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[Sergarr]

Funny that, I've just wanted to ask the same thing.

Looking up on the TWS forums, it appears that the status is still at "no discernable life signs" stage.

I have no idea what the hell is happening, but it can't be good.

[sjm9876]

Actually, Fenicks has supposedly managed to get through to Josh, and got some screenshots off him:

http://imgur.com/a/ODTGk

I won't repost from the KDG forums, given that's ended poorly before, but just looking at Fenicks' post history should show you it.

It's not much at all, but it's non-zero, so it's an improvement I guess.

[Karlito]

Yes, the big news is that the two business partners actually had a conversation for the first time in weeks. The screenshots are nice, I guess, but they don't show me anything that wasn't there before. Don't hold out hope for the beta release any time soon.

[gimli]

[Sergarr]

That "Ruler of Celestine Mountain" guy appears to like sex quite a lot.

[FallacyofUrist]

The game seems to be more complicated than dwarf fortress, at this point.
Really. Is anyone even going to be able to play it if it does get released?

[Majestic7]

Pffft, us DF guys will play it and break it. Maybe we can mod Toady as an Ancient One.

That priest(ess) likes sex, but doesn't like deep ones. Doesn't know what she is missing...

[Ghazkull]

well yeah there isn't nothing thats been seen before but whats been there before has been improved. Im still holding out hope that this will release sooner or later...

[Cruxador]

Worst part is, it seems playable. There's no clear indication that it shouldn't be possible to open up a beta, and it should certainly be possible to release some YouTube videos.

[Egan_BW]

"Bodel of the Five Fortunes, Ruler of the Celestine Mount, Father of the Harduran Pantheon, Bringer of Light, Restorer of Hope, Avenging Fury is currently:

Distracted."

[FallacyofUrist]

Worst part is, it seems playable. There's no clear indication that it shouldn't be possible to open up a beta, and it should certainly be possible to release some YouTube videos.

Seconded. From what I'm seeing, it looks playable.
Why can't the dev just release what he has?

[jhxmt]

"Looks playable" is often not the same as "is playable", and is even more often not the same as "is playable and representative of the final game".

[Cruxador]

Even if it's shitty, broken, and not fun, getting it into the hands of the first tier of backers would do something to allay concern.

[nenjin]

It's pretty obvious plenty of work is still getting done based on those screens. Art, writing, development.

My guess is they'd rather move ahead working at this point then get bogged down in short comings of a beta. There's always going to be short comings, but, based on the way things have currently gone, I can imagine the project getting bogged down because the dev team has issues prioritizing work, communicating and so forth. Getting into the regular release/bug fixing cycle might hinder development at this point. On the other hand, the longer the game goes without real backer input, the less likely it is it can change in time for release.

[Cultist]

Anyway, overall impression when two partners are barely communicating with each other is VERY bad and discouraging. Comm silence is hurting the game worse that announcement that it will be delayed for, like, a year.