discussion Abandoned VN Ren'Py DAZ Corrupted Love [v0.10a] [RIC0H]

[Nastastic]

I didn't actually realize that there were two different versions of each update of this game before. I just figured that the game wasn't going in a direction that interested me so there was no reason to play it further. I've checked back on the thread from time to time, but have otherwise not played this game for quite some time. I'm not sure if the hidden version of the game would be worth playing or not and would need more of a description of it to know, but at least in theory that version sounds like it might be worth playing.

The game is great. It's the fact that RIC0H is holding back game content and not ever releasing it except for the highest tiers of subscribers that is disappointing.

 

[Greybourn]

lol honestly I don't know why anyone supports this dude. I did in the beginning. Then it was "I only do this part time" Updates weren't that bad. Then long delays, then it was "I have a job now I won't have as much time" And those that asked "didn't you already have a job and that's why updates were slow?" were quickly shut down in discord. He is a milkman, with a sycophant following.

I left after he thought "hey I am going to take this old content cut it out of the game then re-release it as new content later on"

l literally laughed my ass off when I saw what version he was releasing here.

 

[Nastastic]

lol honestly I don't know why anyone supports this dude. I did in the beginning. Then it was "I only do this part time" Updates weren't that bad. Then long delays, then it was "I have a job now I won't have as much time" And those that asked "didn't you already have a job and that's why updates were slow?" were quickly shut down in discord. He is a milkman, with a sycophant following.

I left after he thought "hey I am going to take this old content cut it out of the game then re-release it as new content later on"

l literally laughed my ass off when I saw what version he was releasing here.

The struggle is real. Most devs can't support themselves solely through deving (Westy and Mr. Dots are major exceptions). And real jobs take time and energy away from deving...as does family etc. I don't think RIC0H is milking...I think he made a mistake with this model of paywalling forever a special edition which should instead be released after a delay.

 

[BgileMunro]

So you guys think all VNs should be free and the devs should never be compensated for their work. Because as individuals you won't play it unless it's free.

 

[Republican Bear]

So you guys think all VNs should be free and the devs should never be compensated for their work. Because as individuals you won't play it unless it's free.

Nope but the majority of forums or link sites like this don't care they are pirate sites. I'm fine with waiting a month so the developer can make money and please his subscribers.

I just dis-like creators who pay-wall content for a game. I've seen this happen one to many times with writers of fan-fiction lately as well.

 

[ArturiousDesign]

What's even IN the .6 update? This game hasn't come out in YEARS and there is no new content ...

 

[the_666]

Reposting an old update only makes you hate waiting for the new update more

 

[BeowulfKnight]

It's funny that this game is the spark that finally made the smoldering issue explode. This will end up being like when EA's loot box greed pushed the issue over the edge. Like what has been posted above everyone should go to the thread pertaining to site changes and voice their opinion.

 

[HardDaddyTimes]

I just got disappointed twice ... at first I thought there is finally a "new" update to play, but it's just 0.6 which I already played end of september "last" year! ... and second, now reading about "high"-price paywall shit for some game LI's?!? wtf!
I can only agree with @ThePieRat - 20 bucks for just an update? judging by the previous update sizes and the f-ing waiting time since the last update -> nope, nope and nope ... will never happen to spend that much - I rather take those 20 and buy an actual "full" game on steam or similar shops!
Another game ruined ... this just reminds me of something similar, "Blackmailing the Family" ... since the dev there choose too to make a paywall for some of the content and the time elapsed since the last update ... I wouldn't be surprised to hear it got abandoned -> seems it did not pay out in the end for this dev ... I'm afraid this will be also the start of the end for @RIC0H 's "Corrupted Love"-project ... such a shame, it's such a cool game ... or should I say: was such a cool game?

This isn't exactly news. Why so angry now. The system with the Gallery-Edition, from memory, has been in place for at least the two latest updates.
In 0.6 I think we even got some new content moved from the GE to the SE.
Myself, choose to not be angry, and think of it as non canon material.

