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

[dolfe67]

So didn't he had already more than 2k renders for the actual update? Why is he thinking now on releasing it in small chunks instead of just releasing all that he got done and then in the next update start doing smaller updates? It makes no sense, he got a lot of work done and will now "sell" it every month for a few months instead of just putting out the whole update he has already done, it's madness.

Having an update now with let's say 500 renders when we all know he has done more than 2k would feel like a huge BS and a slap in the face for every patreon tbh.

I have a feeling of déjà vu... oh yeah milfy city

Personally, with as long as these issues have been going on with the game, and the mental impact it is having on the dev (going by what they said anyway), i would just let the game die and be done with it, rather than drag it out for years and probably never getting out of this "slump".
Just dragging it out is not doing right by the subscribers or themselves.
Sometimes you just have to let things go, i mean let's be honest, the game has been going downhill for a long time anyway.

It's hard to let so much money go

 

[FreshRevenge]

is there a uncensored version or a patch?

LOL I thought I would never see censorship in a Braindrop game. But he pulls it in the first mini episode. If you were trying to alienate your fans, censorship is a big way to do it.

I mean if he was trying tease people, he could done it with different camera angles or towels coverings etc But to use a distortion filter over the goods is not cool at all!

 

[deku12]

Well after playing DITLO, I still have hope that we might get some Harper action. Fingers crossed though.

 

[Trojaner]

He's censoring girls now ? lol, This is just going from bad to worse

Just Harper and MC's Face. Problem what i have with this, if he doesn't want to show Harp then it was the worst time to drop it atleast if he even has planned it to show her in the main game. For MC's Face if don't want to show it he should have just use it as he always has done through the Eyes of MC in this part. The MC's Face Censor at this part feels just so fucking creepy. Ya know some sort of Horror/Psycho Thriller style.

 

[conscientious objector]

Maybe because these 2k+ renderers don't really exist and he hasn't done anything for the most part all this time. Haven't thought about it?

Can't be. Impossible. Devs always tell the truth 100% of the time and this job is harder than ice road truckers, crab fishing, fighter pilot, off shore oil rig combined. This is the most dangerous, stressful, demanding job in the world. So cut him some slack.

 

[Mayonesa]

Maybe those 2k renders aren't ready for making one big, linear update. He might have different scenes ready but not other minor scenes to link them, so he can't just release the whole pack as it is, but he can start to release smaller chunks and force himself to connect them in proper order. I can totally see why in a moment of blocking he could have been editing 'already done' scenes to the point that what once was almost ready to go is now in a serious need of even more work to make it a whole, coherent thing again.

Of course, people is going to believe he's milking anyway

I could see that but the thing is that weeks ago he said that he got the first day ready with more than 1.5k renders ready and that it was just the last day that needed to be touched up.
He now releasing anything but a complete day that was ready and was a solution he offered some time ago would be a huge fuck you to any fan of his work, if he brings an update and is not a full day or is a really small part it's a mistake, but well I will just unsub and go my way, braindrop seems to have lost his way.

 

[FreshRevenge]

Just Harper and MC's Face. Problem what i have with this, if he doesn't want to show Harp then it was the worst time to drop it atleast if he even has planned it to show her in the main game. For MC's Face if don't want to show it he should have just use it as he always has done through the Eyes of MC in this part. The MC's Face Censor at this part feels just so fucking creepy. Ya know some sort of Horror/Psycho Thriller style.

I found it funny that he was wearing a hoodie to bed lol.

 

[Battle Brother Mac]

So didn't he had already more than 2k renders for the actual update? Why is he thinking now on releasing it in small chunks instead of just releasing all that he got done and then in the next update start doing smaller updates? It makes no sense, he got a lot of work done and will now "sell" it every month for a few months instead of just putting out the whole update he has already done, it's madness.

Having an update now with let's say 500 renders when we all know he has done more than 2k would feel like a huge BS and a slap in the face for every patreon tbh.

Either it's a marketing strategy or there is no 2k render at all.

 

[Joshua Tree]

I could see that but the thing is that weeks ago he said that he got the first day ready with more than 1.5k renders ready and that it was just the last day that needed to be touched up.
He now releasing anything but a complete day that was ready and was a solution he offered some time ago would be a huge fuck you to any fan of his work, if he brings an update and is not a full day or is a really small part it's a mistake, but well I will just unsub and go my way, braindrop seems to have lost his way.

Maybe when you start rake in nice from your Patreon, it become more fun to spend your bucks than spend your time on make more of them? idk..

 

[Klopdwerg]

Haven't played it yet, about to start but reading all the (negative) feedback here i'm sure this will work into BD insecurity even more instead of helping him. We can all expect the real update to be even posponed longer now.

Really can't wrap my mind around it that he jumped to this instead of working on WVM itself. Ok, he is in a bad shape (mentally) but if you can start something new you can also finish the current project which only needed some polishing according to his logs.

I'm sure he would get more credits if he just dropped the update instead of working around it. And in the long run it would be better for him to get back on his feet.

 

[underoath27]

So, kind of spin off?

 

[ImperialD]

i'm wondering if BD really did this ... Harpers abs are too much compared to the reg. game .... and those censored areas look more like scratches ... and since when did BD ever put in the MC head .. never that i know of ... so who did this ??

