Goodbye Volcano High - "The Future of Gaming", The Parody Game of the Beloved Snoot Game Franchise

[The handsome tard]

Lol, if an "emotional" 2-4 hour experience takes 2-3 years to make, you are a retard that wasted their time. That or the game is fully animated, but we all know that is not the case.

Thing is, I could tell him that but what's the point ? Im in the point of just not seeing worth in engaging these people in arguments because it is a pointless endeavor and even if I win, everyone else in there will probably not have the highest opinion of me (like if I care but still).

So whenever I see I'm dealing with a retard, I just go into dismissive mode and move on, it ain't fucking worth it.

I ain't arguing over GBVH of all games, holy shit.

Honestly I'd rather read a lower priced VN than ever "experiencing" Goodbye Volcano High. With a visual novel you have a high chance of getting a good story for a relatively low cost compared to most Triple A western releases.
Hell, you can get Katawa Shoujo for absolutely free - an interesting, relatively diverse cast of girls, a story that goes deeper if you read all of the girls' individual routes. The art is good and even though multiple artists worked on the game, the art is extremely consistent in style.

I'll give GBVH a brownie point for some of the music not being totally awful, if a bit milquetoast indie, but I sincerely doubt it is more interesting than any visual novel to come out of Japan, whether it's a doujin that's been fan translated at Duwang levels of English or an official release with english translation made by nintendo fucking treehouse.
I'm not holding my breath on GBVH delivering a 30+ hour experience, unlike the visual novels they attempt to emulate/"surpass".

You would think an artist would see worth in all sort of art, even "cheaper" ones but I guess not

Guy even admits he doesn't know if the plot is good or not because apparently doesn't matter.

What a faggot

 

[Moja Zemlja]

Lol, if an "emotional" 2-4 hour experience takes 2-3 years to make, you are a retard that wasted their time. That or the game is fully animated, but we all know that is not the case.

I hope someone from KO_OP spills the beans on development because there has to be some real shit going on behind the scenes for them to be pushing out something so small after almost three years of work. To compare to something vaguely similar Something To Do With Love took about three years to be created.

idk why VN's don't do this more often. Everyone was fucking praising DokiDokiPanic, but in the end nothing really matters because it's ALWAYS the same outcome no matter what choices you make.

Because the real money in the VN scene is moege/eroge.

 

[PetiteFeet]

Because the real money in the VN scene is moege/eroge.

can't wait for the DLC/sequel to GBVH going full nukige. Fang do be kinda cute

 

[The handsome tard]

can't wait for the DLC/sequel to GBVH going full nukige. Fang do be kinda cute

Maybe we can date her fossil or something

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

I'm serious no matter when this game gets released people will rip it apart for Fang r34 videos

The animation assets in the game are fucking awful though, I'm highly doubtful they'd make good porn.

 

[The handsome tard]

They left the whole game in the files. All of the dialogue strings from Episodes 1-8, which as far as I'm aware is the entire game up until around March when they split the demo branch from the main branch, are in the files for the second demo. They're still being poured through, but here's a couple choice snippets.

Fang (or potentially Sage) lamenting that she isn't being taken seriously by her parents, that they think she's only playing dress-up when that's literally what she's doing.
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Fang (or potentially Sage) seemingly understanding that dressing like a woman might make it hard for people to understand that she doesn't identify as a woman.
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Hearing these conversations is like being back in college.

I hate it.

Of course they won't. You sound like a edgy thirteen year old, "Fang".

At least give 'them' a proper name, Ko_Op. At least *try* to make a character that feels like a real person and not a twitter stereotype to poke fun at.

"Okay, 'Fang'. I dont think it dawned on you that in a year we will ALL be dead. D-E-A-D. NOTHING will be left of our society. NOTHING! All your angsty and pronouns will be history by next year! Are you aware how fast a year goes by? All your 'friends' are going to either run off to live like degenerates or stay with their loved ones in their final moments. I have no idea if you believe in an afterlife and, assuming you dont for real and not just to piss us off, you have even more of an incentive to drop all this useless shit and realise that all that matters now is your family. Not your friends, not your school, not your stupidly named band we were kind of patient with because we hoped it would be just a phase, guess we wont ever know now, huh? What matters is US and what is the last things you wont to see when it all ends because that image is what you will carry with you to whatever comes next. So, I ask you, as your parent for only one more year... drop... this... useless...SHIT....and stay with us one last time."

Ah yes, the "it's not a phase mom, it's who I am?!?!?!" plotpoint which would have been treated as a joke a decade ago but since we are in crazy town now it's deep and depressing and shit. I only get reminded of Snoot Game on how by end 4 she's acting embarrased about the whole Fang thing.

And if it's Sage, I hope he necks himself with that giant fucking tail of his.

I wouldnt put above this game to use suicide for drama (because the left loves to exploit shit like this under the guise of "making a conversation").

 

[PetiteFeet]

I wouldnt put above this game to use suicide for drama (because the left loves to exploit shit like this under the guise of "making a conversation").

If Ko_op pulls a suicide for drama, I reckon it'll be lauded as much as Life Is Strange was. In fact, what does GBVH have that LiS didn't already do better? Not that that's saying much, LiS is really surface level. The only point I will give DONTNOD is the assisted suicide thing choked me up and that wasn't because of good writing.

