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as far as I know it never was a secret hope was putting steam as his #1 focus and was a hobby till recently , so I don't count those 11 months against him for Season 2 since as far as I know he didn't really work on Season 2 much if at all.
Yeah because you're not an idjit.......

Page 1 says the release date for v 9.6 here was 8 May last year, and it appears that he has been collecting patreon payments for a good while longer. A few dev's have been able to make their game a full time job, but for most it is a hobby. No, I think, if he has been neglecting this game for 9 months, we should call it that. If the dev were cultivating his player base, he could certainly make this his full time job, like dpc with bad.

What I see is that he put together just about the best game on f95 for season 1, ended it with a drop dead cliff hanger, and then took a nap. I am not convinced there will be a season 2 at this point. It is true he put up his Steam page 27 Feb this year. But f95 says the game is a lot older than that.

The origin date for this thread is July 2018, so that tells us how long he has actually been working on this. 9 versions in 5 years (up to last May). That is almost 2 versions a year. If you include the .6 with the 9, it is almost certainly 2 a year. Yeah, I'm feeling a little disturbed. And if I had been paying him patreon for all that time, I would probably be stomping around the room. But, yeh, I do understand that game development does take a lot of time. And the dev actually owes me nothing at all. So at six months, I will still be defending a dev. At a year, I am feeling stressed.
You're an idjit......
 

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Yeah because you're not an idjit.......


You're an idjit......
The idjit and the not idjit agree that he did not work on the game for much of that 11 months.

as far as I know it never was a secret hope was putting steam as his #1 focus and was a hobby till recently , so I don't count those 11 months against him for Season 2 since as far as I know he didn't really work on Season 2 much if at all.
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.
 

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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.
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.
 
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damn that sucks. was a beautiful game... But surely wont make a steam account for that
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.
 
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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?

Page 1 says the release date for v 9.6 here was 8 May last year, and it appears that he has been collecting patreon payments for a good while longer. A few dev's have been able to make their game a full time job, but for most it is a hobby.
And if I had been paying him patreon for all that time, I would probably be stomping around the room.
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.


No, I think, if he has been neglecting this game for 9 months, we should call it that. If the dev were cultivating his player base, he could certainly make this his full time job, like dpc with bad.

What I see is that he put together just about the best game on f95 for season 1, ended it with a drop dead cliff hanger, and then took a nap. I am not convinced there will be a season 2 at this point. It is true he put up his Steam page 27 Feb this year. But f95 says the game is a lot older than that.
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)? :FacePalm:
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.

The origin date for this thread is July 2018, so that tells us how long he has actually been working on this. 9 versions in 5 years (up to last May). That is almost 2 versions a year. If you include the .6 with the 9, it is almost certainly 2 a year. Yeah, I'm feeling a little disturbed.
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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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 not seeing Antonio wasn't in there. We know on which Delucas your eye where, yet regardless:
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Where's our droid friend @c3p0?

I remember him having the release schedules for one of his posts.
Ask and you shall receive: https://f95zone.to/threads/the-deluca-family-v0-09-6-hopesgaming.15459/post-9533450
 
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How is this game baerly 1 year not updated but not marked as abandoned`?
Read Section 3. of the rules to find the answer to your question.
so there are bo updates anymore on here? Only on steam?
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.
No, I think, if he has been neglecting this game for 9 months, we should call it that.
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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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.
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.
 

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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.
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?
 
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