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Yeah i would just have some else render it and have him write it he obviously cant do both or want to reallyThe story so far.
From the games original launch every update after has taken longer.
Leading up to Christmas 2019 the dev was saying it was nearly ready. If you go back to then I was the first to say it would not launch before Christmas. Back then a few of Stencils cheer squad facepalmed me and disagreed.
Roll on to January 2020 and the dev saying the game was nearly ready and would be launching soon. More people joined in saying it wouldn't be ready, by now we'd started noticing a pattern in Stencils updates and could smell the bullshittery through our monitors it was that strong. Still, the cheer squad remained. By now they had begun the chant of the one and only point of defense they had "he pauses his Patron, he pauses his Patron, he pauses his Patron" .... literally their only retort was the pausing of the Patron and the dev not doing this for money. Nevermind the devs pathetic work ethic, the fact he does nothing and doesn't charge while lying to everyone means we should somehow cut him a break .... I thinketh not.
Summer 2020, it was nearly ready again ....... don't need me telling you it wasn't considering we're still waiting in the lead up to Summer 2023.
Anywhooo....
Every month has been one excuse or another followed by a bit of copy pasta about what 0.4 will contain and how Steam has been iffy with adult games lately even though they haven't been iffy with them for about 2 years now.
The one constant I can point out and the only thing I say with absolutely no humour behind it is this dev is not cut out for Steam. He wouldn't know a regular update schedule if it bent him over a barrel and butt fucked him dry. Steam users are notorious for fucking over devs that they believe has even remotely entered scam territory and no update on that platform for this kind of length would see him review bombed and reported until Steam were forced to remove it from sale just to shut us up. I've seen it happen enough times, i've been part of it and i'd be the first to warn people not to give him any money until it sees completion which I honestly don't think it ever will.
IF and that's a big if, Alice's story ever does come out, I can't see any others being finished. He just doesn't have the work ethic or the drive.
He is, without a doubt, the laziest dev i've ever seen and the only thing stopping him being named alongside Gumdrop and Icstor is the fact he pauses his Patreon but he does absolutely belong on that list with them.
The truly sad part, and i've said this before, is this should be one of the top games on the the site. The characters are great, the story is decent and the romances plots all work really well.
Most games that fail do so because the dev released a shit game that people didn't like.
This is a good game people love held back by a terrible dev.
In other words he lied and hasn't done any of the stuff he claimed he was doing (proofreading, bug fixes, prepping for releases) for the past 3 years.
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Monthly Update: Always Has Been Edition
March is ending soon, which means it's time for the tried and true monthly update! As mentioned in my previous update, Godot Game Engine 4.0 was released as planned, after almost four years. I did some work on it and I hope it will eventually take its place among Unity and Unreal Engine as Blender has done in the 3D graphics field. But enough of that for now. With my little side quest out of the way, it's time to follow the example and finally do my own release with Offcuts 0.4. With every kind of disaster on the way, from a global pandemic to several hardware failures, it has been a long and occasionally painful journey.
Still, every journey has to end eventually and I spent most of the time this month double-checking the script and doing other final preparations. From updating Ren'Py to the latest version and re-installing the Android SDK, things look good. I'll maybe try to make a quick test release at some point to make sure my release builds still work after a few years of pause, but if something has broken, it shouldn't be that hard to fix at this point. Fingers crossed!
And as always, I'm not going to take any Patreon payments until 0.4 is out (I'll temporarily suspend my Patreon at the end of each month until then).
The rest of the post is mostly copied from my previous updates for those who are new or want to be reminded of what will be coming next. See you in the next post, thanks for your support and patience!
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So, TL;DR:
* Next release 0.4 will have Alice's full storyline.
* Some new tech in 0.4: interactive 3D and pre-rendered movies, at least a few of each. When I get the pipeline (and my skills) working smoothly, next releases should have more.
* After 0.4 I will try out a bit faster release schedule with partial updates instead of releasing large, complete routes that take ages to finish. We'll see how it goes.
* Steam release at some point after 0.4 is out. Steam has been pretty random with adult games, so who knows what can happen.
I'm starting to think that's his kink.This man has proofread more times than days I've lived
Side quest he forgot hes making a game not playing oneIn other words he lied and hasn't done any of the stuff he claimed he was doing (proofreading, bug fixes, prepping for releases) for the past 3 years.
We talked about this on the previous page. Its closer to 4 years.Also it seems he hasn't made a production build in like 3 years, which is no surprise to me, but contradictory to his own posts.
We can compare Stencil writing his script to Spongebob writing his essay."double checking the scripts" My guy's been staring at notepad for 4 years.
As always if they dont put a date in the last post (being the 30th of March at the time) that means there is no update to look forward to in April. Impressive being able to excuse yourself out of a whole month every time.
Spoilers:8-10 days till the next patreon post, can't wait!
Here you go.8-10 days till the next patreon post, can't wait!
Most important question isIn other words he lied and hasn't done any of the stuff he claimed he was doing (proofreading, bug fixes, prepping for releases) for the past 3 years.
i was with you till you said hoodlum, i mean thats unrealistic. i can understand where you can find a magician with Hogwards annd their global magician branches.Spoilers:
-Alice Route will be complete.
-Almost done, some proofreading left.
-Android version might come in later because issues.
-Not sure if Steam will get a release since they're flip flopping thwir stance on adult games.
-after this update, updates will be shorter and more often.
-My stepbrother kissed my girlfriend, killed my dog and poisoned my dad with some oriental venom. Now I must bring him to justice with the help of a hoodlum and a magician.
I'm still of the mind that this is a social experiment.He doesn't take pateron payments as he takes payment only once he releases update, he has no incentive to lie for so long with so many absurd reasons.
i just dont get why he even bothers, just call it quits. His game already has plenty of completed path content, why break your reputation.