Game Development: Two Birds With One Patch

[DreadDawson]

I hope it is seasons.

[Potjeh]

Can you at least reduce the countdown a bit, so we can figure out how fast time flows in development space? So far all I got is that a couple of weeks means anywhere between a couple of months and eternity. Any upper bound would be welcome.

[The_Blode]

Can you at least reduce the countdown a bit, so we can figure out how fast time flows in development space? So far all I got is that a couple of weeks means anywhere between a couple of months and eternity. Any upper bound would be welcome.

assumption breeds disappointment

[jorb]

Can you at least reduce the countdown a bit, so we can figure out how fast time flows in development space? So far all I got is that a couple of weeks means anywhere between a couple of months and eternity. Any upper bound would be welcome.

Suspecting two-three weeks.

[Potjeh]

Thank you
BTW, do these weekly updates take away much from development on this big thing? If so I think I'd rather have no weeklies so we can get the big one sooner.

[Daefae33]

Thank you
BTW, do these weekly updates take away much from development on this big thing? If so I think I'd rather have no weeklies so we can get the big one sooner.

You shut your hole, I enjoy the small weekly updates with the occasional BIG update.

[jordancoles]

Weekly updates with a delayed big update is probably better

Adding more critters to make the world more alive doesn't really hurt, as long as they cut it out with the mobs that spawn through mining

[Lunarius_Haberdash]

Weekly updates with a delayed big update is probably better

Adding more critters to make the world more alive doesn't really hurt, as long as they cut it out with the mobs that spawn through mining

I'm rather appreciating these little underground challenges.

But if you mean specifically "Spawn when you mine" I can't disagree, though I do approve of the way it makes AFK mining a really bad idea.

[jorb]

Thank you
BTW, do these weekly updates take away much from development on this big thing? If so I think I'd rather have no weeklies so we can get the big one sooner.

We sit down and dev together three nights a week, spend two of those days on the big stuff, and one on the patches. The rest of the week we work on stuff that we don't need eachother for. I.e. loftar works on the client rewrite, and I on future graphics. I have found the pace to be quite enjoyable in that we get to both push things and keep the pulse of the game going, while dedicating the majority of the time to a bigger implementation.

This particular thing we're working on has taken a bit longer than I would have expected, and had I known that I would perhaps have prioritized differently, but hindsight is 20/20. I think it'll be pretty good, though, so there's still that.

[Potjeh]

That's weird, I thought you work together like five days a week. I mean, what's the fun in finishing something if you don't have somebody next to you to brag to