rangaru

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If we add up the amount of content in the 9 months of 2019 (0.64 and 0.71):
~ 11000 lines of dialogue/script (at first it was just dialogue, now it's listed as dialogue + script). -30%
68 new scenes with 1210 pictures. -45%
50 sex animation scenes. -52%
11 new music and 55 sound fx. -75% and -30%

Number of lines were also reduced by -30%, although as I stated before, it could have been reduced even more if there was a criteria change about how to count the number of lines, because the 2 updates from 2019 didn't really feel that long when I replayed the game compared to the previous content
We shouldn't forgot that inbetween this two time periods he promised that he will start working on the game full time, hire another programer, buy better computer. He can also reuse models and backgrounds created from previous updates and should aquire experience and routine to make stuff quicker.
It's objectively very serious downfall and people not acknowledging this is sad.
 

Motoko Kusanagi

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We shouldn't forgot that inbetween this two time periods he promised that he will start working on the game full time, hire another programer, buy better computer. He can also reuse models and backgrounds created from previous updates and should aquire experience and routine to make stuff quicker.
It's objectively very serious downfall and people not acknowledging this is sad.
That's because you're not allowed to go against the grain here, only positive praise that includes any criticism. Anything else is met with the typical "Oh well you dont pay for the game so you're not allowed to have any input". Just the way it is here and with many other game discussions. Nothing you said was wrong except for the fact that you pointed it out and people here dont want to talk about it. I personally enjoy this game and cant wait for the next update.
 
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Not_A_Horse

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Irphaeus please keep up the work on the game! We love it! You have no obligation to us who we are just downloading and enjoying :) Have fun creating great content and if you like share it with us!
This is pretty terrible advice, presumably, Irphaeus wants to expand their consumer base. This attitude would be directly counterproductive to that goal.

I don't think they're lazy or a cheat but pretending there's no problem is not especially more productive.
 
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That's because you're not allowed to go against the grain here, only positive praise that includes any criticism. Anything else is met with the typical "Oh well you dont pay for the game so you're not allowed to have any input". Just the way it is here and with many other game discussions. Nothing you said was wrong except for the fact that you pointed it out and people here dont want to talk about it. I personally enjoy this game and cant wait for the next update.
There's some different topics going on in your reply, and i'm gonna gonna give my two cents on them piece by piece.

That's because you're not allowed to go against the grain here, only positive praise that includes any criticism.
It seems you're mostly talking about the two previous replies about Irphaeus' calculations not holding up.
Both of them, rangaru and okapaa, did make a somewhat constructive reply to an ongoing discussion and have been met with positive feedback, the way i see it. Both posts have attracted a good number of likes and no negative answers, as of now. So i am really confused on why you would say that only positive feedback has a place here ? Should we give them more likes ? Or maybe add some statements here, that we really like their responses ?

Anything else is met with the typical "Oh well you dont pay for the game so you're not allowed to have any input".
We (as in: some posters in this thread) did make the point, and repeated it a couple times, that crying about slow updates on a pirate forum where you aren't obliged to pay anything and instead get all manner of porn games free of charge, is a very weird thing to do.
If you disagree, which you can do for all i care, and want to contribute to the discussion, please bring arguments on why it should be totally fine. That's how a discussion works.
If you think that any other criticism has been met with this response, please do tell.

Nothing you said was wrong except for the fact that you pointed it out [...]
Sooo .. first up, did anyone say it was wrong ? I don't see anyone saying that right now. Even the reactions are all positive.
Again, i don't see your problem here. I kinda feel like someone seeing a young kid cry for no reason. I'd really appreciate it, if you could tell me what you think is going wrong here.

[...] and people here dont want to talk about it.
The problem is the lack of responses then ?
Isn't this discussion still ongoing ? Right now, i'd say waiting is a pretty good way to get more responses to the topic.

I personally enjoy this game and cant wait for the next update.
Yeah, me too! The promises about this being the sexiest update with a lot of content has produced quite some hype. I'm really looking forward to seeing if the update can keep up with them.
 

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If there really is 2 days and 2 nights in this upcoming update ( or something similar), then he should just release the first day and night as its own update and then the next day and night as the next update. It'll end up being the same amount of content, but since its 2 updates instead on 1 people can have something to do and the wait won't feel as long.
 

