VN Ren'Py Ripples [v0.7.0 Public] [Jestur]

[Ebonheart (FR)]

Hope your prediction turn out good for all of us ! Oh man, I can only imagine how hot it gets down there in the south, it’s already unusual up here in the northern half of France. '^^

Looking at recent events, our two countries seem to have quite a bit in common lately. This early summer heat now, and before that, that famous massive power outage ! x)

 

[cbarc]

Also is a good measure to let the beta testing be done in a more closed group, it is really annoying games being easily leaked on a beta testing version like we all saw happen in other games.

You're annoyed at games easily leaking on a pirate site? Maybe you're in the wrong place.

 

[elbo911]

You're annoyed at games easily leaking on a pirate site? Maybe you're in the wrong place.

No, they're annoyed by inept people playing beta versions, getting their saves borked and asking for support or complaining about buggy releases.
And rightfully so.

 

[pitao]

No, they're annoyed by inept people playing beta versions, getting their saves borked and asking for support or complaining about buggy releases.
And rightfully so.

Yep beta versions in this sea of indy (A)VN developers should always be done by people that are closer/supporting of the development of the game, specially the ones that are almost there from the beginning. It is needed a good level of trust to give a barely tested version to someone. Of course probably the alpha version was tested by the developer (solo/team) first but it is just a first test phase with a residual testing sample. It usually needs a larger sample to be more efficient.

A few developers seem to delegate beta testing to their higher tier supporters but it doesn't seem a good practice unless they close that tier just for their closer and trusted supporters. Saw some "chaos" in game threads where beta versions were leaked, besides the probably loss of revenue they get bombarded with complaints and unofficial reports.

Of course it is different in other type of games like MMORPGs that usually semi open by registry or invite players to join their beta testing phase. Maybe that happens with other AAA games but probably there is some legal bind by a contract that give high penalties in case of leaks, not really sure, would need to make a search about the topic since never been part of it.

 

[Fuzzy Nuts J]

Would be nice if moderators would show restraint and not promote betas to the updates page. if someone wants to download and test it great, but wait for the real thing to promote it FFS!

 

[MangoTree]

Yeah its a pirate site and games get leaked, but honey select games always have free public releases. There is no real point to leak a honey select game apart from getting to play it early.

These games desperately need the revenue from their subscriber sites since they can't sell their games on store fronts. So if you love the game, don't leak it early. Dev's always get an increase of subscribers when a new version is released, why not help the dev and the games development out by waiting a few weeks for the completely free, no paywall public release? cheers.

 

[thefinalcountdown]

Yeah its a pirate site and games get leaked, but honey select games always have free public releases. There is no real point to leak a honey select game apart from getting to play it early.

These games desperately need the revenue from their subscriber sites since they can't sell their games on store fronts. So if you love the game, don't leak it early. Dev's always get an increase of subscribers when a new version is released, why not help the dev and the games development out by waiting a few weeks for the completely free, no paywall public release? cheers.

Buddy this is not a charity site, this is a piracy site, bro is talking about morality on a porn site

 

[lustforsex]

Buddy this is not a charity site, this is a piracy site, bro is talking about morality on a porn site

If everyone were like you, there would be a lot more abandoned games. People are willing to wait and be more confident that the project will not be abandoned due to lack of support.

The fact that HS games are more dependent on support has already been written above.

 

[Simpgor]

If everyone were like you, there would be a lot more abandoned games. People are willing to wait and be more confident that the project will not be abandoned due to lack of support.

The fact that HS games are more dependent on support has already been written above.

Surely someone whose account is a week old knows how things work here right? Bro is fast learner after all