VN Ren'Py WVM [S2 Ch. 1 Ep. 13 B6] [Braindrop]

[armion82]

In a shocking turn of events ...

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[jjmayne]

From a comment Braindrop left on his most recent Patreon post.

Just to quickly speak on some of the comments here. The update is essentially ready. It's been in the "Final touches" stage for a long time and with everything happening I have really struggled with calling it done and being happy with it. With the pressure of the amount of time, the length of the update, and all of the timetable changes. There's just so much that could potentially go wrong and I am just not mentally ready to handle it. The actual update is "ready", but I'm not ready to release it... if that makes any sense.

 

[Uthuriel]

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This kind of mindset can easily kill a game...
Any one remember CubeWorld? That dev had a similar mindset and it almost killed the game and when we finally got it sucked.

I hope that BD can recover anytime soon.
If it's done he should just release.
I get that there is fear of failing or people not being happy but thing is people aren't happy right now with the project not having an update for so long.
If the rework is anything close as good as current then he has nothing to worry anyway.
What BD needs to do is getting the WVM update released so we can play it so he gets feedback.

 

[Krynh]

There's just so much that could potentially go wrong and I am just not mentally ready to handle it. The actual update is "ready", but I'm not ready to release it... if that makes any sense.

Yes it makes sense but it's on the way to slide down the slope of procastination.

Delaying it is just worse because then the negative thoughts build up and things just keep getting pushed back in days then weeks and before you know it a year has gone again. He could release it now and have one less worry to deal with while he sorts out everything related to losing his grandfather while being a dad.

 

[unaspajillas]

i played a couple hours, is it worth it to keep playing if i'm not really interested on either shauna or jamie? This happens to me often, not being interested in the main girls, i guess i'm kind of a LI hipster lol, but usually there's enough side chicks to make it work. But now I see that nothing happens with

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and the rest aren't looking great either. Not really interested in playing too much longer if all i'll get is a lame 15 seconds scene with a generic blonde cheerleader with no personality.

 

[markel1000]

i played a couple hours, is it worth it to keep playing if i'm not really interested on either shauna or jamie? This happens to me often, not being interested in the main girls, i guess i'm kind of a LI hipster lol, but usually there's enough side chicks to make it work. But now I see that nothing happens with adoptive mom/sister (bruh whats with all the teasing then?), nothing happens with jasmine, and the rest aren't looking great either. Not really interested in playing too much longer if all i'll get is a lame 15 seconds scene with a generic blonde cheerleader with no personality.

No incest at all plus jaime and shauna are not optional

 

[Bev_]

i played a couple hours, is it worth it to keep playing if i'm not really interested on either shauna or jamie? This happens to me often, not being interested in the main girls, i guess i'm kind of a LI hipster lol, but usually there's enough side chicks to make it work. But now I see that nothing happens with adoptive mom/sister (bruh whats with all the teasing then?), nothing happens with jasmine, and the rest aren't looking great either. Not really interested in playing too much longer if all i'll get is a lame 15 seconds scene with a generic blonde cheerleader with no personality.

Well, If your're not interested in both main and side girls then I don't see a point in playing any further.
imo. The strength of this VN are interactions between characters, not the story itself or H-scenes. So if you're not into that (and them) you should probably move on to something else.

 

[unaspajillas]

Well, If your're not interested in both main and side girls then I don't see a point in playing any further.
imo. The strength of this VN are interactions between characters, not the story itself or H-scenes. So if you're not into that (and them) you should probably move on to something else.

Thanks, great explanation. Character interactions aren't doing too much for me rn, and as you said, that's probably the game's strength. I'll probably fool around with it a bit more, since I peeked at the character sheets and it seems like there's a ton of girls. But yeah, it's probably just not for me.

 

[BakaMangaka]

Next update?

 

[Bacara]

Next update?

No date given it might as well be put on hold at this point.

 

[thataboo]

Next update?

Will be so awesome!
But we have to wait until it's out.

 

[PlayerUnknown47]

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Sometimes I wonder if they do it on purpose.

 

[Battle Brother Mac]

Next update?

 

[Sharktopus13]

In my life I've survived 5 squadmates, 4 cousins, 7 good friends, both my parents and all my grandparents. I never missed a day of work nor am I uncommon. I've known plenty just the same or stronger.

Thank you for your service, but as I'm sure you discovered in the early days not everyone is made of the same stuff. Some people ring the bell and walk the line. If a civilian who is the primary caregiver of a loved one. "grandfather" loses that loved one, they can't be expected to have the same stoicism as you, or others have. This is a mid twenties young man who has just begun "adulting" new home, new family, so new tragedy will be a very real gut punch, and I think we can show a little of the same compassion we would appreciate if the tables were turned.

