VN Ren'Py WVM [S2 Ch. 1 Ep. 13 B5] [Braindrop]

[Steinchen]

ehhh why is this new update with episode 8 and this Beta 1 with it so much smaller in size than the update before the first beta??

had BD reduced the filesize of the images or something??
if so he should reduce the whole game if it makes the filesize so much smaller.

 

[Mirewen]

Anybody got an idea why this game isn´t available on the main downloads page?

 

[AceOfNiagara]

Anybody got an idea why this game isn´t available on the main downloads page?

Yes
https://f95zone.to/threads/general-rules-updated-2023-01-27.5589/post-9940879

- Promotion limit increased from 1 week -> 2 weeks

 

[Dankmemer]

Well personally i really enjoyed your game,for me it was an experience like none i was expecting also it has really important social messages for everyone that pays attention to them....Make sure that you rest well while working hard to meet the schedule that you made ,personally i would not mind wait abit more for your updates since the story is really good...Hope that you at some point consider adding your game to steam because it does not have the recognision it deserves

These accounts cant be real lmfao

 

[johnnyM]

These accounts cant be real lmfao

Whatever do you mean? Are you saying a user that started an account on April 30, and is replying to a message from 2019, may be full of it? Nah that can't be the case.

 

[Rodrigoofb]

Well personally i really enjoyed your game,for me it was an experience like none i was expecting also it has really important social messages for everyone that pays attention to them....Make sure that you rest well while working hard to meet the schedule that you made ,personally i would not mind wait abit more for your updates since the story is really good...Hope that you at some point consider adding your game to steam because it does not have the recognision it deserves

Nice try, BD.

 

[johnnyM]

Yeah, I guess I came in after so can't compare with what it may have looked like in earlier stages.
However, I kind of like it that many devs have their own unique style and BD's model are certainly quite unique.

Just to give you an idea of what we mean I've attached a few pics of the girls to show you the progression of the "in-duck-trination" / "duckification" of the LI's as they get added to "block head's" harem.

Several of my old saves won't load so bear with me on when these screenshots happen. It's pretty evident that the faces change and not for the better IMO. At the start of this game, Jamie was the ONLY duckface, and mind you it was somewhat bearable.

I won't even get into the comparison of each girl's body proportion and measurements from early to current in the game.

Shauna and Jamie
(early in the game)

(somewhere in the middle)

(fairly recent)


Keyana
(early enough in the game) vs. (first game)


Harper
(early-ish) to (middle-ish) to (bj scene)

 

[ktunga]

Just to give you an idea of what we mean I've attached a few pics of the girls to show you the progression of the "in-duck-trination" / "duckification" of the LI's as they get added to "block head's" harem.

Several of my old saves won't load so bear with me on when these screenshots happen. It's pretty evident that the faces change and not for the better IMO. At the start of this game, Jamie was the ONLY duckface, and mind you it was somewhat bearable.

I won't even get into the comparison of each girl's body proportion and measurements from early to current in the game.

Shauna and Jamie
(early in the game)
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(somewhere in the middle)
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(fairly recent)
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Keyana
(early enough in the game) vs. (first game)
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Harper
(early-ish) to (middle-ish) to (bj scene)
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probably i will receive alot of facepalms but all those middle pics look alot better than the earlier or end pics and keyana look better in the last one

 

[johnnyM]

ktunga I had to face-palm you just because you asked for it

Anyways, we like what we like. As I stated, I am not a fan of the way the faces and body types have changed so dramatically.

However, I believe Dennis Miller said it best:

 

[vrdude18]

Just to give you an idea of what we mean I've attached a few pics of the girls to show you the progression of the "in-duck-trination" / "duckification" of the LI's as they get added to "block head's" harem.

Yes, I see what you mean. Thanks for the comparison.
They have distorted quite a bit really.
Keyana and Harper look quite different now.
Shauna mostly her mouth, Jamie's eyes were still huge back then.
I still love them though and will continue to bang them all.

 

[Felidako]

Just to give you an idea of what we mean I've attached a few pics of the girls to show you the progression of the "in-duck-trination" / "duckification" of the LI's as they get added to "block head's" harem.

Overall I really appreciate the immensly better lighting technique BD is using, but that overloaded makeup + extreme duckface + increase in saturation need to mellow down.

What struck me the most with WVM renders are mostly the lovely and believable eye contact characters have with you while avoiding the "dead-stare", paired with some good usage of DoF. Gives characters so much more life and personality on top of the nice designs.

But yeah recently BD went way too hard in yassifying the cast and macro-zooming the scenes.

 

[Shouki]

Am I the only one who thinks that the pacing didn't change much, even though the point of the rework was to correct it?
Well, he did sleep for like a day, but no real point to that kind of random "timeskip" IMO.

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With these, besides the ever-changing models, there is no real point to it. Well, plugging in some holes with the now unknown characters, I guess.

 

[michael1984]

Well WVM update is postponed till Monday but BD said he will do another release on friday

A brief summary what BD said on patreon ......

