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

[Damien81a]

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Dev Report #25 (October 14th, 2023)

Yo!

So, not going to waste any time.
The update will not be today and as a result, I will be pausing pledges for November.
Let's talk about when it will be released.

So, I bit off more than I could chew. This update has expanded to a point where I've fallen into some old issues and I'm struggling with finalizing it. Namely with making the scenes flow into each other.
So, as I have no interest in falling back into the headspace I was in half a year ago... I'm going to do the same thing I did to get out of my situation back then before I'm actually there.
I'm splitting this update into two parts to help make it easier for me to finalize mentally. One 400 render update to be released on the 19th. And one 300 render update to be released on the 24th. And then episode 13 will be released on the 31st. Each of these releases will be tiered by an hour. (So it unlocks for a lower tier every hour instead of the usual 24 hours)
I do deeply apologize for taking this much time and failing my goal. I take full responsibility for the lack of updates recently as it has been a result of poor planning and execution on my end.

I do plan on achieving the remainder of the goals I set for October.

With that said... it brings me to something I've wanted to speak on for a few weeks now. It doesn't take a mathematician to realize that the 52/52 isn't going to plan. So I want to talk about it.
The 52/52 started as a way to help relieve me of my release anxiety and to get content out in a consistent way. I set the goal of 100 renders a week and I had the mindset of pretty much just releasing whatever I was able to make in a week.
Well, the issue with that has been the releasing whatever I've made. I've really struggled with releasing something just to release it. I feel shitty putting something out that I don't feel is worth downloading and playing yet. I tried to solve one issue by drastically going in the opposite direction.
Which is why I took extra time on almost all of the releases so far. I wanted the scene with Bailey and Rainn to be played all at once, I was having fun with the Skye scene and wanted to expand it, I wanted to have all of the traveling to Florida at once.
Essentially I just want to put out a fun experience and I know most of you guys would have fun even if those were all segmented throughout weeks but there's just something about it that has irked me that I thought wouldn't.
It's just time for me to accept that this isn't the answer to my issue.
So... something has to change but I don't want anything drastic. I know I struggle with larger releases so I'm really not interested in going back to that. I feel like the easiest compromise is just to release scenes as they are completed. I categorize scenes essentially as events. So for instance the events listed in the image would all count as a scene.
Sometimes scenes will be shorter though I don't think I'd bother releasing anything under 100 renders, sometimes they'll be in the 250-ish range.
I feel this is the easiest way to fix my current issue. The main goal is still 100 renders a week and to release the equivalent of that in whatever time allotment I have to finish a scene.

But yeah, that's all I have to share for the moment. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
As always, thank you all so much for everything and please take care.
Spread some love and have a wonderful week everyone!
❤

This shit aged well. that is BD claming to released episode 13 on the 31st October 2023

 

[Darth Helmet]

Well K7 coming to BD's defense, while possibly intentionally misgendering someone was certainly not on my bingo card. Had to do a double take and I gotta say I'm pretty disappointed too. Kinda funny how devs keep ending up here and sticking their foot in their mouth.

Damn I missed an whole arc of someone getting jumped in the thread. Then again I don't really know that dev or his work. Does his characters have ungodly amounts of duckfaces?

 

[AlterdStates7]

idk, i'm not a huge follower of K7, i have heard "of them" etc etc, but not enough to know 1 way or the other :/

Either way, like their defense of BD, at best it's a case of ignorance at worst it's an act in bad faith.

Damn I missed an whole arc of someone getting jumped in the thread. Then again I don't really know that dev or his work. Does his characters have ungodly amounts of duckfaces?

Now that I think about it both games are sorta 9/10ths trying to drink positivity/good vibes from a firehose and the last 10th is darker more traumatic stuff.

 

[Dark Lord Of Chaos]

you are one ancient mother fucker, we are not worthy

Also being one of those old as fucks who played both games in the beginning, K7 is one person when hes on his discord...all rainbows and starlight...but on other sites hes a grade a ass...notice my pic it was a render he did for me so yes I was a supporter for a long time.

 

[Dirty Thoughts]

i feel like penny could be better since it feels like they tried their hardest to make Shauna look like a woman in every sense but then kinda just threw penny together shes not bad though just feels a bit half assed

Penny looks like a woman too, she's just kind of bland and almost old fashioned in style - especially that haircut...
Shauna, imo, is way too thick with her make-up though. She looks actually so much better without it. I guess she tries to compensate with it since she obviously sees herself differently.

 

[jock1a]

This last update was ***** i will check back in 6 months see if it is abandoned. If not i will check to see where it has gone

 

[EclipseTheStars]

DISCORD UPDATE : So ... I may have derailed the entire discord into talking about Dragon Age Veilguard and comparing it to the Mass Effect Series, a back-and-forth that apparently went all through the night and into the afternoon.

This is not a joke. However, I think everyone in the discord is breathing fresh air. However. No Borpa. Radio silence since the 1st.

 

[Shadow74]

DISCORD UPDATE : So ... I may have derailed the entire discord into talking about Dragon Age Veilguard and comparing it to the Mass Effect Series, a back-and-forth that apparently went all through the night and into the afternoon.

This is not a joke. However, I think everyone in the discord is breathing fresh air. However. No Borpa. Radio silence since the 1st.

No borpa, and no deadline on publishing the missing 100 Renders.
Typical bd...

 

[motseer]

No borpa, and no deadline on publishing the missing 100 Renders.
Typical bd...

No, he says right in the update... ASAP, which likely stands for Almost Surely Absolutely Possible...

 

[Akabakka]

DISCORD UPDATE : So ... I may have derailed the entire discord into talking about Dragon Age Veilguard and comparing it to the Mass Effect Series, a back-and-forth that apparently went all through the night and into the afternoon.

