Why then was it necessary to write on December 10 that the update would be on December 12?
I agree.
In fact, repeatedly postponing release dates is a common occurrence in my line of work, which usually means that issues keep surfacing during the final testing phase. However, last night I saw a post where the author claimed the delay was to allow some users to enjoy the game over the weekend—this gave me real hope that I'd be able to play it today. But now it's clearly evident that wasn't the reason at all, and I find that really disappointing.
If that's the case as you said, why not just perfect it first and then release the full version? The current situation is just constantly changing the release date and making us wait. Why are there still bugs every time after the release? If what you said is true, you should release a game with absolutely no bugs.
While I understand, main issue is really communication and time management.
The game is in a early access state, we are testing a game that is in development. The information screen on Itch should not say Released and be changed to In Development
A quick bi-weekly status update would give people a lot more insight into when to actually expected a release. Nothing overly complicated, something simple:
Kal ensuring the availability of all Mods, Testers and Content creators, before speculating a release window
To name a couple suggestions...
Bugs: Regardless of how polished a game is until it is in the hand of the people they will never be all squashed. There will be multiple environmental factors that will not be met in automated and manual testing e.g. Windows OS Versions, Drivers Versions, Hardware Variants... it is unrealistic to think any game will be without bugs especially for a developer who is one man band.
His last excuse for not fulfilling the promise made me laugh; I even thought he had already completed 1.8.
I am Japanese, so please understand that my English is not very good.
I work for a game company and do development, so I know how difficult game development can be and how many unexpected things can happen.
But what people are criticizing is why they lied. Why was it postponed from the 10th to the 12th?
Didn't they say the date was changed because he said many people be able to play the update on weekdays?
It would have been better if they had been honest and said there were a lot of issues and no idea when it would be updated.
If that were the case, people wouldn't be as angry as they are now.
He said "It was moved to Friday because a good amount of ppl was advising they wouldn't be able to play the update during the working week and so a weekend release was decided as it was advised on the "Delay" post thats at the top of the board."
And it is a lie to say that something is complete when it is not.
Please don't tell me he never said the word "complete"
We all know what he meant
Dr.Muramasa quickly corrected himself further down the thread - "No harshness taken. Made that mostly running so I didnt express it quite well. Was pushed 2 days to accommodate for a better release in the schedule and some testing thats going on and availability."
With wording now from Kal - "Apologies for the delays. Version 1.8 is our biggest update so far so we need a bit more time to make sure everything works well. Thanks for the patience!"
Seems apparent the tests failed, so its back to development and then there will be more testing...
Like you said before the main issue of these all ruckus is communication, if he would have told us clearly that he got some issues in testing and stuff and they will release as soon as problem gets fixed then everyone would have waited gently knowing that it almost completed and they need time for testing but they didn't say anything with clarity
Man, Don't badmouth the game and Dev. Its because of them we got a GOD game. While your frustration is understandable. I don't want others to miss out on such a beautiful game. I also don't want the Dev to abandon it because of the current chaos.
I mean no offence by whatever I said above.
Lets have patience and a big smile while waiting for it to complete.
: A fellow content Consumer
Remember, that person is just doing his own business. Your blind protection of someone who doesn't understand the weight of words will only ruin him and drive other users away.
If the spinoff is decided as the next side project. It wont feature any of the current characters, nor peak city
Hello there,
1. The money system is not really a "big part" of the game, this is because there have been instances where it was harder and users didn't like it, or where it was too fast with the passive income, so this is kind of the middle ground the game reached. More things will be added to spend money on and with the new gifting system for players to get the best quality pics it'll be something else the money will be used for.
2. This is really unlikely, to not say it won't be done. There will be other secret npc around the map, but this are 1 of instances for the use of traits and such.
3. The game is to far into development as to add a time system. This is something that might be considered for future side projects.
4. 1.9/2.0, one will be focused on pregnancy, and the other will have endings reworked. The current ones are just place holders.
5. Holidays are planned to be expanded. And yes, at the moment is weird that if spending New Years with Anna there's not much and spending it with the girls it ends in Anna.
6. While most of the content is shared content, a balance for the routes and Anna's main route are in mind. No true balance will be possible but there is work in progress and planned for balance them better.
7. This won't be done, as it would require a massive amount of work for previous and future cgs. As an example, a single 3 parts customization can reach 27 combinations.
On the personal request, this is mostly seeing in the love route, but yes, is something players might see more of in the future.
Hello there,
it is fine to bring your opinion or make constructive criticism about something, however, this is not the way of expressing it.