I'm close to releasing my 16th beta, and it hasn't even been a month I don't think. I believe Thomas has the right idea with releasing betas for the community to give feedback on. This is not only a good way to catch bugs that show up on different people's systems, but it also allows people to voice concerns about things he may consider changing or tweaking. I am a strong believer, that involving the community during development, will lead to a better product.
> Hi Shaun, > > That doesnt' particularly bother me. If they want to joke > and poke fun > at what I'm doing it just goes to show their own ignorance. > I'm pretty > certain most of those doing the joking and poking fun > wouldn't know > how to write their own name in C++ let alone a complex game > engine > like Genesis 3D or a game as complex as Mysteries of the > Ancients. > Given the fact they are ignorant of how much time and > energy it takes > for a project of any size why would I bother giving their > words any > weight. That's kind of like the patient telling the doctor > how to > perform surgery when he himself has never gone to med > school. > > As to the matter of waiting for v1.0 I could certainly do > that, but > there are a number of things I'm testing. I might be > testing changes > in the engine, changes in the game itself, and of course > something > like switching from the fixed jump system in beta 17 and > earlier to a > true analog jump system in beta 18 and later requires a bit > of public > testing to see if it works right and if the majority of the > customers > can handle it. Again this is something they don't probably > have any > idea about what I'm doing so they aren't exactly an > authority on how a > developer, in particular, how I go about testing various > changes in > the product. > > Finally, as to how many betas there are I'm not the only > developer on > earth who has had several betas. I can't remember the exact > number but > I seem to recall Che released sevral betas for Rail Racer > before it > went gold. It was something like 35 or 36 that I recall. > Most of them > were just small patches that fixed one or two things in the > prior > beta. However, I don't recall anyone poking fun at Che for > releasing > several betas on the Rail Racer list. In either case this > is the > developers own decision to release 35 betas or space them > out and only > release two or three major betas. The community at large > shouldn't > have anything to say about it. > > Cheers! --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
