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hey look a new burner account....4 posts and 2 likes....see the beginning date....kinda like when the game started....hmmm sleeper cell
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Announcing a release date for the actual game is one thing, but I'll never understand why he does the same thing for dev logs. Instead of posting about when he'll post it, why not.... just post the log?
Probably because it gives the illusion of progress. People remember he has interacted with them more times this way if he announces his upcoming announcements (two or more separate posts!) instead of just announcing.
- Jun 30, 2018
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Interrupting the rants for a rant of my own. So I have started getting into AVNs again after change of PCs and finally discovering that Win 11 has an on-board unzipper and I decided to try Willing Virgin Manufactory a.k.a. Hugging and Crying Simulator: The Game again. Since the save games are still on the old hard disk in the old PC I had to start over and it took me several days to get through it. Changes to old playthrough: Went on the cheating path, got Elizabeth in early, Penny is out. Old progress was up until entering the refurbished stadium, exhibition game had not started yet.
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So, I definitely found out that this VN is best served in small dosage. Playing from start to finish in one go makes you go from more or less meaningless sex scene to the next, with every day seemingly consisting of 60 hours. I understand that this is supposed to get fixed in the rework of the first 30 days, whenever that may occur. However, this was not even remedied after Day 31, as the days are still way too long.
There are now three "intended" breaking points in the game. The first one I could not quite detect as I've changed paths, but must be somewhere within the first month where the rework is currently ending, the second one at the end of Day 30 where the story suddenly doesn't make sense for a while. [Where did the Don't talk to the MC at College suddenly come from? Who TF are Granny, Bea, 4t? All of them have never been mentioned before.] Maybe the confusion stems from not being on Penny's path anymore, but what do I know? Third one is obviously the missing renders during Dahlia's conversation, where I stopped as I don't see any sense of continuing with the game when I have to back-track anyway. I feel BrainDrop should definitely work on those construction sites first to create a more seamless experience instead of adding more and more story to the end.
In general - and again, this might be a me problem as I tend to actually read the plot so it takes me longer to get through - I feel the pacing is a bit wrong. Meaning, the sex scenes and plot advancement could be interwoven much better. As the VN stands we have hours of sex scenes, lots of plans that really never come to fruition and they are getting delayed and delayed to be replaced with more sex scenes, and suddenly we get a three hour break with an exposition dump that keeps dragging on and on and on. All the while new girls keep getting added instead of deepening existing relationships and doing more stuff with them instead of just an additional sex scene.
Now don't get me wrong, I don't mind sex scenes, otherwise I'd obviously be in the wrong place. They have evolved a bit over the years, getting longer, having more animations. (Still not up to the standards though set by games like Delta Iota Kappa, Thirsty for my Guest or even the later Dots ones. But not bad.) You definitely do see a preference though as some girls have multiple ones while the likes of Stacy, Kimmy or Emiko are still waiting for theirs: and even in the longer, establised relationship ones we get extensive scenes with Rachael, Elizabeth, Bailey and Zoe while others are neglected. Like before, instead of strengthening those relationships and doind activities outside of the next sex scene we are adding six rainbow girls and a billionaire orgy. Meanwhile, Shauna still seems written for an exclusive Trans part even after Day 30.
Somehow fitting that for me the exhibition game and the search for the cheerleaders were the more engaging and standout moments since they did not include sex scenes for a while. Call it a "breath of fresh air" if you will.
While I know that there won'T be any inc scenes I find it puzzling that there are still optional kissing scenes with Hazel quite far into the plot. Rachael may have stopped teasing about it, but it's still going on. At this point it feels like a stringing along of the inc crowd who are still hopeful.
Final point, I'd like to have some variety. I don't know if it's BrainDrop's special fetish, but the MC causes a lot of walking problems. I was actually excited when Elizabeth announced that she did so much masturbation that she wouldn't have any problems keeping up with the MC. Only to have her end up with weak knees like all the others, more experienced women. Can we have, just once for good measure, have the MC exhausted and the partner saying, like, oh, it's a pity, I could have gone on. Or are you up for another round, something like that.
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Long story short, yes, the VN is not bad if you are into the ultimate power fantasy, or a cult (something that BrainDrop even makes fun of at some point). Waiting times for updates seem to have increased, but the content added while I haven't played was decent.
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So, I definitely found out that this VN is best served in small dosage. Playing from start to finish in one go makes you go from more or less meaningless sex scene to the next, with every day seemingly consisting of 60 hours. I understand that this is supposed to get fixed in the rework of the first 30 days, whenever that may occur. However, this was not even remedied after Day 31, as the days are still way too long.
There are now three "intended" breaking points in the game. The first one I could not quite detect as I've changed paths, but must be somewhere within the first month where the rework is currently ending, the second one at the end of Day 30 where the story suddenly doesn't make sense for a while. [Where did the Don't talk to the MC at College suddenly come from? Who TF are Granny, Bea, 4t? All of them have never been mentioned before.] Maybe the confusion stems from not being on Penny's path anymore, but what do I know? Third one is obviously the missing renders during Dahlia's conversation, where I stopped as I don't see any sense of continuing with the game when I have to back-track anyway. I feel BrainDrop should definitely work on those construction sites first to create a more seamless experience instead of adding more and more story to the end.
In general - and again, this might be a me problem as I tend to actually read the plot so it takes me longer to get through - I feel the pacing is a bit wrong. Meaning, the sex scenes and plot advancement could be interwoven much better. As the VN stands we have hours of sex scenes, lots of plans that really never come to fruition and they are getting delayed and delayed to be replaced with more sex scenes, and suddenly we get a three hour break with an exposition dump that keeps dragging on and on and on. All the while new girls keep getting added instead of deepening existing relationships and doing more stuff with them instead of just an additional sex scene.
