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

[karumi56]

Hey, even if you doubt it, there was a time when BrainDrop was just as diligent or more so than Moonbox... Then came the dark age, two years of silence, and everything in BD changed.

Very true. Early BD (2019) was a really amazing worker. It was great when he was so enthusiastic about the game. But sadly that is now so long ago...and now his "passion" is putting out (increasingly less) creative excuses for each new delay.

Sadly it's not just the work output drop, but the duckification of the female love interests, story drift and endless new, bland characters that really mark the decline of this VN imho. If the WMV was still really promising like in 2019 (and some of 2020), the delays would bit a lot more frustrating. But now, I enjoy BD's excuse drops a lot more than the game. Plus, they're more reliable.

 

[karumi56]

I really wanna ask him, why not hire someone to actually help him in release the game

It's been suggested many, many times over the last several years. And some will say he did hire two people to help out: Mackenzie and Dingleberry (close enough). Some have suggested that BD is no longer the one making the game, that he likely sold it to someone and that is why there is such a drastic change in the character design, story, etc.

But the simple most likely thing is that he either doesn't trust others with his "baby", or more likely doesn't want to share the revenue with others. Honestly why would he? The money has kept rolling in for years whether he puts out updates or not.

 

[shamtiiomi]

again my theory [was]and still is that,there were ateam of 2 bd and his long time friend[deceased]and the better of the 2 pass away,....r.i.p ...we got the uncool one,the lazy one,the one without ethics,,......this one is another kind of person,like totally 2 worlds aprt from that bd from 2019 before the virus,.
sadly you can see in his behaviour changes,his demeanour,how he trat the patrons,how he can manage to make good ppl feel remorse about standing up fro him,...
is that or he have multiple personalities,mackensie,dyonyx,morbil?.....
is so dumb what he is doing that,even if he wants and give an update once a year like many other gameshe could do without noneone ask shit,....[ofc his updates arent 5k renders ]but still ppl will not complain about 1200 renders,...but theguys dont do even that,prefer to lie,to scam,to critize others,and spit put delay after delay,.....
lets be honest here,why he change the days count? isnt bcs what he says.....is bcs ppl totally unsubscribe if he didnt changed that,what almost 6 years for a 13 ingame days???? think about it....now he have like 45 ....still nothing out of the world .....6 fucking years ,....well almost...

 

[RegAdd]

I really wanna ask him, why not hire someone to actually help him in release the game

Adding even one more person to production creates two problems that he doesn't want:

1. Shared revenue
2. Accountability

As it is now, he's fleecing everyone for 100% of the take. And there's no real accountability, since the people calling him out on the lack of product are silenced. New fools enter the Discord and think any dissent is a new thing that the diligent mod is handling. Some figure it out and pull their support, but not enough of them to outweigh the continued patrons. So there's no accountability.

 

[_Han]

like wow still same shit

 

[Flyguy89]

Updated Chronicle of release dates-

2023 Sep 30-
Episode 12 release date: first 14 days of October
Episode 13 release date: end of October

2023 Oct 7-
Working on the final scene of Episode 12, then just bug testing
Rendered some pre-made scenes from Episode 13

2023 Oct 14-
400 renders expected on October 19
300 renders expected on October 24
Episode 13 expected on October 31
52/52 plan isn't going well; struggling with large releases, so the next plan is to do 100 renders a week and release when the particular scene associated with the renders is done

2023 Oct 20-
Update expected on October 24
Motherboard dead?

2023 Oct 27-
Update expected today or tomorrow
750 renders and 21 animations completed

2023 Oct 29-
Released WVM (S2-C1-E12)(830 renders)(21 animations)

2023 Nov 4-
Will send an update to testers first before releasing the update date
Episode 13 scenes have been set up; the rest of the work should go smoothly

2023 Nov 12-
Everything(scenes, sets, writing) done for ep13, just need to render out the images/animations.

2023 Nov 19-
There isn't too much left so release estimates might be posted next report.

2023 Nov 27-
Ep13 release early-mid December.

2023 Dec 10-
Plan to release Episode 13 around December 15; not a hard date, tentative

2023 Dec 29- xxx
released WVM-S2-CH1-EP13-B1

2024 Jan 6-
Episode 13 Part 2 will be released very soon, with Part 3 following shortly
No specific dates after December issues, but talking about days, not weeks

