Ecchi Sensei - Month 1 - Status Report No. 21:
Added 2021-04-11 18:33:33 +0000 UTC
Hello folks! It's that time again!
Time for a new status report and something has changed positively. As you should all know by now, one of my team members suffers from serious health problems and began a treatment as an inpatient a few weeks ago. It seems that the first improvements were now apparent, and he was able to work a little more than before.
This work led to the fact that we were able to make greater progress again and gradually step closer and closer towards the final product of Ecchi Sensei - Month 1. At this point, however, I don't want to come across as overly optimistic.
Yes, we have achieved a lot in the last few days and things are now progressing much faster than before, but the state of health of the said employee is still anything but good. Nevertheless, I am very optimistic about one point and that is when it comes to the fact that we will soon find our way back to our old strengths and that we will be able to publish big updates quickly and as usual for you.
Another positive news to address is the integration of all previous Ecchi Sensei releases into one large all-encompassing version. This happened with almost no error messages. (There were around 2000 merge conflicts, which were resolved independently thanks to our good preparatory work.)
When there is any news again, we will of course inform you about it immediately. But until then I can only tell you that we will continue to work hard to deliver a good final product as quickly as possible and that you will soon be able to immerse yourself in the world as Matsu Matsumoto again to meet your daily duties.
So long,
Blue
----- Deutsch:
Hallo Leute!
Es ist mal wieder so weit. Zeit für einen neuen Statusreport und es hat sich auch etwas im positiven Sinne getan.
Wie ihr ja mittlerweile alle wissen solltet, leidet einer aus meinem Team an schweren gesundheitlichen Problemen und begann vor einigen Wochen, sich stationär behandeln zu lassen. Allen Anschein nach zeigten sich nun die ersten Besserungen und er konnte wieder ein bisschen mehr arbeiten als zuvor. Diese Arbeiten führten dazu, dass wir wieder größere Fortschritte erzielen konnten und uns so Stück für Stück immer mehr an das finale Produkt von Ecchi Sensei - Monat 1 vorantasten.
Ich möchte an dieser Stelle allerdings auch nicht zu optimistisch rüberkommen. Ja, wir haben die letzten Tage sehr viel erreichen können und es geht nun deutlich schneller voran als zuvor, aber dennoch ist der Gesundheitszustand von besagtem Mitarbeiter weiterhin alles andere als gut. Dennoch, in einem Punkt bin ich sehr optimistisch und zwar wenn es darum geht, dass wir bald wieder zu unserer alten Stärke zurückfinden werden und wieder wie gewohnt schnell und große Updates für euch veröffentlichen können.
Eine weitere positive Neuigkeit, die es anzusprechen gibt, ist die Integration von allen bisherigen Ecchi Sensei Veröffentlichungen in eine große allumfassende Version. Dies geschah mit so gut wie gar keinen Fehlermeldungen. (Es gab circa 2000 Zusammenführungskonflikte, die sich aber selbstständig dank unserer guten Vorarbeit behoben haben.)
Wenn es wieder Neuigkeiten gibt, werden wir euch diese natürlich sofort mitteilen. Doch bis dahin kann ich euch nur sagen, dass wir weiterhin hart daran arbeiten, so rasch wie möglich ein gutes finales Produkt abliefern zu können und ihr schon bald wieder in die Welt als Matsu Matsumoto eintauchen könnt, um euren täglichen Pflichten nachzukommen.
Bis dann,
Blue
Comments
Anytime you hinge your entire project on one person, that is just a recipe for disaster. Which is why we are here. Also, what would they have done if said sick person got better, and said he or she was done with the project? They would have to get somebody to replace this person or apparently the project is dead in the water. Like I said before, I hope Blue has learned from his mistakes on this whole fiasco, and has started taking actions to prevent this from happening again. And, yes, I did vote for this Month 1 merge, but I never anticipated the ball to be dropped this hard. I figured some delays just based off the Week 1 merge, but not this. Alright, I am done now.
Badger66
2021-06-19 22:20:27 +0000 UTCI agree. I know wanting to keep the same people is preferred, especially if any new person would have to spend time getting up to speed. Even more so if it would require getting files from the sick person. However, in this length of time it's entirely feasible to have gotten someone else to work on the sick person's part, even if it would only be temporary for an unknown duration and the person knew that. I mean, what happens if that sick person takes a turn for the worse and dies from whatever they're sick with or even something else? Are they going to just abandon the game, or will they end up finding someone to substitute for the sick person after all (which means they could have done it before now, even if it's extremely inconvenient)? It's one thing to be patient, but we're getting to where it's going from being patient to something else.
Jared
2021-06-17 16:26:10 +0000 UTCrick pretty much said everything so no need to say anything about this wait... go rick
Dice
2021-06-17 01:00:16 +0000 UTCI did not mean to take up so much space! I was going to say a bit and leave it at that. But the more I thought about it the more pissed off I got, and that more that came to mind. Now I have said my piece I am done.
