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

[Hiroshi000]

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update just dropped It is on Itch io , and a dev note for those who care

I love how the dev is essentially saying "i'm putting the game on hold because the game became too complex and ambitious to make"
Like bruh you just had to keep the original turn based system,flesh out the skill trees and keep adding locations and art all the while fixing the bugs on the way
As I have said before there are many games with turn based combat that manage to be dynamic,challenging and fun to play
I always felt that the cards system was just a pointless change
I literally can't believe that the guy had a gold mine of a game on his hands and decided to throw everything in the trash to make a bland visual novel as if there aren't hundreds of them already
Guess the game is almost dead at this point

 

[Nichizo]

I love how the dev is essentially saying "i'm putting the game on hold because the game became too complex and ambitious to make"
Like bruh you just had to keep the original turn based system,flesh out the skill trees and keep adding locations and art all the while fixing the bugs on the way
As I have said before there are many games with turn based combat that manage to be dynamic,challenging and fun to play
I always felt that the cards system was just a pointless change
I literally can't believe that the guy had a gold mine of a game on his hands and decided to throw everything in the trash to make a bland visual novel as if there aren't hundreds of them already
Guess the game is almost dead at this point

I have my own opinions, and pretty much all the context for he's reasoning also some experience with the guy myself , I'll save that for a later post maybe maybe not idk, but I think this is a learning cooking experience for him, but it doesn't take away from the fact that it's enterally an issue skill on his part , anyways i doubt he reads this thread because he would get insta cancer from the ionizing radiation if he did but yeah its GG basically a new game this is update 0.2 pretty much

 

[Ere6us]

To be fair, I get not wanting to make the next KP clone. Of course, he was perhaps a bit too focused on steering away from that and not enough on making a good game. The card system could have worked. The VN angle could have worked. But only if they weren't frantic attempts to escape the KP formula. Burnout from working on the same thing for 2 years certainly didn't help, I imagine.

I'll admit to falling in the trap of expecting KP 2.0 out of this, and being disappointed that it's not what we're getting but, eh. In the end, no skin off my back.

 

[Hiroshi000]

I have my own opinions, and pretty much all the context also some experience with the guy myself , I'll save that for a later post maybe maybe not idk, but I think this is a learning cooking experience for him, but it doesn't take away from the fact that it's enterally an issue skill on his part , anyways i doubt he reads this thread because he would get insta cancer from the ionizing radiation if he did but yeah its GG basically a new game this is update 0.2 pretty much

Learning experience or not this is not the first game he makes and the first one he was making was a vn and he abandoned it so imo this is repeating your own mistakes.
Couldn't care less if he reads this thread and honestly even if he did he has his head so far stuck up on his own ass that he might as well start talking with his butthole so any criticism directed to him is pointless anyway
On top of that the game shared only the battlefuck with karryn's prison the setting and the story were enough to be its own thing
Still it's a game if the dev wants to sabotage himself he's free to do so
Not gonna lose my sleep at night just because saria reclaimed is now a shadow of his former self

 

[Nichizo]

Learning experience or not this is not the first game he makes and the first one he was making was a vn and he abandoned it so imo this is repeating your own mistakes.
Couldn't care less if he reads this thread and honestly even if he did he has his head so far stuck up on his own ass that he might as well start talking with his butthole so any criticism directed to him is pointless anyway
On top of that the game shared only the battlefuck with karryn's prison the setting and the story were enough to be its own thing
Still it's a game if the dev wants to sabotage himself he's free to do so
Not gonna lose my sleep at night just because saria reclaimed is now a shadow of his former self

very much true it all comes down to his neurotic behavior and his ego he could have just found another way to get over his disgust of drawing bald man pngs but wanted to do a remake ( make something unique and be its own thing ) but the game WAS unique lol there is no other kp/metroidvania/lisa/card game XD so in just going to repeat myself its a skill issue

 

[BigBiggieBig]

I'm not all too surprised by the abandoning of this game, it felt like it was only a matter of time before this project was abandoned in favour of a new 'vision' ever since the first remake of the combat system.

Still feels pretty bad to see it happen cause I really thought this was going to be a knockout Eroge at one point, but that's never going to happen now.

Hopefully his new project is good enough to make up for this shitshow.

Small edit after playing the new update:

I'm almost glad he's abandoning this game merely due to the fact that he's doubling down on the RNG-based combat design with the enemy turns being completely random, the new encounters are more of the same where if the enemy gets a strong attack on the 3rd turn, there's a chance they'll have the 1st turn next round for an equally-strong attack, something you quite literally have no counterplay against.

 

[MethuselahJones]

How pitiful.

 

[Deleted member 921766]

Light Space Love Gentlemen.

 

[fraazx]

Small edit after playing the new update:

I'm almost glad he's abandoning this game merely due to the fact that he's doubling down on the RNG-based combat design with the enemy turns being completely random, the new encounters are more of the same where if the enemy gets a strong attack on the 3rd turn, there's a chance they'll have the 1st turn next round for an equally-strong attack, something you quite literally have no counterplay against.

What the fuuuucccckkkkk? Seriously? He legit thought that this. This. Is fun to play with? This cancer of a play style? Bruh

 

[Hiroshi000]

Light Space Love Gentlemen.

I mean even that one is pretty mid and grinding the lewd stuff is a chore but im willing to overlook this since it's still pretty much a demo.
Let's be honest no one will be able to make a battlefuck game like karryn prison
That one is simply one of those games were everything fell into place perfectly and set the bar so high that probably no one will ever come close to it let alone surpass it

 

[ebonheart2319]

Translation: Oh fuck i forgot i screwed over the commissioners and that might get me permabanned.
Screw it, dump everything in a folder and boot up Palworld.

 

[Supreme_Evil]

Just about god damn time. Rest in peace, Saria.

 

[Ezengrane]

Well well, he outplayed everyone. The real change for 0.18 is that there is no game at all.

 

[ghxstb3yond]

What a shitshow. What started as possibly one of the best games on here goes up in flames all bc the dev added cards to it. Rip Saria 2021-2023.

 

[Supreme_Evil]

Come back to thread to see removed reviews and hilarious blatant gaslighting campaign.

Come back to the graveyard.

 

[Slawker805]

someone has a save 0.16

 

[DrakeWasHere2]

 

[Elveskudd]

Wow. Vel actually impressed me. Here I thought hes gonna milk this game by adding "old" art back into it before abandoning it but he just skipped straight into abandoning it.
I guess you could say that 0.18 is a choose your own adventure game, as in choose another game to play.

 

[halcyonpurge]

first game syndrome. there's nothing particularly wrong with incremental development - as for me, i don't have any investment or anything in this project, and there's plenty of other things i can do so i can just watch in passing while development goes on. having reworks and revamps as your skills improve and your vision changes isn't at all uncommon, and it isn't super concerning to see. that's just how it is sometimes. if it were some, ahem, $27k per month patreon perpetual beta project, that would be extremely concerning, but for something of this size that everyone gets access to for free, it's nothing major.

BOY DO I FEEL FUCKING STUPID

 

[Sweet Force]

Well well, he outplayed everyone. The real change for 0.18 is that there is no game at all.

The 0.18 is the friends we made along the way these last 2 years, "Salud mi Familia" .