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Dev Log
Monday, May 21, 2012
Build version 0.9.12 is ready and uploaded to the testing server.
This fixes a lot of the bugs that were reported over the weekend.
We’re super overdue for a big blog post, and I’ve got some news to announce, so that all needs to go up today along with my usual development and business chores. Hopefully I can get it all done!
— Begin quote from "larsiusprime"
Monday, May 21, 2012
Build version 0.9.12 is ready and uploaded to the testing server.
This fixes a lot of the bugs that were reported over the weekend.
We’re super overdue for a big blog post, and I’ve got some news to announce, so that all needs to go up today along with my usual development and business chores. Hopefully I can get it all done!
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Well Lars, i just saw your post on the blog and I am really hoping you can answers/address some questions/concerns that i have. What is this about the game coming out a certain version but later on it will have a gold version?! you are going to have 2 different versions of the game for different prices?! and $9.99? I thought the game only cost $5, at least i think that is what i paid for it on kong.
which brings me to my last but most important question: those of us who already bought the game long ago in kong, are we expected to pay more money for x or y versions of the game or what we bought already constitutes of all future versions and updates of the game?
I attentively away for your reply.
I think it was repeatedly said that upgrade to gold will be free.
And there will not be two versions for the game available for purchase. Once gold is available, I guess that non-gold will be pulled from all sale channels.
Yeah well some of us are not able to check the forums on a daily basis, so no need for you to be a dick about it :roll:
— Begin quote from "Shinigami"
Yeah well some of us are not able to check the forums on a daily basis, so no need for you to be a dick about it :roll:
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No offense intended in my first post. But since you insist that I’m being a dick about it, it has nothing to do with your ability to check the forums on daily basis - the information is at least 2 months old and it takes about 30 seconds of effort to find it, surprisingly in a thread named “Upcoming Gold Version - details announced”. Now I’m a dick about it 
Yeah, I get asked this about once a week 
Gold edition will be a free upgrade to the normal version.
The normal version will auto-detect the update and download it, and the kongregate version will be updated with the same content (after we carefully verify that it won’t destroy people’s save data).
From then on, all stores will only be selling the latest version of the game, which will be the gold edition.
Also - for anyone who hasn’t bought the game yet, now’s your chance to get it for just $2.99 thanks to the Because We May sale 
This is probably the cheapest it will ever be for quite some time.
— Begin quote from "coyot"
— Begin quote from "Shinigami"
Yeah well some of us are not able to check the forums on a daily basis, so no need for you to be a dick about it :roll:
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No offense intended in my first post. But since you insist that I’m being a dick about it, it has nothing to do with your ability to check the forums on daily basis - the information is at least 2 months old and it takes about 30 seconds of effort to find it, surprisingly in a thread named “Upcoming Gold Version - details announced”. Now I’m a dick about it
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obviously if i had known where to find the answer then i would have searched for it there. so next time someone asked as question that bothers you instead of responding in a rude and patronizing manner just ignore it and don’t start things up in a forum, DICK.
Lars has already answered this question within this very thread, had you bothered to look. He’s also answered it on his blog. So don’t act so surprised when we roll our eyes at you when you can’t be arsed to spend more than 2 seconds “looking for the answer”.
On topic: here’s hoping you guys can net some more publicity (and sales) from the Because We May sale/promotion thingie. Lots of solid titles there, and you can’t argue with those prices one bit. Giving away some keys/copies of Defender’s Quest via twitter was also a nice touch.
Off topic: are you guys as excited about Rain Slick 3 as I am? I find myself constantly hoping for Zeboyd to light up my Twitter home page.
— Begin quote from "Shinigami"
— Begin quote from "coyot"
— Begin quote from "Shinigami"
Yeah well some of us are not able to check the forums on a daily basis, so no need for you to be a dick about it :roll:
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No offense intended in my first post. But since you insist that I’m being a dick about it, it has nothing to do with your ability to check the forums on daily basis - the information is at least 2 months old and it takes about 30 seconds of effort to find it, surprisingly in a thread named “Upcoming Gold Version - details announced”. Now I’m a dick about it
obviously if i had known where to find the answer then i would have searched for it there. so next time someone asked as question that bothers you instead of responding in a rude and patronizing manner just ignore it and don’t start things up in a forum, DICK.
