This has nothing to do with it, but could you tell me who is the artist of your profile picture?
It sounds like a lot to me.
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It sounds like a lot to me.
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Oh my chernobog pfp? It's from this guy.
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The newest version is a very long one indeed.
Wondering if the tarot(?) cards change based on the choices you made along the way or it will always be those three?
Wondering if the tarot(?) cards change based on the choices you made along the way or it will always be those three?
I did a quick peek at the script and it seems like it's always those three. Either orange is planning to rework the story up until this point to account for morality, or (more likely) the morality of your choices will be a factor from this point onwards... or the story could be completely linear.
Whichever way it goes, I'm just glad we're getting some proper progression of the story and it seems like orange is happy to move it along, too.
- Jan 29, 2019
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Base on what Orange hinted in game, it'll just be a linear adventure.
He mentioned your deeds in Raj may have effects on the story, but based on how he emphasise "it's hard", I think at best he will just add a few lines to acknowledge what you have done at certain point (and that's not that bad TBH).
It's very unlikely "morality choice" will be in players' hand.
I'm actually not sure what he meant by "Semi-linear", it's just Linear (again, that's not bad if implemented properly).
Maybe he plan to branch out different Love Interest? Zad and Alex are still cock-blocked. And given the girl got 3rd art re-do, she might as well be one...
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It would be weird having sephili be a possible love interest when you were busy fucking a plethora of men, including her grandfather.
Oh, I didn't mean there'd be any major story branches (he's already burnt out as it is with Rajt), but it'd be neat if the MC's continued abuse of his power would color his personality in dialogue or maybe lead to an alternate ending. The tarot reading scene seems too significant to not play with the ramifications at least a little bit.
I can just picture it: "I love you Sepheni! Pay no mind to your grandfather's hardon or the snail trail of semen in my wake."
Build 0.24 to be delayed for a month
Hi everyone, thanks so much for all the kind words and well wishes from the previous post <3 I was still super out of it so I didn't really reply, but I did read the notifications when they were coming in.
And as of the poll from that post, I'll be taking one more month to finish Build 0.24, so there won't be anything for $5 patrons for Feb 2023. I must confess I didn't expect the results to be so overwhelmingly for the third option, but I'm kinda glad that it went that way. Build 0.24 will be out for $5 patrons on March 2023.
Just like how it went the previous time I delayed 0.21 by a month, the update gap will be staggered down the line. To help with the visualisation (and for myself as well, since I got a little confused last time), here's the tentative update schedule:
February 2023
$0: Build 0.22
$3: Build 0.23
$5: No update
March 2023
$0: Build 0.23
$3: No update
$5: Build 0.24
April 2023
$0: No update
$3: Build 0.24
$5: Build 0.25
May 2023
$0: Build 0.24
$3: Build 0.25
$5: Build 0.26
Hope this helps!
Also, those several days I was sick... might have been my second round with COVID. I'm all good now, but I'm noticing that the fatigue and brain fog are still lingering even after so many days. I heard these issues might endure for days, week — or even months. I really, really hope it's not the last one... Anyone have any tips or recommendations for this?
Hi everyone, thanks so much for all the kind words and well wishes from the previous post <3 I was still super out of it so I didn't really reply, but I did read the notifications when they were coming in.
And as of the poll from that post, I'll be taking one more month to finish Build 0.24, so there won't be anything for $5 patrons for Feb 2023. I must confess I didn't expect the results to be so overwhelmingly for the third option, but I'm kinda glad that it went that way. Build 0.24 will be out for $5 patrons on March 2023.
Just like how it went the previous time I delayed 0.21 by a month, the update gap will be staggered down the line. To help with the visualisation (and for myself as well, since I got a little confused last time), here's the tentative update schedule:
February 2023
$0: Build 0.22
$3: Build 0.23
$5: No update
March 2023
$0: Build 0.23
$3: No update
$5: Build 0.24
April 2023
$0: No update
$3: Build 0.24
$5: Build 0.25
May 2023
$0: Build 0.24
$3: Build 0.25
$5: Build 0.26
Hope this helps!
Also, those several days I was sick... might have been my second round with COVID. I'm all good now, but I'm noticing that the fatigue and brain fog are still lingering even after so many days. I heard these issues might endure for days, week — or even months. I really, really hope it's not the last one... Anyone have any tips or recommendations for this?
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Sigh. If he don't feel like, he could just pause.
If he's charging people money, he has the obligation to deliver what he's paid for.
