The last couple of days have been a little rough and rather scary. I normally get maybe 3-5 people talking about a release, but for this one, I had probably 30+ telling me how shit the game was, how I fucked everything up, and for me to kill myself, which was honestly a little scary; I'm not going to lie. So, with that happening, I folded and did what they wanted and went to bed. Then I woke up the following morning to even more backlash, hundreds of people telling me how shit the game is, how much they hate me, how I should kill myself, and some threatening to kill themselves, which was even scarier, so I folded once again.
Which brings us to today. After speaking with a good friend, he advised me to just take the day off and not think about any of it. Which I did, well, sort of. I took the day off and watched a few movies, but I couldn't stop thinking about it. I kept checking my phone and seeing the odd message, some good, some really good, and some not so good.
Now, I know I said in the last post about "Fuck it, I'm going to do what I want to do and not let anyone influence me.". But even then, I was still talking shit because at the time, I was still thinking about what people wanted, and I couldn't get out of this mindset of trying to do the impossible task of pleasing everyone. I thought about maybe doing DLCs where the cabin MC could fuck Emi or another Emi game to please those who want Emi, but when it's all said and done, it doesn't matter; I'll never please everyone, and I've had to learn that the hard way.
You wouldn't believe how close I came to just saying fuck it and shutting everything down. I googled how to delete the game on Steam and how to delete a Patreon account, but when it's all said and done, I don't want to do that. I feel like the story has been lost a little, but that's just because people haven't seen what I have planned. I have up to episode 12 plotted out, and I'm really happy with some of the stuff that is coming up, and I know for a fact people are going to go crazy for episode 8!
Which is why I'll leave you with this final message. If you like the game, great, I hope you keep playing and supporting me (and I'm not talking financially; I mean with your kind words of motivation and just your general support. I try to hear everyone's feedback, whether you pay or not). But if you don't like the game, then just don't play it; leave and get on with your life. This shit doesn't need to be that deep. At the end of the day, it should just be an AVN to you and nothing more. I understand that people form attachments; I've got a few myself with some of my favourite games, so I get it, but those attachments should never let you get so angry that you threaten death on yourself or someone else. One of the people who got really angry with me and spammed across multiple platforms sent me a DM and told me how sorry he was and how that isn't the real him and he let his emotions get the better of him, and I really appreciated that apology more than you could know.
... One last message: upon reading through that, I realised I didn't actually tell you what was going on, so here it is. Back in 2022 I did a poll asking people if they wanted to have Emi in the cabin, and people said yes. I realise that I didn't actually specify her as an LI and that poll could have been interpreted as just "She visits, makes up with Hazel, and leaves," but I took it as "Let me fuck her!" And like I said, that was before her game had been released (or maybe it was just after the first game; I haven't checked the dates). Thinking about it now, even though you have the option to say no, it doesn't matter; that thought shouldn't be in her head to begin with, which is why I'm sticking to my original routes of just doing romance games. That's what I've done from the start, and that's what I'll try to continue to do. And like I said, if that upsets you, just don't play. I will be sticking to what I said yesterday about banning people that don't agree with me too. I realise I can't ban people on f95, which is why it's probably a good thing I never go in that thread anymore. I've heard it's been a real shit show in there.
The Cabin - Summer Vacation [Ep. 7 Release Again] [CellStudios]
NOTE: This is the "release again" version, I've removed my previous compressed version so people will not get confused, and will make sure their/your saves will be working when episode 8 arrives.
The last couple of days have been a little rough and rather scary. I normally get maybe 3-5 people talking about a release, but for this one, I had probably 30+ telling me how shit the game was, how I fucked everything up, and for me to kill myself, which was honestly a little scary; I'm not going to lie. So, with that happening, I folded and did what they wanted and went to bed. Then I woke up the following morning to even more backlash, hundreds of people telling me how shit the game is, how much they hate me, how I should kill myself, and some threatening to kill themselves, which was even scarier, so I folded once again.