Rick Ulrich
2021-06-12 10:42:58 +0000 UTCIf not then Dude! WTF! Many other people have started and finished what they have started, and even started and finished their project in the time you have been silent !!
Rick Ulrich
2021-06-12 10:35:58 +0000 UTCWhen this first occurred you knew that this person was in real bad shape,, but, you neglected to think ahead! Now it is almost if not 1 YEAR AFTER your said merger of month one. In Hind site I think this was a mistake! Did you add more content to this game while grouping everything together? Well ?
Rick Ulrich
2021-06-12 10:33:53 +0000 UTCI say it is time that instead of compartmentalizing each and every aspect of this game to a sole person, you really should get everyone or at least a few to be able to do it all ! So if and when this comes up again, you wont have to give up an Excuse! And to keep everyone waiting like assholes in the wind! It is kind of nice at first but as time goes by it loses its appeal ! So next time you decide to do a report you should rename it Ecchi Sensei - Month 1 - Excuse Report No. 22:
Rick Ulrich
2021-06-12 10:28:53 +0000 UTCMonth after month you accept our moneys without really doing crap for it!
Rick Ulrich
2021-06-12 10:25:13 +0000 UTCI have been an avid supporter for you ever since you came out! BUT COME ON!!!!
Rick Ulrich
2021-06-12 10:24:17 +0000 UTCI am the point that I have totally forgotten all of the content of the Game! From this long wait!
Rick Ulrich
2021-06-12 10:23:23 +0000 UTCThere's a simple solution to the "people can't do their jobs" problem: Hire more workers! Even if it's just temporary until the sick people are back to 100%, it's a fully viable option. At least it won't feel like you've been sleeping on the update for eight months.
John Anderson
2021-06-01 02:26:23 +0000 UTCYeah, I am almost to the point of dropping patronage as well. I told myself that I would be more patient due to the sick team member, so I will give them till the 1 year mark from when they announced the Month 1 merge to at least give a release date. I believe that was in June 2020, so I will give them this June to do so. If no info by then, I will have to stop my support until development is back on track. I know it sucks, I know that they could not have anticipated this, but I also feel like hedging your entire project on one person is poor management. I hope Blue learns from his mistakes with this whole debacle and gets at least one other person that can be a backup if something else like this happens again. Also, there are other games that have not had such a setback that I am not currently supporting, so I could take my support to them. But like I said, I will give them 1 more month, and if no solid release date is given, then I will move on until things get back going again.
Badger66
2021-06-01 01:01:25 +0000 UTCBy the time an actual update comes every person in the world will have gotten both Covid-19 shots
D'Andre Collier
2021-05-31 16:32:33 +0000 UTCi am the same i have been patience but it has not paid off quite literally i wish you guys the best of luck and will be back when i can afford the money and updates are more frequent
Coty Reubart
2021-05-29 02:03:21 +0000 UTCConsidering how long it's taking anyway, you should add back the cut youngest daughter content. F95 isn't the only home for this stuff (just look at Proud Father). Everyone who's interested in Ecchi Sensei already knows about it. Edit: Blackheart Games is an example, that makes $3500 a month on subscribe star, with no/very little f95 exposure. You could release a separate uncensored version there or itch.io, which would also motivate people to move away from Patreon, since bans for adult content on here are both frequent and arbitrary.
iruleatgames
2021-05-27 03:05:58 +0000 UTCHi Blue, I'm deeply sorry but I really don't see any reason to fund this project anymore. It was my favourite game ever, so I resisted until now (months and months and months of hope, faith and despair), but if it's over it's over. I will reapply if and when you'll come back for real and for good. Best wishes.
Skull616
2021-05-25 13:09:23 +0000 UTCim gonna guess its gonna be a year later than he originally date they gave us
Dice
2021-05-24 22:40:36 +0000 UTCEveryday I check and everyday I fall deeper into despair. Hope we get some news soon
Steven
2021-05-21 21:53:32 +0000 UTCAgreed hopefully he's able to put out something soon and this kind of delay never happens again because I've got maybe 2 more months in me before I can't convince myself to keep giving money to nothing.
Abagofbabies
2021-05-17 04:12:32 +0000 UTCThis release was supposed to come out at the end of 2020, the page is starting to hemmorage patrons, and there hasn't been an announcement for more than a month. I hope Blue knows he has to do SOMETHING to not waste all the goodwill of his remaining supporters.
John Anderson
2021-05-17 04:09:49 +0000 UTCWill there be another status report soon? Hopefully one with a release date finally.
Abagofbabies
2021-05-16 20:15:25 +0000 UTC😐
Dice
2021-05-01 03:29:05 +0000 UTCYes
GAS
2021-04-28 02:52:02 +0000 UTCsera que sou o unico brasileiro aqui ? Am I the only Brazilian here?
BAM 07
2021-04-21 23:33:18 +0000 UTCany specific date when the update will come out?
Dark Pink
2021-04-11 20:57:18 +0000 UTCYay! So glad to hear that things are looking up!
Mikeruk31
2021-04-11 18:53:44 +0000 UTC