VN Ren'Py WVM [S2 Ch. 1 Ep. 13 B3] [Braindrop]

[Cat-in-the-Hat]

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That's quite a lot of 'work' (as in cosmetic surgery) for, *checks notes*, a whole two days of in-game time. A couple of piercings, a boob-job, a fake tan as well as a reverse nose-job to widen it. Or about nine months juicing (anabolic flavor). Unless the story has widened into also being a SF / Horror story (The Faculty:

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Also, from a rendering perspective: the first model actually has some detail (freckles / areolas). The second... not so much.

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Also, skimming those Discord replies. Ugly stuff.

 

[johnnyM]

That's my biggest gripe, Katie's original model had definition, freckles, moles, you know the stuff that every damn human has in some quantity. Getting a spray tan and (fake) piercings in 2 days time is plausible, but her body changing in proportion that greatly in so little amount of time is ridiculous. I get it's an AVN, it's all fake, developers change model looks between updates all the time, but seriously that's a big leap of faith we have to take right there.

 

[rfptricio]

If I hadn't invested in Jasmine, Willabelle, and Natalie, I would have removed this game from my watchlist. The plot has gone off the rails and I felt like there's no turning back for BD instead of doubling-down and adding more and more characters and making the harem more and more ridiculous. A remake of WVM would honestly be better at this point.

 

[snakeplisskin]

That's my biggest gripe, Katie's original model had definition, freckles, moles, you know the stuff that every damn human has in some quantity. Getting a spray tan and (fake) piercings in 2 days time is plausible, but her body changing in proportion that greatly in so little amount of time is ridiculous. I get it's an AVN, it's all fake, developers change model looks between updates all the time, but seriously that's a big leap of faith we have to take right there.

There is a right and wrong well to update models, and Katie is a prime example of the wrong way.

Look at "Shut up and dance" and "where the heart is" both games updated all their models, but didnt sacarfice the characters original look.

 

[Cat-in-the-Hat]

If I hadn't invested in Jasmine, Willabelle, and Natalie, I would have removed this game from my watchlist. The plot has gone off the rails and I felt like there's no turning back for BD instead of doubling-down and adding more and more characters and making the harem more and more ridiculous. A remake of WVM would honestly be better at this point.

That's... golden syrup to his ears. He gets to repeat the same mistakes with another five years of income without doing any last-minute crunch renders. (If his cat doesn't throw up on his laptop, Mackenzie doesn't stalk him or aliens abduct him for being the world's greatest VN creator).

Almost as if the direction the game has been going has been designed to produce such a desire... wyrd.

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Since "milking" is discussed so much here, you'd probably be interested in how the Big Cheeses do stuff like this: look into the story of Pepsi / Coke zero, or how Pepsi bought three fast-food chains to ensure market share against Coke. Spoiling a product to create demand for an old / current one (or "remake") is an old, old con.

 

[hav0c_2]

Long time lurker, first time poster.

Couple of questions. If BD could keep a schedule would we rather have frequent small updates or longer updates that took a few months? Personally, I'd rather have larger ones that took more time like most VNs do.

Secondly, I think he messed up. OK, a lot for a lot of reasons, but particularly with this update, dramatically speaking. Having MC beat the thorns (or whatever they're called this week) so handily, basically by himself, removes any sort of tension from any basketball game going forward. To me, it makes more sense to have the Stars get handily defeated without MC playing and everything else being the same. Have them have to prove themselves over the season, then have a good game between the thorns and stars at the end of the season. 20 some odd points is a lot for one man to overcome, but evidently, MC is basketball Jesus?

 

[Wolfeszorn]

those black boxes are so ridiculous.... And like i mentioned. He hasn´t done shit for quiet some time so he can´t even remember what the models looked like.

That's my biggest gripe, Katie's original model had definition, freckles, moles, you know the stuff that every damn human has in some quantity. Getting a spray tan and (fake) piercings in 2 days time is plausible, but her body changing in proportion that greatly in so little amount of time is ridiculous. I get it's an AVN, it's all fake, developers change model looks between updates all the time, but seriously that's a big leap of faith we have to take right there.

just look at the MC himself. "back in the day" bailey was able to reach his shoulder. now she struggles reaching his chest.

MC before / after the new releases

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[Fun Shaundi]

Thanks to the people who posted the images and talked about what to edpect in this update. Saved me some download time.
Now, I see 2 major issues here:

- The girls' behaviour. Girls getting naked, sis screaming and attacking people. We know the game's plot is too fantastic at this point, but if the girls still behaved in a plausibly NORMAL way and not like crazy cult wives, i think it would balance the crazyness of the story. Examples: Eternum and the old version of Where it all Began.

- Black box. BD ran out of ideas to hide MCs face. At this point ot would be better to just show his face, cause the poses and scenes are become more challenging and we gonna.see the boxes everywhere. Other VNs have had 'character face reveal' before. Examples: Old version of WiAB.

 

[rfptricio]

That's... golden syrup to his ears. He gets to repeat the same mistakes with another five years of income without doing any last-minute crunch renders. (If his cat doesn't throw up on his laptop, Mackenzie doesn't stalk him or aliens abduct him for being the world's greatest VN creator).

Almost as if the direction the game has been going has been designed to produce such a desire... wyrd.

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Since "milking" is discussed so much here, you'd probably be interested in how the Big Cheeses do stuff like this: look into the story of Pepsi / Coke zero, or how Pepsi bought three fast-food chains to ensure market share against Coke. Spoiling a product to create demand for an old / current one (or "remake") is an old, old con.

Totally get it. I'd honestly be more surprised if I see any of those characters get any kind of good interaction with MC at the 2024 update. What happened to the game was really unfortunate I'd say. I still remembered the time when I am excited about this one, but while his excuses are piling up, other devs have been consistently dropping better stories than WVM for the past two years. The time he takes to put up explanations for the delays could fill a whole new storyboard at this point. LOL!

 

[Double0Harambe]

i mean moon looked pretty solid then in episode 4 she loss some tits and gained weight? then of course katie wasn't everyones cup of tea but for a side girl she looks realistic enough and i was with it but new katie sort of worries me, i get she looks younger but im just not sure yet how i feel about it

Edit: alright had some timed with katie and besides the mentality, fake piercing and contacts she looks aright (younger and bigger tits for whatever reason) but a part of me feel shes got some damage written in. before she was just a wild girl that was intelligent but now i feel like she would betray MC quick and doesn't really hate her family as much as she says and shes emotionally damaged to the point where she could flip and do something absolutely insane. im still worried but visually i can dig it.

 

[johnnyM]

Long time lurker, first time poster.

Couple of questions. If BD could keep a schedule would we rather have frequent small updates or longer updates that took a few months? Personally, I'd rather have larger ones that took more time like most VNs do.

Secondly, I think he messed up. OK, a lot for a lot of reasons, but particularly with this update, dramatically speaking. Having MC beat the thorns (or whatever they're called this week) so handily, basically by himself, removes any sort of tension from any basketball game going forward. To me, it makes more sense to have the Stars get handily defeated without MC playing and everything else being the same. Have them have to prove themselves over the season, then have a good game between the thorns and stars at the end of the season. 20 some odd points is a lot for one man to overcome, but evidently, MC is basketball Jesus?

Well, I think the answer to your first question is "Yes" , in that I don't care if it was frequent "small" updates or less frequent "larger" updates, as long as he maintains a pretty repetitive release schedule. As opposed to his pretty repetitive delay schedule.

On the second point regarding the basketball game. This AVN came out in August 2019. In that time (3 years ~8 months) we have had exactly 1 bball game (which honestly who cares). If we take into account the MC is now serving a 2 game suspension, we can assume that the next time we see "Air Jesus" Moncree play will be in the 4th exhibition game, which on this release schedule will be somewhere in around 2034 - 2035

 

[Ruff Ryder]

Is there another gallery mod?
I can't be waiting on scrappy dropping it after 2000 renders have been added, the game's just too damn big for my laptop.

 

[Tecumseh]

everyone complaining about his excuses and crying are getting old. Yes we all know like move on and play other games. You aren't giving him money anymore (Which you shouldn't) but god damn do yall love to bitch and moan about some shit that doesnt affect your everyday life. There are thousands of other VNs out many of them as good if not better. Like get a life and stop letting this guy keep you in some type of mental chokehold. I mean you're literally on this site getting an update for free and still bitching about it like if you dont like something act like an adult and respectfully move the fuck on. Grown people dont stick around for shit they dont like and constantly complain about it.

 

[atomicp]

<the whole thing>

Are you okay, friend? Who hurt you?

 

[Wolfen5]

A thing in the movies that's severely overlooked but has impact is something called "continuity". If you change something too much within a scene or much later, it can give a sense of dissonance for the viewer.
Now obviously in porn or porn games it shouldn't matter all too much since well, it's porn.
However, when writing(or creating in picture form) a story to go with said game, it becomes somewhat impactful for some in order to be immersed in the world/game. Not everyone will think this way since some only care about are the girls' looks and sex scenes.
I think BD has failed to keep the continuity of his world whether by choice or by losing the ability to control the train(story) from derailing.
Too many changes, addition of vapid LI's, no longer enough substance to the story or personalities/interactions, the lack of ingenuity to direct scenes that shouldn't require black boxes to hide the protag's head, and the inconsistency of physical attributes of the characters.

Just my two cents.

 

[Tomás Turbando]

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There's probably a bunch of other examples of this, but I think it is pretty blatant how hard he self inserted. It's uncanny how much the game resembles reality. It's almost like Braindrop had completely run out of ideas so he just used the real life drama as the story.

I've been thinking about this theory for a while and it makes more and more sense as time goes by, the MC is basically another virtual Alter Ego for Braindrop.

 

[Wen I Say]

everyone complaining about his excuses and crying are getting old. Yes we all know like move on and play other games. You aren't giving him money anymore (Which you shouldn't) but god damn do yall love to bitch and moan about some shit that doesnt affect your everyday life. There are thousands of other VNs out many of them as good if not better. Like get a life and stop letting this guy keep you in some type of mental chokehold. I mean you're literally on this site getting an update for free and still bitching about it like if you dont like something act like an adult and respectfully move the fuck on. Grown people dont stick around for shit they dont like and constantly complain about it.

grown people also don't make burner accounts to complain........

 

[jasonjj90]

There is just no hope for BD. If he just did the update without all the whining, bitching and moaning ones again. It would have been fine. But can't stand that anymore. Dude you make way to much money for making an atm average at best VN. Your concept was great, your rendering is ok and your storytelling is garbage. If you had to work this hard to make this (not that big) update, you either did nothing for the past months while you where supposedly working on the update only to cram it all in the last moment. Or you are a Liar and are just making excuses to not have to do actual work in the future ones again. Probably all of the above.

 

[kenkko]

Spoiler: POV: You've self inserted a bit too hard

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[Noid42]

Everytime I check this thread there are 10 more pages and 6 more BD excuses.
Someone should really do a weekly BD drama summary, I'd support on patreon 100%.