VN Ren'Py Abandoned Offcuts [v0.3.1] [stencilbits]

[Motoko Kusanagi]

Is he ever going to release the update? He gives excuses and delays the update every single month (it's been 4 years) and pauses his payments and doesn't milk like other icstr Dev's. I don't know what's his angle?

Nobody knows, It makes no sense at all. Every month for over 48 months they have lied to everyone, every single time. Break that down for a second and think about it. That's nearly 48 excuses for why 4.0 has not been released. Quite the substantial amount of bullshit a single person can throw out there regarding one subject. They have basically used every excuse in the book including the dead hard drive bullshit.

Now they've reached down even lower and are now using health problems as an excuse. Ultimately its kind of pathetic. I have zero hope that 4.0 is coming or even exists (especially since there is zero proof).

It really is a sad case of having an amazing story ruined by a shitty dev. All that wasted potential for what? They could have been swimming in cash for 4 years now.

 

[Redsedila]

Nobody knows, It makes no sense at all. Every month for over 48 months they have lied to everyone, every single time. Break that down for a second and think about it. That's nearly 48 excuses for why 4.0 has not been released. Quite the substantial amount of bullshit a single person can throw out there regarding one subject. They have basically used every excuse in the book including the dead hard drive bullshit.

Now they've reached down even lower and are now using health problems as an excuse. Ultimately its kind of pathetic. I have zero hope that 4.0 is coming or even exists (especially since there is zero proof).

It really is a sad case of having an amazing story ruined by a shitty dev. All that wasted potential for what? They could have been swimming in cash for 4 years now.

Yepp tbh i prefer some other dev to continue the storyline or make a complete remastered version using good models and a good game engine... Well after all the BS I don't think so that 0.4 was ever made and he was just milking us to think that there is an update for us ... Game had great potential but got ruined by a shitty developer

 

[granny gumjobs]

Yepp tbh i prefer some other dev to continue the storyline or make a complete remastered version using good models and a good game engine... Well after all the BS I don't think so that 0.4 was ever made and he was just milking us to think that there is an update for us ... Game had great potential but got ruined by a shitty developer

He hasn't milked anyone. His Patreon has been paused since November 2019.

 

[Redsedila]

He hasn't milked anyone. His Patreon has been paused since November 2019.

nah what im trying to say is he is making a fool of us thinking there is an update , but in reality there is none ... The best solution is that some other dev continuing the game !!

 

[TGafy]

nah what im trying to say is he is making a fool of us thinking there is an update , but in reality there is none ... The best solution is that some other dev continuing the game !!

That's not what milking means.

With each monthly "update" he puts out, the more I think someone's past theory about this being a social experiment rings true. If he's not even getting money from subs, what's the point in stringing this along?

 

[flastus]

With each monthly "update" he puts out, the more I think someone's past theory about this being a social experiment rings true. If he's not even getting money from subs, what's the point in stringing this along?

 

[markel1000]

So apparently he is going blind. Well crap I don't see that on my bingo card.

Why didnt he say this from the jump people would be way more understanding

 

[CalamarMaligno]

Why didnt he say this from the jump people would be way more understanding

There's a part of me that wants to believe him, but 4 YEARS of excuses with "the game is pretty much done, only a final proofreading needed." to suddenly become "I'm going blind." seems extremely bizarre. Even for the bizarre stories some of us have made up as the excuse of the month, the going blind angle was completely unexpected.

The only thing that makes his blindness a bit suspect is that by his own admission in the February update, Stencil had spent his free time contributing to the Godot engine.
Kinda hard to believe the "having difficulties to read/code, when he's spending his free time reading/coding something else. I really don't get his angle here.

 

[anubis413]

Why didnt he say this from the jump people would be way more understanding

While I think him going blind is plausible, I don't think it's probable. There's so many excuses he's pulled so many times before now. So many times he's said that it's almost done. Plus, you can proofread with a text-to-voice program, or asking someone else to beta test it. Plenty of blind people write books.

If it was an excellent, perfect excuse, I'd already be doubting it given his history. With this excuse that doesn't even make sense... well, how could anyone believe him?

 

[aesir150]

The only thing that makes his blindness a bit suspect is that by his own admission in the February update, Stencil had spent his free time contributing to the Godot engine.
Kinda hard to believe the "having difficulties to read/code, when he's spending his free time reading/coding something else. I really don't get his angle here.

Well Beethoven went deaf and he was still able to compose music.

I think he could be going blind with excruciating pain and still code since he is passionate about his hobbies.

I know I can be dying of the flu and half crippled due to some injuries, but hell will have to freeze over before I don't sit and play some games or fap whenever I can.

So I think him going blind is plausible. I think the most obvious answer is the correct answer here, which the dude is just a major procrastinator. If it wasn't for going blind it would just be another excuse, cause a procrastinator is going to procrastinate.

 

[NTDW]

I think its fairly clear the eyesight stuff is just a last ditch effort to ease us into the announcement that the game is never updating again, which is sad.