 

[juan palote]

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Hey guys.

I appreciate all of the feedback on the last post about how most of you want the update to be delivered.
I will not be releasing in chunks, it will be in one large update.
I took some time to really think things through and I've come up with a hopeful solution to relieve some of my stress about releasing something though.

I do not have a current release date scheduled for the actual update and I do not plan on sharing one until it is packaged and tested and ready to release.
I am admittedly getting hit by many waves of second thoughts. I've reworked 2 of the scenes and have come to a point where I needed some time away from working on the game itself as it was becoming a bit self destructive since what I assume is grief I am dealing with was being channeled into doubting myself. I don't want to go down that rabbit hole again.
It's also been very pleasant to throw myself into something to work and distract myself with that doesn't need me to be very emotionally sound.

In this time I've done a lot of "side" work and I do have some release dates for some of it.

Firstly the birthday renders will be made up to date. This will include the girls in the months of March-May. (Zoe, Wendy, Talismah, Tia, Hannah, Eden, Katie, Aubrey, Emiko, Blue/Orange, Lauren, Anna, Yuki, Green)
These will be released on May 20th at 12:00 EST

Secondly, something that's been talked about for a long time has finally been made.
It is called "Day in the life of" or "DITLO" for short. (This is my hopeful remedy for my release anxiety)
This will be a series of short stories featuring characters and what they did on previous days in the story and the first one will be centered around Harper.
All renders will be in 4k (except for in the future when they're added as playable stories from the main game, they'll have to be scaled down to 1080p, the standalone will still be 4k though)
This first set will be released on May 28th at 12:00 EST
(More info on this will be in my next post)

Thirdly, I have reworked the Character Sheets.
Looking back at it, I'm not happy with the format I chose for them previously. Also a lot of measurements have changed and I also wanted to broaden the age range a bit.
These will be released on May 30th at 12:00 EST


Once again, there are no release plans for the update yet.
I'll be completely honest when I say I'm not doing very well emotionally. I'm okay, like life is still going on but I'm finding everything to be very tasking and difficult still. This situation has caused a lot of old issues to pop back up from things that happened in the past I think.
All I want to do is lay in bed, I'm fighting myself every day to get up and be a father and husband and to work on the game.
I'm talking to my therapist twice a week and doing everything I can but nothing is working.
I know it's a "time heals all wounds" situation but the more time that passes the more I feel like I'm suffocating.
I feel like I'm on a self destructive meltdown and I have no way to stop it. Every move I can make is the wrong move somehow.
Setting the dates for this side content is very much on purpose to try and kickstart that part of my brain to get my shit together.
I don't want to unpause pledges until I release the update but at the same time I don't know when that will be and I have a family to provide for.
Either decision will stress the fuck out of me since I don't feel like I deserve anything and the guilt will eat at me and make things worse or I'll pause and feel guilty for spending time away from family for no immediate gain and the stresses of that will compound into something worse.
And that "both sides suck" is true for just about every decision I have to make right now.
God my bed looks very appealing right now thinking about this stuff.

Sorry for venting, probably shouldn't include my brain vomit here since it's a bit too personal and I don't want anyone worrying too much about me. Might edit it out later.
I just wish I could get out of my own way right now.

I don't have a whole lot left to say.
As always thank you all for showing your support and all of the kind messages.
I hope to have better news soon.
Thank you for caring enough about something I make to read these.
Love you guys and talk to you soon.

I feel like Braindrop is suffering from trying to make the story too perfect, which is a problem, since it often that level of perfection wont be reached.

About the DITLO, i assume those will be female protagonist stories, which most people wont even play, so i dont think those would be a good replacement.

This is one of the reasons why i think Patreons gave a terrible feedback when they voted to wait to full releases instead of giving the feedback for smaller releases, but well, it is what it is

We will have to keep waiting

 

[juan palote]

I think this Dev's history of pausing pledges when they don't meet deadlines is one of the things that have built them some credibility. Most of the other developers that have been talked about do not.

So much this.

BD has given many signs about not being a "milker" like some other Devs are. So its not rare that people trust him.

 

[Blueray]

When is the next Update ?

 

[Breezerr]

When is the next Update ?

Yes

 

[lemonfreak]

When is the next Update ?

 

[TheElwoodBlues]

Sorry to hear about the dev's issues. I really enjoy all the characters. Is it accepted trolling here ("when's the update? " "any news?")? Seems like them post would be dealt with for the space wasters they are.

My favorite character is Harper.