VN Ren'Py Where It All Began [S1 Ch.4 Fix 1 Steam] [Oceanlab]

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Avaron1974

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i wonder how he avoided onhold tag :unsure: .
Mainly because that's a dev requested tag not one that's given by mods.

A dev needs to request their game put on hold or it's either left open or tagged abandoned. As the dev is still active it won't be marked abandoned but unless the dev himself requests it, it won't be tagged on hold either.

also, some time ago one negative review of his other game (summer's gone) appeared. it was removed in the blink of an eye. not all games (devs) have the same treatment here at f95 :devilish: .
You must have some solid proof of why it was deleted to make a claim like that, gonna love to see it.
 

notakernelguy

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actually, a couple of days ago it was marked as abandoned. then the dev intervened, and tag was quickly removed. i wonder how he avoided onhold tag :unsure: . also, some time ago one negative review of his other game (summer's gone) appeared. it was removed in the blink of an eye. not all games (devs) have the same treatment here at f95 :devilish: .
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Prokopije

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also, some time ago one negative review of his other game (summer's gone) appeared. it was removed in the blink of an eye. not all games (devs) have the same treatment here at f95 :devilish: .
That's definitely truth. I've been victim of that two times. I don't know if 5 minutes passed since i published it (not for SG. for some other game) and it was gone. One I was able to restore, cause one of the mods said he deleted it "by mistake", but second time no - they just won't allow negative word for some games, despite review being completely legit. Also, just look what kind of rubbish five star reviews they're allowing for those games...

Speaking of this game, definitely should be marked as onhold. If I remember correctly, remake of this game was scheduled for september/october last year or something like that...
 

Skydden

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He's been showing update posts about it for the last couple months, and another one is coming soon.
It's not even on-hold. He has two PCs, one for each game, which means he works on both at the same time.
Just because the game hasn't been updated in 1+ years doesn't mean it's abandoned.
 
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Cabin Fever

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Why does it matter that the developer is active (with another game)? If he haven’t done anything with this game in years, it is abandoned. Simple as that.
Because:
  1. It's demonstrably false that the developer hasn't done anything with this game in years
  2. The developer has personally been active here and with status updates within the last few months
  3. That's how the abandoned tag is defined here by this site.
 

jamdan

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The game isn't abandoned. Why this is taking so long to update has been discussed at length earlier in the thread, even a few pages ago.

TLDR is:

1- He is working on 2 games.
2- He is reworking this one.
3- He is a bigtime perfectionist.

I do think whenever the rework is complete, this thread should be tagged as abandoned and a new thread should be made though.
 

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this game has been silent for a year and for some reason i just found Ocean is (maybe) working in some scanlation group for manhwa(korean comic) and promoting his other game, summer gone, here's the , look at the very bottom

I don't know if it was legit Ocean or just someone affiliated with him, but it's really infuriating to see that shit. it's not that he isn't allowed to do other things in his life, but when you just up and left your responsibility (aka this game) and only to reappear for promoting your other shit in an unrelated media while this one still has nothing just seems to be really disrespectful to those who fork over their money to support you.

and having reason such as "rework" because he's a "perfectionist" for a repeated long period of nothing of the game is something that's unacceptable in my opinion, i understand artist has their own vision and ideal , but there's no such a thing as a perfect artwork, only a finished one; and no matter how bad a finished artwork is, it's always a perfect one because it's the one that's finished
 

fea876

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this game has been silent for a year and for some reason i just found Ocean is (maybe) working in some scanlation group for manhwa(korean comic) and promoting his other game, summer gone, here's the , look at the very bottom

I don't know if it was legit Ocean or just someone affiliated with him, but it's really infuriating to see that shit. it's not that he isn't allowed to do other things in his life, but when you just up and left your responsibility (aka this game) and only to reappear for promoting your other shit in an unrelated media while this one still has nothing just seems to be really disrespectful to those who fork over their money to support you.

and having reason such as "rework" because he's a "perfectionist" for a repeated long period of nothing of the game is something that's unacceptable in my opinion, i understand artist has their own vision and ideal , but there's no such a thing as a perfect artwork, only a finished one; and no matter how bad a finished artwork is, it's always a perfect one because it's the one that's finished
He never hid that he was working on another project. I would be suprise if any of his Patreon didn't know that and them supporting him mean they are fine with that. If they didn't know, they should have look up a little more on people they invest their money on.
 

fea876

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It really shows what kind of person a dev is when they start making a new game before the current one is finished. All it says to me is that he'll never finish any of his games and that it's a waste of time to play them.
Don't want to be pessimistic, but game without an ending is kind of part of the experience here. We need to remind ourselves that we play thing in development after all. Most game will never have an ending and if they got one, will probably be rushed and disappointing( to be polite ). I don't really mind because I lose my interest in games before the dev does most of the time.
 
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