 

[Scream Aim Fire]

Man, I forgot about this game a while back; couple of questions:

1. Is the current release date for GBVH still August 29? Or did the game get delayed again?

2. Anyone think that the dev behind Snoot Game might update or add to the game once/if GBVH comes out?

3. What do you guys think the ending of GBVH is going to be like? Any hopes/expectations?

 

[Mr.Miyagi]

Man, I forgot about this game a while back; couple of questions:

1. Is the current release date for GBVH still August 29? Or did the game get delayed again?

2. Anyone think that the dev behind Snoot Game might update or add to the game once/if GBVH comes out?

3. What do you guys think the ending of GBVH is going to be like? Any hopes/expectations?

The release date on Steam is still the 29th. It would be hilarious if there was another delay over the next two weeks, but I wouldn't expect it. They already missed having it out during Steam's VN Fest, which is funny in its own way.
I think Cavemanon's primary focus is on Wani and trying to get it finished, so I doubt he'll be updating Snoot Game, at least in any huge way.
I expect GBVH and its endings to be worse than bad: it'll be boring. It won't be bad enough to really be funny, just bland and safe. They sure as hell won't un-enby Fang for a bad ending or something, even if that would be interesting, they'd be eaten alive for it.

 

[Rusty Metal Skull Gun]

What do you guys think the ending of GBVH is going to be like? Any hopes/expectations?

The real meteor was the friends we made along the way

 

[PetiteFeet]

It won't be bad enough to really be funny, just bland and safe.

And really, isn't being safe and bland the worst possible thing you can be? We have games with cult followings because of the awful, yet charming experience they provide. I know it's unfair to compare GBVH to something like Heavy Rain or Deadly Premonition, two games I enjoy but not because of what the devs intended or because the devs aimed too high and wanting to be meta/tongue in cheek about their product.

GBVH has the potential to be funny-bad if they stick to their guns and make it so brainrottingly leftist/woke/whatever you want to call their brand of IDPOL insanity or w/e that you cannot help but cheer them on because they're doing their thing, they're being fucking weirdos and their passion transcends the awful goyslop story.
GBVH also has the potential to be so milquetoast it stops being funny, because they don't want to offend any potential player from "their" side of the 'culture war'(for lack of a better term, I know the vast majority of kiwis just wanna laugh at internet garbage, I do too) and every choice the player can make in the game just follows the same linear story progression and the "meaningful choices" being surface level at best - a different outfit for Fang depending on the ending or who she gets to snog into the ground as the meteor descends upon dino-manity.

The indie games I've had a mild interest in in the past ten odd years from "woke"/"diverse" devs have mostly been incredibly safe in their storytelling and representation, and the games that dared to have a story that challenges the player or dares to have different types of love interests available to differing results - specifically I'm thinking about Boyfriend Dungeon, where the devs got two types of backlash. One for the creepy stalker villain, because how dare you have a creepy villain character as the driving force of the story and how dare you not add a content warning, MUH TRIGGERS! and the second controversy being around one of the LIs who presents as a very young character, Sawyer, who also happens to be a they/them so you know you're in for a good time.

I don't want Ko_op to fail to deliver because that means no more lulz.

 

[LemonCake]

3. What do you guys think the ending of GBVH is going to be like? Any hopes/expectations?

You can read the entire script from the leaks a few weeks back, unless the leaks were for a single route, it seemed like the ending is the same no matter your choices

Spoiler: Actual spoiler

It's ambiguous if the meteor will hit or not, but they throw the concert and Fang can wear an outfit that Naomi made her

 

[Rusty Metal Skull Gun]

They should know from the Mass Effect 3 debacle that players really hate not being able to influence the ending.

I suspect having a they/them protagonist will preclude them from doing anything interesting, as non-binaries are a sacred cow you can't criticize.

 

[ShitLurker]

You can read the entire script from the leaks a few weeks back, unless the leaks were for a single route, it seemed like the ending is the same no matter your choices

Spoiler: Actual spoiler

It's ambiguous if the meteor will hit or not, but they throw the concert and Fang can wear an outfit that Naomi made her

Wowzers, that's some ilussion of choice going in hard. What is the outfit Naomi makes? I also find that point very funny due to how they hate each other's guts in Snoot Game till they get older.

 

[Bill Kilgore]

1. Is the current release date for GBVH still August 29? Or did the game get delayed again?

Yes But they might delay it again, only god fuckin knows.

2. Anyone think that the dev behind Snoot Game might update or add to the game once/if GBVH comes out?

they'll definitely release a DLC not sure about an update tho.

3. What do you guys think the ending of GBVH is going to be like? Any hopes/expectations?

The volcano doesn't explodes and everyone in the high school had a one big gay orgy afterwards. that's my hopes, I'll probably had some good laughs imagining some sick fuck is probably going to jack off to all of those shit.

 

[ShitLurker]

I also wonder at what price will they have the balls to sell it at. In Steam it doesn't seem to be listed yet.

 

[Pissmaster]

I also wonder at what price will they have the balls to sell it at. In Steam it doesn't seem to be listed yet.

My gut tells me $30, so that's my guess. The price:length ratio will be one of many laughing points.

 

[ShitLurker]

My gut tells me $30, so that's my guess. The price:length ratio will be one of many laughing points.

I can see them going higher with how probably full of themselves they are. But yeah, 30 sounds like the most likely and way too much anyway.

 

[Rusty Metal Skull Gun]

My gut tells me $30, so that's my guess. The price:length ratio will be one of many laughing points.

There's no official price yet, but a quick Google found places selling it for $50. I don't know if they've got insider information, or they're just guessing, It's going to be worse value for money than Snoot Game, at any rate.

 

[Sleazy Car Salesman]

I'm willing to bet that they'll try to get full price for it, there's no other option they would go for. Remember that these people are delusional and this is their studio's first "big" game. They'll want at least fifty dollars (real dollars too, not their goofy ass canuck bucks) for it.