Hi Thomas,
well, as far as I can remember you didn't really make it clear that all
these Betas just were tests for your engine, which you can gather from the
fact that I'm not the only one who understood it wrong. I thought, like
others here did too, that these Betas were actual steps towards the
completed game. And now you are saying that you finally after six years you
will start working on the game seriously. Maybe this time was needed, but
maybe you can understand that it feels a bit weird to read this after such
long time of already released Betas and stuff.
My commend about you not working on it every day was not even meant to be
harsh or anything. I just know myself that reall life is more often in the
way than we all like when doing something, so I think it's reasonable to say
that it probably will take a bit longer than you might think now. I think
you could get some angry messages again when you now say it will go quickly
and than your time becomes less for some reason. I'll certainly not chime in
in flames or anything, but just the story of James you told says enough
about such things I think.
I actually would be completely alright if you would do it like Draconis and
tell nothing much until the game is ready, maybe that would make your life
easier too. I don't really need a daily report from a developer, I was
completely happy to for example wait for the Windows version of Change
Reaction until it was there, and it was alright for me to just see the
messages from Draconis which just said that it's almost there.
Of course that is your decision, it's just something I was thinking about.
We all see how quickly those discussions can get heated and longer than they
need be and how quickly old stories are rehashed even though they have
nothing to do with you or the current situation. That's actually something
which makes me frustrated, that this community obviously can't let old
things drop and that the most messages in this list are written when there
is something to complain about.
Finally to your original question. Yes, I was frustrated first when you send
this because it really seemed like you changed your mind once again. But now
I can see what's the deal here.
I'd like to have a game like the original one on the Attari, I loved to play
these old games when I was still sighted. And if you are sure that you now
can do it fairly quickly, I think it's alright. I just think you should get
something ready, not so much because of me or anyone, but because I think
you also need the sence of finally having completed a long project for a
change.
Best regards
Sarah
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