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First of all, I didn’t at all reply in a patronizing a rude manner. I just thought that I’ve read it more than one time, meaning that it was likely to be true . It’s only your fault to interpret that as rude or patronizing, and if I really wanted to be rude and patronizing, my original post would have been something like “omg are you too lazy to think and look for it yourself?”.
Sorry Lars if this puts more pressure on you, but has anything happened concerning Azra’s new NG+ only diary? Because it does look interesting, to see her character develop through the world some more (I wasn’t aware librarians wore capes -.-).
Other than that, thanks for fixing the advanced difficulty bug =)
Hey all!
@Indestria - Azra’s diary is 100% ready in terms of programming and code support, which is my job. James is working on the actual content for it, and as soon as that’s done I’ll be plugging it in. He’s just finished writing all the sidequests, so I’m currently integrating those (you’ll likely see those enter the game next week) and I’ll keep you guys posted about the journal stuff.
Been super distracted with the Because We May sale, so sorry about the lack of test server updates. I’m compiling what I’ve got right now and I’ll try to upload 0.9.13 right now.
About when will a new update be released on the actual game?
The next free public update will be the gold version expansion. If I had maintained separate build chains for gold and non-gold versions it would have let me release incremental updates that include the various bug fixes, etc, but I figured it wasn’t worth slowing development down for that and it was better to charge forward.
So, right now I don’t have a good way to release partial updates until all the gold content is finished, it’s not as simple as setting a switch to turn the unfinished extra content off.
As for release date, nothing official, but internally we have a goal of being done by July 1st.
Actually, this is being a dick:
“@Shinigami: Or you could search “Gold Version”. slowly spreads/waves hands”
See, that was rude.
hey I sent you a message for you to send an invite to the test build but haven’t received anything back. Could I get a invite please I can be very helpful.
Okey dokey, was on the phone with the accountant all day. Whew. Finally got that sorted. My sister-in-laws getting married tomorrow, running around like crazy today.
Tl;dr-
I’ll be back with updates, new progress, and a fresh test build Monday-ish.
Lars texted me today to ask me to post that his internet has been down for a few days, but hopefully will be back tomorrow or Thursday. He’ll post updates once it’s back up, and said he does have some good new stuff to commit to the build.
On my end, I’m nearly done with the side missions design (still need balance testing) and will be starting on some challenge missions and figuring out the numbers for our weapon upgrade system. Thanks everyone for the continued feedback and help - we’re getting down the home stretch.
— Begin quote from "Anthony"
Lars texted me today to ask me to post that his internet has been down for a few days, but hopefully will be back tomorrow or Thursday. He’ll post updates once it’s back up, and said he does have some good new stuff to commit to the build.
On my end, I’m nearly done with the side missions design (still need balance testing) and will be starting on some challenge missions and figuring out the numbers for our weapon upgrade system. Thanks everyone for the continued feedback and help - we’re getting down the home stretch.
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Anthony, I know Lars mentioned somewhere that the release date goal was July 1st. How are you guys feeling about that date now that its less than a month away? Does it seem likely or do you feel there is a chance it might be pushed back a bit more?
Haha, I didn’t realize we had publicly given that date. It’s certainly a soft one, but one we’re still aiming for. I’ll need to talk with Lars to see how he’s feeling. This weekend my wife has to work both days, which means I’ll be focusing entirely on trying to finish up the levels, bonuses, and balance for NG+, and I’m optimistic that I can have a playable version (probably still with some balance needs) on Monday. Last I heard the art was coming along very well, but we kept giving our animator more tasks so I’m not sure what the new status is. I’d say early July is still very feasible from what I can tell, but certainly not in stone.