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But to some point I can understand it. Hope post nothing since over since 29th of May this year on Patreon. Even his most recent post on Discord is from 22th July - if that hasn't change.
He had almost 900 subscribers in April 2021 and now he have a little bit over 400. I don't know what he earns through Steam, but assuming that this also is declining then his goal for being full time dev, may be proven very difficulty to maintain.
I do hope, he is working on the game, but I have no proof of that - sure, I also have no proof of the contrary, yet I begin to think that this game may never be finished.
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I agree but that doesn't mean we have to read those posts over and over and over again.......
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Pretty much. Get rid of the mini games and focus on the story. Such a waste of development time with the mini games.... I'll play other games besides AVNs if i want an actual "game".... i just want to follow a good story. VNs are about a story and not about mediocre mini games.
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Hope wasn’t satisfied with the steam numbers, pretty sure he’s burned out from it and not as motivated.
You know, it seems I'm not the first one, but I won't be the last one. You should get used to, or ignore it.
TBH I don't know how many other post like mine exist, because I'm not invested into this game forum, and I played it late 2021 the last time. I already forgot it, until I remembered a bit of that game. I also forgot the name of it, and used the search for "mafia game", and then found it. And I found out, that after 6 years of development that game barely moved forward.
And it is my right to judge, and leave a sloppy comment.
Also, after this post, I will move forward, and will forget it. Will even forget that I answered you.
But you know, the worst part is, seeing people like you, who stick to a six year old "almost dead" game, and kinda defend it. This is sad! Move on! Or will you defend this game for another 12 years until Episode 3 is finshed? Think about it!
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Not nearly as sad as someone using energy to complain about something they get for free on a online forum.
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Look if a person wants to defend a dev or a VN that's their right to do it I mean I get development cycle are slow but would it kill this dev put something or discord once a month or 2 last time I checked nothing for a while
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Well JJJ messaged Hopes, but JJJ was going on vacation right after. So I’m guessing he isn’t back yet. However you would think that if Hopes saw that message he would’ve showed up or posted something somewhere. Not feeling great about the future of this game right now.
Hopes has a gem here but he’s doing a terrible job at going full time on this game. You aren’t going to pick up support with no updates and horrible communication. Not hard to churn out a progress report every couple weeks. Doesn’t need to be complicated. Something like work continues currently on scene 3 of 6 for the update.
Always amazed that people can fuck up the simplest things.
Hopes has a gem here but he’s doing a terrible job at going full time on this game. You aren’t going to pick up support with no updates and horrible communication. Not hard to churn out a progress report every couple weeks. Doesn’t need to be complicated. Something like work continues currently on scene 3 of 6 for the update.
Always amazed that people can fuck up the simplest things.
burned out from doing what? dude has barely touched his game the past couple years. If hes disappointed by the numbers well thats on him too. I think most of us know this game never getting finished at this pace so why reward/invest in that? Id rather buy a lesser game that is actively being worked on.
its a shame cuz the game could be truly great and has a really interesting story, but story means fuck all if it never gets made.
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I dont want to play devils advocate as i hope he's just silently working in the background and we just get the update when its done and ready.
But the only reason to not make at least short quick devlogs is if you dont have any progress to showcase or to little and dont want to deal with the backslash.
I dont mind devs takinga timeout, they are only human too but they should be transparent to their supporters about it and tbh deavtive patreon payments for the time being
But hopefully he will just suddenly surprise us with the update at some point
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Finally finished season 1, Fantastic game. Definitely was worth the replay. Now waiting for season 2. Anyone knows when it's coming out?
Rating: 9/10
Favorite character: Canoley, fawkes feni
Favorite main story: I love you my son, cogwheel
Best part of the game: PORTEND
Funniest character event: Gracie's missions.
Favorite side mission: The painter.
Rating: 9/10
Favorite character: Canoley, fawkes feni
Favorite main story: I love you my son, cogwheel
Best part of the game: PORTEND
Funniest character event: Gracie's missions.
Favorite side mission: The painter.
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It's sucks, but I don't think the game is abandoned. This isn’t the first time Hopes has gone quiet for so long. I remember at one point (Circa 2 or 3 years ago), he went radio silent for like 8 or 9 months. Let's just hope he sucks at comunicating.
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So... is the game aboned?
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