I'd really like to give this a try if you need testers or whatever.😃
thanks
I plan to ask testers/backers to sign up for stencyl forums (and subsequently be added to the ghost song private forum) and post any feedback/bugs/suggestions there. The reason we'll be discussing it there is because it's quite possible we may have bugs or problems that relate to the technology rather than to anything I did (in fact, probable) and I'd like to have the stencyl staff closer by.
I don't see how a double post could ever be interpreted as being rude
Anyway, I hope the beta talk will attract new players, maybe even more calls for it to be ported to consoles. Will you be sending beta keys to anyone for the express purpose of publicity (media outlets, LPers, etc), or will this version be purely for debugging/feedback purposes?
Just caught the newest update. It sounds like it'll be a big demo! Story-wise, have things been removed from the demo, or did you just choose a part of the game that isn't too story-heavy? Does it correspond to the beginning of the game? Can't wait
I was a backer firstand then a Neogaf member. I'm torn between my desire for a beta key and my desire to avoid as many spoilers as possible.but not beta tierThe key desire will win every single time.
Your work is an inspiration, keep it up!
PM me with beta in the subject --re story spoilers, they are minimal in this build.Anyone planning to create a beta discussion thread over at the gaming board? I figure we can get some more attention and backers for the project that way (would they still be called backers at this point?
Anyone planning to create a beta discussion thread over at the gaming board? I figure we can get some more attention and backers for the project that way (would they still be called backers at this point?
Totally understand, totally, fully understand your position. Of course...one thing to keep in mind, after the beta goes live next week, I can't guarantee my "keys for all neogaffers" policy. If it just so happens that tons of people suddenly want keys, while that's a nice problem to have, I don't know for sure that I'd be able to give them to everyone. I could see this as a thing that could potentially get out of hand.
..Or maybe no one will really give a shit -- I guess we'll see.
This is still my full time job. Working on a game alone is just very slow going, especially when you're like me and truly did get in a bit over your head in the first place. There's going to be a hell of a postmortem one day. The number of mistakes, shakeups, and even a couple of restarts is pretty staggering. Hollow Knight being as good and as successful as it has been definitely made me re-examine things a bit to make sure the game is what it needs to be.
In the short term, I'm going to update the beta client on Steam to a newer version that has more recent features and we'll also note differences in content as well. The reason I'm doing this isn't just to signal to people that I'm still alive, but to get vital data and feedback about the state of the game. The project has been built around a small, lesser known engine that was never designed for anything of this scope, and there are still some concerns around technical performance that I need more information on.
As for when I'm updating the demo -- It's been ready content-wise. I'm just waiting for a few fixes to the engine itself... To get some things working I had to update to a new beta version of the engine (some weeks ago) which in turn broke some core features and I'm still waiting on a solution from the proprietors before I can expose it to the public (specifically, there are serious bugs with gamepads and a few other things that would make it not fun to play).
I'm happy to answer any more questions anyone has -- or just listen to your complaints, which, if you backed, are valid complaints. I'm willing to admit my personal failures but I can say with 100% certainty that I'm never stopping until we have a good final product.
In the mean time, I update my twitter as regularly as I can. I try to keep extraneous tweets to a minimum and the majority of my tweets are gifs or images related to the game.
This is still my full time job. Working on a game alone is just very slow going, especially when you're like me and truly did get in a bit over your head in the first place. There's going to be a hell of a postmortem one day. The number of mistakes, shakeups, and even a couple of restarts is pretty staggering. Hollow Knight being as good and as successful as it has been definitely made me re-examine things a bit to make sure the game is what it needs to be.
In the short term, I'm going to update the beta client on Steam to a newer version that has more recent features and we'll also note differences in content as well. The reason I'm doing this isn't just to signal to people that I'm still alive, but to get vital data and feedback about the state of the game. The project has been built around a small, lesser known engine that was never designed for anything of this scope, and there are still some concerns around technical performance that I need more information on.
As for when I'm updating the demo -- It's been ready content-wise. I'm just waiting for a few fixes to the engine itself... To get some things working I had to update to a new beta version of the engine (some weeks ago) which in turn broke some core features and I'm still waiting on a solution from the proprietors before I can expose it to the public (specifically, there are serious bugs with gamepads and a few other things that would make it not fun to play).
I'm happy to answer any more questions anyone has -- or just listen to your complaints, which, if you backed, are valid complaints. I'm willing to admit my personal failures but I can say with 100% certainty that I'm never stopping until we have a good final product.
In the mean time, I update my twitter as regularly as I can. I try to keep extraneous tweets to a minimum and the majority of my tweets are gifs or images related to the game.
I'm a backer and I got that email, which is why I looked this thread up. I know how hard it can be as the single developer on a substantial project, but I do have to worry for this game never being released.
The way he said it, Stencyl is basically an engine designed for smaller games, and with each new version that came out, old features got broken so he had to go back and fix a bunch of things every now and then.