 

[J.R.]

This isn't exactly news. Why so angry now. The system with the Gallery-Edition, from memory, has been in place for at least the two latest updates.
In 0.6 I think we even got some new content moved from the GE to the SE.
Myself, choose to not be angry, and think of it as non canon material.

That was maybe until v0.6, but with v0.7 big content is now paywalled (in v0.7 it's almost 1/4 of the new content!). And with the lewdcorner "dev owns the thread" policy the GE version never can drop here. On F95 he said the SE version only exists because of the F95 loli rules and he had to cut that content and put it into the GE version - but that's imo bullshit since it's now paywalled here, too. And also for the "low" tiers (10 bucks per month is now also already a low tier....). Don't know, but the whole thing is sus as fuck now.

 

[coldengine]

what's the point of a gallery if there is a S on keyboard?

 

[BeowulfKnight]

what's the point of a gallery if there is a S on keyboard?

It's actually the full version with the intended scenes the non gallery version cuts a chunk of the story out so he can hold it hostage.

 

[Randeza]

SE = Standard Edition (The standard version of the game)
GE = Gallery Edition (This is the SE, but with an added Gallery + Bonus scenes)

What an greedy dev, talk about shooting yourself in the foot

 

[Jellyluve]

What I don't understand is why the dev thought this new GE paywall content was going to fly. Before the dev was going to put the youngest daughter's h-scenes behind the GE paywall until everybody went batshit crazy over it, now he's taken it one step further and put a whole orphanage (full of girls) behind the GE paywall.

 

[BeowulfKnight]

What I don't understand is why the dev thought this new GE paywall content was going to fly. Before the dev was going to put the youngest daughter's h-scenes behind the GE paywall until everybody went batshit crazy over it, now he's taken it one step further and put a whole orphanage full of girls behind the GE paywall...

 

[Jellyluve]

BeowulfKnight.

But that's the thing, the dev already tried pay-walling the youngest daughter's scenes before and it just blew up in his face. I wouldn't even be surprised if the dev lost subs/money for doing that. Now he's turning around and doing it again.

 

[BeowulfKnight]

BeowulfKnight.

But that's the thing, the dev already tried pay-walling the youngest daughter's scenes before and it just blew up in his face. I wouldn't even be surprised if the dev lost subs/money for doing that. Now he's turning around and doing it again.

Greed and the ability to create a very good game does not mean he has any business acumen.

 

[User_869]

BeowulfKnight.

But that's the thing, the dev already tried pay-walling the youngest daughter's scenes before and it just blew up in his face. I wouldn't even be surprised if the dev lost subs/money for doing that. Now he's turning around and doing it again.

Laurens sex scenes have never been paywalled.

Megans R scene was paywalled, then it was discussed on Discord and the result was:
Add Megan to the main version and keep the orphanage girls exclusive to the gallery version.

And this is exactly what I have done... And people still moan

I did the exact thing that people wanted, and then the people complain that I gave them what they asked for.

 

[S7aard]

Laurens sex scenes have never been paywalled.

Megans R scene was paywalled, then it was discussed on Discord and the result was:
Add Megan to the main version and keep the orphanage girls exclusive to the gallery version.

And this is excactly what I have done... And people still moan

I did the excact thing that people wanted, and then the people complain that I gave them what they asked for.

why tf are you listening to them? Keeping ANY gameplay (bar actual gallery renders that don't appear in the game) locked behind a paywall makes you look greedy

 

[BeowulfKnight]

why tf are you listening to them? Keeping ANY gameplay (bar actual gallery renders that don't appear in the game) locked behind a paywall makes you look greedy

What's even more funny is he's gonna feel it even more since it's causing the whole site to vote on not letting him control the thread. The vote is already 131 to 11 in favor of it so yeah it's pretty much done. (quick edit, not him specifically, but he is mentioned almost directly in the poll and reason why the site is changing.)