First of all it doesn't matter if the "delays" hurt the game, if BD gets to keep his sanity. And second, the poll was not a choice, it was never binding, BD just wanted to know what Patreons think, so even if the vote was other way around, it would likely not change a thing.
What does releasing smaller updates more frequently rather than bigger updates less frequently has to do with BD keeping his sanity? I am not saying he should work more hours or faster, i am saying that releasing the same amount of content in smaller updates more frequently would have probably been better.
He said (some sort of) it was hurting him mentally, I can't remember exactly what and I am to lazy to search in the Mind drops.
I read all the mind drops when they come out, and from what i can remember, it was mostly reaching the deadlines that was hurting him.
Well I thought about it and yeah, it was not the amount that was the problem, it was his perfectionism and the pressure. And well he had the 20 Render/day goal for quite a while now.
It was the clear mayority, never said the opposite, i said i think, in my opinion that could easily be wrong, that these long delays hurt the projects.
His old update schedule was very unusual. Most games are every few months or so.
His old update schedule was insanely short, we are not talking about going back to that, it was clearly unhealthy.
Probably not a requirement for an exhibition game since the winner officially doesn't matter. Regular season competition would enforce team roster minimums to allow for substitutions.
STS was even with weekly updates at the start.But only for a month or two.And the game had way less content compared to WVM in his first 2 months.
Oh I know, WVM has had a lot more content. I think this game is great and the content has always been good. I was just stating that it seems like the makers of most game end up going longer between updates. It just seem to happen and not much people can do but to wait, but it makes it hard to wait. If you keep thinking about the game and wanting it the update. I have found it better and easier for me to just try not to not think or worry about the updates. Until I notice them on the latest update page. There are pros and cons to fast up dates. With fast updates its nice knowing that once you finish the update you don't have long until the next one. Though the fast update tend to be short and sweet. Where as with a longer wait you tend to get a lot more content. If you judge by the amount of content Braindrop normally has during one day in game. Than him waiting and giving an update with 4 or 5 days in game time to play. We should be getting a lot of content to play thru. It may suck to wait but at the same time the amount of game play we will get will be very nice. Thats why I just find it easier to try and forget about a game until I see the update out.
Again, its not about wanting more, its about not losing the hang of the story, which is why i think smaller more frequent updates, without increasing the speed of content and without giving deadlines (maybe the ones that keep saying the mental health issues and havent read my responses properly can finally get this part).
You do realise that smaller updates won't help you with not remembering some characters?
Actually I like to replay the whole game every update, as long as there is a decent chunk of content at the end, thats why I prefer 2-4 updates/year over every month.
You think that isn't going to also be a problem with big updates? 'Seven months and this is all we get? There should be more than this after so long!'
I'm not saying he should work to death, what i've wanted to say is that he's lucky his patrons trust him so much and are still waiting for him. If he was working for a big company where you have a clear deadline he would have already been fired, you can't have excuses like "i'm mentally hurt" (personal experience unfortunately). Also this doesn't explain how a lot of other game developers can make it, maybe they're machines, gods or simply they have a better roadmap/game planning. I've followed this game since the beginning and i remember the quality and the realease dates of that time, now that he has a even more powerful PC that should render at the speed of light he always seems to have "problems". Maybe i'm wrong but it seems to me that he has lost the will to work in his project, i've played around 250-300 VN renpy games and i saw the downfall of a lot of developers and their story was pretty much like this one (i won't mention their name, you know who i'm referring to).
Yeah, because it refreshes what you already remember. I dont get lost in the story in the games with frequent, shorter updates. And i do get lost in the story in those with less frequent updates.
That's the good thing about being your own boss!
