I just imagined the horrifying scenario of a "CoD of Porn" games... Eugh!
Ren'Py Seeds of Chaos [v0.4.05 Dev] [Vénus Noire]
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I remember the very early days for this game where the creator was losing money hand-over-fist. Those early art assets -- as beautiful as they were -- for example, were very expensive, and were generally paid out of pocket. Despite assurances, I couldn't shake the feeling that the game often tittered on the brink in those days. (The story and the art and the discussion about the Nemsis were great draws for me in an earlier pitch.) The evolution of this passion project from a single person in their singular vision for this game to tell a certain, sweeping (and refreshingly original) story to expand now to having honest-to-goodness dedicated teams of writers and artists and coders, *and* to also expand into and acquiring other projects is a goddamn, downright testiment of the dedication of the folks behind this game. It truly is a success story. There's also a reason why they've garnered such a supportive fanbase. They deliver; and, they often have frank discussions with their supporters and other fans. Regardless of whether patrons agree with their choices or not, one cannot deny that they are very communicative and that there's always a sense that actual work and progress is being done behind the veil. Unlike other projects, I've never thought this project was ever milking its supporters. I, for one, have no doubts that the game will reach some sort of completeness and that it won't just evanesce away disappearing into the night. Despite the long development time that's planned, I hope this post from a fellow fan will assuage some of the fears that you have and that you won't be "scared off" from the game. Cheers, my bro and fellow fans, and pura vida.
Uh... That wall of text needs to be broken up into something more readable.I remember the very early days for this game where the creator was losing money hand-over-fist. Those early art assets -- as beautiful as they were -- for example, were very expensive, and were generally paid out of pocket. Despite assurances, I couldn't shake the feeling that the game often tittered on the brink in those days. (The story and the art and the discussion about the Nemsis were great draws for me in an earlier pitch.) The evolution of this passion project from a single person in their singular vision for this game to tell a certain, sweeping (and refreshingly original) story to expand now to having honest-to-goodness dedicated teams of writers and artists and coders, *and* to also expand into and acquiring other projects is a goddamn, downright testiment of the dedication of the folks behind this game. It truly is a success story. There's also a reason why they've garnered such a supportive fanbase. They deliver; and, they often have frank discussions with their supporters and other fans. Regardless of whether patrons agree with their choices or not, one cannot deny that they are very communicative and that there's always a sense that actual work and progress is being done behind the veil. Unlike other projects, I've never thought this project was ever milking its supporters. I, for one, have no doubts that the game will reach some sort of completeness and that it won't just evanesce away disappearing into the night. Despite the long development time that's planned, I hope this post from a fellow fan will assuage some of the fears that you have and that you won't be "scared off" from the game. Cheers, my bro and fellow fans, and pura vida.
- Oct 17, 2017
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Well, you also gotta take into account production speed. We've nearly doubled the writing and art since 2018, and multiplied the pace by 10 since 2016.
Unlike a lot of games that are especially reliant on a single content path or might burn out from being dragged out, SoC naturally has a large scale and was designed with multiple hooks. For that reason, barring a catastrophic misstep or global financial crisis, I don't see major scale backs in production schedule likely.
Unlike a lot of games that are especially reliant on a single content path or might burn out from being dragged out, SoC naturally has a large scale and was designed with multiple hooks. For that reason, barring a catastrophic misstep or global financial crisis, I don't see major scale backs in production schedule likely.
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Arioch has said that the team is beginning to think of arcs for the castle npcs. Now this'll be fun. Over the coming months Rowan's realtionship with the castle npcs will evolve. And I will just eat up all of it! Time for Rowan to further seduce X'Zaratl and begin an intense relationship with Cliohna maybe? This is pretty exciting. Rein, Winter, and Sommy having been doing some great work so far and Arioch must be proud to have a dedicated and talented team.
- Oct 17, 2017
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Right now, the team doing the Castle NPC Narrative Arcwork is Rein, DM, Hooky and myself. The 4 of us are doing the bulk of it.
We have limited involvement from Arioch (Making the big choices/Settling thorny issues) and Sommy (anything pertaining to art/Whenever Sommy wants a laugh at our dumb writer squabbling).
We have limited involvement from Arioch (Making the big choices/Settling thorny issues) and Sommy (anything pertaining to art/Whenever Sommy wants a laugh at our dumb writer squabbling).
- May 10, 2019
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the previous update was literally released a month ago. it takes time man. especially a game of this magnitude and quality.
- Feb 25, 2019
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The current release schedule is one update every two months, with releases happening at the end of the month, so it’ll be end of March.
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It’s because you control Alexia often enough that she can be considered a deuteragonist.
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THIS IS A REMINDER THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK ON THE QUEST LOG SYSTEM AS IT PRESENTLY EXISTS. WE KNOW IT'S INCOMPLETE. WE ARE TRYING TO DECIDE IF WE JUST WANT TO EXPAND WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE OR REPLACE IT ENTIRELY.
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Can only look at it after next weekend. My Pc is on the service shop now, good thing i still have 2 months of warranty left.
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I haven't even played this update yet. Too god-damned busy sewing.
Each seam, each bit of embroidery, every fucking buttonhole or eyelet... Hand-sewn, why... why did I do this! What did my fingers do to deserve this?
Each seam, each bit of embroidery, every fucking buttonhole or eyelet... Hand-sewn, why... why did I do this! What did my fingers do to deserve this?
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Well, I'm more confident in my sewing abilities than I ever have been before, so that's a plus. I'm also fairly sure my mother wants to rope me into making her a dress now. I'm sure she'd say she's commissioning me, but I'd say it's more like slave labour if it's free!
It's also given me the great opportunity to see practically every Studio Ghibli movie. And a lot of cartoons/anime. And Zombie movies.
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