Ringu wrote:Talvieno wrote:I've strongly advised him against mentioning dates unless he has something to hold him to it no matter what... given his history of schedule slippage.
A slipping schedule isn't unusual for solo indie developers, but it just serves to get our hopes up for nothing.
Being completely honest, I wish you hadn't advised that.
If Josh takes that on board, the very most we're going to get from him in future will be "I'm working hard on it, and I'll release it when it's done".
Whereas, saying "I think there's a year left until beta, and here's a plan that shows the remaining elements and my estimation for them", is my ideal - and actually, about the only thing Josh could possibly say at this point that would restore any kind of confidence or even hope in me again.
Anything else, and it's just same old, same old. Back to the same patterns. And I really, for his sake as much as ours, really don't want that to be the case.
Long time lurker, infrequent poster here. I agree with the sentiment here Ringu, but honestly at this point, what difference does it make? If he says "Still working hard, giving it my all, and it'll be done when it's done" vs. "One year left, here's my plan", I frankly wouldn't believe the latter. Not because I think he doesn't want that to be the case, or doesn't believe it himself, but because he has shown very little ability to turn actual plans into results. (I know this isn't fair, who knows how much progress he's made behind closed doors, but I think it's safe to say that if great progress was made and things were moving along swimmingly the communications issues wouldn't be what they are....)
Just my 2 cents. I used to be extremely hopeful for this project, and thought I would buy it on day 1, but at this point, I'll believe it when I see it. And when it's released I'll be extremely skeptical. I'm curious, if this Josh post actually happens, to see what progress has been made on the game. What happened with all the communications, I frankly don't care about. That ship has sailed, all I'm interested in now is the game, and if it will be completed and released.
I wish a pessimistic post wasn't what brought me out of lurk mode, but alas, it is what it is. I hope for the sake of you LT-faithful who have persisted here long term that he releases one heck of post-mortem on the silence, and you all get the progress update you deserve! :cheers: