PC Developer Discussions: Alpha 17

[Lee Li]

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According to one article, Telltale "suffered from a constant culture of crunch that pushed employees to release games as quickly as possible." https://www.usgamer.net/articles/report-telltale-games-shutting-down-the-wolf-among-us-2-and-stranger-things-canceled
I think I'll stick with year-long development cycles.

I've said before to fellow players, i think it's a good thing that TFP takes a slow steady pace instead of wrecking themselves like so many do at their jobs. Too many jobs short of say, nurse, doctor, firefighter, come with unreasonable amounts of stress and sometimes just because your unlocky enough to have a guy one level above you at work trying to drain you dry. Small business owners for the win. That said, I think a 6-8 month schedual might overall be better for all. And...as far as the crunch goes, I get the feeling that's probably going on right now. The whole "ok fixed that bug ARGHWARMHHGGLE... two more now what the.."

 

[Llamas]

It reads so much like other recent messages. I think it's the same guy using a new username and ip address.You gave some well deserved answers... Nice job!

If anything... It's entertaining! LOL!!!

I'm beginning to think that their list of demands was just a request for a Kickstarter-style update, not a demand to audit the books. Or maybe not. The insulting posts they made beforehand pretty much guaranteed that anything they said would be interpreted as an attack. :shrug:

 

[Erik Louden]

I cry hard every day that I was not updated to a17

Hope you have 2-3+ weeks of tears built up.

 

[Henrique]

People the UPDATE will come out WHEN IT'S DONE!!!!!

That's it..................

Stop crying there is no crying in this forum!!!!!

Are We There Yet? :02.47-tranquillity:

 

[Ouch Quit It]

Has anyone else noticed that the thread goes through cycles? Period of useful info.

Period of sillyness.

Period of wish lists.

Period of arguing about wish lists and... anything else.

Period of silence.

You forgot the cycle of people making lists of cycles.....the worst!!

Coughs * RELEASE the KRAKEN * Coughs

 

[Ouch Quit It]

FAATAL....

Can you give us a video of some of your changes..like AI pathing changes or an explanation of the landclaim/bedroll changes? Or maybe what you feel is the biggest change you have made to gameplay in your opinion?

Regards,

Ouch

 

[Thunderbrand]

Thinking they're entitled to confidential company information because they bought a game or backed a Kickstarter... Dunning-Kruger effect on full display right there.

 

[kmce]

Well, since I've only worked here for a year, I was not involved with the Kickstarter nor read these magical donor reviews. Just gave the KS page a read, and see the standard Kickstarter stuff. I don't see rewards promising company info.

Anything? Exaggerate much? Can you quote where I said that?

You keep making me laugh, but some of that might just be a translation issue. Dust?

I was a backer on kickstarter, and actually, I dont feel like you do owe us anything. We backed a game that was early access, taking the risk of it never being completed, which isnt even happening here. Over 5 years of updates ive had more than my moneys worth. Even if development was to stop tomorrow, I dont feel like I am owed anything.

 

[Erik Louden]

<------------------------------- A KS backer well and I've made my moneys worth in game play back 3000 times over (roughly hours played according to steam).

 

[CplCritter]

You read donor reviews from the kickstart that breathed life into your project. Or you have already forgotten what it is. Tell them about a loaf of bread. Tell them that you do not owe them anything.Although, you will think, half a million, this is dust for you

****Public Service Announcement****

This guy is just trolling. Pay no more attention to the ♥♥♥♥ goblin_6 is spewing. The last few pages are the wrong kind of drama and ruining my bathroom break reading at work (lol). Every response feeds this guy the validation to keep muttering horse ♥♥♥♥. Make the troll go back under his bridge by ignoring his posts.

***End of Announcement***

 

[Kam R.]

I understand that other peoples gramma and misspelling can be annoying to some people, but with that said it is my opinion that it is your problem not theirs, as a Danish citizen living in Norway and dealing with English everyday, i feel that my language skills are ok, but i slip up more often than i care to admit, especially when things are going fast.This forum is for all nationalities, and it is not always easy to write in a foreign language.

This forum is also for people who might have a writing or spelling disability, it is even for stupid people or those who do not care about gramma and spelling, it is a open forum for a game, and we all have a right to be here and write on it.

I did not check my gramma or my spelling when i wrote this, so it is proberbly full of mistakes :02.47-tranquillity: enjoy them and get use to it, because i am here to stay :smile-new:

And I understand that not all mistakes made are made on purpose and have a variety of reasons, which is why I usually abstain from being berating about it. I rather tried to be somewhat silly about it in my post, but I guess I missed the mark, seeing how defensive your reply is. I don't think it's wrong to point out mistakes every now and then, even if it's in an environment that doesn't require professional language skills - It's the only way someone can learn.

Which is why I welcome this guy's post:

And while you are at it English starts with a capital.

Good find. I assume you mean a capital letter. Also you forgot a comma in your sentence. (I might be wrong on that, comma rules always were my nemesis )

Anyway... that alpha 17 thing... I heard it's gonna be released soon?

 

[KRISMA]

Fair enough :smile-new:

 

[Xtrakicking]

<------------------------------- A KS backer well and I've made my moneys worth in game play back 3000 times over (roughly hours played according to steam).

Same here. Around 20 bucks for 1100+ hours of fun. I'd say it's a pretty decent deal.

 

[TSRViper]

I've always heard you could make more $ doing business programming, but I think I fell asleep just typing that. Games!

Same as owning your own business, you might have a higher salary, but your hourly rate is half what a paid employee gets!

 

[TylerDB]

& there goes September

They said September wasnt going to see a release.

 

[snakewufrost1]

welp ... 2 ghosts and grave left? However that could be deciphered... Ouu yes, 1130 legit hours. Not counting really early Alpha,which i kind of tried without paying[yes.. i am ashame, and YES this good folks earned every god-dang dolar i gave for game]. Hell... if they could make some kind of reasonable POST-release expansion[too early i know, BUT] would buy it without question. Currently have more faith in TFP that in BEthesda way of handling new Fallout games[they aren`t BAD,but still lacking]. Soo... yea this came out as pretty long post. Sry, keep up good work p.s. dont overdo weekends

 

[wildaxeman1]

Sorry for not a modest question, but I'm a buyer of this game, I have the right to know.How many people are involved in the development?

What is their qualification?

Where can I see the development assessment for the next couple of months?

What is the total revenue from the sales of the game?

you buy bread. you have right to know... all those things. go and ask. see if you get answer or free ticket to madhouse

 

[Roland]

I was a backer on kickstarter, and actually, I dont feel like you do owe us anything. We backed a game that was early access, taking the risk of it never being completed, which isnt even happening here. Over 5 years of updates ive had more than my moneys worth. Even if development was to stop tomorrow, I dont feel like I am owed anything.

Well....actually we do owe you something. If you can prove to me you are a backer then we owe you a backer badge for the forums that proclaims you as an original survivor. PM me if interested.

 

[Darkstardragon]

Same here. Around 20 bucks for 1100+ hours of fun. I'd say it's a pretty decent deal.

Yea, goin on 6000 hours, between all the alphas and all the mods i feel as though ive gotten 2 dozen games for the price of one lol. Have barely played anything else in comparison.

 

[snakewufrost1]

I guess 2 ghosts trying to make midnight party? Ehh?