Okay, guys, it's time for some real talk. As creators, we're having some problems with Obrenor, and we've been trying to think creatively to fix that, but it's just... not working. I'm not going to bore you with all the details, but here are the relevant bits.
1) We're not happy with the adult/pornographic angle we've been pursuing here. There are a variety of reasons for this, but the important thing is that we want to move away from the pornographic stuff.

2) We want to make some major changes to our coding, mechanics, and gameplay that will probably take a lot of time.

3) Our "proof of concept" goal since our Patreon launched has been 300/month and we're nowhere near that, with no sign of getting there anytime soon. This sucks, but we're just not making enough money to justify the amount of work we're doing on an end product we don't love.

So, there's the reasoning, and here's the fallout:

We're releasing Chapter 4a today for everyone, which gives everyone time to download that content and cancel their subscription before it renews, if they want.

The next release, 4b, is the date with Simone, which is fully written but not rendered yet. If you guys stick around for another couple weeks, you'll get that content too when it's done (and, spoiler alert: that date ends well).

After that, unfortunately, we'll be taking the Patreon down and there won't be any more Obrenor. If, by some miracle, that 300/month appears in the meantime, we'll keep working on this as an adult VN, but that seems pretty unlikely.

We are going to keep working on this story, but probably with a title change and a different studio name. We'll eventually re-launch it as a non-adult game, probably via Steam and with some significant changes to the gameplay. If you care about the story without the sexy parts, let us know and we'll figure out how to keep you in the loop about that.

We're really sorry for disappointing you guys, and we appreciate all the support you've given us, but we just can't keep doing something that costs us so much time, energy, and money without at least feeling like we're making the game we want to be making.

So we're sorry, and thank you, and that's all we can really say.
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Wow, I am really glad to read this.

I mentioned this before, and I am still very much convinced that the story, the characters and the world you built up deserves A LOT more than being confined to the niche adult genre.

Wish you all the best. I really hope one day we would be able to pick up the story of the outcast prince and continue this wonderful journey.
 
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hisstoryman

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What a damn shame I was really enjoying this. I was waiting for one or two more updates and then become a Patron. I enjoy these types of games, slow burn romance, with the occasional one night fling. Y'know, an actual story that just happens to contain sex. Well good luck devs, I hope you complete this with or without the hard core sex element.
 
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stc

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Twitter and Patreon are gone. I understand they wanted to move away from the porn angle, so did they start again under a new name or does the absence of their twitter/patreon mean they stopped altogether?
 
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jak1165

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stc said:
Twitter and Patreon are gone. I understand they wanted to move away from the porn angle, so did they start again under a new name or does the absence of their twitter/patreon mean they stopped altogether?
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I think they were sort of relaunching. Gonna be hard to follow if they took down the twitter though
 
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Odin Eye Patch said:
so has this game bin sacked if anyone know please share
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This is abandoned and the developer is re-inventing them selves. They/him/her are wanting to move away from the porn aspect of the game. They also stated that they were not happy with the monetary support that they had received.
 
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kalifianto

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Sadly, the West is not able to properly appreciate a smutty Haute Couture visual novel unlike Japan has done forever now.
Good luck with the general gaming population, guys.
 
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Odin Eye Patch

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DRinWV said:
This is abandoned and the developer is re-inventing them selves. They/him/her are wanting to move away from the porn aspect of the game. They also stated that they were not happy with the monetary support that they had received.
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well that sucks i really enjoyed the game liked the story and characters i understand making a game like this can be hard but im still sad to hear of its cancelation
 
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Eerie Entity

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DRinWV said:
Does anyone know if this person ever started up a none adult version of this?
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That's a good question, but no idea, even the Patreon page was cancelled or something, so no way to know I guess.
But I hope the non-adult version is being developed, otherwise it's like the dev dropped on the adult version for nothing, and I really liked this game, so it'd be a shame.
 
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