always86

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I think I'm close to figuring it out, but correct me if I'm wrong.
Ep11 is coming out in 2025 and we'll actually get one episode a year.
In 2026 ep 12 comes out and we get another episode a year again.
The difference is that after ep11 is over, DPС won't have one year of development, but a lot more.
I don't know if he did it on purpose or not, but now he has two years to produce an episode, whereas before it was one calendar year.
He's effectively sacrificed that year in order to release an episode a year again in the future.
But there's an important clarification. As everyone has correctly pointed out, DPC has a tendency to constantly increase development time.
Let's imagine that ep12 will be released in May-June 2026, it looks quite realistic.
But what then ep 13 will be released in August-September? And ep 14 again in winter?
He said he planned the game before ep14. I think we can survive the two year cycle, simply because the game will already be over, but the year and a half cycle will become commonplace, but it won't be noticeable.
The fact episode 11 will probably release in 2025 doesnt mean it will have taken 2 years. Unless production speeds up it will probably take about 13-14 months releasing in midto late January (maybe early February) 2025. Episode 12 is hard to say. Pink has constantly made the updates bigger and with the exception episode 7 and 5, which took 1 week less than epsiode 6 and 4 respectivly, he has increased the production time frame with each episode. If he adds another month onto production we can expect epsiode 12 around March/ April 2026.

It's of course possible that episode 12 could be smaller and he could upgrade to the 5 series (if Nvidea ever announce it), so maybe we could see around a year again.

Either way, to look at it the way you are it will take 5 or 6 episodes (presuming he doesnt continue to increase development time) to have added a year.

And besides the thing that is always forgotten/ ignored about pink is no one in the genre is producing as much content as him. Some studios produce a lot, but no one is producing 6000 still renders AND 3-400 animations. (some are making better quality art, S Tier perhaps, but they aren't coming close to the amount DPC produces, which is still A Tier when compared to others).

The fact is when episode 12 comes out there will be a delay to episode 13 due to the Steam release of season 3, and by then it will probably be the final season anyway. I think he is foolish to let producton times grow end on end, but he is delivering more content, so yes we could still get six monthly releases but with less than half as much content due to polishing and testing. I for one like having a massive update to play.

With that all said, I do wish he would limit himself to a 12 month cycle, (and not bother with the 60FPS)
 
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lollar2112

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That he has moved on to creating content for Rooster is good news, he is close to completion( maybe 70-80%). But the remaining 20% he still won't have time to complete before the end of the year.
My bet is as sure as betting on Real Madrid in the Champions League.
Most likely early to mid February.
And we all need to be prepared for ep11 not coming out during 2025, lol.
Even though ep 11 technically will be out in 2025, lol. So we won't be without a new episode until 2024.
The fact the setting of the episode is around Christmas leads to this being a December/January release. Likely late Dec/early Jan. I don't believe he'd set it for that Holiday if it were releasing in October. The Halloween episode coincided with Halloween. It may be a bit after Christmas, but I think we know the timeframe of releasae.
 

shazba jnr

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I would not recommend switching to annual billing if you only upgrade your tier subscription once or twice yearly for my game updates.
Do you think this reference to 2 releases a year is trolling or a hint of a new interlude? :unsure: :unsure: :unsure:
I think it refers to the first release and the patch about a month later.
that can't be the reason, coming out practically the next month no patreon could increase its level, decrease it and then increase it again, it wouldn't make sense
He said once or twice yearly because there's always the possibility that a release could occur in Jan followed by a release in December the same year.

Of course we believe that's unlikely based on current trends, but he's not gonna say:

"I would not recommend switching to annual billing if you only upgrade your tier subscription once a year for my game updates."

Because that would be blatantly saying that it's one episode a year from now on, and that's bad PR.
 
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The fact the setting of the episode is around Christmas leads to this being a December/January release. Likely late Dec/early Jan. I don't believe he'd set it for that Holiday if it were releasing in October. The Halloween episode coincided with Halloween. It may be a bit after Christmas, but I think we know the timeframe of releasae.
The Halloween episode came out in December, so I don't really think that the theme matters for how long it takes him to finish and release. Ideally, I am sure he would have liked it to coincide, but it didn't seem to rush him to release it.
 

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After episode 7, I promised myself that I wouldn't play this game again until it's finished...however, with yearly updates and life slowly ticking by and age starting to show it's poker hand...I am tempted...temptation is a terrible demon, the whispering voice at the back of your mind, empowering you to just do it...to hell with promises and self-regulation, you might not be here tomorrow! I will wait for episode 11...and then I will decide.
 
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After episode 7, I promised myself that I wouldn't play this game again until it's finished...however, with yearly updates and life slowly ticking by and age starting to show it's poker hand...I am tempted...temptation is a terrible demon, the whispering voice at the back of your mind, empowering you to just do it...to hell with promises and self-regulation, you might not be here tomorrow! I will wait for episode 11...and then I will decide.
I'll be probably retired by the time this and SG are finished :ROFLMAO:
 
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