Your analogy sucks. Don't do those anymore. Moving on.
I haven't played a version of this dime-a-dozen game since the very first appearance on this site. I don't actually give a shit about how the dev acquired their media. That was never the point of my question to the dev. I have never once knocked another person's hustle, but I do call out bullshit when I see it.
I have zero respect for this. To assume that I'm the type of person that doesn't believe others should benefit from hard work is nonsense and lazy thinking. Did you ever see me in the "Ravager" thread talking about that team protecting their game? Nope. Why? Because that's a project made entirely from scratch by a group of people that pay to have content exclusively made for their game. They pay their artists and their voice actors.
What's actually happening in this case is a dev benefiting from the hard work of others, not compensating them and then crying foul when they feel they're not being compensated enough for benefiting from the hard work of others.
Let's break down the dev's bullet points and then you can go crawl back under the desk, sweetheart.
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"Later, I switched to a hybrid model of an online version paired with a privately distributed offline version, which has taken a toll on the progress of game development."
Here we have the pirate dev blaming piracy for the delay in development of this game. You know what would make development of this game faster? Not starting an entirely different game. Personal responsibility goes a long way. In fact, if I remember correctly the excuse for the lack of development of this game was immediately said, BY THE DEV, to be the fact that this game was essentially a prototype for the second one.
"Due to the current leak of this version, I will need to implement a better security mechanism and have decided to publish the game online only until the issue is resolved."
Again, this game's development was already delayed by the development of the dev's second game. This is an excuse and a common milking tactic. It's meant to wring out tears and dollars from idiots. Or do you believe that it's okay for the dev to paywall stolent content while trying to morally browbeat people who, in turn, steal their content? Is that the hill you're going to die on? The dev would be in much more financial distress if they, legally, acted in the same way they pretend to expect players of their game to act.
Also, understand that making the game accessible solely through an online version makes it easier for the dev to take the money and run whenever their feelings are hurt enough. It also makes it much less secure for the end-user. Wait until the excuse that they couldn't pay server fees to keep the game going comes up.
"I include information intended only for the designated recipient, and each build is unique to its intended user."
Milking tactic.
"Leaks delay development progress, as I must spend more time protecting the game rather than developing it."
Redundant garbage. Already addressed.
"It adversely affects the quality of development."
Cookie cutter coding isn't difficult development. The hard work on this game and the other is already done by the porn studios and actors. The only thing adversely affecting quality is milking two games at once.
"Future development may be abandoned. Even though you might receive one or two versions in advance, the leaks can demotivate us to the point of potentially abandoning the project."
No one actually cares. No one that's not a gullible fool at any rate. This isn't some type of revolutionary game that won't be replaced. This is an empty threat. Milking tactic.
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You may resume slurping, princess.
It's not an empty threat he's stopped work. You guys won already. I don't even like this game, you can see my review on page 2 https://thef95zone.info/threads/corpo-life-v0-19-corpolife_dev.136520/page-2/br-reviewsAll i see here is a little crybaby complayning about his 2lines of text & stollen artwork on a pirate website...
Come one, either you are retarded or living sheltered to don't know that life is hard & unfair, or that as soon you post something in internet it's not your anymore no matter all the copyright & safe walls you are putting on it.
All it take is 1 subcripter to leak it here or in any other pirates websites, & it will maybe hit you hard but there is nothing you can do about it... it's the same with passwords, none are safe, all it take is time, but in the end all will be cracked one day.
The Dev is putting bullets in his feets himself on his own free will.
Great. When did I demand work with no pay? I never had an issue with how the money was being made. The only things I took issue with were the ballsy level of hypocrisy and the pity baiting.It's not an empty threat he's stopped work. You guys won already. I don't even like this game, you can see my review on page 2 https://thef95zone.info/threads/corpo-life-v0-19-corpolife_dev.136520/page-2/br-reviews
I just find the concept of righteously demanding work for no pay hilarious.
What it ultimately comes down to is he doesn't think it's worth it to work on the game for this little amount of pay. People being unhappy about that is asking for something unreasonable. I just hope he makes more money with his next game.Great. When did I demand work with no pay? I never had an issue with how the money was being made. The only things I took issue with were the ballsy level of hypocrisy and the pity baiting.
Also, good. We need less of this type of dev around anyway. I don't know if my profile is public, but I've almost always been overwhelming pro-dev. This person just sucks.
