Been a while since my last updat....
Was there more to the status update? Anyone feel like posting the while thing, or did Cheeky just post the summary, as kind of a joke?
I can't say the delay is surprising. I didn't want to say anything at the time to jinx it, but I knew 100% there was no way the rework would just take a couple of months. It would be the worlds fastest rework, in that case. Usually, for whatever reason, redoing the past takes 10 times longer than new content.
Don't know why. I suspect it is a motivation issue. It's hard to work hard and feel like you are just standing still as a developer. If you are a programmer, imagine having to go back to your old programs that are working and having to rewrite them in another style (state machine, oop, etc) or even another language. Not fun.
Oh well. Once the word "rework" gets mentioned, things always take, way, way, longer than expected. In every case but WTHI, reworking past scenes is unwelcome, and has unfortunately become the number one stalling tactic from devs that for whatever reason, don't want to continue to develop their games, but want to keep the Patron cash flowing. I challenge any readers to find a case where reworking actually improved an AVN significantly, rather than failed at every level (
cough, cough, heavy five).
However, in WTHI, rerendering the old scenes eventually is sorely needed if they want to attract new players. The original renders are quite dated by modern standards. Zarah looks hideous at first, like one of those aging chain smokers hanging outside of a biker bar, for example, but looks a lot better later on (Jenna's vampirism doesn't need to be mentioned). The quality difference from the first handful of updates to the present is very striking and needed to be addressed someday. I wish, as do probably all the fans, that it had been done at the end of development. But Cheeky gave his reasons for trying to do it this way.
If it was anyone else other than Cheeky, I would doubt the future of WTHI. But I am confident he can pull it off. Just, a small word of advice to Cheeky and team. Don't beat yourself up over missing deadlines. Just plug away whenever you can, and keep things moving forward, at whatever pace is doable. Every journey continues with a single step.
The main worry I have is the rest of the team. Are Ace and Cell back on the team now? I haven't really followed or understood the issues with the WTHI team, but with all three working on it, at whatever pace they can, I would feel a lot better about the future and eventual conclusion of WTHI.
Thank you for the update
