Steinchen

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Mar 3, 2017
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Hey first of all your work is incredible without a doubt one of the best I've seen.
I really wanted to ask you what program do you use to make your animations and images?
you seriously expect to get an answer from Braindrop to your question here in this forum now??
he don´t even writes shit on his pantreon page anymore,and was not in this forum for i don´t know how long.

half of the world is mean to him so he decided to pout a big time and since then he does not talk in his social media pages.
 

Ilhares

Engaged Member
Aug 19, 2019
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And if you pick Shauna to not be trans, Penelope isn't trans either.
I'll never know either way. To paraphrase Jules, “cock may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know, coz I wouldn't eat the filthy motherfucker”.

Shauna I can at least find pretty to look at. Penelope shrivels my passions faster than Rosie O'Donnell trying to fit into a Victoria's Secret outfit.
 

Eticketjedi

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Jul 15, 2022
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Shauna I can at least find pretty to look at. Penelope shrivels my passions faster than Rosie O'Donnell trying to fit into a Victoria's Secret outfit.

It's a shame too because I like the idea of Penelope as a character and she has some fun scenes, but yeah, the model doesn't do anything for me.
 

Englen

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Mar 17, 2019
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Hello all!

There has been a lot happening behind the scenes and I'm here to tell you about some of it.
First off, let me introduce myself.

I'm Mackenzie. (Actually, that's my real name.)

Braindrop has hired me to be his community manager and it's nice to meet all of you.

I will be the one making all of the posts as well as answering any questions that I can. Additionally, I have some other roles that we'll get into later in this post.

Let us start with explaining our plan for these Mind Drops going forward.



Mind Drops

With Braindrop stepping away from his public role to focus on the game, you may be left wondering how we plan on keeping you all informed on the progress of his development.

Our current plan is to have bi-weekly Mind Drops. (So the next one will be on September 7th)
In these posts I will relay the information I have received from Braindrop about how much he has accomplished as well as any relevant info that needs to be shared.

We intend to share the usual as far as render counts and such but we also plan to add additional things like detailing a lot of the work that can go unnoticed.

We want to keep this first Mind Drop relatively short so we can focus on the necessary information but in the following one we plan on showing a lot of the work that went into making the background characters for the upcoming basketball game.



Updates

So, let me be blunt.
One huge thing that Braindrop made clear to me when offering me this role was that he did not want a PR person to hand wave away all of the mistakes that have been made and all future mistakes.

His words were that he wanted someone to "Keep it real".

A big fear of his was that if he stepped away he would lose a lot of "pressure" or "sense of accountability".

So, a big part of my job is holding him accountable to the things we've discussed and planned out behind the scenes.

Let's be honest. As far as the update schedule has gone... it's been awful. I know it, you know it, Braindrop knows it.
That goes for game updates as well as side content.

We have both sat down and planned out the next few months.
Another role of mine is helping organize out the files and what not for the updates. I've been given access to all of the files for Days 32-38.

Our plans change mostly everything that had been stated before. So forget everything that was said previously. We feel it is best to start fresh.

We will share that our plan is to start small but consistent to build up some momentum.

We will not be sharing any release dates yet... but be on the lookout for something very soon.



Side Content

Our plan is to get start releasing side content again sooner rather than later.
Birthday renders and client polls will be starting back very soon.

We also plan on adding a few different things that won't take much time away from development. Things such as "Additional teasers" posts as well as more silly things like hair swap renders.

There are a few other side things in the works but our focus is on getting the main game back up and running before delving any further into side things.

One final note on side content is that the Character Sheets will be updated after Days 32-38 are finished and released. They will be updated to the end of Day 38 and the intention is to update them after every in-game week.



Thanks for reading

That's all we have to share for this first Mind Drop.

We do apologize for how long this took to get out, there were plenty of issues with granting me access to the patreon and SS accounts. Things won't take as long moving forward.

We understand the situation we are in and how we're perceived right now. Our goal right now is just to get back on track however we can. Braindrop and I are forever grateful for all of the support through some of his worst times.

It's a new day and we want to fix things.

