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[Aklyon]

Uplink was full of boxes, and look how far that got.

The prototype likely coming out on my birthday makes me wish I'd had more money earlier though

[sparkbolt]

Your birthday!? Send me an email, we'll work somethin' out.

[hemmingjay]

Sparkbolt, just be honest with your community. Most of us will support you through anything as long as you are honest and don't disappear for long periods of time.

Edit: I backed at the Persona level and have never lost faith.

[jocan2003]

Mah birthday too! And me too never lost faith, in fact... unless you disapear for months... and even then, i dont think i will because you are quite advance in your game and i know its something you care about.

[nenjin]

Where's this whole faith thing coming from?

[Neonivek]

Where's this whole faith thing coming from?

With most games they don't announce anything until they are mostly done with the game and even then they just do teasers if they want to announce things really early.

With Kickstarters people are 100 times more impatient. If you go away for a month because you are intensely working on the game people will suddenly start raving and throwing chairs around.

[nenjin]

I meant this thread specifically. I don't think anyone has said anything about losing faith in the game as a product.

[jocan2003]

I meant this thread specifically. I don't think anyone has said anything about losing faith in the game as a product.

No idea, either. Im that bizarre today...

[Zangi]

Eh, just implying I guess.

Do you plan on sending a batch email to Paypal people also when you finally release and stuff?  How bout the reward levels/information for em?

That was basically my question from way back when.  (I tend to be a fire and forget till it gets done person.)

[BlindKitty]

Don't know if everybody is using Twitter, so I just wanted to make it known here, as I find it pretty revolutionary: sparkbolt has found a second programmer to work on Net Gain! However, to cite him: "It'll mean less in the short term while we get on the same page, but more in the long term and faster updates with double the manpower!". But oh well, it is like with all investments, isn't it? You invest now, to get more later.
I'm just glad there are more cyberpunk - loving programmers out there.

[Draco18s]

"It'll mean less in the short term while we get on the same page, but more in the long term and faster updates with double the manpower!"

I know how that is.  My company hired a second .NET developer to tackle this "oh, it needs to be built in a week" project.  Nothing difficult, just sheer volume.  Took a day or two to get the guy up to speed with how we operated and such.

[nenjin]

It's minor news, but good news. Having a grunt programmer frees him to work on other things, like getting the prototype as shiny as possible.

[sparkbolt]

Heheh, yeah no faith required. I'll always be keeping people informed about what I'm up to, and I'll adjust the method in which I do that until (most) people are happy. I'm fully aware of the power and benefits of forthrightness and honesty... not just in work but in life at large! It can often be really shitty, but it also steers you away from the worst things in life that arise from deception and bullshit.

Er, anyway.

Everyone is getting a message when something important happens. paypal, kickstarter, fb, twitter, newsletter, etc... whatever channel people are listening to, they'll hear the announcement.

Yeah the second programmer is:
1. not a sure thing yet. I still need to vet his work ethic and quality. I've got good hopes (hence willing to pony up to get a new desktop built so soon), but we'll see how it plays out. It's also only full time for 3 months at which point he goes back to school and I'm not sure what we'll do then, either part time or none. Also his goal is to end up at a bigger development house, so this may be more of a stepping stone unless he really gets into the project.
2. not doing much for the prototype, given the deadline. Aside from eating up some of my time this month to set him up and get him rolling. But it should mean more growth over the next 3 months than I'd be able to do on my own.

[sparkbolt]

Got some new pictures up on the ol FB. Actually pretty happy with today's progress! I'm finally starting to see glimpses of that game I was trying to build, shining through the awkward and unfinished scaffolding.

[Sensei]

This sounds cool, maybe I shoulda backed it

Also, if you're torn between adding raw content and making something presentable, you could just take an hour or two to photoshop a an example of what you want the interface to look like for presentation purposes.