Important thing about DB Guilty Raid

Crescentia

thank you^^

Mao Tsclusul

holy s§Wß that happened 'tis no fun in these times and seeing the numbers #_# ... there is not much to say than wish you luck!

Crescentia

thank you^^

Wow that sucks. Hope things are getting better (for the developer and your moneybag)

sib

i get that. its a shame this happened. Like the comment when it rains it pours. hopefully everything works out.

Crescentia

We suffered some great losses there, but we'll be fine, no worries! Thanks for understanding.

Crescentia

The most important qualifiactions where: - able to programm/script in GML (Game Maker Language) - reliable person who can deliver on time and pulls through - trustworthy person (no lies, no excuses, just plain honest and straightforward) I'd even say the "trustworthy person" trait is probably the most important one to me.

Crescentia

I'm afraid the financial damage I suffered so far is too severe for me to "try out other people" currently. If I put my faith in someone, I need to 100% be certain they will pull through or I can hold them accountible in some form or manner. (and I'm afraid this is not possible) As for the trust issues: Let me just say that I trusted my previous programmer a lot, and without naming what he exactly did, he managed to break my faith in him completely. So I'm hesitant about giving people I don't know a chance. (plus the finances of course)

Andreas Klärner

Sorry to hear about that and about your financal loss.

Jolly

I'm sorry to hear about the situation with Guilty Raid and your financial loss. Just out of curiosity, what qualifications were needed for the programmer?

sib

do you think even if you dont know a person the chance of having another programmer you might give them a chance?

Crescentia

In fact you're right! We hired new people, but they slowed us down a lot... Cres and I (Wolf) are still carrying the majority of the work on our shoulders. Of course the people we hired did "some" work, but not as much as they should have. DB Guilty Raid should have had it's demo release in April 2019. (But the demo release was in April 2020... and only because I (Wolf) pushed as hard as possible myself) So much for the programming troubles mentioned above in the post. Thank you very much for the support! And we hope you look forward for what we have in store in the upcoming months ^^

MadChemist19

Fair enough, I can understand that. Wish you luck with your more upcoming projects!

Oaken

I've been following you for years (since 2015 on patreon and more years on blogspot ) even though you recruited a whole team, I still have the impression that you are progressing as fast in 2020 as you did when you were alone in 2014. But maybe it's just a bad impression... :/ Good luck for the futur, I still support you

Crescentia

We don't want to connect DB Guilty Raid with Patreon funding. That aside, it doesn't change our problem of not having a programmer currently! Money is not an issue right now. The problem is not having the personell (programmer) and Wolf (me) being burried under too much other important work. Also, we're not willing to hire some unknown programmer to "try our luck", as we've had enough of that lately. It's just too unreliable and too much of a pain in the ass. So we'd rather pause the project and continue it once I (Wolf) have the time to tackle it personally. Thank you very much for understanding and for your support though! We appreciate it a lot ^^

Crescentia

Thanks! We'll definitelly keep you all updated on the next steps, the webcomic and everything else.

Crescentia

Thanks! And yup that's precisely the plan.

Crescentia

Oh no worries! We'll continue working on stuff of course. Being it the upcoming new webcomic or other projects. There will always be something! It's only that without the programmer DB Guilty Raid couldn't proceed at this point in time. (I'd have to drop the webcomic and DB RPG if I want to focus on DB Guilty Raid personally, so that's not an option) I'm just one single person who can't handle that much work on their own. At least all the other stuff keeps on going. I hope you understand! ^^

Oaken

1 step forward, 2 steps back. You were out of luck. There's nothing left except the comic book and the DB RPG. and even the comic will lose its current format soon. I 'm sad :/

MadChemist19

My thoughts on the matter is that this is the smartest choice, as unfortunate and disappointing as it is. I'm gutted it's not coming to fruition (two of my all time favs were gonna be in it) but what's healthy for the company right now matters most. I want DB and Projekt Wolfenstahl to last for years after all. I joke about it but I kinda do want a 30 year anniversary down the line xD Hopefully you come back to this awesome exciting project one day. Hell, set it as a Patreon monetary goal. Make it high enough like 10K and it'll be something to tackle several years from now and this platform can then fund it. That way you hopefully won't make such insane losses. Could still sell it as some other devs do too. Still, while this is a set back I have full confidence you'll bounce back stronger than ever. And there's still many exciting and lewd things to come haha.

Game Salamander

It's too bad, but I completely understand why GR is on hold for the foreseeable future. You guys do what you have to, and I look forward to whatever comes next!

How many Blackburn Blackburns could a Blackburn Blackburn burn if a Blackburn Blackburn could burn Blackburn Blackburns

Good luck on whatever path you choose to follow, though prehaps in the meantime you could focus on art work and the comic until such time you have the means to continue the project and like you said, work on it when you have the time. Also I hope that the programmer gets better