Now don't get me wrong, I don't mind sex scenes, otherwise I'd obviously be in the wrong place. They have evolved a bit over the years, getting longer, having more animations. (Still not up to the standards though set by games like Delta Iota Kappa, Thirsty for my Guest or even the later Dots ones. But not bad.) You definitely do see a preference though as some girls have multiple ones while the likes of Stacy, Kimmy or Emiko are still waiting for theirs: and even in the longer, establised relationship ones we get extensive scenes with Rachael, Elizabeth, Bailey and Zoe while others are neglected. Like before, instead of strengthening those relationships and doind activities outside of the next sex scene we are adding six rainbow girls and a billionaire orgy. Meanwhile, Shauna still seems written for an exclusive Trans part even after Day 30.
Somehow fitting that for me the exhibition game and the search for the cheerleaders were the more engaging and standout moments since they did not include sex scenes for a while. Call it a "breath of fresh air" if you will.
While I know that there won'T be any inc scenes I find it puzzling that there are still optional kissing scenes with Hazel quite far into the plot. Rachael may have stopped teasing about it, but it's still going on. At this point it feels like a stringing along of the inc crowd who are still hopeful.
Final point, I'd like to have some variety. I don't know if it's BrainDrop's special fetish, but the MC causes a lot of walking problems. I was actually excited when Elizabeth announced that she did so much masturbation that she wouldn't have any problems keeping up with the MC. Only to have her end up with weak knees like all the others, more experienced women. Can we have, just once for good measure, have the MC exhausted and the partner saying, like, oh, it's a pity, I could have gone on. Or are you up for another round, something like that.
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Long story short, yes, the VN is not bad if you are into the ultimate power fantasy, or a cult (something that BrainDrop even makes fun of at some point). Waiting times for updates seem to have increased, but the content added while I haven't played was decent.
- May 1, 2018
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Tomorrow: "I completely forgot this week was thanksgiving! I have to take a break to take the grandkid to both sets of grandparents, the update wont be out this month but I'll still be charging you all."
- Jun 18, 2017
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This game should change it's name to: MIA 
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that would make this game have sense lol we are here for the nonsenseThis game should change it's name to: MIA
- Mar 28, 2017
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There is already like 5 games with MIA in the title.This game should change it's name to: MIA
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Hey everyone, Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate it!
(The first two single render teasers are from the upcoming Beta 6, the rest of the collage teasers are from E14.)
My apologies for being silent recently, I posted links for Beta 5 in the previous post's comments. That beta goes up to the start of the upcoming Jasmine scene but is missing a large chunk from the end of the Daliah scene.
Beta 6 will be a total of three scenes. The remainder of Daliah, Jamine's date, and the flight home.
It will be close to 400 renders and 8 animations and will be out very soon.
This month has been spent remaking most of what is in this update.
I'm going to talk about the Daliah scene a little bit, it's a little spoilery but nothing specific.
I have a love-hate relationship with this scene, I love it for what it is and what it means for things moving forward but I hate how it felt like I couldn't stick the landing with it.
I've really struggled with how far I should go with it, what to share now, what not to share now, the settings, the lighting, the dialogue, just everything about this scene I've ran into issues with.
And remaking it in chunks over time really fed into those issues, it made it difficult to piece it all together, it led to continuity issues, and all sorts of other small things that killed my confidence about it.
I don't know if it was just writer's block, some other mental block, but I have felt stuck on this scene forever.
I've reached a point where I'm finally happy with it, I'm not sure how it will land but it's got to land somewhere.
I also just want to quickly say that while this scene matters a lot for everything moving forward, this isn't some big turning point in the game.
There's no magic, no chosen one story, nothing like that.
The Jasmine date also got a lot of attention from me this month, it's an emotional scene and we learn a lot more about Jasmine's backstory.
I did remake some of this scene but most of the work was adding to it.
I'm working on the final touches for this update right now, mostly just playtesting.
It will be out shortly.
I don't want to dive into the specifics of E14 yet, but I will have a much easier time getting all of that content out. If you want a better idea of what content will be in E14, all of the teasers should clue you in on most of it.
The plan is to release scene-by-scene. These releases will be way more often than what the recent ones have been.
Everything will be so much easier once the rest of this Daliah scene is out. It's honestly been 95% of the problem.
Once again, I love the scene it's just been a battle getting it to where I needed it to be.
And I want to apologize again for the silence this month. I was in my own head over things and I didn't want to say anything official until I was certain about it but at the very least I should have at least told you guys that.
That's all I have to share for right now.
Thank you for your patience, things will be smoother from here.
As always thank you all so much for everything. I hope you all have wonderful weeks.
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- Jul 29, 2017
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So ~100 of the 400 renders are what was supposedly already completed and accidentally left out of the last update. Yet he spent more time working on them anyway. And all 400 were supposed to be part of the October 2023 update.
Happy Thanksgiving 2024, that update will be out soon™.
Wait, there's a forklift-certified guy joining the cast? I thought this was a no-NTR game! Slide over, Jamie. Moncree's joining you in the chair.
- Aug 8, 2020
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continuity issues... there's a near week and a half time jump and the prior release had a gaping hole in it. 1 more can't hurt.
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I mean, after there were teasers and progress updates on the progress update that "it will release soon" and "it will be out tomorrow" and whatnot...
But lets be real, it did not contain any real information, besides that it will be out scene by scene, even though this was allegedly completed 9-10 months ago (well ep13 was promised for october 2023...), and he only had issues with "compiling" and "one scene".
At least because it is "out soon" he can forgo pausing payments, and the end of the year will be in a positive vibe (for him).