HTML Stuck in Zargabad [v0.2] [Joecola]

[Joe Steel]

I stopped supporting it due to feeling scammed.

And that is, indeed, the proper response to feeling that Crush is scamming. You could steal his IP and make a bad game in protest, but what's the point?

 

[Joe Steel]

Dude makes 5k a month for a project that he has all but abandoned. He's restarted it and it's in a state with significantly less content than it had to begin with, and now updates are months and months apart.

There is nothing to be stolen because there is nothing. The only thing disgusting happening is from Crush and his stans coming to defend him. Pissing on his work is about the amount of respect it deserves.

I do find the White Knights like you and the dev here to be a hoot. What action, exactly, are you trying to elicit, and from whom? If you think that Crush is scamming his patrons, so what? If you think that he is scamming you, then quit contributing. If you think he is scamming others and you want to save them from themselves, grow up. You know perfectly well that anyone who is still a patron by this time isn't looking for a White Knight, so all you are doing is virtue signaling.

 

[PofB]

Most powerful force on Earth?
Love Spite.

 

[Ascend The Apprenticeship]

 

[Nymphonomicon]

Dude, every developer with a good concept starts well. It's usually not until the 5th, 6th, 7th release that things start slowing down.

Let's see you crank out a significant release every couple months. Otherwise your "protest" means nothing.

Good luck getting that message across here. This place is full to bursting with people that throw a shitfit if a dev isn't delivering high-quality content with penetrative sex scenes every single month (even if they are doing a slow-burn story where the sex is obviously going to take a while to build up to) and declare them to be "milking" patreon.

 

[InvertebrateSlime]

Lighten up, Francis.

 

[HornedScorpion]

Reverse engineering the entire game to show just how slow the dude is actually being? Completely based. Probably meaningless, but mad respect.

 

[Sith1ord]

I've just been amazed that Crush's game file has been titled Female Agent 1.13 for each "update" since that version. If he's going to push out nothing, at least update the html title line so it looks like you actually visit the code now and then.

 

[combige]

So, are we gonna isolate Jobar from Zamalka?

 

[defnotalt]

Good luck getting that message across here. This place is full to bursting with people that throw a shitfit if a dev isn't delivering high-quality content with penetrative sex scenes every single month (even if they are doing a slow-burn story where the sex is obviously going to take a while to build up to) and declare them to be "milking" patreon.

Yeah exactly, how fucking dare they expect actually meaningful content from a dev making 5k a month (on Patreon alone btw). These entitled bastards!

 

[Instantiation]

I do find the White Knights like you and the dev here to be a hoot. What action, exactly, are you trying to elicit, and from whom? If you think that Crush is scamming his patrons, so what? If you think that he is scamming you, then quit contributing. If you think he is scamming others and you want to save them from themselves, grow up. You know perfectly well that anyone who is still a patron by this time isn't looking for a White Knight, so all you are doing is virtue signaling.

A hearty chuckle from people whose brain is still connected to their spine? Like I'm wondering how to package this but this kind of expression is literally the perfect combination of shitpost and art. It's literally impossible to be angry at a dude who spent his afternoon reverse engineering something a guy has milked for years because he could and it was funny.


Some dude collected a sizeable paycheck for years while doing very little. Someone else drew his game as a the soy wojak by tracing over it. Here you are, Ryan Gosling staring at it because you don't like the vibe.

 

[joecola]

joecola
First of all, you should rework or remove the start screen and all the links to Crush's pages contained therein.

As far as the story goes, you should think about continuing here.
It is currently simply too short and unfortunately offers no options for making decisions.

If you know the game "This War is Mine", it would be a good idea to base your story on the fight for survival. That would open up many paths, require several decisions that could have positive or negative effects over the course of the game.
Unfortunately, I have no idea about programming myself, but I have enough ideas to fill such a story.

Hi Mercedes,

Despite all the heated discussions from people with strongly opposed opinions here, I found making the game pretty fun, and I think I'll continue it for a bit

Since I am lacking some inspiration, would you mind expanding about the ideas you had ?
I'd like to include some of them in the upcoming next update

 

[Mercedes]

Hi Mercedes,

Despite all the heated discussions from people with strongly opposed opinions here, I found making the game pretty fun, and I think I'll continue it for a bit

Since I am lacking some inspiration, would you mind expanding about the ideas you had ?
I'd like to include some of them in the upcoming next update

I'll get in touch with you via PM

 

[joecola]

Alright guys !

