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Deadline Announcement + Water and Wood almost here!

Discussion in 'Announcements' started by Geti, Jun 2, 2012.

  1. LostPix

    LostPix Base Burner

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    Geti did you and MM plan any weather effects like rain for one? I understand that creating something such as snow would be more tedious due to amount of new textures required, but I think rain would be much easier to make, also interesting mechanic would be if water raised during heavy rain then it would lower water level to original state, rain could also be randomly introduced by some sort of time integer, I still think it would be worth looking into it later on as it would introduce some new interesting mechanics, ditches filling up with water, bare mud directly exposed with no grass becoming slippery etc.
     
  2. BlueLuigi

    BlueLuigi :^) Forum Moderator Donator Tester

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    I know this feel.
     
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  3. 107zombiekiller

    107zombiekiller Catapult Fodder

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    so we get the patch early this week right?
     
  4. thebonesauce

    thebonesauce All life begins and ends with Nu Staff Alumni
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    LAWL U GUYS SAID HOPEFULLY EARLY THIS WEEK SO THAT MUST MEAN BY TOMORROW RIGHT LAWL
     
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  5. 107zombiekiller

    107zombiekiller Catapult Fodder

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    -_- great thats for ever to wait
     
  6. Geti

    Geti Please avoid PMing me (poke a mod instead) THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    You'll get it once it's ready for release.
    It's not ready for release yet.

    @LostPix: perhaps. It's not high priority though, I've gotta say.
     
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  7. ParaLogia

    ParaLogia tired Administrator Global Moderator Forum Moderator Tester Official Server Admin

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    I have a (few) question(s):

    After the deadline, will you:
    • let us know the deadline has passed
    • continue to maintain the game
    • appoint others to work on the game
    • let us know what projects you're planning next
    • still talk to us on the Forums
    ?????????
     
  8. Geti

    Geti Please avoid PMing me (poke a mod instead) THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    - You'll know when the deadline has passed, as there will be a very big announcement about it and a very large release.
    - We will continue to maintain the game as needed (ie we wont leave any large bugs in, and if balancing tweaks are needed we can make those.
    - Noone will be appointed to work on the game, we are not selling the rights to the game nor do we want anyone outside of our company working on it
    - You'll know what projects we're planning next - though potentially not immediately. We like the thrill of doing things anonymously to make sure the idea is solid and that people are playing it because it's fun, not because we made it.
    - I'll still be around on the forums, though as volume increase I'll have more and more trouble keeping up :)
     
  9. ShnitzelKiller

    ShnitzelKiller Haxor

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    Yea, that's all good. We all know what happens when a game relies on a flood of new content to stay relevant years after release rather than stability and fun. Just look at TF2.
     
  10. 107zombiekiller

    107zombiekiller Catapult Fodder

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    well i just want this new update
    what is the limit to build without support?
     
  11. Krono

    Krono Drill Rusher

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    Before I allow myself to make an outburst, I would like to know whether or not it is justifiable or not. Therefore, I must ask a simple question:

    Did your post imply that your plans for Overworld mode are now completely scrapped, or that it just won't be released within the proximate future (as in, meaning that it won't be released any time soon, but it will be done in the long run)?

    I ask you this because I would not like to start spouting nonsense without any reason. I would like to be able to spout "nonsense" once I have a reason, though. So, yeah... while all in all it's not all that bad, I must say I feel kinda cheated, considering I bought the game with the promise of oh so much delicious content.

    I do hope that your deadline for release only covers the responsibility of releasing a "complete" game for whomever you were committed to, but does not hinder your progress in keeping all your promises.

    I would like to add that not refusing to make some stuff just because you think "they might not be fun" is not your call, but ours. In any event, and given how much the game has progressed customization-wise, we should be allowed everything that was promised (if not before the deadline, anytime ASAP afterwards) so that WE can decide what to enable or disable in our servers.

    I will be observing this thread for the next couple of hours for an answer.
     
  12. 107zombiekiller

    107zombiekiller Catapult Fodder

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    well if you had the time to read this hole thing,then u would know that yes, overworld is scrapped
    and no im not trying to be an ass ^ im just saying if u find the time u should read the hole thing
    (by hole thing i mean hole thread)
     
  13. Geti

    Geti Please avoid PMing me (poke a mod instead) THD Team Administrator Global Moderator

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    Please read the hundred or so previous posts I've made about this issue. All your questions have already been answered, some of them in the blog post.

    "plans for Overworld mode are now completely scrapped"
    Those plans will not be implemented in King Arthur's Gold. They may be revisited in the future in another game. That was made clear in the blog post. We have explicitly not promised that the game will be 'finished 100% down to every last idea ever posted on the devlog or hypothesised about in IRC' because such a goal will not be met. We liked the idea of doing overworld 6 months ago. At this point, it's not feasible, so I figure it's better to be honest than suddenly pull this on you guys on "1.0 day".

