Damn....don't give him any ideas. Just wanted to say that despite what we say, I and I'm sure many of the people who do criticize some of Braindrops actions love him as a developer. I say this only because it seems people in this forum love to come from everywhere and utter their favorite Phrase "He doesn't owe you anything" if you say anything negative about his actions. Damn people, can we criticize him and still like him?
I could use some extra salt on my turkey.
Constructive Criticism is ok, even showing disappointment is fine, hell, I am sad about the delay, but here's the difference, tone, and you can read tone just as easily as you can hear it. As a whole we are a happy friendly group who don't like unnecessary negativity, so when we perceive people having such negativity we go on the defense of a man whom we support, both emotionally and in quite a few cases monetarily, when he lets us. A lot on this forum do not give money to BD, hell I didn't until this current month, before he paused it, so complaining that life and additional content is forcing a delay when, in all likelihood you(not you specifically, you seem decent, but the royal you) haven't given him a cent seems a little childish, IMO!
Q: Do you have the end of WVM in sight? And if so, how far are we from it?
Missed Deadline always trigger people because as you know many people here have been burned by other devs before and if they are fairly new to your work then it is understandable for them to think Ah shit, here we go again. You can add 1 or 2 days to your deadlines to avoid missing them + get bonus points when you release earlyWasn't going to comment but I'll say this real quickly.
I am sorry for the delays and they're 100% on me and they shouldn't happen. And I know the rapid fire way the delays have happened has caused a ton of frustration and I'll be working on how I speak on dates in the future, and I know those frustrated just want to play the game so I hold absolutely nothing against them.
That being said I do want to reiterate a few things.
- The delays are mainly because of adding more content. The initial release on the 14th was meant to be around 270 renders with 2 animations. The release on Tuesday will have around 390 renders and 8 animations.
(The initial cause was me adding in extra stuff mid update. The latter ones were because of a change of plans I didn't want the update to end where it was planned)
So it's not like I'm just sitting here with a thumb in my ass, you're getting more content for the extra dev time.
- Despite my commitment to working as much as I can to finish the update and build a buffer I'm pausing pledges. I've only been "paid" once for the last 2000 (3500 if you count the ones that were redone) renders I've worked on.
The reason for those pauses was never for a lack of work, it was for a lack of consistency for deadlines. And I'm taking the necessary steps to work on it and if I fail future release dates then I'll continue to pause. To try and say I'm "milking" or compare me to devs who are synonymous with milking is fucking silly.
So can we stop treating this like something it isn't? Thanks
-oh and bets are open for Tuesday
HALLELUJAH BROTHA!
That's a gouda to knowPersonally I'd rather have cheese with my wine.
Well, i don't wish for superpowers personally, but i wish i had mod power and i could modify your post and change the word bully..because it's a strong word and it's a bit inappropriate. I've read no one bullying here or on discord and i don't think the mods would let that pass.
