Conquering Obstacles.


Hi all!

I usually don't make announcements twice in a week, but this is very important and difficult decision yet forced upon myself to make.

Recently, the previous artist of my VN (Referring to Haz) came forward and informed me that he will be posting the CG scenes of my VN. Despite my multiple attempts to educate him that he does NOT have my consent to post the CG scenes, of which are considered spoilers. He felt he had the right to post the CG scenes of my own characters used in this VN development because I paid him less. He proudly offered the discounts, worked hard on the CG scenes, and I took it for granted. He offered discounts mainly for one reason: I promised him that I would help him out with his future project. But alas, we could not keep the promise because of his nasty attitude.

To summarize right now, he is unable to agree and respect the privacy of my VN development. He have decided that he will post the CG scenes to advertise himself for his own profits. He have decided to trash my consent entirely in the name of his career as an artist...


What does it mean for our VN here? Despite having to encounter yet another obstacle that could be easily prevented... We will continue to move forward. Our current CG scenes will be heading straight into trash due to his impending spoilers. Our artist, Rebel, will get to draw the brand new CG scenes after the Sprites Revamp. On my side, I will be changing the dialogues during these specific moments to match what is being portrayed on CG scenes. More work for us to complete, so the hiatus will likely be extended thanks to Haz's unwillingness to listen and come to an agreement.

On my behalf, I sincerely apologize for what happened, but we are going to stand proud and move forward with strong support from our community here. Thank you for reading, keep eye on the progress we will be making!

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Adding to this- I sincerely pray he does not post the CG scenes because Charos Villacho is my literal property, and he is in all of these CG scenes. Therefore, he does not have my consent to post them regardless. They are my pieces I paid for, not his own pieces.

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I have so many colorful words floating around in my head for him. I am a polite man.
Still, not cool.

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I believe in this team, keep strong, do what you need to do.

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There is a legal situation here. The characters are your property, as you said. He is going to post those without consent. The scenes are your intellectual property and you most likely have the documentation, as the developer, i am sure.
   artists are still bound by law. I went to art school and they taught us the legality of documentation and consent.

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Thankfully, yes I do have the documentations. You're correct on that by all means, but I'm unsure why he refused to believe me and stated that it is my opinions, not facts. Whatever he is on, I'm confident he's beyond help. With this public knowledge right now, his artist career will never recover. But honestly? I really hope he change his mind when the audience start to call him out on this whole matters (Only if he begin to post the CG scenes).

He is also more than happy to block anyone who tries to call him out, so that would definitely turn into legal situation if he proceed to refuse taking it down.