VN Ren'Py Where the Heart Is [S1 Rev1] [CheekyGimp]

[Toolman6971]

Ok, this has been bothering me. Why the hell didnt the MC pick Katie up himself for their big date? Kind of a lame move.

 

[acewinz]

Ok, this has been bothering me. Why the hell didnt the MC pick Katie up himself for their big date? Kind of a lame move.

If I ventured a guess, that was less MC mentality and more us wanting to spend more rendering time on the date/beach house. That was also the episode I joined the team, so Cheeky was needing help about then.

 

[Toolman6971]

If I ventured a guess, that was less MC mentality and more us wanting to spend more rendering time on the date/beach house. That was also the episode I joined the team, so Cheeky was needing help about then.

He's lucky she didnt kick his ass lol

 

[vrdude18]

So that "shared universe" is the sign of "fast food" game made quick by an overwhelmed dev.
How many times have i seen the standard park, the groceries store, the colthing store, the same VW beetle and so on and on and on.....

Not really, a shared universe is the crossover of characters not locations or assets. Multiple movies can be filmed in the same city or movie set but it doesn't make them a shared universe unless the same characters are intentionally added.

 

[Kukipett]

Not really, a shared universe is the crossover of characters not locations or assets. Multiple movies can be filmed in the same city or movie set but it doesn't make them a shared universe unless the same characters are intentionally added.

Yes of course, but it was not the case here, we are talking about the fact that many devs use the same prefabs, so some started to think it was done on purpose.
But it's just the fact that you can buy some packs of various locations, houses, props and so on to build your game with DAZ studio.

 

[Construct]

For a moment I was confused which thread I was in…

Contrary to popular belief, some things can‘t be sped up by throwing money at them.

 

[acewinz]

ROFL. You don't really understand this biz. Besides the fact that in the 2 years I've been working on the game CG has never told us he was sick enough it impacted his work till now. Second he paused patreon so he isn't getting paid, but Cell and I are still working/earning (Cell more than me, I have a day job now). Third, we have hired/tried half a dozen people on the team in the last several years and they didn't work out save poor CellStudios. Half of them found the workload/time investment too heavy (and the pay you seem to think is stellar, usually amounts to less than minimum wage for the time investment for all of us), the other half honestly couldn't hack it. Two of those we tried, ghosted mid project and one even tried to blackmail us to complete work he was already paid for. lol

This is honestly a side project for a small team. Our game is more complex than most out there, even getting someone up to speed on how to manage certain aspects takes a month. You don't have to pay us (especially on a pirate forum...), but I think when we put out updates we deliver. There are only a handful of really dedicated dev teams with regular releases for these types of games. While some higher earning guys around here make a lot more than us, and put out 20 min updates twice a year... if that. We are probably in the middle, but at least never BS. Anyway /end rant.

 

[CellStudios]

Spoken like a true non-patron!

ROFL. You don't really understand this biz. Besides the fact that in the 2 years I've been working on the game CG has never told us he was sick enough it impacted his work till now. Second he paused patreon so he isn't getting paid, but Cell and I are still working/earning (Cell more than me, I have a day job now). Third, we have hired/tried half a dozen people on the team in the last several years and they didn't work out save poor CellStudios. Half of them found the workload/time investment too heavy (and the pay you seem to think is stellar, usually amounts to less than minimum wage for the time investment for all of us), the other half honestly couldn't hack it. Two of those we tried, ghosted mid project and one even tried to blackmail us to complete work he was already paid for. lol

This is honestly a side project for a small team. Our game is more complex than most out there, even getting someone up to speed on how to manage certain aspects takes a month. You don't have to pay us (especially on a pirate forum...), but I think when we put out updates we deliver. There are only a handful of really dedicated dev teams with regular releases for these types of games. While some higher earning guys around here make a lot more than us, and put out 20 min updates twice a year... if that. We are probably in the middle, but at least never BS. Anyway /end rant.

Exactly, we've tried hiring and it never seems to work out

 

[HornyyPussy]

Spoken like a true non-patron!



