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TheLecher

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What I don't understand out of all of that is, if the developer was the only one who knew what he/she was gonna write next, meaning none of us knew, then how would it be any different if someone else were to just make something up and write it, as long as the material was good?
I must have missed this when it was posted.

If you really don't understand what difference a change in author could make when the rest of the story is unknown, I'll try to explain.

Let's take some well known fantasy authors, as an example - say J.R.R. Tolkien and George R.R. Martin. Without entering into any debate over which is the better writer, or which fantasy world is best, it should still be clear to everyone who has read them both that they have completely different styles of writing.

Now let's say that you started out reading a book which was written by one of them, and halfway through, the other one took over the writing. Do you really think that any perceptive reader would fail to notice the shift in style and tone? It would be as plain as day. You would probably even be able to point to the exact point where one writer replaced the other.

Of course, DRG was no Tolkien or Martin. He wasn't a great writer. But he wasn't half bad, as far as adult game developers go, and he had his own style. If someone else started writing the game, I'm pretty sure that I would be able to tell the difference.

And assuming the original developer is the only person who can write is pretty bold.
No one made that assumption.

But, as far as more people finishing an already started story...look at Star Wars. I know, it's in multiple different "episodes" or "chapters" or whatever...but that many people all writing pretty much the same continuous story...even though a lot of it was written off as non-canon, people still enjoyed it. I know I did. I bought a couple books and had them signed by the writers. lol
Yeah..this is porn games. It's different, I guess.
It's not only different because it's a porn game. That's not even the biggest difference. The biggest difference is that Star Wars is a property with a long history of iteration, not a single project which was taken over midway by a different author/artist/programmer. Each new installment of Star Wars exists as a separate and distinct work, and each one is judged both as a unique work and as a part of an established universe. This is why some installments of Star Wars are widely approved, and some are widely hated.

Valiant Warrior Astrid is not a property which is being produced as multiple independent installments within a well established continuity. It is a single story about a single character, and it is unfinished. For someone to take the game over at this point and try to complete it would not be like hiring a new writer to produce a new Star Wars story which fits into the already existing universe. It would be more like what happened when Joss Whedon took over Justice League from Zack Snyder. People didn't know how Zack Snyder had intended the movie to turn out, but they knew what was delivered wasn't what had been promised.
 
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Could someone who was more familiar with DynamiteRed and their work please set my mind at ease -

There's this game called Witchcraft that started in early 2020, it's about magic and monsters and a female MC always getting into sexual situations of questionable consent, plus the developer has the word Red in their name.

I downloaded and played it a few days ago, enjoyed the tone and setting a lot and got wistful for this game (VWA) never getting a conclusion - then I started looking at the two of them side by side and got suspicious this could just be DynamiteRed under a new name after abandoning their last game.

The writing is quite different in Witchcraft, and it's Ren'Py instead of RPGM.
Still though, I'd love if someone more familiar with this game and developer could weigh in.
 
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Ignazzio

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Could someone who was more familiar with DynamiteRed and their work please set my mind at ease -

There's this game called Witchcraft that started in early 2020, it's about magic and monsters and a female MC always getting into sexual situations of questionable consent, plus the developer has the word Red in their name.

I downloaded and played it a few days ago, enjoyed the tone and setting a lot and got wistful for this game (VWA) never getting a conclusion - then I started looking at the two of them side by side and got suspicious this could just be DynamiteRed under a new name after abandoning their last game.

The writing is quite different in Witchcraft, and it's Ren'Py instead of RPGM.
Still though, I'd love if someone more familiar with this game and developer could weigh in.
No way it's the same person. Different writing and it's way too unpolished and frankly simple for it to be him. I've been in contact with him during VWA and I'm pretty sure game he'd make would be very clearly his and he wouldn't hide himself. Dude just vanished and I hope he's alright. At this point it's very unlikely for him to return but I really hope so cuz it was one of the best gaming experiences on this site to play VWA.
 

Ummmh

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No way it's the same person. Different writing and it's way too unpolished and frankly simple for it to be him. I've been in contact with him during VWA and I'm pretty sure game he'd make would be very clearly his and he wouldn't hide himself. Dude just vanished and I hope he's alright. At this point it's very unlikely for him to return but I really hope so cuz it was one of the best gaming experiences on this site to play VWA.
Wasn't DRG a 2 person team? Patreon says so, tho I nvr joined P so d/n mail them.
 

Ignazzio

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Wasn't DRG a 2 person team? Patreon says so, tho I nvr joined P so d/n mail them.
Never heard about 2 people. As far as I know it was just 1 dude. I helped a bit with few things and was in contact with him until he vanished. I assume complexity of his systems burnt him out. There is this hope he could return cuz he once did that but I wouldn't expect that as it's been a while. Huge loss for erotic gaming
 

Ummmh

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Patreon sho
Never heard about 2 people. As far as I know it was just 1 dude. I helped a bit with few things and was in contact with him until he vanished. I assume complexity of his systems burnt him out. There is this hope he could return cuz he once did that but I wouldn't expect that as it's been a while. Huge loss for erotic gaming
Patreon shows 2 accts under DRG (unless I'm misunderstanding the setup).



 

Ignazzio

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Patreon sho

Patreon shows 2 accts under DRG (unless I'm misunderstanding the setup).



You do. He deactivated his account as a creator and he's just a user now. Those 2 are creators he supports. Which is actually pretty interesting cuz Reepyr is an old one but Keey is fairly new creator (max 2 years imo) so there is some movement on his part.
 

Ummmh

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You do. He deactivated his account as a creator and he's just a user now. Those 2 are creators he supports. Which is actually pretty interesting cuz Reepyr is an old one but Keey is fairly new creator (max 2 years imo) so there is some movement on his part.
OK
TY, as that was confusing.

He set user not creator... Bad news fer sure.

Didn't sound like he was headed to burnout in last posts, so maybe local laws, or health, or relationship in RL did Astrid in. Was too early stop for it to be covid.
 

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Sorry to brake in (again) i was one of his patrons (sadly) we haven't heard from him (1) since January of 2019 as for those acounts he supported back then they are quite a bit older than his
 

Ummmh

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Sorry to brake in (again) i was one of his patrons (sadly) we haven't heard from him (1) since January of 2019 as for those acounts he supported back then they are quite a bit older than his
Jan 2019 last contact w/be unlikely as COVID, tho Jan 2020 would be another story. Too many unknowns..
 
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