Idk man I'm just crossing my fingers and hoping that this isn't as bad as it sounds.Agreed but can't help but wonder will we even get the details? and if not what's the next step
Idk man I'm just crossing my fingers and hoping that this isn't as bad as it sounds.Agreed but can't help but wonder will we even get the details? and if not what's the next step
No, you don't get what I'm saying. The project lead/supervisor/whatever, that only realizes that they don't like your work when it's close to being done, isn't good at their job. I don't need to hear the reason on why William's project got scrapped. It might even be a very valid one.I get what you're saying but let's at least wait until we hear the exact reason for all this before we go for the torches and pitchforks here.
Yeah, I suppose you have a good point.No, you don't get what I'm saying. The project lead/supervisor/whatever, that only realizes that they don't like your work when it's close to being done, isn't good at their job. I don't need to hear the reason on why William's project got scrapped. It might even be a very valid one.
The people in charge in FenCo should just have come to this conclusion much, much sooner.
Wait so if you're still working on it then... look man, I'll stop hounding you on this, but im gonna get one more out first.Most of July was spent working on the now-in-stasis ZS expansion
I'm not trying to shut you down or anything but unless you're actively subbed to him on Patreon or w/e (and even then you're not paying for that specific content to be completed)I I don't think William has to give any information beyond informing people that it's been put into stasis for w/e reason.Wait so if you're still working on it then... look man, I'll stop hounding you on this, but im gonna get one more out first.
I get that you probably can't tell us exactly what happened due to various buisinessy reasons, I understand that, but at least some explanation is warranted here. ~~Snip~~
Yeah, you're right. I guess I was just frustrated and angry and wanted to get one last word out.I'm not trying to shut you down or anything but unless you're actively subbed to him on Patreon or w/e (and even then you're not paying for that specific content to be completed)I I don't think William has to give any information beyond informing people that it's been put into stasis for w/e reason.
Personally I'm pretty disappointed the Jumper stuff has been shelved as I loved them since I first saw William post about them on this thread years ago but knowing the new stuff isn't being implemented is all the relevant info I need
You're probably better off finding out who currently decides which content makes it in and in what form and asking them than pressuring William.
Woah, thats... a lot....Changing Pains & July Scene Update; Sophora Overview
The week leading up to the turn of the month into August was a worrisome moment in the family. I knew most of this year was going to be extremely difficult but towards the end it would start shifting favorably, and today I can say that part's finally begun - I can say there's a lot of weight off my shoulders, for now. Hopefully for good.
I don't have a meaningful writing update for the last seven days. I was still crushed, I was exhausted, and I've been struggling back into healthier routines I used to have before 2022's move, like regular, daily exercise.
For the Vava Groom monthly content update, I'm delaying it again. I'm sorry. I also still need Nonesuch to proofread it, as Vava Groom is his creation. As the monthly content is delayed, I will post a proper progress report this Saturday, along with the document and the next poll.
Lastly for this post, I wanted to talk about the currently furloughed Sophora Quest & Jumper Quarters xpac document that I was working on and hoping to have implemented across July. I'm uncertain the content in question - primarily regarding Sophora - and my pitch for the Jumpers will remain faithful to my original goals if it does indeed pick back up and the team decides on a course of action to make it compatible with their wishes.
I figure I might as well explain what my intent was, because there is a fully fleshed out story I'd been keeping close to my chest for a long time. For the forum post, it is placed inside a Spoiler tag to condense the wall 'o text.
Every new thing I do is an experiment, or something new to me, and Sophora was no different. I took the idea of Nemesis from RE3 and concepted a doc for her a few years ago, 2019 I think. There was also a bit of the Iron Maiden character from Witcher 3 in there. Originally, Sophora would have been a bit character next to Vanika herself... then things happened. Also never got around to finishing her until 2022. Writing her was a way for me to heal, and I inserted several Nordic themes into her content while hoping to establish a mystery to solve on ZS. Her content focus (Hate Sex, Stalking, Hardcore Amazonian stuff) wouldn't be for everyone so I included several disablers at the behest of the team. Sophora as she is now is an enigma, and she's a laquine, so you only know that she may be a Jumper by association. To get to the bottom of that, having the Jumper Xpac was the next step.
For those who haven't read the xpac document, a proper resolution would come by discovering that Vanika was uncharacteristically afraid of her, wouldn't talk about her, appeared to exert minimal control over her. Through a straightforward process, you could decide to get her voice back and make her talk by working with one of several doctors and coming up with a portable solution that you could use on the spot. You'd maybe learn something, stick it to Vanika, and come away from the whole thing feeling like you'd affected change on ZS. Healing Sophora (while also defeating her in front of Vanika and many of the Jumpers in their own quarters) and learning her story would render Vanika permanently paranoid, and while actual effects on gameplay would be limited (the bulk of writing was a solo endeavor, after all) there was at least a feeling of making an impact.
