Others Abandoned Secret Horse Files 3 [v0.36] [Levy]

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souldray

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What's all the fuss* about? This new dev update doesn't seem like a terrible turn of events for me.
The more fetishes it cower the merier....If he just cut some major of them, that just plain stupid, he might like that just loose patron's....
 

CooperFrost

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Probably referring to cutting out the kids, dropping the non-con aspects of the game, and dropping incest, with plans to eventually drop MLP as a whole after this.
The more fetishes it cower the merier....If he just cut some major of them, that just plain stupid, he might like that just loose patron's....
I fully support him on this, he has decided to stay away from some problematic kinks, it is the smart decision from his point of view as a creator, Patreon has a policy against games with non-consensual, loli or incest content, so far they have left him alone, but at any point he could get the ban hammer, and most artists don't survive the transition to SubscribeStar or other platforms.

As a consumer that sometimes enjoys that kind of stuff, it sucks a bit, but it is important to consider his perspective on this, it also seems like his patrons support him, so it is a no-brainer at that point.
Although, he said on stream the effect these decisions will have on this specific project of his are almost negligible, and that, even if the objective is to shy away from more unethical fetishes he's not gonna put any restrictions for the people who wish to use his project as a base for that type of content. Also, something I was initially worried about as well, it sounds likely that small body sizes are probably gonna stay, they'll just be approached from a different context, in order to not glorify the more untasteful implications.
 

drwood

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Of course note, with the complete it unavoidable that game leak out fast on the free roam, pretty much cut of his income...I'm sure he understand that, that's why he not to fast on the make a game. If he complete the game to soon, I'd call him an idiot.
I have no idea what you just said
 

BaloneyAmone

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I have no idea what you just said
From my experience trying to decrypt statements like this, I believe this user is implying that development of a new game is intentionally slow in order to edge on people with paid previews. They go on to state that, if a game for it was completed quickly, someone would leak it just as quickly, and significantly cut into subscriber numbers because of it.
Personally, that doesn't really make any sense to me; I'd imagine more people would financially support a game that exists and can be interfaced with rather than one that, for all intents and purposes, is a bunch of behind the scenes insights handed to them weekly like a newspaper subscription.
 
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KL-001-A

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Of course note, with the complete it unavoidable that game leak out fast on the free roam, pretty much cut of his income...I'm sure he understand that, that's why he not to fast on the make a game. If he complete the game to soon, I'd call him an idiot.
If I'm understanding right, you're saying the dev should just take his time to release it to bleed the Patrons slowly over time instead of releasing sooner and getting less money?
I know there's a lot of Patreon projects that do that, where they'll just meander through development for years, taking their sweet time, but I don't see it happening with this one, the dev goes through too many depressive episodes, if he goes too long without any new progress, he'd probably spiral and quit suddenly.
That said, if he DID release sooner and people pirate it, that's really nothing new, it's something most of us content creators deal with; he'd probably move on to either Project Maple, or continue to add more content to SHF3 anyway.
Besides, he's been on this rebuild so long that "complete the game too soon" really isn't applicable anymore.
 

souldray

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Well said, but the fact that game still in development. Let's hope your positivity is have a ground....Also sorry for the bad speak, game's not that good of a teacher for language
 

souldray

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You learned English from playing porn games?
Erm, not quite....tho i do play some VN mostly in English, and practically all the game. I'd like to play some in my native, but that not an option most of the time, so basic understanding of English come in handy. Tho i don't actually know any rule about the language(nothing to be proud of), which is why some time is hard do describe for the people that flawless with it about what am i saying :D
 

ScarletIce

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Erm, not quite....tho i do play some VN mostly in English, and practically all the game. I'd like to play some in my native, but that not an option most of the time, so basic understanding of English come in handy. Tho i don't actually know any rule about the language
Ah, so you didn't necessarily learn the language from playing porn games, but rather they are a significant source of application and practice. Neat.
Also, don't worry too much about not knowing the rules of the English language, very few native speakers actually know all the rules. The language is kind of a clusterfuck.
 

souldray

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Ah, so you didn't necessarily learn the language from playing porn games, but rather they are a significant source of application and practice. Neat.
Also, don't worry too much about not knowing the rules of the English language, very few native speakers actually know all the rules. The language is kind of a clusterfuck.
Still i may understand that some people might be irritated with my speak, tho nothing i can do about it. Still, if English be educated through porn game's, that might be pretty funny.
 
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Yeah, its absolutely bullshit how long this update is taking, however, Levy at least is showing progress, like, its actually working on the game, is not like some developers that go radio silence, deliver a bug-fix patch after months and return to "work" on the game, that is in the best case scenario, other times they cancel the game but leave the Patreon open.

I don't think Levy is free from criticism but at least its working on the game.
 

Delfine

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Yeah, its absolutely bullshit how long this update is taking,
I'd hesitate to call this an "update" and more of a remake, or redesign. Levy's basically making a modular platform, to create multiple games off of, using the idea of this game as a baseline/inspiration. The fact that it's only taken roughly a year and a half to basically create a new game that seems reasonably moddable is actually kinda impressive for one person who's still (somewhat) teaching themselves coding.
 
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