Ren'Py Abandoned Power Vacuum [Ch. 12 Official] [What? Why? Games]

[acehigh]

Having been a Developer of actual video games, both Indie and medium-large Dev studios, WWG has without question, known for quite some time that their release was not on track and could've let the community know. But on the flip-side, they aren't exactly ICSTOR or DarkCookie, so I'm not torn up about it lol. Even factoring in a one-man team relative to the size of the game in animations, writing, etc, a Chapter of this size still would've been completed a long time ago and either released as Beta and use the consumers as play testers, or perform their own QA process, or as the consumers see it "kicking the can down the road" I understand real-life issues and their priorities, but this communication was still handled very poorly, track record or not.

I am disappointed as well, but there are still other games on here for people to try or enjoy and can come back to Power Vacuum when they get around to it, but you shouldn't put all your eggs in a Ren'Py Dev basket. It is what it is. If you have a bad taste and are a supporter, your finances are your own to control and distribute as you see fit and you can rectify that.

 

[sater117]

March 2026 Update haha~

 

[OhGodNotAgain]

 

[NTR4Lyfe]

It's literally April 1st somewhere in the universe right now. Just admit you guys got got by the best developer in the universe and get ready to get on your knees and apologize.

 

[MiltonPowers]

It's literally April 1st somewhere in the universe right now. Just admit you guys got got by the best developer in the universe and get ready to get on your knees and apologize.

I don't want to be that guy, but the first place on earth does not start April 1st for another 30 hours and 45 minutes.

 

[KingProphet!]

but i'm agreeing with you?
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i'm saying the delay is the lie. I'm just saying don't split it into two. (that's a screenshot above, but it blends with the background)

We don't know if he for sure if he actually thought he could get it out by the end of this month. He could have thought if he we slept less and worked more, it could be possible and only realizing now that it was not possible. On the 15th he could have still believed it was possible.

You see what I'm saying 3rd person XD

 

[Greengoblinhobgoblin]

Im happy now that i waited to do the pledge.

The status update is locked out for free members so its lucky this site exist.

 

[KingProphet!]

Just release what we got right now and say its a WIP at this point tho

 

[dartred]

Just release what we got right now and say its a WIP at this point tho

The way the game works, it wouldn't be possible. It usually wants you to play up to a certain portain of each girl to unlock more of another girl. it would be impossible to just do all of Cath for example. It would ruin the flow of the story if it's meant to be played with other girls stories in-between/mixed.

 

[Beardedsmith]

Man, March really has been the month of adult creators embarrassing themselves huh?

 

[DoDoDoDODO316]

 

[Bear2093]

I have conflicted feelings on the delay. I've seen life hit people hard and be unrelenting for a period of time, so I get it. If they need to take a step back and take a mental break from it all or take care whatever problems, totally fine with that. But to make the announcement days before your projected release, that is not a great look. That should have been communicated earlier. Hope all ends up being well for them and hopefully it is not longer than two months.

 

[Only1P]

Well, I would’ve said “I told you” but even I didn’t expect he’d miss by months, He’s on Jackerman’s level of production estimation incapabillity now and it’s truly embarrassing, Hope he sees great consequences for this.

 

[14137]

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I can think of many BIG devs that make way more then WWG does and they actually lie and take advantage of people. Milfy City anyone?

Using <MilfyCity> for comparison is an insult to <PowerVacuum>.
As a spectator, I have witnessed the fascinating speculation and discussion over the past few days.
To be honest, I really don't care about the difference of a few days.

 

[DoDoDoDODO316]

Don't worry guys! Last update only took 2 months after it's teaser salad!

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Just remembered this post and realized you're basically Takaba from JJK atp, Pinkie. You joked around and made the joke reality

 

[JohnSeeReally]

Is anyone actually surprised by this?? I just said last month how WWG is notorious for missing these timelines, and a certain fanboy in here got so mad and upset over it. Guess what here we are again, he misses yet another timeline. He’s a half-ass worker that you guys shill for because his content is good.

By the way if anyone’s counting this is now the second time he has announced a delay just days before his projected timeline. If you think that’s a coincidence you’re blind. He lies down to the last minute to buy himself time and keep as many pledges as possible. If this is truly a multi-month long delay and not just a really poor taste prank, he’s known there’s zero chance of it finishing for a long long while. Stopped giving this dude money last time he pulled this last minute delay nonsense, I’d recommend you all do the same. Scam artist.

 

[Sagestar]

Honestly this seems too stupid to be true... I don't know how he lives, but surely you can't do a FM manager style delay on us as a single person a single day before last release date possible.

I mean, he had been working with this for years with multiple updates. He has too much experience to be that. Honestly if it is true and this game is not released before April 1 ends, then I really feel bad for all people he gaslighted and toyed with in terms of expectations including me this month(Especially those who paid out a lot).

 

[Virpgoil]

Well considering he hasn't done an April fools prank in 2024 or 2023 as far as I can tell it's not looking too good for us haha. Is it safe to assume that every last chance scene has been completed? I mean it kind of seems that way since he teased all of those first and then recently posted a good ending which resulted in Hunter clone getting wrecked so he has to be super close to the actual ending of chapter 13. So maybe there is still hope! Either way this update is going to be huge

 

[Virpgoil]

Honestly this seems too stupid to be true... I don't know how he lives, but surely you can't do a FM manager style delay on us as a single person a single day before last release date possible.

I mean, he had been working with this for years with multiple updates. He has too much experience to be that. Honestly if it is true and this game is not released before April 1 ends, then I really feel bad for all people he gaslighted and toyed with in terms of expectations including me this month(Especially those who paid out a lot).

I agree for the most part but I think I'd feel bad for the dev. What issue could he be facing for something like this to happen?

 

[Sagestar]

I agree for the most part but I think I'd feel bad for the dev. What issue could he be facing for something like this to happen?

If it turns out to be true, then I am also quite wondering that, great question! Like, why he hasn't been more honest about what has happened? I mean IRL stuff comes sometimes to punch you in the face, I get that.
But surely my guys, he seriously can't have been having these issues since December and not told us more about them if that worsened. Like honestly. I refuse to believe it before I see proof that he is actually refunding or date had passed.