Sophora would later meet up with you for a one-on-one and you'd get to ask her all the needful about herself, about ZS, and why she attacked you in the first place - she can only get relief through combat. Sophora targets you because you made an impact on ZS through a number of ways (usually just by defeating Vanika and getting the ZS probe). Anyone who has lost to her would have seen stalking events (like perturbing emails) and she would also explain she sent those threats to make you want to fight her as hard as you possibly could. As it stands, I flavored the formation of Zheng Shi as being indirectly her doing: Sophora once commanded a fleet for her own purposes and Vanika (the Shock Hopper) was one of her crew, who mutinied and seized it all by defeating her in personal combat. Fast forward and Vanika has made the Jumpers out of that fleet and all five ZS gangs eventually come together as is described and presented in the main story.
At the end, Sophora says that she will ask a favor of you if you complete your quest for inheritance. You would unlock her as a permanent contact and could phone her over via the CODEX for more rough intimacy, and/or to borrow one of her three powerful weapons or exchange one for another. If this had been implemented, I planned one last side-adventure involving her. You would go with her to the remains of a colony that used to be her home and climb a great mountain together, and at the summit learn why she founded a mercenary fleet and what she's looking for, and gain a purely flavor decision to help her in that search or not into whatever epilogue involves you becoming CEO of Steele Tech.
I actually commissioned music for the hypothetical summit scene, too. It's attached. My idea was that we could see about running it in-game for the scene (embedded like a .gif/.webm) after a long CYOA-style man-vs-environment sequence culminating in revelations and exhaustive, sub-orbital smut, with further repeatable sexual scenes unlocked.
Well, that was long winded. I apologize for the long waits. Whatever happens after upcoming Phaedra content, what's already backlogged will still get done. I'm going to retain Nonesuch for more help this month on one of those projects, too.
No, not at all, everything he's listed would be rudimentary at best code wise. The only issue I'd see is that the game is in the home stretch and momentum needs to be kept at a steady pace. A lot was lost in the java conversion and the wealth of decent community writers has dried up for the most part, so there's no one to supplement content in the meantime while the team works on more important things to keep that ball rolling. It makes sense from a business stand point to focus the attention of one of your more popular and prolific writers on that end game instead of a personal endeavor in a "content completed" zone.kinda understand why the dev team shot you down. This is... a lot, and a good chunk of it completely unique in many ways, some that would require some unique coding.
This begs a concerning question, not just for the game but for the people working on it:the game is in the home stretch and momentum needs to be kept at a steady pace. A lot was lost in the java conversion and the wealth of decent community writers has dried up for the most part, so there's no one to supplement content in the meantime while the team works on more important things to keep that ball rolling
The devs have confirmed on Discord multiple times that the end of the main questline will not be the end of content being added to the game, and you'll still be able to submit content after it's been finished.What's going to come after we hit the finale? Will they continue to accept submissions? Will they just cut it all off and finish what's already been accepted?
Fen did have plans to do a steampunk game next, though that'll be years in the future.And where will the people go afterwards? I'm pretty sure some of the developers like Fen literally do this for a living. Will they move onto another project? Join up with Savin on CoC2?
Oh thank God.The devs have confirmed on Discord multiple times that the end of the main questline will not be the end of content being added to the game, and you'll still be able to submit content after it's been finished
Ooh! Well color me intrigued! Do you know if it will be NSFW or text based also?Fen did have plans to do a steampunk game next, though that'll be years in the future.
Probably "yes" to both, but I don't remember the details, so don't quote me on that.Ooh! Well color me intrigued! Do you know if it will be NSFW or text based also?
Well, here's hoping it's a good one!Probably "yes" to both, but I don't remember the details, so don't quote me on that.
That should be the standard, not the exception, lolI spent a lot of the weekend just sleeping and napping, to be honest.
Man, the sophora content looks good, I stopped reading since it was spoilers, and I hope that one day this gets put in, also, if you meant to unlock repeatable sex with her, how does her addiction would come into play?Changing Pains & July Scene Update; Sophora Overview
The week leading up to the turn of the month into August was a worrisome moment in the family. I knew most of this year was going to be extremely difficult but towards the end it would start shifting favorably, and today I can say that part's finally begun - I can say there's a lot of weight off my shoulders, for now. Hopefully for good.
I don't have a meaningful writing update for the last seven days. I was still crushed, I was exhausted, and I've been struggling back into healthier routines I used to have before 2022's move, like regular, daily exercise.
