Repuci

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:ROFLMAO: still not out, last news were 7 hours ago, where cheeky says it's almost 6am where he lives, so he needed to sleep
 
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Deadshot101

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If u follow this game up till now u might have known that they had problems with team member leaving the team where their main renders had to be redone so they had their reason for late release ...
I still follow up with game because they were having constant flow of update every 2 months
 
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Draverik

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If u follow this game up till now u might have known that they had problems with team member leaving the team where their main renders had to be redone so they had their reason for late release ...
I still follow up with game because they were having constant flow of update every 2 months
But that happened in January no?
So about one month into development of episode 17. If that's the case and the person ran off with every single render they had for episode 17 + the script (which would've been insane and we know that's not the case) that would mean that they need an extra month on top of the normal 2 month schedule. We're 5 months in and no update to be seen.
 

sandstorm1872

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It'll help at least the sane ones if someone higher up on the Patreon tier, share the 2 new 'Updates' that are shared today. Quite sure it is some text about what's happening at their end.
 

acewinz

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Hmmm. Getting a bit tense in here. I can understand though given the wait, but we would rather delay than release an inferior product. We are finalizing things now and so long as something else major doesn't jump out at us from the QC guys it will be released today.

As for the question of are we working, it's just my word, but Cheeky has been putting in 14-19 hours solid on the game the last 3 days. I've been close behind those numbers.

As for those curious about the pay. Honestly, only the top tier devs in the adult VN community make what you would consider a full time jobs pay doing this. Cheeky maintains a fulltime job outside of this (and is still working, although he took days off to tie up this update), Red I'm pretty sure is a fulltimer outside of this as well, not sure about Cell, but I would assume so also. I'm the only one that doesn't work per say (full time dad). I am positive that after the money is split between us that none of us make what would be considered minimum wage where I live in the US (8-10$ an hour in most places).

There is also the factor of assets. The models/backgrounds etc we use aren't free, at least if you purchase the rights to use them which we do. Just the clothing you see on Jenna this episode for example, was 400$ US. Adult VN development is usually a labor of love and/or perversion. :)
 
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acewinz

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Wow - things really turned into a slanging match since I checked this earlier today - all because the update has been delayed a bit longer due to washout. Wouldn't surprise me if some comments were purely to bait others.

It'll take a bit longer before it's available here as well once released - unless one of the higher tiers leaks it. Will just wait untill I can get it for free & still no doubt enjoy it.
Hehe. The usual lag time to it leaking here is usually less than 2 hours. Our patreons did get a break last release though because of the holiday and had it almost a whole day. With the upgrades to our tiers for everyone because of the delay. I'm calling one hour this time after patreon release.
 
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Boracle

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Think it's time for conspiracy and bets - who do you put your money on for being the 3rd party in the will?? My money is on Jolina. She teamed up with someone but so far can't say for sure who.

Also, Ace, i guess you may missed my question - out of the parts of the story that were your creation, is there anything based on real life events which you witnessed somewhere? Can respond only with yes and no :)
 
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