 

[Domdeyso]

Is this a story update or what?

 

[FreshRevenge]

My question is why is it called mini game? I didn't see any gameplay elements to be called a mini game?

 

[hiddink]

Hahahahaha ok i will not download any shit

 

[Joshua Tree]

My question is why is it called mini game? I didn't see any gameplay elements to be called a mini game?

Because you could risk get a mini erection at best?

 

[ImperialD]

Because you could risk get a mini erection at best?

i could see that if Harper was shown naked

 

[Trojaner]

i'm wondering if BD really did this ... Harpers abs are too much compared to the reg. game .... and those censored areas look more like scratches ... and since when did BD ever put in the MC head .. never that i know of ... so who did this ??

Well, it shows more or less that he isn't able to manage all things right at his state now. He's in a fucking Deep Hole where he need a lot to fight to get out of it.

 

[Attal]

Did Jamie's ass get bigger?

 

[Bob69]

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Sup guys.
I just felt like typing some shit out. I know I said the next thoughts post would be on the 2nd but I'm feeling a certain type of way and I just know what I have to do even if you guys won't like it.

It's no secret that shit has been fucked for a while.
It all starts and stops with me, and I've been on quite the self destructive journey lately.
Things kept clashing together in the worst ways at the worst times and I let myself slowly fall into this mental block.
I can't describe the mental side of this shit. All I can say is that putting the actual update out is simultaneously something that I know has to be done and I want to do, and is also something that I dread having to do.
The pressure, the expectations, the finality of it all.
It's all self imposed issues. I know that, I'm not trying to deny it.

It's almost been a year since the last actual update. A fucking year.
There's so much work done but none of it has been shown and it's the most frustrating thing. I hate this, I hate feeling incapable.
The obvious question is "What's stopping you from releasing it?"
And I don't have a good answer. Anytime I sit down and package it and think about calling it done, I get this deep guttural feeling of dread. I'm so fucking mentally blocked up and I don't know why.
I fucking wish I did.
It's not something I think about once and then put off for a month. It is all day every single day.
But I've been doing everything I can to get away from it. To try and put it off but it's impossible.
My wife mentioned to me about how she thinks I'm worried to call it quits on it because then everything that has happened this year is over. It means I'm over it and it shouldn't.
There's so fucking much that I haven't told you guys about shit that has happened because I hate sounding like a fucking excuse robot. There's been so many times where I've typed out these long rant posts just to ctrl+w at the end. (Don't try that command unless you're tired of reading this btw)
Working on WVM has always been an escape for me... and something about stopping the work that I was doing when all of these things happened feels like I'm closing away that part of my life... I think.
Does it really make sense? No, but it just... it is what it is I don't know what else to say.
I've been stuck and I want out. I need out.
And that brings me to this next part.

I made the DITLO with Harper and I had a fucking blast making it. It was fun to write... hell it was even fun to edit the images (Which is usually the biggest bore for me).
And... it was even fun to release.
Sure, it may not be what you guys really wanted right now. Sure, it may suck that she was censored in it. I get it, but that's not what really matters.
It was the first time in nearly a year that I felt good about releasing something.
Like really good, I feel great right now which is insane.

There's many reasons for that but the important bit for this is that it made me realize what I need to do.
I've asked about it before and you guys overwhelmingly said to hold off and release the update in full all at once.
And I do agree that that way would be the best for the game and the best overall experience... but I can't. Trust me, I want to... but I can't.
The simplest way I can put it is that there's too much instant finality to it. I put a piece of me into every part of this game and I think it makes it a good game but it also makes situations like these... really hard to let go of.
When it's over... life goes back to normal. And that scares the fuck out of me right now.
But it has to be over.

Part of me says that I should just rip the band aid off but I'm legitimately scared of things going poorly and me ending up in an even worst spot.
There's so much emotionally put into this update... it's fucking rough man.

I've always enjoyed small consistent releases... mostly. I get the most short term enjoyment from them but I don't feel like they're what's best for the game in a developmental aspect. And I've become incapable of the consistent part anyway.
So... instead of ripping the band aid off I'm going to slowly peel and chew at the bastard until it's gone.
I'm going to sit down and parse the update out in chunks that make sense to me and I'm going to release those chunks.
I'm going to allow myself to work on some of the scenes again... there are a few that I genuinely think I can improve rather easily and quickly. I'm not going to let myself go into perfectionist mode... and that's not what this has been about. I don't think anyway.

I can do it in chunks... I'm not going to pretend like I won't be stressed or be bogged down by that dread feeling... but I can manage it.
It has to get done.
I really tried to do it the way that most of you wanted it to be... I did.
I still want to do it that way but I simply can't I'm sorry.

I'm going to hold off on the character sheets and bday renders that were planned and focus on getting the update chunked out before releasing those.

And ultimately if you want to wait for all of it to be out then you're free to do so.
I just know that this is the only way for me to get out of this block I'm in right now.
I thought letting enough time pass would let me heal enough but the pressure of the update is really slowing that stuff down.

I do apologize for going this route after asking how you guys wanted it.
It's out of necessity though and I hope you understand.

I'll have info about update sizes and dates soon.
Thanks for caring enough to read my brain vomit.
Love you guys and talk to you soon.

(Oh and each release for this will be available to all patrons and former patrons (Through discord))