Which brings us to today. After speaking with a good friend, he advised me to just take the day off and not think about any of it. Which I did, well, sort of. I took the day off and watched a few movies, but I couldn't stop thinking about it. I kept checking my phone and seeing the odd message, some good, some really good, and some not so good.
Now, I know I said in the last post about "Fuck it, I'm going to do what I want to do and not let anyone influence me.". But even then, I was still talking shit because at the time, I was still thinking about what people wanted, and I couldn't get out of this mindset of trying to do the impossible task of pleasing everyone. I thought about maybe doing DLCs where the cabin MC could fuck Emi or another Emi game to please those who want Emi, but when it's all said and done, it doesn't matter; I'll never please everyone, and I've had to learn that the hard way.
You wouldn't believe how close I came to just saying fuck it and shutting everything down. I googled how to delete the game on Steam and how to delete a Patreon account, but when it's all said and done, I don't want to do that. I feel like the story has been lost a little, but that's just because people haven't seen what I have planned. I have up to episode 12 plotted out, and I'm really happy with some of the stuff that is coming up, and I know for a fact people are going to go crazy for episode 8!
Which is why I'll leave you with this final message. If you like the game, great, I hope you keep playing and supporting me (and I'm not talking financially; I mean with your kind words of motivation and just your general support. I try to hear everyone's feedback, whether you pay or not). But if you don't like the game, then just don't play it; leave and get on with your life. This shit doesn't need to be that deep. At the end of the day, it should just be an AVN to you and nothing more. I understand that people form attachments; I've got a few myself with some of my favourite games, so I get it, but those attachments should never let you get so angry that you threaten death on yourself or someone else. One of the people who got really angry with me and spammed across multiple platforms sent me a DM and told me how sorry he was and how that isn't the real him and he let his emotions get the better of him, and I really appreciated that apology more than you could know.
... One last message: upon reading through that, I realised I didn't actually tell you what was going on, so here it is. Back in 2022 I did a poll asking people if they wanted to have Emi in the cabin, and people said yes. I realise that I didn't actually specify her as an LI and that poll could have been interpreted as just "She visits, makes up with Hazel, and leaves," but I took it as "Let me fuck her!" And like I said, that was before her game had been released (or maybe it was just after the first game; I haven't checked the dates). Thinking about it now, even though you have the option to say no, it doesn't matter; that thought shouldn't be in her head to begin with, which is why I'm sticking to my original routes of just doing romance games. That's what I've done from the start, and that's what I'll try to continue to do. And like I said, if that upsets you, just don't play. I will be sticking to what I said yesterday about banning people that don't agree with me too. I realise I can't ban people on f95, which is why it's probably a good thing I never go in that thread anymore. I've heard it's been a real shit show in there.
IGNORE THE HATERS! Block them, filter them out, whatever it takes. Anyone who tells me to "kill myself" automatically gets an ignore and I would fucking do the OPPOSITE of what that sort of shit says!
You do what YOU want! Stick to your story and just STOP paying any attention to the haters. PERIOD. You will always see pieces of shit like that, even more so these days it seems. Keep at it, it is YOUR STORY, NOT THEIRS!
There's plenty of DECENT human beings who love what you do. THOSE are the ones to listen to... but... in the end, it is YOUR STORY! I grew up learning that it is very disrespectful to tell an author what to write. And I still feel that way.
The last couple of days have been a little rough and rather scary. I normally get maybe 3-5 people talking about a release, but for this one, I had probably 30+ telling me how shit the game was, how I fucked everything up, and for me to kill myself, which was honestly a little scary; I'm not going to lie. So, with that happening, I folded and did what they wanted and went to bed. Then I woke up the following morning to even more backlash, hundreds of people telling me how shit the game is, how much they hate me, how I should kill myself, and some threatening to kill themselves, which was even scarier, so I folded once again.
Which brings us to today. After speaking with a good friend, he advised me to just take the day off and not think about any of it. Which I did, well, sort of. I took the day off and watched a few movies, but I couldn't stop thinking about it. I kept checking my phone and seeing the odd message, some good, some really good, and some not so good.