I am trying to learn real hard from Crush, and after ONE FULL DAY of work, I learned his secret technique !

"I felt that the sex scenes where not sexy enough so I rebooted the game™"

So now, I doubled the amount of words in the game but the story is not more advanced ! Actually, IT IS MOVING SLOWER than version 0.1 ! The enemy soldiers didn't even make it to Zargabad yet

Also, since many were complaining of the lack of choices, now I added a couple (not too many, I'm a Crush copy-cat after all). I also set up the plot for a branching story, so you'll be able to pick your poison soon.
And because this is a reboot and the story is moving slower, there's only one masturbation scene for now ; but I kept the v0.1 content accessible through the main page for the necro-loving people.

Also many thanks to Mercedes for his advice on the plot. I hope I am not laying shame on him.

Overview:
Stuck in Zargabad is a pastiche mod of Female Agent. It takes the framework from Crushstation's game, and uses it to tell the short story of a girl stuck in a war torn middle eastern town.

Although, Oscar Wilde once said : "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery". And as much I admired Crush for the quality of Female Agent, I do now despise him for literally "milking" his patreon and his shamefully slow writing pace. I made this tech demo for a single purpose : demonstrate his bad faith.

In fact, starting with zero knowledge of SugarCube, I retro-engineered his game, ported it to twee-go and wrote this scene in less than a day.
I only have one thing to say to Crush : Stop milking you patreon fans. And if you keep stealing their money, at least get your fingers out of your ass, and FINISH THE GAME.​

Thread Updated: 2024-11-25
Release Date: 2024-11-25
Developer: Joecola
Censored: No
Version: 0.2
OS: Windows, Linux, Mac
Language: English
Original Game/Developer: Female Agent / Crushstation
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[Mercedes]

I love irony and sarcasm.
It's just a shame that so few people understand it.

 

[Joe Steel]

A hearty chuckle from people whose brain is still connected to their spine? Like I'm wondering how to package this but this kind of expression is literally the perfect combination of shitpost and art. It's literally impossible to be angry at a dude who spent his afternoon reverse engineering something a guy has milked for years because he could and it was funny.

This guy just stole someone's work and changed some text. I'd be ashamed to admit that it took me a whole afternoon to construct (poorly) a game that is not worth playing (no choices, no interesting characters, with an ending that is simply creepy as fuck).

Some dude collected a sizeable paycheck for years while doing very little. Someone else drew his game as a the soy wojak by tracing over it. Here you are, Ryan Gosling staring at it because you don't like the vibe.

If the guy is collecting a sizable paycheck off your back, then you have a right to complain and stop contributing money. If you are just whining because he hasn't given you enough free shit to satisfy you, that's your problem, not his.

Is Crush ludicrously slow in delivering anything? Absolutely. Are his claims about the reasons for the delays highly dubious? You bet. But those issues would be just as true if he collected $5 a month as it is if he is collecting $5K per month. Blaming him for being successful selling a game product that doesn't seem to reflect the hours supposedly spent on it is moronic. You should be impressed with his sales ability instead.

 

[Joe Steel]

I love irony and sarcasm.
It's just a shame that so few people understand it.

I enjoy them as well, when they are present. If you think that this game is ironic and sarcastic, you don't understand the meaning of those words. "Whiny" is the word you were looking for.

 

[Mercedes]

I enjoy them as well, when they are present. If you think that this game is ironic and sarcastic, you don't understand the meaning of those words. "Whiny" is the word you were looking for.

I don't mean the game, I meant your previous post about our all-time favorite developer.

 

[Joe Steel]

I don't mean the game, I meant your previous post about our all-time favorite developer.

Well, that is a clear and well-articulated argument. Not.

The irony here is that the anti-Crush argument being made boils down to "Crush makes too much money." The money he makes has zero impact on the outraged posters, so their outrage comes off as either virtue-signalling or futile White-Knighting.

What solution do the outraged posters propose to stop Crush's supposed heinous acts? I've seen nothing. Theirs is outrage for the sake of outrage.

 

[CelebAndHeroineLover]

I'm getting this 2 errors after selecting The countdown has begun in both paths. I like the premise of the game so I'm willing to play and help

Error: the passage "2_transportation_1" does not exist
Error: the passage "2_supplies_1" does not exist