2024 Jan 22-
Plan of finishing and releasing ep13 part 2 around 23-25th January.

2024 Jan 29-
Released WVM (S2-C1-E13-B2)(205 renders)(9 animations) (Partial update, 130 more renders will be uploaded either tomorrow or the following day)

2024 Feb 1- xxx
Released WVM (S2-C1-E13-B3)(173 renders)(5 animations)

2024 Feb 6-
Finalizing everything on ep13

2024 Feb 15-
E13-b4 450 renders and 10 animations, aiming to release on 18th February. Plan to release 100 renders from ep14 at the end of the month.

2024 March 17-
Pledges have been stopped for 5 out of the last 6 months
Rough month both development-wise and personally
Stuck on Episode 13, so working on Episode 14

2024 March 24-
800+ renders and 20+ animations update to be released, no date yet (400 renders from the end of Episode 13, and 400 renders from the start of Episode 14)
Episode 14 planned to be around 900-1000 renders

2024 March 31-
Pledges will not be paused
800+ renders and 20+ animations update, no release date yet
Working on both Episodes 13 and 14

2024 April 24-
800+ renders and 20+ animations update in the testing phase
Plan to release at the end of the month


2024 May 17-
Pledges will be paused if no update this month
Delayed by personal matters
Update is very close to being done

2024 June 30 -
Pledges will not be paused this month
Episode 13: 700 renders and 15 animations
Episode 14: unspecified renders
Release dates- Episode 13: July 2-5, Episode 14: July 9-12

2024 July 21 -
Episode 13: update at the end of the month

2024 July 31-
Episode 13 (700+ renders) will be released August 10th
Episode 14 (1000+ renders) will be released August 20th

2024 Aug 12-
Episode 13: by 15th Aug
Episode 14: by the end of August

2024 Aug 30-
Rest of Episode 13 is now 1200~ renders
Episode 13: scene 5 to 11 will be released by the end of August then release Ep14
Episode 14: should be up by early September

2024 Aug 31-
Too many MMMmmms! and Aaaaahs! derailed the update.
Pledges will be paused until all of Ep14 is released.

2024 Sep 23 -
4 parts update-
1st- upto the end of daliah scene- 800 renders, estimated: released in a few days
2nd- Rest of Ep 13- 500 renders, estimated: a week after the previous one
3rd- Day 37- 500 renders, estimated: a week after the previous one
4th- Day 38- 400 renders, estimated: a week after the previous one

2024 Sep 25 -
Episode 13- Part 1 likely on Sep 26, Part 2 likely on Sep 30

2024 Sep 29 -
Hurricane happened after technical issues, no power

2024 Oct 1 - xxx
Released S2-C1-E13-B4, 764 renders

2024 Oct 12 -
Episode 13 Beta 5 will release tomorrow

2024 Oct 14 -
Episode 13: 400 renders on Oct 19, 300 renders on Oct 24

2024 Oct 31 -
Ep13-b5 500 renders releasing around noon tomorrow
Beta 6 will be around 200 renders will be out in the near future.

2024 Nov 2 - xxx
Released S2-C1-E13-B5, 428 renders (100 renders were not included)

2024 Nov 27 -
Episode 13: 400 renders update soon

2024 Dec 9 -
Episode 13 Beta 6, estimated release date: Dec 12-16

2024 Dec 19 -
Urgent Care time, migraine, headache


N.B: Since he stopped posting "Yo" on patreon after July 2024, it's hard to gather the random discord screenshots here. So might have missed a lot of discord release dates.

This....is depressing lol

 

[Shadow74]

I really wanna ask him, why not hire someone to actually help him in release the game

Its your time to waste, so go ahead and ask.
Nothing will change, he works alone because he doesnt trust anyone, and before you ask, dyonix, mckenzie only exist in his head, and morbil is most likely another one of braindrop personalities.

Well, Merry Christimas to you.