Ren'Py Abandoned The DeLuca Family [Season 1] [HopesGaming]

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JJJ84

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Tokenugget said:
Even though i don't understand why you'd exclude that moment regardless :unsure:
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Only person who can properly answer that is Hopes, but if you ask me I don't think it was his intention to exclude that event on purpose.

Full Experience is the whole package, which includes everything.
Just Story & VN modes are modes with certain features from Full Experiences mode removed like gameplay etc.
My guess is, given that Shiobhan event is still more in terms of gameplay-like section (with Contracts screen etc), it may have been something inadvertently removed along with non-essential contracts text stuff.

Luckily I noticed its removal and pointed out the whole importance of continuity with the latter Cogwheel event and that Ombra mission, which he agreed.
And the rest is history, with that event making it into both Just Story & VN modes. :WeSmart:
 
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HornyyPussy said:
So another person who can't be bothered to check up what's going on.........

Where do all of you crawl out from? This is getting ridiculous.......
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Why don't you say what's going on then? Not everyone has the time to check what is going on with every porn game out there. We check what is released and when it is released and when we see that something has not been updated in years it's natural to be sceptic.
 
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generater said:
Why don't you say what's going on then? Not everyone has the time to check what is going on with every porn game out there. We check what is released and when it is released and when we see that something has not been updated in years it's natural to be sceptic.
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I mean it's annoying and tiring when the same question been asked like 50 times just today. So I can understand his response when you can use the search function
 
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JJJ84 said:
Those people tend to be generally not active in the threads, and only come to complain when the update drops with the whole "It's milking" "I'm glad I left" "Where's the update dev" blahblah schtick.
Funny thing is, more often than not they tend to be the first ones to be in line to grab the update.

Then they go silent again, ready to come back and drop another complaint with next update while grabbing it; rinse and repeat the endless cycle of hypocrisy. :HideThePain::KEK::LUL:


Dev is a solo dev who previously had a primary job (restaurant iirc) and was only doing this as a hobby. The game went through a major gameplay overhaul (for v0.7) which took quite a while to implement.
Also, recently him and his girlfriend got engaged, so the whole wedding preparations as well as moving in to their own home was a thing.
So a lot of irl stuff happened.

Though good thing is, with Season 1 out on Steam now (well been out a while), he's stated he's going at this dev work for this game as full-time job and has begun working on Season 2.
So expect possible statements and plans from HopesGaming soon-ish.


As for how much of content increase it has been, that would totally be dependent on where you were the last time you played it.
If it was before the rework (v0.07), I'd say you have quite a large chunk of content to play through.
But even if it was post-v0.07, I'd still say there would still be quite a decent amount to play, especially if you are playing Full-Experience mode.
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Have they stopped the patreon payments during all that time or can we assume all of these things are just excuses to get the supporters money?
 
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generater said:
Why don't you say what's going on then? Not everyone has the time to check what is going on with every porn game out there. We check what is released and when it is released and when we see that something has not been updated in years it's natural to be sceptic.
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You had the time to write the post, so why not used the time to look at the OP?
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It is white on gray what Season 1 Steam Release added over the latest version. What you make about this is up to you. What I find it annoying is when those people go into a thread and ask questions they themself could answer in the same time as the write their post.

And no, you can't ignore them cause either someone new will ask the same question (who isn't on the list - and I don't like the list) or the simple ask again and again until someone gives them the answer.

Also, after I read your username again: Glad you see you're back. Didn't you wanted to never come back to this thread?:unsure:
 
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Dessolos said:
I yet to play it cause im waiting for S2 but I think one could argue the codex could count technically since it's lore / info dumps but yeah no new main story
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Thats one of the things that confused me, i was under the impression season 2 was well into development. Then this dropped and there is so little involved in it from the looks of it. Im just hoping that if its jusr the codex, then hopefully hopes gaming was just messing with this feature hear and there on the side and hasnt actually been spending all this time on it.
 
