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Y'all make me jealous, I'm 56 and so it's still just over the horizon (I mean, probably) but boy does it sound good

ngl I'm jealous (I'm 56 in education IT and technically vested in our retirement  so could early retire BUT the numbers don't number...yet) but also really happy for you, one of us got free! :-D

Purchased. Not like I haven't gotten a bunch of these in other bundles, but y'all deserve it for some (spooky) light in dark times. <3

The update was every bit the roller coaster I expected from the earlier parts, and then late in the game it did a... okay my roller coaster metaphor sucks. I hate roller coasters. Anyhow big story stuff big sexy stuff yay update.

I'm still trying to sort out how to manage that doing the minimum Patreon backing for only my most favorite AVNs would still be approximately infinite dollars per month, but you're on the list, pal, that's for sure. You can't spend that -- yet -- but still.

Hooray for the return to itch, thank you thank you!

Sorry, no, I wasn't clear. I did download it, I just wanted to know how it was going to be going forward. If it'll be back here in the future, then that answers my question. Thanks for replying so quickly and yeah all the support to you creators, this definitely sucks.

I literally paid for it here yesterday.  Is there something that can be done?

Ah yes, the game Roommately Lust.

I keep direct links for the games I like -- definitely including OoT -- and even the games I'm interested in maybe, for times like this when they screw with the search engine. And I join all the discords. What I'm saying is... same.

This seems like a good point to repeat something I commented on Steam about this update (around the time all hell broke loose in said comments, I think):

Your sex game made me cry and I have really mixed feelings about that. :-)

(Context: my mother died of cancer when I was little, now that it's decades later I'd probably give up most of my remaining time if I could get to spend some time with her, so you can figure where in the update you really got me...)

Of course the angry people are largely the ones who comment, all the time everywhere, which was one reason I really wanted to drop a note about my experience.  Of course the combat stuff was yet to come but I enjoyed it fine and it's fun knowing that it's a "multiple routes" thing to a point where I can come back and reply it with different choices as to whom I encounter.  The combat wasn't very hard and of course I could have skipped it, so what's to complain about?

But yeah.  The "mom" in the garden scene, hoo boy.

Last side note: my father passed away almost two years ago (he was in his 90s, but it's never the right time, you know?) and it's been a rocky time since. So I really appreciate your thoughts about loss and how they got into the game. Thanks as always and I look forward to update 20 with the predictable mixture of anticipation and sadness of endings. Which I guess fits the theme, too.

<3

Also same, although I'd probably start over anyway to see the changes. But I also noted the About says 0.3.8 so I'm kind of uncertain...

Listen, nobody should have to ask or apologize for taking a week off once in a while, or spending time each week on self-care, or taking recovery time during times of loss.  I'm no expert on Patreon for sure, but I'd like to hope that just the interaction and clarity of intention would be enough to keep your support base going.

Seeing this on Discord last night made me think a lot about "most of you are here to receive a product" and whether that's maybe an issue -- is this kind of game creation about a production or is it about a, pardon the term, service? Particularly with Patreon/Subscribestar/etc as a model, is it more about subscription to the ongoing experience? If that's the case, then it shouldn't be about a production deadline but just people having the experience, in this case of from time to time getting to expand the story and fun and in between times enjoying stuff like preview renders and interaction on Discord and whatever else (just meant as a examples anyway.)  I've seen games that barely ever get updates but the interaction is constant and lots of wallpapers and everything -- I'm not recommending that (I kind of mentally file those games as abandoned) but there's got to be a balance.

I play very few AVNs that try to come up with an update a month and those that do sometimes have to say "not this month, I need a break" or real life introduces or whatever.  It's okay to not be on that hard a schedule, it's okay to bump it sometimes regardless, it's just... okay.  I think everyone wants an okay Stawer more than wanting an update in a particular week or month or whatever.  I hope so.  I'm looking through the comments here and it's clearly not just me saying so.

Sorry for going so long. I deal with mental health... issues... and I struggle with feeling like I disappoint people depending on me for programming (that I don't get paid for, so screw 'em, ha) and I lost a parent in 2023 and your post really resonated with me which I guess is why this is so long.  I really really really hope you forgive yourself for needing to take a beat.  Stay in touch (but don't start thinking that you're failing if you don't do that as often as you want, either!) and do what you need.  Know that Lucky Paradox is already an amazing unique creation and I hope you're proud of what you've made.  We'll be here when you're ready.  Take care.

Fair enough.  No regrets!  See you on Steam.

Does that (the last version being v0.1.0) also pertain to people who previously paid here?

HH is the game that truly got me into story-heavy AVNs. Very excited for an update on the horizon! 

While I'm more of the "welp, this happens sometimes when playing WIP games" school and will doubtless start over, I agree that the approach CoR used is a good one when possible and encourage considering it (even if using it might mean the player skips over newly inserted content, I guess)

(side note, I don't agree that a save breaking change necessarily only benefits the devs and new users, if the result is a better game then all the players benefit in the long run, which I guess is why I'm philosophical about it)

Either way I've used up enough of my limited brainpower over time converting ASCII in my head in LiL, glad other people did the translating for this post

No dice on ignoring it.  If by starting feature you mean where you can start a new game at a specific recent version, I did indeed do that and it worked fine, and I used skip judiciously to get caught up quickly.  Thanks for that!

Same at least on my two most recent saves from July

Perfect timing, right when I've been replaying Now and Then the last few nights seeing what paths I missed. Your stories are so engrossing!

I'm so psyched about a new update and still so stressed out about what a crap job I've done as an archon actually getting most of these ladies to move on or even seem close to it :-)

I lost my dad in October and we've been wrestling with his messed up estate ever since with much to come. It's a rough time and, well, be well and do what you need, obviously. Love the game but mental and emotional health first. Anyway, commiseration, it definitely sucks.

Just as a heads up the itch app isn't seeing the update

My general policy is: make a game I like from here available on Steam and I plan to buy it.  So yep yep, if you get it past the Steamsors (Steam censors, get it) then I'm in.  No matter what you use for the renders.  I'm far more inclined to buy games than use Patreon or Subscribestar or whatever, but that's me.

Just as a heads up, the itch app still sees the 0.1.1a files as current...

It sees it now, thanks! Looking forward to it!

Any idea why the itch app isn't seeing the new version?

I am definitely also a person who gets little out of the seasonal content in games. It ages poorly and the timing gets off quickly. So, agreed!

Congratulations!

What all of them said.  Recovery comes first.

Congratulations!!

🫂

okay I had more to say after the hug. I'm so sorry for your loss and appreciate your remarks from your experience. My dad is 92 and it's been a whole thing lately trying to help him get his estate in order so we minimize what you talked about and yet I'm still anxious about it all the time (I mean in addition to being anxious about losing my dad, obviously.)  and yeah I worry about my own family, my mom died young after a long hospital stay and anyway, yeah.  I hope things smooth out legally and financially and that everyone remains cool about you getting all the time you need to grieve.  much love, yo

Could not easily be more psyched, particularly about you feeling better (but yeah okay also about all the cool sounding content coming up!)

I love the idea of more Liz wackiness!  Health's more important though, take care of yourself, we're all rooting for your wellbeing I'm sure.

Dammit if I didn't play to the new end in an evening.  Gonna have to go back through a bunch of times and change it up... for science!

All of the above (including starting with 0.16). This game has almost made me cry more than once so far -- now that was a surprise.