Firstly, the next weekly will be released on Monday instead of today or Sunday. I was invited to hang out with some friends I haven't seen in a good minute and I've been going giga hard since January so I admittedly could use a small amount of time to reset. I've only taken a handful of days off since my return and even on those days I'd still find a way to sneak some work in. So I'm going to take this time to rest and reset before getting right back to it. I love what I do but I don't want to repeat mistakes of the past and burn myself out by pouring too much into WVM.
Though, I do plan on double releasing this upcoming week. Monday and Friday.

 

[Dankmemer]

and I've been going giga hard since January so I admittedly could use a small amount of time to reset.

I can't, that is actually hilarious holy fuck

 

[Wolfeszorn]

I can't, that is actually hilarious holy fuck

Right? Exactly my thought xD I mean.... it´s not like he had 2 years of paid vacation before that.

 

[newdawn75]

I do not want to be involved with skye romantically so what choices should be made to keep skye as friend and team mate?

 

[cpwhite444]

I do not want to be involved with skye romantically so what choices should be made to keep skye as friend and team mate?

I believe it is either the supporting hug or lack thereof in the locker room. With hug I got the smooch pre-game, without no smooch.

 

[Rick_Sim]

I am still not convinced this BD is the same BD that started this game. If he is, he must really have mental issues that totally change his artistic and writing style.

Most artists in general have recognizable styles, WVM when it first came out had one consistent style. Now the remake/Special Championship Edition/whatever has a completely different but consistent style.

Very, very strange.

Dr. PinkCake from Being A DIK has a certain style.
Undergraduate Steve from College Kings has a certain style.
Drifty from Leap Of Faith has a certain style.
etc. etc.

You can recognize not only how they make the characters, but also how they write. You can recognize the new style and old style of the renders, but you cannot connect and say they are made by the same artist.

Old school WVM was more consistent and had a recognizable writing and art style.

Ever since "Mackenzie", excuses, and right before Season 2 happened, after that longer hiatus, BD has seemed to pick up a style that seems more like a poor imitation of the original WVM than the actual thing.

If anything. BD should have evolved with the money he has from a hardware and artistic ability perspective. I would like to say the amount of details in the new renders are missing the old, more realistic features (beauty marks, etc.) The new renders just have the faces skewed to give a more prominent duckface look, it is more like someone has the assets from BD and did what they think is a good imitation of his work.

Of course, this is pure speculation, but considering all the crazy things that have happened with this game and the progress, something is up beyond the "official story", where BD is constantly in 'peril' by mental issues, hardware, deaths, etc. Unless someone has multiple personality disorder, their artistic style can be "mostly duplicated", but never 100% replicated. I could pretty easily replicate his work and come up with something close to his style by face morphs, but you would be able to tell it is different.

Just like how the latest updates have been, the writing is different and not of the same quality. Another important detail.

 

[RegAdd]

Ever since "Mackenzie", excuses, and right before Season 2 happened, after that longer hiatus, BD has seemed to pick up a style that seems more like a poor imitation of the original WVM than the actual thing.

While not confirmation of this suspicion, I did notice that BD's suddenly welcoming people's offers to help him produce the game. For years, he vehemently opposed this, insisting repeatedly that he wanted to be the sole person creating any part of it.

 

[Rick_Sim]

While not confirmation of this suspicion, I did notice that BD's suddenly welcoming people's offers to help him produce the game. For years, he vehemently opposed this, insisting repeatedly that he wanted to be the sole person creating any part of it.

1. What you said, exactly right.
2. Writing style different, largely inferior to the original writing, but consistent in itself.
3. Newer art style has the assets from the original, but missing the realistic details and proportions are all out of whack now. What people were calling a choker on 4T I still believe was a mesh issue where the Genesis model's original grey-color stuck on the neck. You get that from either adding assets that are from other Genesis models, or from morphing and not being careful. If it was a choker, there are many, many chokers for each Genesis/Victoria model versions that are more detailed and look realistic other than white and flush with her neck! If anyone needs me to show them what happens when you use incompatible materials, let me know and I will whip something up in DAZ real quick to demonstrate this.
4. Excuses instead of results, before it was if he said an update was coming, it was out when he said with very rare exception.
5. If there is indeed an old and new Braindrop, the old one was about the game and fans. The new one is about being super careful not to hurt that income and get him in trouble on Patreon. He also has no problem breaking his word and has a large cache of excuses for why it is delayed or late.
6. This is not the same WVM, even the remake (which is supposed to improve things), seems like more of a downgrade (despite using newer models and such, hence the better colors. Morphs can be easily applied to give the 'infamous' duck face to the LI's, but the new looks are more like poor imitations because now the whole face is out of whack instead of just the lips.

Did something happen to BD? Did he just decide to get away from making adult games and sold the assets to someone/a group of people?

The change happened right around when season 1 was towards the end and beginning of season 2. This brought Mackenzie, the myriad of excuses, and the delayed updates. Is Mackenzie the new owner, or a GF/wife of the new BD? Family?

This is a good mystery but it would explain why this game went from highly regarded to a lot of complaints, but it makes perfect sense because we can all agree SOMETHING changed and the new material is different from the original (far beyond "revision").