VN RPGM Abandoned Saria Reclaimed [v0.17] [Velminth]

[HikkiG]

I mean, before the whole VN fiasco, Vel has been pretty good about keeping a public worklog, public release schedule, and being timely with updates. I wouldn't call him a grifter for that. He's had issue of getting bored easily, evident with how much game changed between versions, but he also made no real promises and even warned people against donating to him.

 

[Jacob Kururugi]

I don't think it helped that the guy made multiple changes to the basic gameplay that weren't popular. It started as very similar to Karryn's Prison, with timed attacks and a rock paper scissors system. Then it changed to a deck builder system which wasn't popular. Then to a pretty shitty visual novel system. All of this with minimal actual progression to game content. If I was supporting them from the first version, I'd find the card game system fine, but switching to the VN system would just be a no to me.

Thats how I felt as someone who used to support this Dev, the original gameplay was my favorite however I was ok with the deck builder as I am also a fan of strategic gameplay but as he changed the core gameplay over and over I found myself less enthusiastic and before I knew it I left.

 

[EmilIrving]

Thats how I felt as someone who used to support this Dev, the original gameplay was my favorite however I was ok with the deck builder as I am also a fan of strategic gameplay but as he changed the core gameplay over and over I found myself less enthusiastic and before I knew it I left.

I honestly dipped when I saw the deck building. Most RPGs that uses it tend to have a very hard time keeping battles balanced. Either a build will become too OP due to enemies not having mechanics to handle it... Or Enemies DO have mechanics that supposed to deal with it, but this creates a situation where only very specific builds that either mitigate OR bypasses it.

 

[mbRjpZLD]

I mean, before the whole VN fiasco, Vel has been pretty good about keeping a public worklog, public release schedule, and being timely with updates. I wouldn't call him a grifter for that. He's had issue of getting bored easily, evident with how much game changed between versions, but he also made no real promises and even warned people against donating to him.

Yeah I think that contributed to the disappointment/backlash.
The first few months of this game were fantastic. Very timely monthly releases with meaningful new content. Hopes were high.

edit:
I forgot, he even had his own public trello project board with tasks, things planned etc. It was possible to see the progress even between releases.