It's 2nd time and seems like he's starting to make a habbit of it.
Sure there are tons of Patreon projects milking people for worse, but it doesn't give him a pass.
There are tons of ways to prevent it, like charge per build, or pause charging when there's no updates.
But no, he just post something like " $5: No update . Hope this helps! "
It almost feels like he don't think it's wrong.
Hope this project won't turn into Blackgate or Lilith's Throne.
Also, if you have concerns regardin COVID, go seek advice from local doctor/GP. Don't ask random guy on the internet.
(Tho I feel like he's just using it as excuses.
The fact that the dev has now *twice* not delivered when people are paying them shows it's already turning into those projects. LT especially knows they'll still make like 10k/month even if they post *NOTHING*. Wouldn't you love to do literally nothing but play the pity party "oh woe is me, <excuse #857 here> happened you guys!" and make money from stupid people?Sigh. If he don't feel like, he could just pause.
If he's charging people money, he has the obligation to deliver what he's paid for.
It's 2nd time and seems like he's starting to make a habbit of it.
Sure there are tons of Patreon projects milking people for worse, but it doesn't give him a pass.
There are tons of ways to prevent it, like charge per build, or pause charging when there's no updates.
But no, he just post something like " $5: No update . Hope this helps! "
It almost feels like he don't think it's wrong.
Hope this project won't turn into Blackgate or Lilith's Throne.
Also, if you have concerns regardin COVID, go seek advice from local doctor/GP. Don't ask random guy on the internet.
(Tho I feel like he's just using it as excuses.
The only way this isn't what's happening is if the dev would, I don't know, *NOT* accept payments for a month? This is the problem with charging for "earlier access" because I mean, can you only not charge $5 this month, $3 next month, and $1 the month after? (this really is why you don't do this shit and make higher tiers get stuff like gallery, cheat codes, and other sketches and stuff, but all tiers get the exact same main game content)
- Jan 29, 2019
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He can easily charge per update => no update, no payment.
What the dev is doing just make him looks bad.
I mean, it's only $5 per month for very limited amount of patroens, is it really worth to sink his reputation for that?
"Different tier Early access" are kinda normal business practice nowadays - sucks for players, but that's easy money.
What differentiate him from the other projects, This one is not as big as the others - especially with niche audiences.
And people already grow wary from all other scammy projects.
Tho It's still porn, so will still get easier money than normal games.
Most likely it'll just be forgotten, before turn into those money milking machines.
BTW, "Pay more for cheat" is also quite shaddy - it makes the dev develop the game to be super grindy, to incentivise people to pay more. Same can goes for 'guides' - some game is intentionally made confusing so you kinda "need" to buy the guides.
Also gallery should be part of the main game.
IMO only "extra arts / soundtrack / behind scenes / design arts" should be sold for higher tier.
I wouldn't know, never had a patreon where I was anything but a patron.
That's why it's so sad. Tanking your rep on such a small project before you've really hooked anyone with anything is so sad and scummy. I'll 100% remember this and never pay for the game again. You can have any excuse you want, but to charge people for a service and NOT deliver said service for two periods of time is quite bad.
Which is fair. Tavern of Spear is notoriously grindy and even max level doesn't ensure victory which is ridiculous.
To date, I feel like Lustful Desires has been the only project that I feel like I'd be fine supporting again. It was only a buck to get the latest update (1 month ahead of public), and cheats were in every version of the game.
My favorite excuse is "I'm having personal issues/having irl problems/or the classic having family issues (this lasts like a year plus sometimes) happens to 4 out of 5 of these creators every time. All for less than 5 minutes of content per month. I understand drawing sprites might take time but seriously they couldn't of wrote more in a months time there is no way they get only less than 5 minutes of story out of a month (sometimes the mythical 2 month update with the same less than 5 minutes of content exist too and it's baffling)
Plus I'd believe them if they weren't also stealing (yes, stealing) peoples' money while saying it. While most of their patrons will gladly stay stupid and pay, I'm sure plenty of them are not thrilled that they were blindsided into paying for... literally nothing for a month. At least warn people BEFORE charging them, not after. That's how you know it's an intentional scam.
But yeah, most games have about 5-10m of content for a month's time and it's kinda sad, or they put way too much into descriptions or trying to do a ton of backstory/worldbuilding when they should know 99% of their audience is there for the porn, not the fluff.