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Kylie Bloodmoon said:
Thats one of the things that confused me, i was under the impression season 2 was well into development. Then this dropped and there is so little involved in it from the looks of it. Im just hoping that if its jusr the codex, then hopefully hopes gaming was just messing with this feature hear and there on the side and hasnt actually been spending all this time on it.
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So, yes. Season 2 is develop since and most likely before Season 1 was finally released on Steam (And Patreon on the 28th February 2024). Yet, it wasn't leaked until the 17th May 2024 here on the zone. So, no, you won't have any of the content that has been developed (I assume) between the 28th February and 17th May, because it is still the same version/release.
 
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Spawn420 said:
found some game breaking bugs in the VN mode...
1) when visiting Luna if you pick the option of *hug* then it will transfer you out of VN mode into your room at which point you can go back to *visit luna* and if you pick *hug* again it will permanently lock you out of the VN mode.(this is also a mod issue since its highlighted in green...)
2) when asking Isabel for something to eat it will also break the VN mode.
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I playtested VN mode of the game (speedran it) before Hopes released it on Steam, and it worked just fine other than one bug which Hopes quahsed back then (which wasn't what you're mentioning).
Loaded your uploaded saves to my pc, and they both work 100% fine on my end with no issues.

Since you seem to be using a mod, I'd assume the issue is with the mod you're using, given that with the raw game everything works fine.

Spawn420 said:
as for the VN mode in general... it locks you out from watching the recording as well as watching the dream scenes(getting notifications about unlocking new dreams when we cant see them is frustrating...) which is a shame... especially the recordings since they give some extra info to the unfolding events...
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Wet Dreams don't have any relevance to the story and are only renders.
In fact, Hopes has said before (to me) that it might be possible they may be removed altogether for season 2 cause they don't really serve that much of a purpose. That was a while ago, and not sure what his thoughts on it now though.

As for recordings, well I guess I can ask Hopes later about it whether he's willing to add it in VN mode in the future or not.
But players who go through the game in VN mode should bear in mind that by not choosing Full Experience, or even Just Story, there are certain features of the game they're likely to be missing out.

Recording is one of them, another one is Codex.


generater said:
Why don't you say what's going on then? Not everyone has the time to check what is going on with every porn game out there. We check what is released and when it is released and when we see that something has not been updated in years it's natural to be sceptic.
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lol you do realize, there is a thing called "Changelog" in the OP?
I specifically asked the moderator this morning to add the last two lines of "added" so people know what they're getting into;

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And Trojaner and I had the following convo;

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Do ya really think that Peops will read that. Don't think they will. :ROFLMAO:
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JJJ84 said:
My pessimistic mind tells me they won't.
But we can make fun of those folks for not even making use of their few remaining brain cells :KEK::LUL: not to mention saves explaining the whole "What's new" post lol.
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So far, several are proving us both right. :HideThePain::KEK:


generater said:
Have they stopped the patreon payments during all that time or can we assume all of these things are just excuses to get the supporters money?
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From what I can tell Hopes didn't stop the Patreon payments.

But what is your point even with that question? lol

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.


In fact, I'm surprised at how often I have to remind people of this post below;

JJJ84 said:
lol seems like you're basically misunderstanding the whole point of Patreon itself.

The platform is a modern take on the classic concept of "patronage."
Historically, artists such as painters, musicians, and authors sometimes relied on wealthy donors' patronage to finance their work.
Patreon takes that core concept and enables a much larger audience to finance artists and content creators they like at affordable monthly rates.

So basically, what patrons did before and still doing are making an investment in the content creator (HopesGaming in this case). They like Hopes' work and (those who can and decides to) wish to support him by giving him virtual tips like Alt_F4 said above.

It's not a "I gave you X, so you must give me Y" transaction as you are implying.
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generater said:
Why don't you say what's going on then? Not everyone has the time to check what is going on with every porn game out there. We check what is released and when it is released and when we see that something has not been updated in years it's natural to be sceptic.
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But you have time to behave like an ass when responding? Is it that much harder to behave like a human being?

Jumping to conclusions about "milking" and other such asinine assumptions is frankly idiotic.
 
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