- Apr 26, 2020
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The idjit and the not idjit agree that he did not work on the game for much of that 11 months.
The idgit doesn't think this excuses him. "Don't hold it against him for not working because he didn't work".
Me, I figger it is enough to admit that the dev owes me nothing at all. And then hope/plead for more of this great game.
- Jul 25, 2017
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never said he was not working on the game at all just not Season 2 since he had shifted his focus to steam. Because of that I dont see it as him not working for 11 months at all, since it was clear that was where his effort was being focused on the steam version, which included a VN mode and codex entries when he had time since it was a hobby at the time.
Be a different story at least to me if he was working on Season 2 for 11 months , but as far as I understand it VN mode made a big headache for him because of the mini game and the fact it was a hobby and did it in his spare time. That's why I said I don't hold it against for him for not working on Season 2. Now was 11 months too long for steam? Perhaps it's hard to say without knowing what issues he was having during the development and how much spare time he had? That and I don't have a right to complain as I wasn't a Patreon for those 11 months, now if you were one then your complaints about him taking too long becomes more valid.
- Jul 25, 2017
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It does look that way. Steam/Patreon acutally. Steam releases require a steam license to run. But Patreon releases work here. Normally, Patreon releases will be on f95 in a day or two.
damn that sucks. was a beautiful game... But surely wont make a steam account for that
- Jul 25, 2017
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hard to say for sure, looks like it when it comes to Season 1 at least since it only adds VN mode and just some codex / lore entries so probably no one has bothered to try to leak it , that or hope doing his best to stop them who is to say.
- Jul 25, 2017
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sorry for the double post forgot to mentioned the updated version is on his pateron, so you can sub to get it through there still at least as far as I know. Not sure 100% as Ive had a steam account for around 10-15 years or so , so I just bought it there.
- Dec 24, 2018
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lol there's so many things wrong with your post that it left me dumbfounded for a moment.
Let's break it down, shall we?
So what is your point in this part here?
Also, with Patreon, yes there's the monthly Patreon subscription payments, but it's not like the Patrons were forced to continue supporting Hopes. That's not how Patron works.
The onus is on the Patreon subscriber him/herself on whether to continue supporting Hopes or unsubscribe and support another dev.
Several irl stuff that he needed to deal with.
And perhaps if he didn't have those things happening, he might have done some more work on the game.
But to say he took a nap after season 1, and season 2 being doubtful (according to you)?
Well, that is flat out wrong.
I should know, I chat with him sometimes, and he does at times keep me in the loop; not like I think he owes me anything, but talking about the game with him, helping in for some stuff (such as discussing of the Codex, and testing the VN mode for him, as well as some ideas that I thought would be cool), he did share some stuff, which I share here as well with his permission.
And one of those things is that season 2 is definitely coming; there's even a screenshot of a season 2 scene which I ported in this thread hence he did work on s02 to some extent at least.
So please. Look things up before jumping to unfounded conclusions/predictions.
Where's our droid friend c3p0?
I remember him having the release schedules for one of his posts.
Let's break it down, shall we?
Hopes did say this is a hobby for him, multiple times in fact both here and on his Patreon.
So what is your point in this part here?
Also, with Patreon, yes there's the monthly Patreon subscription payments, but it's not like the Patrons were forced to continue supporting Hopes. That's not how Patron works.
The onus is on the Patreon subscriber him/herself on whether to continue supporting Hopes or unsubscribe and support another dev.
Before the steam release (he decided to go into full time with s01 steam), he had his own separate primary job (restaurant iirc), not to mention a back surgery, getting engaged, and moving into his new house.
Several irl stuff that he needed to deal with.
And perhaps if he didn't have those things happening, he might have done some more work on the game.
But to say he took a nap after season 1, and season 2 being doubtful (according to you)?
Well, that is flat out wrong.
I should know, I chat with him sometimes, and he does at times keep me in the loop; not like I think he owes me anything, but talking about the game with him, helping in for some stuff (such as discussing of the Codex, and testing the VN mode for him, as well as some ideas that I thought would be cool), he did share some stuff, which I share here as well with his permission.
And one of those things is that season 2 is definitely coming; there's even a screenshot of a season 2 scene which I ported in this thread hence he did work on s02 to some extent at least.
So please. Look things up before jumping to unfounded conclusions/predictions.
lol you're totally ignoring the time he took to develop the Contracts gameplay mechanics for v0.07 (which was quite a while).
Where's our droid friend c3p0?
I remember him having the release schedules for one of his posts.
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- Dec 24, 2018
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Well, wishing for your speedy recovery!
And looking forward to things to come in season 2.
- Nov 20, 2017
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And not seeing Antonio wasn't in there. We know on which Delucas your eye where, yet regardless:
Ask and you shall receive: https://f95zone.to/threads/the-deluca-family-v0-09-6-hopesgaming.15459/post-9533450
- Jan 3, 2018
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Read Section 3. of the rules to find the answer to your question.
Same as most games here, they arrive here when someone (generally a patron) leaks it.
The Steam release has no new content, apart from a codex with some lore & VN mode.
When Season 2 gets released to Patreon, it will probably end up here sometime shortly after.
He has been making the game in his spare time, whilst working a full time job, throughout its development, so it taking a while is perfectly understandable, imo.
He also recently got engaged & I think he bought a new place with his partner, which is a pretty big life change.
I don't really think you can call that "neglecting the game".
I agree that 11 months is a long time for just a Steam package & it will probably be closer to 18 months by the time S02E01 is done, but he's gone full time with developing the game now so we can justifiably expect updates to be quicker, going forward.
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Anything is possible. 18 months, huh? You might be aware of the stink DPC gets for his record of yearly BaD updates. It is possible to give some credence to subsequent updates because anytime something of interest (progress reports, etc.) appears on patreon from him, it is up on f95 within a day or so. And DPC does not come on f95 and say, the next season release is cancelled.
- Apr 26, 2020
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HE HAS A REAL LIFE THAT HAS TAKEN UP MUCH OF HIS TIME!
How is this so hard for you to understand? Should he put his life on hold so you can get free stuff faster?
- Dec 24, 2018
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If you're bothered by that from Hopes, then it seems like you really don't know him, and his sarcasm is totally lost on you.
For people who have been following this game a while, and have been chatting with him either on this thread or on his discord, they know this is part of his fun banter that he does to interact with the folks.
DPC from what I heard is not fond or is even accepting of pirate sites like the zone (f95zone) in general.
Hence, I don't even remember DPC even being on the zone (I doubt he even has an account lol); though I might not be the most reliable source of info for that since I never go to that thread lol, and I'm just guessing on what I remember when I used to go to that thread in very early days.
And that is fine, there are devs who are like that.
On the flip side there are devs who like to interact with the fans on the zone's thread like Hopes.
But really.
What is even the point you're trying to make here?
Are you really that upset that Hopes is not making his monthly report to you, telling you bunch of detail of his progress reports etc, so much that you're trying to make the same point over and over again?
Goodness me.
I said it once, and I'll say it again;
"He was not a full time developer until now (went to being fulltime when season 1 went to Steam). He had a lot of IRL stuff that happened which took up his time. Developers are human too, & have lives outside their game."
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