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Always been a coding problem and never a rendering problem with Saddog, sad.
Because there is a shame-cycle creators fall into.Why can't he come out and say that, why stay silent. He could come out and say look guys i missed the deadline because i encountered some serious bugs, i fixed most of them and now i'm gonna release 1 big update.
I agree with sillyrobot, also in addition there can be other reasons for some other devs:Why can't he come out and say that, why stay silent. He could come out and say look guys i missed the deadline because i encountered some serious bugs, i fixed most of them and now i'm gonna release 1 big update.
Maybe he's waiting for it...That'll make a pretty good excuseI hope we get an update before WWIII starts.
Need to see Nicole getting stuffed one more time then I can die a happy manMaybe he's waiting for it...That'll make a pretty good excuse
i think the community can be more comprehensive than that, after all he still has about 80% of his patreons, that's because they believe in himBecause there is a shame-cycle creators fall into.
1) You have a plan, but life interrupts and you can't get the work done. You're pretty sure it'll just take another day or so.
You don't want to deal with all the disappointment and circle-jerking that'll happen if you tell everyone so you put it off until after the weekend, what's the harm?
2) But your next target still wasn't realistic. Either more life happened or you were too optimistic. Either way, you dumped a lot of energy into the project and just can't afford to spend more right now. Let's put off the announcement and update for another day to two to recover.
3) After recovering, you look at the last few days work and see a whole bunch of crap. You were too tired/distracted/rushed to do a good job and it needs another day or so to fix.
4) You look at the calendar and realize you are a week or more overdue. Where did the days go? The project really needs at least another week or more and of course it's better to spend the time and energy you have on it rather than damage control, right?
5) Quickly make a new plan to get it out soon. People have waited this long, it's better to give them good news rather than excuses, right? Go to 1.
Yeah, but that's not how the shame-cycle works. You miss the first deadline or the first time you take a break to do something else, you get embarrassed and don't want to bring it to people's attention. Every time you let communication slide, you get more embarrassed and more willing to skip communicating because you expect to be rightfully castigated. It's a positive feedback cycle that feeds itself.i think the community can be more comprehensive than that, after all he still has about 80% of his patreons, that's because they believe in him
He doesn't has to give a realese date, if he only gave an update it would be enough, "Sorry Guys, life is hard, specially during holidays, the bugs are really difficult and i'm still working to repair them. I'll keep you updated"
that's it he doesn't has to do much more than that
I think last time the update was close to completion but the dev found a game-breaking bug I think that must be a good 3-4 months ago now since then there has been nothing no word or any sign of the update, does it remind you of another game?What was the last news regarding this developer ?? i thought i read that he was having some problems with the update but that could be the update before that i lost count..