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darthelmet@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

While I generally agree, I think there is some value in imposing some kind of deadline or limit to a project. Nothing is ever going to be perfect. There will always be more work that could be done on something. If you let yourself just keep going until you think it’s done it might never come out.

But it’s a balance and when publishers push those kinds of deadlines they’re not really considering that.

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EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
True, but this developer has done this before. Theres currently no reason not to have faith in them.

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NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I recently launched a business as a solo dev / founder. It was agonizing trying to get all the last details done and be happy enough to finally say, this is what I’m going to release.

I could have gone on forever if I’d let myself. Oh they need this, oh they need that!

Now that it’s out, that pressure is gone, and I can just do smaller updates now which are focused more heavily on the feedback I’m getting from customers.

I probably could have released 3-4 months earlier had I been better about it.

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setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Publishers are considering return on investment. In a model where they are providing the game budget to the studio, every delay means more money out of their pocket. Case by case it might be worth it, but just allowing developers to infinitely say it’s “almost ready, just one more delay” isn’t reasonable.

I know from the hard core gamer audience that discusses this stuff online there is often this vibe that nothing should be cut from games. People look at various interesting cut content and lament it for not getting enough time, but there is always going to be cut content.

If there isn’t a lead on the development team putting their foot down to control the scope and focus the team, and a similar push for focus by a publisher you get a meandering unfocused project that goes over budget.

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- grue@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  there is always going to be cut content
  
  Or said another way, not having cut content means they released a rough draft instead of editing and refining it.
  
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other_cat@piefed.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I’m particularly thinking about the development history of Duke Nukem Forever…

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wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
When it reaches the “good/mostly done but not perfect/could still be better” stage, it’s time to pre-release it for alpha/beta testing while you work out the kinks and add features.

I remember playing Minecraft in alpha version before it even switched to beta. It was fine.

Even full releases can have updates and expansions to add new features, it’s totally fine. But the core development of the game shouldn’t be rushed just to get it published.

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