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

[Double0Harambe]

damn well there goes my september ep 13 release bet

 

[edgebravesteam]

having BraindDead pause pledges for the rest of the year wasn't on my bingo card

having BrainDead WALK BACK HIS PROMISE OF PAUSING PLEDGES FOR REST OF YEAR mere moments later DEFINITELY wasn't on my bingo card

thats simply amazing tbh

i haven't played this game in forever, since maybe an update or two after the ryker fight(?) but i always comeback to this thread becauseit's more entertaining than any game out there

 

[Shadow74]

damn well there goes my september ep 13 release bet

Maybe not, I seriously doubt that he will release the update until tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow is setember, so you probably still win the bet

 

[tslojr]

Dev Report

Resetting (News about E13 and E14) (Important info about pledges too)

Hey guys, I hope you've all been well.

We've been struggling over here but we're finally nearing the end of that.
Technical issues that stemmed from the packaging issue and chaos afterward were persistent, they ballooned into many other issues. There have also been some life issues that popped up but we've been figuring all of it out. I lost my head for a bit but everything is going to work out. I'll go into more detail about the hardships we've faced after these updates are out where I can talk about things without running into any spoiler issues or anything like that.

Due to the issues and just where my head is at, we're going to be releasing everything in an admittedly silly way. Let me explain a bit...
After all of this is out, we intend on updating scene-by-scene. So as we finish a scene it will be uploaded as an official release. (We'll still have smaller betas for medium/large scenes)

To help bridge the gap between this large release and future plans and for the main reason which is to help ease my mind, we're going to be doing what I should have done a long time ago and we'll be releasing everything one scene at a time. It's not the ideal way of doing this at all, but we're way past ideal already. I want to be a part of the releases and this way is just the easiest on me right now.
These releases will be quick and available to all tiers and former patrons (via discord) at the same time.

**Spoiler alert! Skip ahead to the next bold text if you don't want to see some context on the scenes that will be uploaded!**

E13 has 7 scenes remaining. There are already 4 existing scenes in the game for E13.
Here are the names and relative size for the remaining scenes in E13.
Large = 250-400 renders, Medium = 100-249 renders, Small = 1-99 renders

Scene 5 - Spunishment (Large)
Scene 6 - Autographs (Small)
Scene 7 - Daliah Intro (Large)
Scene 8 - Bull Beginnings (Medium)
Scene 9 - Resort (Medium)
Scene 10 - Jasmine Date (Medium)
Scene 11 - Flight Home (Small)

**Spoiler alert is over! ----------------------------------**

These releases will begin happening early tomorrow morning.
Due to some of the issues we've faced and solutions we've found, E13 has grown in size a little more. It's now close to 1200 renders.
These scenes will be uploaded by the end of August (There is an issue with two animations in the Jasmine scene but they should be fixed in time. I am willing to soft-launch it without those animations and add them later if need be), as soon as all of these are out we'll begin the process of uploading E14. Though we're still working on some scenes in E14 so those uploads will not be as frequent but we'll have them out as soon as possible. Everything in E14 should be up by relatively early in Sept.

Like I mentioned, we're aware that this way of doing things is silly and you can of course wait for everything to be uploaded to play it all at once.
As it stands right now it's just the easiest way for me to get these scenes out to you guys as quickly as we can without me losing it.

I also made a very dumb promise about pausing pledges for the rest of the year when I was over-confident in the last round of missed release dates. That is a promise I will not be able to keep, pledges will be unpaused after the release of E13 - Scene 7. Which has been the main trouble scene for me. Pledges will be re-paused if there is a large gap in the releases for the scenes in E14.
Though, due to the broken promise I will be releasing all content that is made for the rest of the year to all former patrons either via discord or DM.
So anyone who is uncomfortable with me unpausing, I urge you to consider cancelling your pledge. You will still receive everything and you can come back at the start of the new year and see if things have improved or not and make a decision about repledging or not.

That's all I have to share for today, once again I am so sorry for how long everything has taken.
I do hope you guys will enjoy everything we've been working on. I'm excited to get this ugly chapter behind us and move forward into something much less messy and frustrating.
As always thank you guys so much for everything.
♥

Well, since BD is repeating excuses, I guess I can just start repeating my comments

That's a lot of words for "I know I haven't released shit, but I'm still going to charge you anyway."