Banish

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that's funny, friday i said i think it will be out in early april..and now it's been confirmed delayed for mid march.
Seems my prediction will be true :cry:
 

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When you in the girls lockerroom cleaning you have to search the lockers I think twice to find the electroshock.
Which this you wait and than attack on the train.
So I think something is wrong because I already bought that shock device from the girls' closet as soon as I got the mini-camera, this was before I did the subway mission.
That's why I mentioned that everything I tried gave game over, I had even thought that he was going to use that gun but he didn't use it at any time !!!! :unsure:
 

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So I think something is wrong because I already bought that shock device from the girls' closet as soon as I got the mini-camera, this was before I did the subway mission.
That's why I mentioned that everything I tried gave game over, I had even thought that he was going to use that gun but he didn't use it at any time !!!! :unsure:
I looked up my old safe and it worked fine.
Maybe load before the locker scene and try again.
 
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Genji

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If there really is 2 days and 2 nights in this upcoming update ( or something similar), then he should just release the first day and night as its own update and then the next day and night as the next update. It'll end up being the same amount of content, but since its 2 updates instead on 1 people can have something to do and the wait won't feel as long.
True
 

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The next update is looking huge, so it should be worth the wait, but that also depends if i get to have some fun times with my favorite girls, but seriously how are we 7 updates in and the sluttiest girl in school hasn't done more than give MC a handjob... AGH! Patience is a difficult thing to master...
 

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If there really is 2 days and 2 nights in this upcoming update ( or something similar), then he should just release the first day and night as its own update and then the next day and night as the next update. It'll end up being the same amount of content, but since its 2 updates instead on 1 people can have something to do and the wait won't feel as long.
Not quite, it's more like a trade-off, he's working on two full days at once, meaning he can move and change things around to benefit the story as he sees fit, releasing the first day will pretty much set that day in "stone", reducing his freedom to edit things around instead of having that two days "buffer" so to speak.
 
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Genji

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Not quite, it's more like a trade-off, he's working on two full days at once, meaning he can move and change things around to benefit the story as he sees fit, releasing the first day will pretty much set that day in "stone", reducing his freedom to edit things around instead of having that two days "buffer" so to speak.
After that we can get delay again.(y)
 

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Not quite, it's more like a trade-off, he's working on two full days at once, meaning he can move and change things around to benefit the story as he sees fit, releasing the first day will pretty much set that day in "stone", reducing his freedom to edit things around instead of having that two days "buffer" so to speak.
Exactly. Writing is not that easy, and as a writer you are always being constrained by what is already established. So as the plot advances, things will naturally slow down, especially since there is a substantial cast of characters in Waifu Academy - and every action / possible action has to be accounted for. Having to juggle around 2 dozen characters is hard from a writer's perspective.

Unless you don't care about the plot being coherent, and not having massive contradictions ...

Releasing an update in say 3 months is easy, provided it is all does not impact on the plot, and just to occupy yourself with one or two characters, without the main plot ever advancing (admittedly it would be hard with the structure of Waifu Academy, but VNs can be construed around lots of effectively 'empty space'). We all know plenty of examples of games just doing that, and I don't think people appreciate such efforts massively either. But that is certainly not the way to go with Waifu Academy.

I would say to Irphaeus, take your time, and release it when you are happy with it. Rushing an update when it kills the story-lines is really not the way to go with a project of this scope.
 

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Exactly. Writing is not that easy, and as a writer you are always being constrained by what is already established. So as the plot advances, things will naturally slow down, especially since there is a substantial cast of characters in Waifu Academy - and every action / possible action has to be accounted for. Having to juggle around 2 dozen characters is hard from a writer's perspective.

Unless you don't care about the plot being coherent, and not having massive contradictions ...

Releasing an update in say 3 months is easy, provided it is all does not impact on the plot, and just to occupy yourself with one or two characters, without the main plot ever advancing (admittedly it would be hard with the structure of Waifu Academy, but VNs can be construed around lots of effectively 'empty space'). We all know plenty of examples of games just doing that, and I don't think people appreciate such efforts massively either. But that is certainly not the way to go with Waifu Academy.

I would say to Irphaeus, take your time, and release it when you are happy with it. Rushing an update when it kills the story-lines is really not the way to go with a project of this scope.
Wouldn't it be easier to have a coherent plot by writing ahead and getting it all figured out early as opposed to update by update like he has been doing. I don't see how writing 2 days at once is better at all.
 
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