    "what gets implemented is not your call, but ours"
    False. Buying the game is supporting us and getting access to any updates that may or may not occur, not paying to guarantee that those features will make it in or obliging us to produce whatever you want. That's the whole point behind the reduced price - you pay for what you get now, and get access to whatever else comes. We are the developers, you are the players. You're free to walk away from the game and call us unreasonable scammers, but the incident with Noc earlier in the thread shows that the majority of people will consider you unreasonable in such an event.

    You will get more content. We're not dropping the game as it stands. The plan is to complete the "War" mode, with technological progression and fast paced team based play. The overworld and multiple maps (essentially another layer on top of that requiring recoding of just about everything in the game and breaking compatibility with every mod in existence) will not happen.

    tl;dr: You're allowed to be angry, but it's not going to change anything. You also do not get to tell us what to do just because you've bought the game. You payed for access to full version features, not a managerial role in the company.

    (I wont be on for the next 8 hours or so, I've got an exam in 2 hours and should really be studying.)
     
  14. 107zombiekiller

    107zombiekiller Catapult Fodder

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    i am sad
    no one has answered me yet
    what will the unsuported build limit be?
     
  15. Monsteri

    Monsteri Slower Than Light Tester

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    ..You can just wait for the new build and till that happily create skybridges.
     
  16. 107zombiekiller

    107zombiekiller Catapult Fodder

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    or some1 can be nice and tell me now
    but i will find out either way
    i am up way to late and i feel funy to
    so i wont care what u stay till tomarro morning
    and dont bug me for missspellings ill fix them later
     
  17. Rayne

    Rayne ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Administrator Global Moderator Forum Moderator Tester

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    You can only build so far out to either the left or right, you must then build a pillar to support it, so you can build more

    like so:

    :castle_wall::castle_wall::castle_wall::castle_wall::castle_wall::no:
    :castle_wall:
    :castle_wall:
    :castle_wall:


    :blank::blank::blank::blank::yes:
    :castle_wall::castle_wall::castle_wall::castle_wall::castle_wall::castle_wall::castle_wall::castle_wall::castle_wall::castle_wall:
    :castle_wall::blank::blank::blank::castle_bg:
    :castle_wall::blank::blank::blank::castle_bg:
    :castle_wall::blank::blank::blank::castle_bg:

    Monsteri: don't be such a dick, this was ingame before, I'm sure we can talk about it.
     
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  18. thebonesauce

    thebonesauce All life begins and ends with Nu Staff Alumni
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    Geti already answered the question, but allow me to put it to you from a fellow buyer's point of view.

    You paid for premium features, like the Zombie mode that was planned and then was actually developed. Everyone reads over the premium features poster on the main site and immediately clicks "Buy" without reading the fine print.

    Below all those "planned" features, there is a little thing that basically states that the features listed are in NO WAY promised to be developed, that it's not a concrete TODO list, rather a list of ideas that may or may not make it into the full version.

    Your $10-$12 helped to fund this game; it does NOT give you a sense of entitlement to tell the developers how to make THEIR game. Being 100% honest, I was stoked for Overworld too, but I can see how much of an issue it would be to implement it into KAG. At the same time, I don't feel cheated. And do you know why? I PAID $10 FOR THIS GAME AND HAVE BEEN PLAYING IT SINCE JANUARY. Almost EVERY SINGLE DAY. That's a pretty tall order, don't you think? Take, for example, Metroid: Other M. (Don't want it to get off topic, but I will say I'm one of the few people who loved the game and didn't care about the story.) I paid almost $60 for that game, played it for about a week or two, beat it, and that was that. That is SIX TIMES what I paid for a small indie title that I've been playing for nearly SIX MONTHS, have become quite active and attached to it's community, and have even become so involved that I'm an admin on a few servers and am a tester. These are things that would NEVER happen if I gave $50 to, let's say, Nicalis, the guys who brought Cave Story to the Wii. Sure, I can be very active and involved in the community for that game, but I would never be where I am today with this game.

    tl;dr: Believe me when I say you got your money's worth. This is an amazingly fun and addicting little game, Zombie Fortress is almost a different game rolled into KAG, and I've become such an active member that I'm allowed to do things that six months ago I would have never DREAMED I'd be doing. KAG is my current favorite game; I get to help bug test and give the developers feedback on my FAVORITE GAME.

    Hell, if that isn't worth $10, I don't know what is.
     
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  19. feet

    feet Bison Rider

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    And when that happens the people of the sky shall fall from their high homes. They will then be infuriated and live underground, causing chaos and mischief with their tunnels.
     
  20. LostPix

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    To be honest 10-12$ is like Mc Donald's set, I would not even feel sad for it, I'd probably feel ill after fast food, so I don't really see what you can do with only 10$ buy a cinema ticket perhaps?
     
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