Count Morado

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The trouble shooting process strives to eliminate variables by asking all these questions I am trying to eliminate some of the varibles so far hardly any one can tell what exactly they did so far I have several theories , game play order, picking up inventory items out of order and lastly environmental vairables associated with the users machine. All of them are theories the two first ones we should be able to test. the last onee we can't but eliminating the first two if possible goes a long way to figuring things out. Normally this would be the Devs job but we know the history so maybe I can help maybe not...
This has already gone on for almost 2 pages (nearly 40 posts) - maybe it is best to go private to continue?
 

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This game is complete guess work at times with a lot of tasks and it is still very buggy despite the rework.
 

Count Morado

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This game is complete guess work at times with a lot of tasks and it is still very buggy despite the rework.
All the tasks that took less than 60 game days in the previous version now take over 120 either because of guesswork, added hoops to jump through, or bugs.
 
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iury

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the game is certainly a bugfest. but with almost 6k patreons, I think UberPie can spare some cash to hire some QA by now.
 

Count Morado

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the game is certainly a bugfest. but with almost 6k patreons, I think UberPie can spare some cash to hire some QA by now.
Well, yes and no.

Uber lives in France
Probably grosses $20k USD per month​
Patreon fees (8%)​
Currency conversion fees (non-Euro to Euro) (2.5%)​
Payment processing fees (3% ish)​
Before taxes $17,300 per month​
France taxes (43% estimate)​
$9,861 per month net income (A nice single income to take home, for sure!)​

Out of that, he already pays at least 2 contractors (lostraven as a writer and one other). Also would have other business expenses: accountant, technology repairs and upgrades, any monthly costs on art programs, etc ... and more and more. Let's not also forget saving for retirement (if he's thinking ahead) and other things.

That really doesn't leave a lot to spare to contract another person - but if he were, I would think he should contract a Program Manager to better manage expectations and deadlines. Another option would be to contract at $25+ per hour for an associate certified programmer and/or 3+ years experienced Unity coder with a portfolio showing results. This would mean an actual coder is dedicated to making sure gameplay works. There's dedicated writer in lostraven. And that would leave Uberpie to be the dedicated artists and visionary.

That would alleviate a lot of the problems going forward - and a coder with knowledge and trainer (rather than learning as they go) focused only on coding (rather than art, coding, etc etc) would bring the game back into line.
 

iury

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imho to be honest you can save a LOT of money by hiring someone from 3rd world countries. I know a lot of excellent programmers with 15+ yrs of experience that don't make even $10/h. a very good QA for less than $6. anyways, I just hope he find someone to help. the artwork is top notch. a shame the code quality being so poor.
 
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JumPin

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I have no more missions I'm stuck at 34%, the last scene was with Clara and Becca in the school warehouse. Does anyone know what should i do?
 

Kupperton

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imho to be honest you can save a LOT of money by hiring someone from 3rd world countries. I know a lot of excellent programmers with 15+ yrs of experience that don't make even $10/h. a very good QA for less than $6. anyways, I just hope he find someone to help. the artwork is top notch. a shame the code quality being so poor.
Ain't this like a moral issue? Hiring 3rd world country workers to do work for you for less than others in your own country? I would like to see a quality improvement as well but that idea is a hmm for me.
 

iury

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Ain't this like a moral issue? Hiring 3rd world country workers to do work for you for less than others in your own country? I would like to see a quality improvement as well but that idea is a hmm for me.
well I am a 3rd world country worker who worked remotely for the usa. so I have a bias here hahahah
 
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ThatGhostMan100

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I need help. I'm at the point where I'm placing cameras in Priscillas house and I placed one in the bathroom door, bedroom mirror, and in the pink seat thing. It keeps telling me to place all cameras but I placed all 3 and there are no more in my inventory. Is my game bugged? Am I missing something?
 
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