 

[Jimmy_Jam]

If this isn't the wakeup call those that still pledge to him needed, I have no hope for them.

In my mind, BD has far surpassed Icstor in terms of shitty dev behavior. This guy writes checks he can't cash whenever he opens his mouth.

I have no doubt in my mind nothing was ever prepared and being tested. Not now, not two weeks ago, and not months ago when he was playtesting at the point. He's probably rushed to do everything over a weekend, and continues to render out those scenes now.

I highly doubt we'll see this plan come to fruition. For the 100th time.

What a joke.

Yup 100% there was nothing a few weeks ago and now he has his PC running nonstop to finish some renders. This release schedule screams he had zero ready weeks ago, I mean if he said that was the release schedule for 14 and that 13 would drop tomorrow I would have been more inclined to believe him but holy fuck dude just cant stop with his BD BS

 

[Brendan2194]

Well, I'm at a loss for words... I really didn't expect him to start the payments again... I can't understand the people who insist on supporting him...

 

[Double0Harambe]

Maybe not, I seriously doubt that he will release the update until tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow is setember, so you probably still win the bet

it releasing tomorrow is far to hopeful of a possibility while theres a good chance now that he will need until next year to actually finish those renders because i have a theory bro was on a half a year vacation telling lies that he was "hard at work" when in reality he didn't start working on renders until last month. if he every gives up on this he would make a pretty successful politician

 

[shamtiiomi]

im still want to know if the next update is coming put like he said ep13 and 14 toghether or is another lie? by the way how can possible someone believe he will pause the pledges till next update,.......if you believe that ,..well you hit your head hard or you are in the same category of bd,a numbell liviing in a shell

 

[36 Ninjas]

damn well there goes my september ep 13 release bet

Don't be so sure, this is BD we're talking about.

 

[isnt NaN]

What an absolute shitshow.

 

[burningdaylight88]

Welp, there it is. Going back on his promise to pause pledges until the end of the year. He didn't even last a full month with pledges paused. This was probably always the plan, but still pretty crazy that he walked it back so quickly, especially with nothing released.

Also, you gotta respect the commitment to his alter bs. Talking about "we" throughout his entire post as if anyone believes Mackenzie and Dionyx exist. Well, maybe not respect, but there is something to be said about habitual liars and their ability to keep a lie going without batting an eye.

 

[starthrow]

The development of this game is a fever dream. My mind can't comprehend the disjointed reality that the developer has foisted upon me with everything surrounding development. If it wasn't for this thread, I'd be pretty sure I was losing my mind.

 

[jish55]

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Well this clown has already decided that he will unpuase again and go back on his whole "paused for the rest of the year" bullshit

The reason for that is and i quote "I was overly confident before things blew up and i made a very dumb statement/promise "

lmfao who ever called that he will unpause much sooner than he promised deserves a raise, cause you lot called it XD. This a-hole out here shilling crap as gold and then can't even keep his most basic of promises.

 

[hic86]

lmfao who ever called that he will unpause much sooner than he promised deserves a raise, cause you lot called it XD. This a-hole out here shilling crap as gold and then can't even keep his most basic of promises.

I called it (and so did others), but I expected him to claim he was getting a bunch of DMs from supporters to turn it back on.

 

[Shadow74]

BD searching for new excuses to give for not uploading the update:

 

[Bobbycanfly]

Aw man. Just a couple more months and it would have been a year since the promised Jasmine date was supposed to drop.

 

[BigTyson]

I would love to see what would happen in the discord if there is another delay and the game does not end up releasing tomorrow.

 

[Rodrigoofb]

I would love to see what would happen in the discord if there is another delay and the game does not end up releasing tomorrow.

Probably nothing because this is what happens to anyone that goes even a little bit hard on the criticism

 

[robotosapiens]

This guy is a legend. He knows how to keep the hype, even in a really shit way.

 

[jish55]

Ya wanna know what's really fucked up? This last "update" tells us everything we need to know, because based on what he's planning on doing, that proves he actually hasn't done any work on the game. What baffles me is that someone who's been at this for years suddenly can't figure out how to fix what I'm gonna assume is a really common problem in renpy, where he spent an extra month trying to "fix" it and then decides to just release scenes individually.