Monday 10 February 2014
Final Words
Still might get that final update out, but it's not looking like it will be happening.
I figure I owe everyone an explanation as to why I am stopping the project.
The problem being, is that I don't really have a reason.
I simply lost interest in the project.
I had this weird idea that people would go crazy to write for the game, which turned out false.
The biggest issue is that importing writing took me FAR too long. I should have taken me minutes to copy the text in, not an hour or more.
Crowd sourcing material turned out to be a horrible idea.
I don't know how the other games manage it, but it is certainly not for me. Maybe it's because the game didn't ever get popular enough, but that would be my fault as well.
If I ever do a new project, I am not doing it without a dedicated writer and a dedicated graphic artist behind me, so we can do it properly.
Another issue I could never get over with HoD is the sexiness being do removed from the game play.
An issue that I didn't consider when building the game, until it was too far along to be changed.
This is another issue I'd fix if I ever take another crack at games.
I hope the little content that was in the game already is enough for people to still think fondly of the game, but it's a project I am done with.
I thank you all for your support, and apologies for losing interest in the project.
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well it wont mean much but there may be other willing to continue the project for you if you hunt down some one sad to see this die out it had exstreamly high potential
ReplyDeleteThank you again for a memorable game full of fun times. This game will always have a home on my hard drive.
ReplyDeleteShould you decide to try a new project and are in need of a writer, give me a holler.
I wish I had done more this time around. I'll be sure to make up for lost time should the opportunity present itself.
Sincerely yours,
F.V.
der.freischuetz.im.herzen (at) gmail
A crying shame. I was getting into this little project of yours. You wouldn't happen to have the source code open to everyone, would you?
ReplyDeleteI think the problem was that so much people didn't want to write is that people didn't know about this project. There are many, many talented writers out there who would be willing to give their support, but no one really knew about this game. I haven't seen Fenexo post on it. I didn't see a thread on the ULMF. There might have been a small thread on the TF forums but I don't even remember how I stumbled upon it.
ReplyDeleteI mean, there was a lot going for it but people need to know about it before you can expect people to contribute. And out of 100 people that download it, maybe 1 person will say something, and out of the 10 people that say something, one can contribute in a meaningful way. If only 1000 people seen your game, you might get one person too write. If you got 10,000, you may have 10 writers. You have to get it out there. Post on forums, talk to other porn game makers, offer to write if you can get a link, if you want it to succeed, there are venues to take.
But if you just don't want to do it, I guess no one can make you. I hate to see this project go because it had so much potential. It was actually a -game-, not just some text based erotica with buttons or directions, and I've seen worse games do far better. If anything, you could just release the source code. Maybe someone else can take up the mantle?