More soon.

Thank you guys and it's nice to meet you all. I will do my best to answer any questions you may have.
 
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Hello all!

There has been a lot happening behind the scenes and I'm here to tell you about some of it.
First off, let me introduce myself.

I'm Mackenzie. (Actually, that's my real name.)

Braindrop has hired me to be his community manager and it's nice to meet all of you.

I will be the one making all of the posts as well as answering any questions that I can. Additionally, I have some other roles that we'll get into later in this post.

Let us start with explaining our plan for these Mind Drops going forward.



Mind Drops

With Braindrop stepping away from his public role to focus on the game, you may be left wondering how we plan on keeping you all informed on the progress of his development.

Our current plan is to have bi-weekly Mind Drops. (So the next one will be on September 7th)
In these posts I will relay the information I have received from Braindrop about how much he has accomplished as well as any relevant info that needs to be shared.

We intend to share the usual as far as render counts and such but we also plan to add additional things like detailing a lot of the work that can go unnoticed.

We want to keep this first Mind Drop relatively short so we can focus on the necessary information but in the following one we plan on showing a lot of the work that went into making the background characters for the upcoming basketball game.



Updates

So, let me be blunt.
One huge thing that Braindrop made clear to me when offering me this role was that he did not want a PR person to hand wave away all of the mistakes that have been made and all future mistakes.

His words were that he wanted someone to "Keep it real".

A big fear of his was that if he stepped away he would lose a lot of "pressure" or "sense of accountability".

So, a big part of my job is holding him accountable to the things we've discussed and planned out behind the scenes.

Let's be honest. As far as the update schedule has gone... it's been awful. I know it, you know it, Braindrop knows it.
That goes for game updates as well as side content.

We have both sat down and planned out the next few months.
Another role of mine is helping organize out the files and what not for the updates. I've been given access to all of the files for Days 32-38.

Our plans change mostly everything that had been stated before. So forget everything that was said previously. We feel it is best to start fresh.

We will share that our plan is to start small but consistent to build up some momentum.

We will not be sharing any release dates yet... but be on the lookout for something very soon.



Side Content

Our plan is to get start releasing side content again sooner rather than later.
Birthday renders and client polls will be starting back very soon.

We also plan on adding a few different things that won't take much time away from development. Things such as "Additional teasers" posts as well as more silly things like hair swap renders.

There are a few other side things in the works but our focus is on getting the main game back up and running before delving any further into side things.

One final note on side content is that the Character Sheets will be updated after Days 32-38 are finished and released. They will be updated to the end of Day 38 and the intention is to update them after every in-game week.



Thanks for reading

That's all we have to share for this first Mind Drop.

We do apologize for how long this took to get out, there were plenty of issues with granting me access to the patreon and SS accounts. Things won't take as long moving forward.

We understand the situation we are in and how we're perceived right now. Our goal right now is just to get back on track however we can. Braindrop and I are forever grateful for all of the support through some of his worst times.

It's a new day and we want to fix things.

More soon.

Thank you guys and it's nice to meet you all. I will do my best to answer any questions you may have.

I'm afraid that you and BD are going to have a rough road ahead of you to rebuild the broken connection that has occurred with the supporters of this game. I hope that you both manage to succeed to that end. Everyone felt like they were just ignored and abandoned.
 

JGoat

Newbie
Mar 15, 2022
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I'm afraid that you and BD are going to have a rough road ahead of you to rebuild the broken connection that has occurred with the supporters of this game. I hope that you both manage to succeed to that end. Everyone felt like they were just ignored and abandoned.
100%. I'll believe it when I see it. Mind Drops mean nothing because of previous experiences. Think everyone is sick of broken promises of release dates, render counts, excuses.
 

Eticketjedi

Member
Jul 15, 2022
265
423
It seems like PR was one of the dev's major failings. That shit can cripple progress. If he can focus on the updates and let someone else deal with the PR then maybe that will get him straight again. I'm newer to this though, so I don't know the full story. Like I said before though, I enjoy the game and the story, so I hope he can right the ship. Not surprised if people are incredulous though.
 

juan palote

Engaged Member
Dec 5, 2017
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3,861
Sorry to burst Mackenzie and Braindrop bubble, but the "sense of accountability" was long gone already. And the best example would be the lasty one, when Braindrop said he would release a 400 randers update that was already finished barring a few touched in 3-4 days and its been over a month ago...