 

[Evil13]

Admittedly, after 4 years of excuses, announcing he is going blind is anti-climatic. It feels like he's run out of excuses and is trying to throw a sympathy smoke bomb before disappearing.

 

[Shanksy]

Fortunately, the diagnosis is not certain yet and it can often take a long time (even years) to confirm as it's not a cut-and-dry diagnosis. There is still a good chance this is something else and much more harmless. Meanwhile, there are also some good treatment and preventive care options available, some of which I'm already using.

This just makes it seem like he is going to use this excuse for months now and then maybe next year, around september
" Guess what guys!? It wasn't glaucoma after all and that means i can focus on this game more now. "
Of course he needs to come up with another big excuse later on.

This happened before when he claimed to have had his computer wiped from most of his 0.4 files and he used that for months to push back the update.

 

[markel1000]

There's a part of me that wants to believe him, but 4 YEARS of excuses with "the game is pretty much done, only a final proofreading needed." to suddenly become "I'm going blind." seems extremely bizarre. Even for the bizarre stories some of us have made up as the excuse of the month, the going blind angle was completely unexpected.

The only thing that makes his blindness a bit suspect is that by his own admission in the February update, Stencil had spent his free time contributing to the Godot engine.
Kinda hard to believe the "having difficulties to read/code, when he's spending his free time reading/coding something else. I really don't get his angle here.

I agree really now ur blind it seems a little fishy

 

[CalamarMaligno]

Possible Glaucoma isn't going to stop the traditional End if month fake Update:
December 2023 FAKE update: Braille Edition
(Picture of Alice dressed as Marvel's DareDevil, Armored black, red and silver look)

Another month another excuse. This time I need to beat my potential Glaucoma. Mesothelioma might be a bit over the top and getting a sudden miraculous cure would make me look like a liar. Then again if four years of "Trust me bro, 0.4 is done and all it needs is a final proofread" hasn't then you oughta join my patreon that I keep on hold becaude reasons.
But I digress. I'm currently using speech to text because I'm going blind. It could be Glaucoma, or it could be that I've jerked off far too much with the Alice pics. Anyway, I don't want to toot my own horn.

This is the part where I repeat the same old bullshit. Trust me bro, 0.4 is almost done. All I need to do is a final proofreading and then hit the publish button. The only problem is that I'm going blind, *nudge nudge, wink wink* I'm not going blind, blind. The doctors say I could go blind, but I'm going to milk the living shit out of this. As always, I won't take your money, but I'm going to dash your hopes and dreams of seeing Alice being impaled by Cole's penis.

Christmas is already over, a new year is coming, and Offcuts 0.4 will not be coming out yet. When will it happen? I don't want to give a definitive date, because we all know how great I am at those. But for the moment I'm going to guess February 30th. I just say see you next month, but going blind so I'm most likely not going to see you.

[TL;DR] I'm going blind so, fuck you. Fuck you... and especially FUCK YOU!! Yeah, you! You know who I'm talking about. Fuck you!! No offcuts 0.4 for you!

 

[granny gumjobs]

I'm just waiting for the day that Stencil posts that this was nothing but a social experiment to see how many people would stand beside someone that continuously promises but never delivers. Maybe he is writing a paper on the subject and we are all his guinea pigs.

Over a year ago I posted that this was a social experiment and every month it looks more and more likely that I was right.

Here is to all the excuses in 2024 and to everyone here. Have a happy new year.

 

[Motoko Kusanagi]

Wait, didn't they already use the eyesight excuse a couple years back ?

 

[echilog]

Wait, didn't they already use the eyesight excuse a couple years back ?

Pretty sure it is an Ai setup to troll the patreons. even the comments are mostly made by AI "on patreon" It is honestly kinda funny.

 

[CalamarMaligno]

January fake update time: Hairy Palms edition.
(Image of alice wearing a Naked Chewbacca outfit)
Another year has ended and another year has begun. Time for an update:
Offcuts 0.4 is essentially complete. I just need to proofread it, but as I mentioned last update, I'm maybe going blind and can't read as well as I used to, so the proofreading has gone slower than I wanted to too! The Alice Route is complete and this will be the final complete route release. I'll try to release partial updates on routes after 0.4, so I can update more frequently. Maybe that'll make the haters shut up about my procrastination. As always my Patreon is frozen. It will reactivate once I release 0.4 to the public.

For the moment the update cycle will be slower than usual, due to my possible blindness. Also, I've been playing PALWORLD and expect some game references in 0.5 when that comes out. I still need to push 0.4 with Alice's full route.

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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.

* Possible Steam release at some point after 0.4 is out. Steam has been pretty random with adult games, so who knows what can happen.

 

[Motoko Kusanagi]

It's all within the fine print at this point

" I have no plans of giving up yet, but the next few months and doctor visits will be important "

They gave themselves an easy out, they could post tomorrow, a few months or never again and nothing would have changed. Stencil bits reminds me of The Boy Who Cried Wolf. At this point it doesn't matter what they say because no one will believe them.


The real question is, Why? Why put up this farce for nearly 5 years? What purpose does it serve? What are you trying to accomplish?