Now, I know I said in the last post about "Fuck it, I'm going to do what I want to do and not let anyone influence me.". But even then, I was still talking shit because at the time, I was still thinking about what people wanted, and I couldn't get out of this mindset of trying to do the impossible task of pleasing everyone. I thought about maybe doing DLCs where the cabin MC could fuck Emi or another Emi game to please those who want Emi, but when it's all said and done, it doesn't matter; I'll never please everyone, and I've had to learn that the hard way.
You wouldn't believe how close I came to just saying fuck it and shutting everything down. I googled how to delete the game on Steam and how to delete a Patreon account, but when it's all said and done, I don't want to do that. I feel like the story has been lost a little, but that's just because people haven't seen what I have planned. I have up to episode 12 plotted out, and I'm really happy with some of the stuff that is coming up, and I know for a fact people are going to go crazy for episode 8!
Which is why I'll leave you with this final message. If you like the game, great, I hope you keep playing and supporting me (and I'm not talking financially; I mean with your kind words of motivation and just your general support. I try to hear everyone's feedback, whether you pay or not). But if you don't like the game, then just don't play it; leave and get on with your life. This shit doesn't need to be that deep. At the end of the day, it should just be an AVN to you and nothing more. I understand that people form attachments; I've got a few myself with some of my favourite games, so I get it, but those attachments should never let you get so angry that you threaten death on yourself or someone else. One of the people who got really angry with me and spammed across multiple platforms sent me a DM and told me how sorry he was and how that isn't the real him and he let his emotions get the better of him, and I really appreciated that apology more than you could know.
... One last message: upon reading through that, I realised I didn't actually tell you what was going on, so here it is. Back in 2022 I did a poll asking people if they wanted to have Emi in the cabin, and people said yes. I realise that I didn't actually specify her as an LI and that poll could have been interpreted as just "She visits, makes up with Hazel, and leaves," but I took it as "Let me fuck her!" And like I said, that was before her game had been released (or maybe it was just after the first game; I haven't checked the dates). Thinking about it now, even though you have the option to say no, it doesn't matter; that thought shouldn't be in her head to begin with, which is why I'm sticking to my original routes of just doing romance games. That's what I've done from the start, and that's what I'll try to continue to do. And like I said, if that upsets you, just don't play. I will be sticking to what I said yesterday about banning people that don't agree with me too. I realise I can't ban people on f95, which is why it's probably a good thing I never go in that thread anymore. I've heard it's been a real shit show in there.
Since the developer has combined the games into one universe, this is a completely justified step considering the development of the characters in both games.
It deserves support and recognition.
Well this has been a wild thing to watch unfold over the past few days or so (has it even been a few days? So much happened quickly). I haven't downloaded since about Ep5 since I wanted to have more stuff to go through, I hadn't even known about the Emi vn till this all blew up. I hope the dev is ok, sounds like his mental health took a huge hit. Looking forward to trying out Ep7 here pretty soon
No, not unless the OP has been updated with the fixed release, you want to download the one I posted which is now the fixed and "canon" version here out, you will have save issues with the old one...you will know it is the canon version if you see the image from that post.
And my reputation speaks for itself, my posts are safe.
Had to go a couple scenes back in ep6 to be able to load personally and then i rushed to ep7. I used ''release again'' update as well. Perhaps it was due to mod
Well ok, so the Emi scene is better now, she saying she wouldn't cheat on her brother and she loves him, that's nice.
Curious how this will pan out after the little shit show.
Geniuly, can't understand why the dev did not simply seperate the games, after he changed his mind about Emi being in The Cabin, than he would have none of the current problems...
Had to go a couple scenes back in ep6 to be able to load personally and then i rushed to ep7. I used ''release again'' update as well. Perhaps it was due to mod
Wow, I was wondering why this thread had so many posts, usually it's kind of dead
I think Cell did the right thing in the end. This is a good example of why you shouldn't listen to what fans want too much, it never ends well. Do your own thing and stick to it.
Is that why my saves don't work, because the dev removed Emi, added her back, and now the most recent one has her removed again, and thus it is the mod breaking things.