- Sep 22, 2017
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Well come back in January and if they don't release an update until then, you will get your wish.
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You are dead on. The way that this goal is worded is a huge red flag. It does not offer a single benefit to supporters. It reeks of a narcissist. They are already making about $5,000 per month. That is more than 99% of developers make. It has been over a year since they last released any update. A good release is the only way to hit that goal. The last 2 updates were a small bug fix, and a single scene.
This is not a single developer. This is two developers. Because it is two people and not one person they should be getting releases out quicker than that. The last major update had about 1,000 renders.
The first release was in April of 2020. The most recent release was July of 2021. That is 16 months. The game has had 3 actual releases in that time. The first release was already made when the clock started so consider that 2 updates. So the math says 1 update = 8 months when they were actually making releases.
It has been 13 months since the last release. They are 5 months behind their previous release schedule if they release today. It does not look like there will be a release today. They claim it is 2 people working on the game full time. A work week is 40. That's 26 months of work with 2 full time workers. 52 months time 160 hours = 8,320 work hours combined those two have had to make a release and still have not done so.
Now for some fun math. Suppose they release today, and suppose the release is the same size as the last release with 1,000 renders. Animations are not a major part of a release as the last update only had 8 of them. That is 8.32 renders per man hour or just over 1 work day per render. In that same time they have had 13 months of averaging around $5,500 each. That is $71,500 made since a release. They would be making $71.50 per render if they released today assuming they release an update the same size as the last one and they release it today.
TL;DR Quit begging for supporters and make a release.
I visit their Discord channel occasionally and I remember being somewhat surprised how active the devs are in the chatter there. Made me wonder when they were finding the time to actually work on developing the game. Don't get me wrong - they're both nice guys and I like their chitchat - but I'm concerned about how they're choosing to spend their time. When I'm working to a deadline I often go completely off the grid - just checking in every few hours for critical messages. No Facebook, no WhatsApp etc. until I've achieved my target for the day.
Every time I check the page, I'm never disappointed when there isn't an update available. So, pushed back to September? Post 9/11 naturally - we wouldn't want them to have to work over the end of summer holidays.
- Jul 18, 2017
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The discord links content I could access:
Not looking promising with no 5 day notice yet.
At least he is a self-aware DEV though...
- Jun 18, 2017
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Try a full year
- Apr 25, 2020
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- Nov 23, 2017
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So is the heat death of the universe, which at this rate is gonna be here first.
As much as I want to believe I can't take anything at face value anymore. Sir D. chucked any credibility he had a long time ago. If he needed money and took a side job that I understand, let us know just don't lie and string us along. So don't blow smoke up my ass and call it sunshine.
- Jan 24, 2018
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I wonder if there's a genuine reason for such a long wait, or if this game actually did turn into a money grab. Does anyone know if the dev actually gave a good reason for the wait?
His dog got pregnant while on a trip to mars then he died and had to fight the devil and jebus over a can of sacred baked beans with the power to ressurect him and his dog, it was best of 35 in lego star wars speedruns but he lost and had to build a metal gear out of lint and a pink metal gear to bitchslap god until he sent him back to earth but god was a bitch and said "lol ur gonna be a zombee" and then he was and had to unzomby himself by collecting the 17 chaos carrots and that took a while.
- May 6, 2017
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They always do. Being an adult game developer is an incredibly dangerous hobby. As soon as people set foot on this path, all possible and most terrible disasters fall upon them. If you are faced with a choice - go to war or become an adult game dev, choose the first without hesitation. It's much more safer.
- Jan 28, 2020
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... huh... I thought they were waiting for Asgard to announce the next Convergence, so they could release the new version at the same time. That's what Dr. Selvig said the last time I saw him at Stonehenge.
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MILKER ? SCAMER ? TROLLER ? NO DOWN TO EARTHDEV ? DELUTIONAL DEVELOPER ?
thos are some really good reason , wait till 2023 and maybe Allmiighty developer will throw a cookie to down there to his SLAVES suporters or us
- Oct 13, 2016
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I'm seriously concerned what will happen to the dog to push the update back till christmas....
to nothing probably, if we are lucky there will be an update during 2022 ( it should have out during may 2022) and then only wallpapers