For the Vava Groom monthly content update, I'm delaying it again. I'm sorry. I also still need Nonesuch to proofread it, as Vava Groom is his creation. As the monthly content is delayed, I will post a proper progress report this Saturday, along with the document and the next poll.
Lastly for this post, I wanted to talk about the currently furloughed Sophora Quest & Jumper Quarters xpac document that I was working on and hoping to have implemented across July. I'm uncertain the content in question - primarily regarding Sophora - and my pitch for the Jumpers will remain faithful to my original goals if it does indeed pick back up and the team decides on a course of action to make it compatible with their wishes.
I figure I might as well explain what my intent was, because there is a fully fleshed out story I'd been keeping close to my chest for a long time. For the forum post, it is placed inside a Spoiler tag to condense the wall 'o text.
Every new thing I do is an experiment, or something new to me, and Sophora was no different. I took the idea of Nemesis from RE3 and concepted a doc for her a few years ago, 2019 I think. There was also a bit of the Iron Maiden character from Witcher 3 in there. Originally, Sophora would have been a bit character next to Vanika herself... then things happened. Also never got around to finishing her until 2022. Writing her was a way for me to heal, and I inserted several Nordic themes into her content while hoping to establish a mystery to solve on ZS. Her content focus (Hate Sex, Stalking, Hardcore Amazonian stuff) wouldn't be for everyone so I included several disablers at the behest of the team. Sophora as she is now is an enigma, and she's a laquine, so you only know that she may be a Jumper by association. To get to the bottom of that, having the Jumper Xpac was the next step.
For those who haven't read the xpac document, a proper resolution would come by discovering that Vanika was uncharacteristically afraid of her, wouldn't talk about her, appeared to exert minimal control over her. Through a straightforward process, you could decide to get her voice back and make her talk by working with one of several doctors and coming up with a portable solution that you could use on the spot. You'd maybe learn something, stick it to Vanika, and come away from the whole thing feeling like you'd affected change on ZS. Healing Sophora (while also defeating her in front of Vanika and many of the Jumpers in their own quarters) and learning her story would render Vanika permanently paranoid, and while actual effects on gameplay would be limited (the bulk of writing was a solo endeavor, after all) there was at least a feeling of making an impact.
Sophora would later meet up with you for a one-on-one and you'd get to ask her all the needful about herself, about ZS, and why she attacked you in the first place - she can only get relief through combat. Sophora targets you because you made an impact on ZS through a number of ways (usually just by defeating Vanika and getting the ZS probe). Anyone who has lost to her would have seen stalking events (like perturbing emails) and she would also explain she sent those threats to make you want to fight her as hard as you possibly could. As it stands, I flavored the formation of Zheng Shi as being indirectly her doing: Sophora once commanded a fleet for her own purposes and Vanika (the Shock Hopper) was one of her crew, who mutinied and seized it all by defeating her in personal combat. Fast forward and Vanika has made the Jumpers out of that fleet and all five ZS gangs eventually come together as is described and presented in the main story.
At the end, Sophora says that she will ask a favor of you if you complete your quest for inheritance. You would unlock her as a permanent contact and could phone her over via the CODEX for more rough intimacy, and/or to borrow one of her three powerful weapons or exchange one for another. If this had been implemented, I planned one last side-adventure involving her. You would go with her to the remains of a colony that used to be her home and climb a great mountain together, and at the summit learn why she founded a mercenary fleet and what she's looking for, and gain a purely flavor decision to help her in that search or not into whatever epilogue involves you becoming CEO of Steele Tech.
I actually commissioned music for the hypothetical summit scene, too. It's attached. My idea was that we could see about running it in-game for the scene (embedded like a .gif/.webm) after a long CYOA-style man-vs-environment sequence culminating in revelations and exhaustive, sub-orbital smut, with further repeatable sexual scenes unlocked.
Well, that was long winded. I apologize for the long waits. Whatever happens after upcoming Phaedra content, what's already backlogged will still get done. I'm going to retain Nonesuch for more help this month on one of those projects, too.
Crew Roo when?
William might be gone, but Fenoxo is still active on the forums. Instead of spreading rumors why wouldn't you just ask him directly like an adult?I've heard rumors that Fen&co will cancel it, just like when they had Will work for months on the Sophra content only to throw it in the trash.
Why? IDK. Power trip?
Didnt will post on here recently?William might be gone, but Fenoxo is still active on the forums. Instead of spreading rumors why wouldn't you just ask him directly like an adult?
If four months ago is recent to you then sure.Didnt will post on here recently?
Anything within a year is recent to meIf four months ago is recent to you then sure.