There is no chance that you are so out of touch with your own development status that you miss a deadline by so much, so that means the sense of accountability, that force that drives you to work on meeting deadlines or be as close as you can, is completely gone already.

Its sad, but there is no sense in trying to hide the sun with your hand.

About side content... just stop even metioning, every time you mention the words side content in the current situation you are just making things worse and increasing the dissapointment

If you are going to be in charge of the PR, you should start giving Braindrop some pointers on how to say things, and what things to say, and what to not say
 

WheresLucifer

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Sep 1, 2018
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First of all, I think this may be a reason plan. It may be first if not one of the few first steps for BD to open up a bit. I think BD having Mackenzie as a "community manager" to help BD out a bit to take baby step to allow BD to have someone to help BD lighten some load off himself.

Regarding to scheduling, that seems a good start that BD is slowly working with Mackenzie with the project schedule. I have no objection that there will be no news on when the next update get release, however I am sure number of us would be keeping eye out for the release. I believe treating Mackenzie as a part time project manager may help BD, which may be good change for BD. Also having a project plan/schedule like Mackenzie stated to make sure that BD is providing the update on the right track without getting sidetrack with additional updates that is not planned on the current update as well the future updates. Again, Mackenzie stated they are doing baby steps until their schedule goes smoothly before making additional adjustment.

Hopefully Mackenzie act like a project manager to help BD to get the flow as well take some accountabilities.

I do see we have some concern and etc. Some of us know it may be a bumpy ride for next few weeks. Wish Mackenzie and BD success over the next few weeks with working like a team to help each other to achieve the schedules. Looking forward for the next Mind Drop, which I normally check since I scaled back on checking WVM's F95 forum. Also looking forward for the next update whenever it get release.

Have a great day and be safe... (y)
 

OmegaLord

Member
Jul 30, 2022
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319
So we have been told there is another plan change, is this a new tactic so we don't have some kind of standard that has been set from before to measure against? For over a year we keep hearing how things are going to change (which we want) but we have not had said change cause it gets changed again.

The no date for the update is something people have told him to do for a long time including myself. It's one thing when you have the release being beta tested and say in X days but BD did not even have it compiled let alone was still working on. It's good but saying something soon is also bad in this situation as it sets people expectations despite it being very vague, as example soon to me in this situation would be no later than Sept 16 (NOT ACTUAL DATE JUST WHAT I THINK OF WHEN I HEAR SOON) mean while to them it could be end of Sept and another person could think by end of Aug.

TBH I was hoping to hear something more out of them after such a long silence let alone being delayed by a week if what was said prior is true.

It is an issue to me as despite saying changes are happening the actions itself repeat what we have been seeing for a long time already.

I am very cynical of BD at this time so I may be seeing more than what there actually is, I was a supporter for a long time but the good will I had was weathered away and is no longer there and will take a long time before they earn a benefit of the doubt from me again.
I do hope BD can get back on track and produce a game he envisioned, time will tell.
 

jish55

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Nov 23, 2017
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I'm gonna wait before passing judgement and see if this legitimately works. The issue with BD was not having any real method to push him forward where he was able to not do anything and even when doing the supposed work he did, could go on and completely erase/redo things he promised and cause major delays (that's assuming he was being honest, and I'm not sure if he was or wasn't, so just gonna say maybe).

If this new individual is given enough authority, then perhaps she can keep BD on track and in turn avoid any more issues. With that said, we'll have to wait and see since right now, there hasn't been much to give us any positive outlooks on the future of this game, and since BD has basically been able to do what he did without any real consequences (ya know, cause he had enough people supporting him to be able to avoid having to worry about anything and could in turn not work for a year straight if he so chose and still get paid), having someone on his ass to actually keep him in line could be a much needed addition to his work method.
 
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