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Ruff Ryder

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Aug 18, 2020
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Hi everyone! First off, I want to wish everyone a happy upcoming holiday weekend. I hope everyone of you will have a better next year than this one.
Secondly, I need to clarify some things about the development of the game. I think everyone has noticed that the speed of development has slowed down a lot. The reason for this is my day job. Yes, I work from home (I connect remotely to my work computer), and for the last few years I was able to work on my projects during working hours. There wasn't a lot of work, and I managed to get my work done here and there. However, about six months ago I moved into a new field, my management added new work, and I can no longer fully work on the game during work hours. All I have left is a few hours after work before going to bed. It's not much, and development progress has slowed dramatically. Alas, things won't get better in the coming months, I have several projects that I'll be 100% busy on.
So, what to do then? First of all, I don't think it's fair to charge money for such slow work. That's why as of March 2023 I've turned off billing, so you guys aren't losing your money. And I won't turn it back on until I can fully work on the game again. If that happens, I'll give you guys advance notice. Secondly, I'm going to try to take off some of my day job next year because I can't work that long, I'm already feeling pretty tired of it. Perhaps I will move to another department or even change my workplace. It won't be easy, but there is no other way.
Well, that's the unhappy news at the end of the year. But it is what it is.
Anyway, we have the weekend ahead of us, so we all need a good rest. See you next year!
What I don't understand, instead of turning them off completely why not reduce the payment tiers? People can still support him since he's apparently working in his free time and they can therefore support him, but just not as much since he can't work as much anymore?
 

Catherine♡

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Mar 10, 2019
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What I don't understand, instead of turning them off completely why not reduce the payment tiers? People can still support him since he's apparently working in his free time and they can therefore support him, but just not as much since he can't work as much anymore?
Dev is from Russia, even if he did that he wouldn't see a penny.

He could technically do what PixelsLab -Dev of The intoxicating flavor- was doing, travel to a neighbour country and retrieve the money. But as PixelsLab himself pointed out it's not viable.
 

dodgingnoir

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Feb 11, 2022
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This has quickly become one of my favorite AVNs. The story is exceptional and the renders are superb. Keep up the awesome work Grinvald and I hope things settle down for you at work. Just remember to also rest and enjoy life a little. Lastly Ginger Power all the way :D
 

White Lamp

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Dec 18, 2020
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v0.09 Development progress
  • Renders - 85%
  • Animations - 0%
  • Rendering post-processing - 85%
  • Music & Sounds - 0%
  • Translation - 10%
does the animations, translation, music and sounds take about the same amount of time as renders/rendering post processing? (i.e. 5% every 7-10 days?)
 

darlic

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Feb 27, 2017
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does the animations, translation, music and sounds take about the same amount of time as renders/rendering post processing? (i.e. 5% every 7-10 days?)
They would most likely take much more time. In fact, if I were the dev I would ditch 'em to keep up with the update release cycle since the actual dev can't devote the same amount of time to the game as he used to.
 

gestved

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Aug 18, 2017
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animations take longer to render but the biggest chunk of updates are normal renders if I'm not mistaken, as you would get at most about 5 animations per patch, but this changes based on the dev obviously. Anyway I'm glad to wait and to have updates at all
 
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