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

[vifaloveyou]

In the short time since the announcement of the remake, patreon's patronage has very clearly dropped massively, I remember it was around 1.6K before, now it's only 1.2K, and judging by the results, a very large number of people are disappointed with the remake's demise

 

[vifaloveyou]

I'm not complaining, I'm just stating my opinion on the matter, I was expecting to play through the last 2 episodes within this year and finally get to see the finale after years of waiting!

But from the moment the remake was announced, meaning that it might be milked or abandoned next, or at the most optimistic view, extended to 2 or 3 years before we see the end, it feels really bad! In fact, I don't have any complaints about the rendering or the models.

I think it'd be more palatable to release the last 2 episodes after they've finished and then announce a remake!

And of course, without a doubt, I'll choose to buy the game on steam because I really like it!

 

[dolfe67]

In the short time since the announcement of the remake, patreon's patronage has very clearly dropped massively, I remember it was around 1.6K before, now it's only 1.2K, and judging by the results, a very large number of people are disappointed with the remake's demise

There is always a drop at the start of a month, can't talk about raw numbers like that. Though there is a slowly decrease of support on average.

 

[jimmyjambles]

When Cheeky made the postponement announcement where they mentioned that their man-hours worked out to less than minimum wage, they had something like 1,600 patrons. So they must have been pulling in, what, $8K a month? I wasn't tracking them closely. My point is, with only two people working on this game, if $4K a month (minus the fees) works out to less than minimum wage, it seems like there are some big inefficiencies in the production process. I wonder what the bottlenecks might be.

 

[J.R.]

When Cheeky made the postponement announcement where they mentioned that their man-hours worked out to less than minimum wage, they had something like 1,600 patrons. So they must have been pulling in, what, $8K a month? I wasn't tracking them closely. My point is, with only two people working on this game, if $4K a month (minus the fees) works out to less than minimum wage, it seems like there are some big inefficiencies in the production process. I wonder what the bottlenecks might be.

You can check this on graphtreon. It was 6.5k, not 8k back then. Now it already dopped to 5.5k. And there where actually three main devs, don't know if ace still get's some of that income. Also don't know about the often mentioned QC team if they get money, too.

The drop of patrons is actually what I feard with setting the game to a "kinda onhold" on Patreon for the steam rework. They will maybe gain some money there when it's done, but also loosing income now on Patreon because there's no new release.

 

[tremere87]

In the short time since the announcement of the remake, patreon's patronage has very clearly dropped massively, I remember it was around 1.6K before, now it's only 1.2K, and judging by the results, a very large number of people are disappointed with the remake's demise

I am one of the patreons who stopped supporting this game because of the remake. What frustrated me the most was that the remake was announced shortly after there were some post that the episode was almost finished. To stop making the episode and start remaking it all of a sudden (though ace departure might have been a reason) was dissapointing for me.

God I hate remakes in the middle of development. To many games get so much delayed or cancelled because of those actions. Instant cancel for me.

 

[robrize2169]

if i were a sub to them, which i am not and never will be since eventually the games show up here. i would have also dropped sub after this announcement. i mean i hope the new remake will be successful but i want to the fuckin story continue. that was such a shitty thing to do your player base ending there then not cotinuing on but starting back at the beginning. unfortunately lots of devs are doing this since their supporters really dont care that much. it seems..

 

[vifaloveyou]

I am one of the patreons who stopped supporting this game because of the remake. What frustrated me the most was that the remake was announced shortly after there were some post that the episode was almost finished. To stop making the episode and start remaking it all of a sudden (though ace departure might have been a reason) was dissapointing for me.

God I hate remakes in the middle of development. To many games get so much delayed or cancelled because of those actions. Instant cancel for me.

I think it's better to finish the last 2 episodes and remake them while creating a brand new game. I don't doubt their ability to create a story, and this will also keep the appeal to customers

The decision to announce a moratorium on the release of new content in favor of a remastered version is really disappointing

 

[vifaloveyou]

Not long ago I was excitedly anticipating the release of episode 24, only to hear the news of a remake, and damn, it felt very bad

 

[lyfsavor]

Another one bites the dust, well if the last 2 years convinced me of anything it's never to donate to another dev's game.

 

[BirdmanBoss]

Why did they decide to remake the game?

 

[BeingADikDik]

Why did they decide to remake the game?

CheekyGimp decided to follow his heart and remake the game as RPGM futa loli furry foot fetish NTR sandbox. The title of the remake: "Where the $ Is".

 

[Havik79]

Why did they decide to remake the game?

Because once the game is finished all the subs will drop right off, but while it is still being made, milk milk milk.

 

[J.R.]

Oh my, the typical "milk" poster are here...

 

[Capt_Kirk]

as soon as he said the game was on hold , my sub money was on hold too !

 

[Snugglepuff]

as soon as he said the game was on hold

... Except he never said that.

Here.

 

[Deleted member 1961891]

Oh my, the typical "milk" poster are here...

Yup, they'll be here for a while, sadly. And if the dev actually does what he says he's going to do they'll just find something else to bitch about...

 

[Jacowboy]

another game ruined by this stupid Mania of reworking something that was perfectly ok. i reaLLY REALLY NOT UNDERSTAND DEVS DO THIS BESIDES MILK MORE MONEY

Ehhhh... "perfectly ok" is a huge stretch... listen I like this game as much as anyone, but the begining is ROUGH AF... I almost dropped the game because of how ugly it looks at the start... ironically enough the writing kept me going long enough for the visual side of things to start improving... my point being, if they release as is on Steam, it runs a high risk of getting bad reviews, so yeah, I think it's best to remake considering what they've said about the process of remaking it... I might disagree if they had to start from zero, but they're already stated that won't be the case.

If you're supporting them on patreon and don't agree with the decision, then stop your support and that's that... money talks louder than words... best way to send a message. If you're not, like myself, then shush and wait... it's really not that complicated. (not directed at anyone in particular, I'm just saying in general).

 

[Havik79]

Oh, typical white knights mad people just want to play the game not have pointless fucking remakes.

 

[J.R.]

Oh my, now the typical "white knights" bs too...