Exactly, we've tried hiring and it never seems to work out

Wasn't Ace hired somewhere mid development? Just saying........

 

[CellStudios]

Wasn't Ace hired somewhere mid development? Just saying........

I'm not sure when Ace was hired, I was hired in April of 2020 and I know Ace was there a while before me, I think he came into the game around episode 8 if I'm not mistaken

 

[Spfjolietjake]

Spoken like a true non-patron!

Not all non patrons are idjits... there are many but not all.

 

[CellStudios]

Not all non patrons are idjits... there are many but not all.

Oh I know, I don't like bashing non-patrons and I don't want it to come across that way. Non-patrons do play a vital role when it comes to testing, you just always get those entitled few who think they can dictate a game without helping ( and I'm not just talking about financial help ).

As I see it, there are 2 kinds of non-patrons, the 1st are the ones who play the game and love it ot hate it, they'll give detailed feedback about the good and the bad. And the 2nd kind play the game, hate it and bitch about it without saying why they hate it or love it and don't say why they love it. And then of course there is the ever alusive 3rd kind who don't tell you if they love it ot hate it and just bitch about delays

 

[Spfjolietjake]

Oh I know, I don't like bashing non-patrons and I don't want it to come across that way. Non-patrons do play a vital role when it comes to testing, you just always get those entitled few who think they can dictate a game without helping ( and I'm not just talking about financial help ).

As I see it, there are 2 kinds of non-patrons, the 1st are the ones who play the game and love it ot hate it, they'll give detailed feedback about the good and the bad. And the 2nd kind play the game, hate it and bitch about it without saying why they hate it or love it and don't say why they love it. And then of course there is the ever alusive 3rd kind who don't tell you if they love it ot hate it and just bitch about delays

You handled that post better than I would have. Just wanted you to know that idjit don't speak for all of us lol

Hope things get smoother

 

[WhiteyG]

We are currently looking into this. It's going to be close. Apparently people with absolutely no information ranting like entitled lunatics and getting everything wrong is quite common on this forum. It's definitely stupid enough to crack the top 5 but until we've finished tallying up all the votes it's hard to say.

We will be sure to bring you updates as we get them, but it is looking good as it's moved into the top 3.

 

[Dude999999]

And the 2nd kind play the game, hate it and bitch about it without saying why they hate it or love it and don't say why they love it. And then of course there is the ever alusive 3rd kind who don't tell you if they love it ot hate it and just bitch about delays

Seems to me we only have the 2nd and 3rd here. Doesn't matter witch thread.

 

[Eorzorian]

8,754 before taxes and patreon's cut. If you have time to bitch about it then first try to calculate it down to get your point across rather than looking at numbers only. Game's director has every right to manage his game how he wants and also who he wants to have in a team. Cheeky has been very open about this and with updates and game going in a big variety of paths it is normal that the development is more time consuming. It isnt about the sheer manpower only. To be able understand such things is not hard for any average human being.

 

[acewinz]

8,754 before taxes and patreon's cut. If you have time to bitch about it then first try to calculate it down to get your point across rather than looking at numbers only. Game's director has every right to manage his game how he wants and also who he wants to have in a team. Cheeky has been very open about this and with updates and game going in a big variety of paths it is normal that the development is more time consuming. It isnt about the sheer manpower only. To be able understand such things is not hard for any average human being.

You sir deserve a star. There is also the cost of the assets (we do actually pay for them), and there is also a small cost for monetary conversions which hits both ways when using paypal to pay people (patreon to paypal converts to Euro or pound that CG uses, and then he has to convert it back to US dollars to pay me and occasionally others).

 

[acewinz]

I'm not sure when Ace was hired, I was hired in April of 2020 and I know Ace was there a while before me, I think he came into the game around episode 8 if I'm not mistaken

I applied in April of 2019, but CG didn't come back to pick me up till October of 2019.

 

[CellStudios]

I applied in April of 2019, but CG didn't come back to pick me up till October of 2019.

Kept you on the lines, he snapped me up

 

[acewinz]

Kept you on the lines, he snapped me up

Your price was right.