dragonsix6969
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I believe it when i see it, i remember when it was supposed to come out last year.Still in development. People that are watching the dev's progress reports estimate that the game should come out in 2-3 months, unless another delay happens...
Yeah, no, the problem isn't the fanbase being "impatient", the problem is that the game had far too many delays. I can give you a link to a post from ULMF (I'm just unsure if there are rules here about giving links to ULMF) dating back to february 22, 2022 with a post from a guy who collected posts where HW's delay announcements, and that post lists 5 delay announcements from HW.i would abandon the project if i was being draged through the mud just because the fan base was to impatient
I would abandon your project as a fan way before that if you kept failing to meet deadlines you set yourself over and over. You "abandoning the project" would be icing on the cake for me, the last nail in the coffin for you as a developer. Unless you plan on being one of the people milking their "fan base" on Patreon in return for promises and a couple 3D renders every month.i would abandon the project if i was being draged through the mud just because the fan base was to impatient
you mean the release of the firelevel demo?It'll be funny if HW move the full release of the game next year lol.
without wanting to defend the dev, this last progress report was apparently only one scene because theyve been working on releasing a demo of the first level (whichthey announced a week ago to release within 24 hours and it still isnt here). The progress reports before that have been like around five scenes per report, so every two weeks. Thatd mean the game would be releasable within four weeks assuming its true that the game is ready for release when those scenes are in (which is what the dev said).What I'm currently wondering is whether the game even has a chance of coming out in 2023. I distinctly recall the dev stating that the game had to come out at August 31st of last year (regardless of its state), since anything in the remaining quarter would apparently be a dead spot for sales.
Flash forward a year, and here we are again. August 31st.
On an amusing note, the Dev can still technically release the game for free, since he can upload here while charging for it elsewhere per usual. In the event that's its released, its inevitably going to happen anyway, so thus that particular promise could be fulfilled despite its seeming impossibility.
However, if it is a scam, I would think that by now someone would contest their policy on offering refunds if they donated on Patreon but were withheld a refund about asking for one. The dev has said that for years repeatedly, and in all the time I've followed this thread, I've yet to anybody dispute it (and someone would've disputed it, if it were the case).
Wonder what there is to take-away from this? Don't try and voice every single bit of dialogue? Don't give release dates (in fact, limit any kind of promise to the minimum since nothing is absolute)?
Its interesting to note that one of the biggest issues (voice-acting) has since been met with an acceptable substitute through "AI". How times change.
Current Scenes Implemented as of August 14th, 2023: 378 out of 388.
Current Scenes Implemented as of August 28th, 2023: 379 out of 388 (an Earth cut-scene was implemented).
Yeah, I watched this game's development for quite some time before I straight up forgot about this game somewhere around last year, and this game's dev isn't exactly a scammer, because he definitely has a lot of passion towards this game, but he's fucking awful with deadlines, extremely shit at tempering his own ambition, and absolutely horrible with responding to criticism without going into holier-than-thou attitude.without wanting to defend the dev, this last progress report was apparently only one scene because theyve been working on releasing a demo of the first level (whichthey announced a week ago to release within 24 hours and it still isnt here). The progress reports before that have been like around five scenes per report, so every two weeks. Thatd mean the game would be releasable within four weeks assuming its true that the game is ready for release when those scenes are in (which is what the dev said).
having followed the development for quite some time (i think i was a patron in 2017 or ‘18), my assessment wouldnt be so quick to jump to scam or any malice, just extremely poor work ethic or inability to wade through tedious work. The dev was streaming some of his work a few months ago and the streams were often cut short after a little bit of productive work by <insert random irl event here> or the dev would claim to return within x time, which ended upthe stream just running for 20 hours and no dev returning.
If the dev was actually scamming, I cant really understand why they would announce a demowithin 24 hours only to fail that deadline by more than a week now.
Obviously this is all speculation based on my very limited information, but at least I know how it feels like not being able to work on something consistently for more than a couple of minutes. Been there, done that. Again, not defending the dev, just my thoughts about whats going on.
It's been around 320 hours since then. Any word on the new demo? I didn't see it after then.
I have a theory: guy is actualy alien from Saturn, explains all the delays and why his day over 300 hours . For us its over 9 years of development, for him its not even second one.It's been around 320 hours since then. Any word on the new demo? I didn't see it after then.
They sent it to the testers and they are squashing bugs nonstopIt's been around 320 hours since then. Any word on the new demo? I didn't see it after then.
The full game is nearly done. Just saiyanI'm excited though, guys. After nine years of development, we finally get to play the first level of the game!
The 'Abandoned' tag is only for F95.Wait, this game is abandon now?
What the hell just happen?