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I mean the concept of Patreon for this kind of game is already a red flag in financial and business perspective. You pay for a game (or whatever) that is not (or even never) finish. Milking the patrons for (very) little content every months that if you sum it all up, the money would be more than the price of some console, PC games, erotica, etc that's already finished. It's like financial black hole but in personal scale. Even if the paying system is like pay per update, there's no guarantee that the product would be complete or not. This is why I really appreciate people in here to share the content freely because I don't want to spend my hard earned money for some dubious project (I paid for good content such as Eva Kiss, Mazjojo, and BLits).
AUTHOR'S NOTE
It's here at last. Thanks so much to all of you for waiting two months for this. I've no idea how everything got so busy for these past two months, but the worst of it is finally over. Cheers!
This update's meatier than what you'd typically get, but it's definitely not as much as one would expect from two months' worth of work. Much of that was actually dedicated to planning out the plot points for this arc, as well as the visual and coding foundations for it. I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing, but I'm learning as I go (e.g. things like accounting for the player's location, keeping track of quest items and events without my mind fizzling out, adding a timer, etc etc). If there's a bug or anything breaks or doesn't flow logically, please let me know!
This heist arc is nowhere near completion (as you can probably tell just from the image preview alone). A lot of content for other rooms will be added — at a much more rapid pace now that the foundational stuff has been laid down — and hopefully it'll all tie into one nice package. Content from future builds will also tie into content getting released in this build (i.e. alternative solutions to puzzles). Things will get more complex once I'm actually done with the 'time left' system. Etcetera, etcetera. You get the picture "
The next month (April) will be my finals period. I don't think I'll be as overwhelmed as I was these two months, but I might still pull some time away from OIHS to study. After that (May, Jun, Jul), I'll have a 3-month summer break (at last!) and that finally gives me the space to focus entirely on OIHS like I've never had the chance to before. I'm excited to see what sort of work I can put out if I'm able to prioritise OIHS like that without juggling other commitments!
Now that's a long enough author's note. Someone mentioned they like reading these, so here ya go! :^] I'll also bring back the patch notes — but they'll be significantly redacted; I don't want to spoil too much. But I will specifically add in the encounters that have variations or alternate paths (in case you're someone who enjoys digging through them).
- orange, 1 April 2023
BUILD 0.24 PATCH NOTES
CONTENT
Pantry puzzle — there are 2 solutions, but 1 is not implemented yet
Kitchen event (you clutz!)
Servants' latrine event (he'll be gone if you finish the Kitchen event before seeing him)
Main corridor — 4 dialogue variations as hints (more will be added)
Build 0.24
Mega
Mega
Mega
It's here at last. Thanks so much to all of you for waiting two months for this. I've no idea how everything got so busy for these past two months, but the worst of it is finally over. Cheers!
This update's meatier than what you'd typically get, but it's definitely not as much as one would expect from two months' worth of work. Much of that was actually dedicated to planning out the plot points for this arc, as well as the visual and coding foundations for it. I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing, but I'm learning as I go (e.g. things like accounting for the player's location, keeping track of quest items and events without my mind fizzling out, adding a timer, etc etc). If there's a bug or anything breaks or doesn't flow logically, please let me know!
This heist arc is nowhere near completion (as you can probably tell just from the image preview alone). A lot of content for other rooms will be added — at a much more rapid pace now that the foundational stuff has been laid down — and hopefully it'll all tie into one nice package. Content from future builds will also tie into content getting released in this build (i.e. alternative solutions to puzzles). Things will get more complex once I'm actually done with the 'time left' system. Etcetera, etcetera. You get the picture "
The next month (April) will be my finals period. I don't think I'll be as overwhelmed as I was these two months, but I might still pull some time away from OIHS to study. After that (May, Jun, Jul), I'll have a 3-month summer break (at last!) and that finally gives me the space to focus entirely on OIHS like I've never had the chance to before. I'm excited to see what sort of work I can put out if I'm able to prioritise OIHS like that without juggling other commitments!
Now that's a long enough author's note. Someone mentioned they like reading these, so here ya go! :^] I'll also bring back the patch notes — but they'll be significantly redacted; I don't want to spoil too much. But I will specifically add in the encounters that have variations or alternate paths (in case you're someone who enjoys digging through them).
- orange, 1 April 2023
BUILD 0.24 PATCH NOTES
CONTENT
Pantry puzzle — there are 2 solutions, but 1 is not implemented yet
Kitchen event (you clutz!)
Servants' latrine event (he'll be gone if you finish the Kitchen event before seeing him)
Main corridor — 4 dialogue variations as hints (more will be added)
Build 0.24
Mega
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