WICKEDp4th

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here is my unofficial Android port of Midlife Crisis v0.34.
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from now on my Android ports of Ren'Py games have a 2nd, persistent save location like Windows. if you uninstall an app, the save files and persistent data remain intact.
therefore the app needs the permission to access the public external storage (or a new one on Android 11+), because it has to read and write outside its own external storage directories.
you have to grant the permission or the app is shut down.

have fun and please report problems (you can reach me ).
is there really no patched version of the android 0.34? i've searched but i accept that i might just be really incompetent at finding things.
 

fotogaik

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It's all just rumors. No one knows what happened to him. (But he did mention that he had medical issues a while ago).
On one hand, that's the most likely thing that has happened based on literal reading of his earlier posts. So it's a reasonable guess... He may be dead or incapacitated.

On the other hand, however, he made the perfect setup for a disappearance. Assuming it's all a sham: Fail to deliver and disappear for months on end in the past, get people to believe that he has health issues. Nobody will question a sudden disappearance and after months, they will all eventually resign to the probable fact that he passed away.

So there's the looming possibility that he gave up on the game. His last message was that he could have sworn he uploaded an update.

In the past, his disappearance didn't lead to immediate loss of patrons, so he would have known his Patreon income was safe for at least a few months. 2 years and 7 months after the last game update and 2 years and 4 months since his last post, he still has 135 paying patrons on Patreon and who knows how many on Subscribestar.

He could have assumed a different identity and could be working on a different game. He could just get on with his life.

Remember that when Palmer died, his collaborators wanted to continue working on their games (they had all the assets and shared access to the account) and they notified Patreon of Palmer's passing and asked if they can continue using the same account, even if all patrons were automatically unsubscribed and would have to re-subscribe. Patreon didn't even enter into discussions but immediately disabled and erased the account.

So there are four possibilites:
- Nefastus is dead, his family notified Patreon, but for some reason they made an exception and haven't locked his account.
- Nefastus is dead, but his family has no idea of his Patreon side income which is collecting in some account unavailable to them.
- Nefastus is dead, his family is aware of the Patreon account, is taking the money and is lying that Nefastus isn't dead.
- Nefastus is dead, but he formally bequeathed the account in his will, maybe even did it before passing, so the account can't be legally locked by Patreon.
- Nefastus isn't dead, he confirmed it many times with Patreon, he's just inactive, but that in and of itself is not grounds for suspending, locking, disabling or erasing an account.

In either case, the only potentially positive outcome is that Nefastus is alive, is making updates in the background, and will make a sudden return, upload the belated update, then another one in quick succession and then continue his usual trimonthly cadence. But I wouldn't hold my breath.
 

HornyyPussy

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On one hand, that's the most likely thing that has happened based on literal reading of his earlier posts. So it's a reasonable guess... He may be dead or incapacitated.

On the other hand, however, he made the perfect setup for a disappearance. Assuming it's all a sham: Fail to deliver and disappear for months on end in the past, get people to believe that he has health issues. Nobody will question a sudden disappearance and after months, they will all eventually resign to the probable fact that he passed away.

So there's the looming possibility that he gave up on the game. His last message was that he could have sworn he uploaded an update.

In the past, his disappearance didn't lead to immediate loss of patrons, so he would have known his Patreon income was safe for at least a few months. 2 years and 7 months after the last game update and 2 years and 4 months since his last post, he still has 135 paying patrons on Patreon and who knows how many on Subscribestar.

He could have assumed a different identity and could be working on a different game. He could just get on with his life.

Remember that when Palmer died, his collaborators wanted to continue working on their games (they had all the assets and shared access to the account) and they notified Patreon of Palmer's passing and asked if they can continue using the same account, even if all patrons were automatically unsubscribed and would have to re-subscribe. Patreon didn't even enter into discussions but immediately disabled and erased the account.

So there are four possibilites:
- Nefastus is dead, his family notified Patreon, but for some reason they made an exception and haven't locked his account.
- Nefastus is dead, but his family has no idea of his Patreon side income which is collecting in some account unavailable to them.
- Nefastus is dead, his family is aware of the Patreon account, is taking the money and is lying that Nefastus isn't dead.
- Nefastus is dead, but he formally bequeathed the account in his will, maybe even did it before passing, so the account can't be legally locked by Patreon.
- Nefastus isn't dead, he confirmed it many times with Patreon, he's just inactive, but that in and of itself is not grounds for suspending, locking, disabling or erasing an account.

In either case, the only potentially positive outcome is that Nefastus is alive, is making updates in the background, and will make a sudden return, upload the belated update, then another one in quick succession and then continue his usual trimonthly cadence. But I wouldn't hold my breath.
I'd say he being alive no matter what happened is a positive outcome......
 

c3p0

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In my eyes it comes down to 4 options:
He or someone with the original files work on the project or not.
He is alive or not.

Whatever is the case we don't know until we see it and I doubt we will. But, do we something new after post #13 182 or are we just going around in big circle since then? Just a rhetorical question.
 
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Shiva0067

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-FAKE- Breaking News

Having expended MASSIVE resources investigating the situation (I took a nap and had a silly thought), it has been PROVEN that Nefastus was ABDUCTED by ALIENS who needed help changing a lightbulb. At this time there is LITTLE information of the lightbulbs location, or the time required for its replacement. We hope that the trip to an alien planet SIX Galaxies away will be brief, but as walking is the fastest method of travel available, we cannot give an accurate estimated time for return. As such it is asked the people remain calm (the WORLD is DOOOOMED).

End -FAKE- Breaking News

Honestly, I hope that Nef is OK. Yes, it sucks that we may not see a conclusion to this AWESOME story. What we have is great and I'm grateful for the opportunity to play it. I will continue to watch for an update (other Devs have reappeared after LONG breaks), and hope that Nef is doing well.

Just a thought.
 
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OhGodNotAgain

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-FAKE- Breaking News

Having expended MASSIVE resources investigating the situation (I took a nap and had a silly thought), it has been PROVEN that Nefastus was ABDUCTED by ALIENS who needed help changing a lightbulb. At this time there is LITTLE information of the lightbulbs location, or the time required for its replacement. We hope that the trip to an alien planet SIX Galaxies away will be brief, but as walking is the fastest method of travel available, we cannot give an accurate estimated time for return. As such it is asked the people remain calm (the WORLD is DOOOOMED).

End -FAKE- Breaking News

Honestly, I hope that Nef is OK. Yes, it sucks that we may not see a conclusion to this AWESOME story. What we have is great and I'm grateful for the opportunity to play it. I will continue to watch for an update (other Devs have reappeared after LONG breaks), and hope that Nef is doing well.

Just a thought.
No mention of chocolate chip cookies anywhere in this post...Who are you and what have you done with the real Shiva0087!?
 
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