"working without pay is slavery" it's a fan project, something he chose to do. If he doesn't get pay he's free to not do it, nobody is legally binding him to complete this job. The problem however is his money hungry practices which I and many other people have said he is free to do but he must accept that there are people who won't take kindly to such blatant money grubbing and will work against those practices. It's why I leaked the full version last year and it's why it happened again this year, people are very clearly tired of his whining and his "woe is me" attitude when it comes to making a porn game he's stolen 90% of the assets from and acting like he's the one in the studio making these shots and compiling the game. Whatever happens he's going to have to take responsibility for his own actions and admit that he's the cause of all of this.So you're going to go to his house and make him work on it at gun point or what? The money is the incentive we have to try to make him work on it, saying he has to work on it without pay is called slavery. If you want to encourage more effort try to make the pay a worthwhile wage. Refusing to pay and then crying when no workers show up to your factory is the most hilarious stupidity.
Same, I played this quite a long time ago and there were many parts of the game that were difficult to figure out and lots to miss if you did a certain thing out of order, guide was kinda needed. I looked around as well and website is down and doesn't seem to be anyone posting a copy. Heck I would take an older version guide/walkthrough doesn't have to be this version.There was a website that included all character guides. Is that website still available or paywalled? I can not find it. If so does anyone has these guides?
Never asked or ordering free work... a good work (even for games i don't like/don't care about, with bad mechanic or is a hidden kinetic) need to be rewarded.It's not an empty threat he's stopped work. You guys won already. I don't even like this game, you can see my review on page 2 https://thef95zone.info/threads/corpo-life-v0-19-corpolife_dev.136520/page-2/br-reviews
I just find the concept of righteously demanding work for no pay hilarious.
nobody is demanding work for no pay. if he wants to stop he can stop. people just want access to content without it being paywalled. Whether you think he's within his rights to paywall content he ripped from a jav website or not is whatever. If people don't think it's fair people won't pay and there may even be people in that group who will work against him in order to give access to everybody. If the game gets leaked it's whatever. do you see a majority of game devs online crying about their game getting cracked and put on repack sites? No, it's the cost of business, leaks will happen and spending time trying to cook up ways to prevent your game being leaked so you can squeeze more money out of people instead of working on the game is a waste of time. He wants to cry in his little discord with subs like you who pay for his game and get cash for stealing work while acting like he's done everything himself then he can, but we'll laugh and people will get tired of it and eventually leak it.It's not an empty threat he's stopped work. You guys won already. I don't even like this game, you can see my review on page 2 https://thef95zone.info/threads/corpo-life-v0-19-corpolife_dev.136520/page-2/br-reviews
I just find the concept of righteously demanding work for no pay hilarious.
Fact is he clearly thinks he's not making enough money, and you're making him make less money. Then it only makes sense to stop the project, it really doesn't matter if you think his feelings about it are annoying or whatever. He's being very transparent, he's going to stop working on the project, and that's what has happened. All the whinging about it afterwards is just trying to make him keep working despite it not being financially worthwhile for him."working without pay is slavery" it's a fan project, something he chose to do. If he doesn't get pay he's free to not do it, nobody is legally binding him to complete this job. The problem however is his money hungry practices which I and many other people have said he is free to do but he must accept that there are people who won't take kindly to such blatant money grubbing and will work against those practices. It's why I leaked the full version last year and it's why it happened again this year, people are very clearly tired of his whining and his "woe is me" attitude when it comes to making a porn game he's stolen 90% of the assets from and acting like he's the one in the studio making these shots and compiling the game. Whatever happens he's going to have to take responsibility for his own actions and admit that he's the cause of all of this.
That's how Japanese porn works, there isn't an uncensored version available.so many beautiful japanese women but they are all censored...
Correct, it got updated on the Latest Uploads page for some reason, I assume he is trying to stay relevant with some minor patch or something.No, it's not complete.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but IIRC, it's marked as "Completed" because the dev got tired of the leaks and took things in this thread personally, so he marked it as "Completed" and wanted nothing to do with the thread anymore. I think this was mentioned about a dozen or so pages back.
You're weird. The problem here is; when you do something with real porn, it's wrong to sell it. You can't exploit someone else's labor and then say something like "Don't exploit my labor". You make the game for free, but those who like it support you, that's acceptable.So you're going to go to his house and make him work on it at gun point or what? The money is the incentive we have to try to make him work on it, saying he has to work on it without pay is called slavery. If you want to encourage more effort try to make the pay a worthwhile wage. Refusing to pay and then crying when no workers show up to your factory is the most hilarious stupidity.