This is not a joke. However, I think everyone in the discord is breathing fresh air. However. No Borpa. Radio silence since the 1st.

Just curious , it's a positive or negative comparison ? Again just curious , I'm not starting a whole debate on Veilguard ... as a summary suffice to say, that for me it's the worst thing that happened to the franchise yet, and it's potential deathknell. It's dead to me if that's the direction forward , and obviously dead-er if it flops.

 

[P3ltier]

Looks like I'll wait another 6months for WVM

 

[pecard255]

No borpa, and no deadline on publishing the missing 100 Renders.
Typical bd...

I think it's procrastination. The reason Dalia can't tell MC anything or show the back room is because BD has put off working on it. Nothing like waiting until the last minute and hoping superman will swoop in and save him.
Lazy is why.

 

[kalindrius]

I think it's procrastination. The reason Dalia can't tell MC anything or show the back room is because BD has put off working on it. Nothing like waiting until the last minute and hoping superman will swoop in and save him.
Lazy is why.

I hope the dev cannot abandon this project and retake and release more frequently

 

[EclipseTheStars]

Just curious , it's a positive or negative comparison ? Again just curious , I'm not starting a whole debate on Veilguard ... as a summary suffice to say, that for me it's the worst thing that happened to the franchise yet, and it's potential deathknell. It's dead to me if that's the direction forward , and obviously dead-er if it flops.

pretty even

if i'm honest, the biggest turn seems to be "characters are too woke/gay/fag/trans/left/pussy" and not "edgy/hardcore/right/evil"
while i do agree, it is "difficult" to play "renegade" in Veilguard, it *is* possible, with added consequence

praise for combat, graphics, scenery, music, etc etc
idk, my only real issue is that, just like BG3, every single character is PanSexual
yay for everyone getting whoever they want, but to me ... it's unrealistic?

 

[byaaahh]

Let's be honest Dragon Age has been bad since 2. Origins was lightning in a bottle, then they pivoted to less rpg more action.

Mass Effect at least had 1 and 2 being great before the ending of 3 imploded the series.

 

[Kyle Randall]

Guys, i know this is kinda off topic, but idk where should i make this question: Anyone knows how this "ignore thread" works? i noticed recently that i could use it and since then i already ignored hundreds of things that i didn't wanted to see anymore (maybe a bit more than that). The problem is that some of those things that i already ignored (and that are still marked as such by the way) keep appearing in my feed as if i didn't.
Does anyone knows if this ignore thing has a limit of threads or some shit? is that a bug?
Very appreciated, in advance!

 

[EclipseTheStars]

Guys, i know this is kinda off topic, but idk where should i make this question: Anyone knows how this "ignore thread" works? i noticed recently that i could use it and since then i already ignored hundreds of things that i didn't wanted to see anymore (maybe a bit more than that). The problem is that some of those things that i already ignored (and that are still marked as such by the way) keep appearing in my feed as if i didn't.
Does anyone knows if this ignore thing has a limit of threads or some shit? is that a bug?
Very appreciated, in advance!

well, at the top of the page (of the thread) you have the options "show post/ignore/jump/watch"

make sure the thread is NOT on watch and IS on ignore

if that doesn't work, then you are being connected by your personal notification settings, which you'll have to turn off manually

 

[Kyle Randall]

well, at the top of the page (of the thread) you have the options "show post/ignore/jump/watch"

make sure the thread is NOT on watch and IS on ignore

if that doesn't work, then you are being connected by your personal notification settings, which you'll have to turn off manually

I'll try that. Thank you very much!

 

[Ptah]

from someone who has played the entirety of Acting Lessons, and understands the VN business enough to appreciate that BADIK is the largest-scale "porno VN" to ever exist, the build-up is for the grand finale

for anyone who HAS played Acting Lessons, there is a MASSIVE FUCKIN TWIST at the 2nd to last chapter, and the final chapter rips your fuckin heart out - - i am being dead serious ... idk if BADIK will have the same grand finale flair as Acting Lessons, but for DPC VNs, the goal is to have a unique slice of life until the end, where for good or bad (infamous for being bad) there is a massive twist

but i do agree, WVM has the potential to, at the least, be above-average for story telling (potential)

EDIT : this is not a spoiler to either game, but imagine building a perfect relationship with your LIs, and your best friend is there every step of the way to help you, and then at the end, your best friend chops all your LIs into pieces with a chain saw and you actually are forced to watch full CGI renders of your LIs being mutilated into past and you think "wtf, i'm in a porn game aren't I!?!" level of twists

kind of like Doki Doki Literature Club, actually

SUPER EDIT : context = DPC makes Acting Lessons & BADIK

I don't know wtf are you talking about guys, WVM, story wise, It's purely soap opera garbage level and the plot is CLEARLY made on the go. There's plenty of developers here, including Braindead, that their literary background comes from reading manga for retards and watching reality shows... While there's other devs, like for example Zetan, that know how to FUCKING build a plot, build characters with their psyche, and building worlds as a whole. AND have the narrative taste and capability to convey it all in a solid way.

 

[EclipseTheStars]

I don't know wtf are you talking about guys, WVM, story wise, It's purely soap opera garbage level and the plot is CLEARLY made on the go. There's plenty of developers here, including Braindead, that their literary background comes from reading manga for retards and watching reality shows... While there's other devs, like for example Zetan, that know how to FUCKING build a plot, build characters with their psyche, and building worlds as a whole. AND have the narrative taste and capability to convey it all in a solid way.

the context here is for the original design of WVM, pre-"fuckeverythingthatmoves"

i assure you, NOBODY here (90%+) is advocating for this guy