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

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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

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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?
 
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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?
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He has absolutely no benefit for lying for this long, because his pledges takes money per update.
Why go such lenghts with so many outlandish excuses.
 
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I never lost the hope, Is still one of my fav game
It's fav of many of us, hence still so much activity on this thread ecen though it has not been updated for years. All jokes on thread aside we gotta accept reality though.
This is Half life 3 all over again.
 

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Another month has passed, which means it is time for the year's first update! In the previous update, I mentioned my worsening eyesight, which has been a problem for me for a while now. This has made writing or reading for long periods of time difficult, along with other problems like headaches. Fortunately, some treatments I started seem to be helping and another eye specialist I visited seemed to believe it's not glaucoma or anything too serious, which is a big relief. Interestingly, some practical advice I got from him seemed to have helped quite a bit, including adjusting my apartment ventilation, adjusting my sleeping posture and trying other seemingly unrelated changes together with some new eye drops and medication. Some of these could be just placebo, but they do seem to help. This also seems to hint that my current eye problem is not permanent. So some good news for a change.

I'll keep this as a short update as not much has changes since the previous, longer update where I discussed the situation a bit more. I'll keep informing you of my situation as the situation develops, hopefully for the better. As I previously mentioned, I would still like to give Offcuts 0.4 another editing pass before release, but in my current shape that is not really possible. Not to mention any continuation after that is kind of in the air currently, so let's hope things move in good direction. Either way, Offcuts 0.4 will be released at some point even if I go blind as it is ready enough for publishing. Still, let's hope for the best!

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).
Its finally happening! Or rather should I say its finally not happening!

The facade is beginning to crumble more than usual, he didn't even post a picture this time around with his update and didn't have the usual copy paste about steam.

Stencilbits said:
Either way, Offcuts 0.4 will be released at some point even if I go blind as it is ready enough for publishing. Still, let's hope for the best!
Is he waiting for Shia La Beouf to show up at his house with a Nike sponsorship. "Just do it!"

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Well, it's no longer funny at this point...It's just pathetic. We are all humans and shit happens. Hence, we can feel empathy towards someone going though a hard time, health issues, burnout, etc...

But man, this dude is either a pathological liar or suffers from mythomania.

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I love how the "eyesight problem" only seems to affect the game. Yet no mention that it would be interfering with their actual full time job which they said themselves involves traveling.

Also this tidbit

" As I previously mentioned, I would still like to give Offcuts 0.4 another editing pass before release, but in my current shape that is not really possible. "

Well there you have it, they gave themself another way out of having to do anything at all for February. Expect another excuse at the end of that month too.
 
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I love how the "eyesight problem" only seems to affect the game. Yet no mention that it would be interfering with their actual full time job which they said themselves involves traveling.

Also this tidbit

" As I previously mentioned, I would still like to give Offcuts 0.4 another editing pass before release, but in my current shape that is not really possible. "

Well there you have it, they gave themself another way out of having to do anything at all for February. Expect another excuse at the end of that month too.
Its funny how he contradicts himself in his posts.

One post he writes that he spends all day at his job working on a computer but then writes in another post how he can't work on the game for months/years because he can't see his PC.

A new rare disease has been discovered.

Selective Glaucoma. Only affects his eyes when in the vicinity of his home PC. Someone call the CDC!
 
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Jesus Tittyfucking Christ, if the game is "ready enough for publishing", why isn't he publishing the damned thing already!? Why is that so hard!?
 
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