There will not be a DOS toolset in december - 15/11/13 02:53 AM
But that's okay. I think announcing they'd have it ready in December was very bold.
Let's be clear: I think Larian has an incredible team and they are working very hard. I am very excited for this product. I am only making this post because it is now time for fans to temper their expectations. The toolset will not be ready for December.
If the toolset was able to be shipped in December, there'd be more signs. Screenshots going up, videos would be more inclusive, documentation on a wiki would already be going up. Already there would be users invited in closed test to come test it. The groundwork for releasing the toolset would need to be happening in the next few days, but unless something changes before early next week, we'll just have to be ready to accept the toolset release date slipping.
Let's be clear: the toolset is close! Very close. For inexperienced people they might even be ready to say "there's like 50 hours of work left, tops." But I have learned never to trust a young smart man when he offers up his thoughts on how much time is left. He's too smart, of course it all seems like only molehills left to cross.
But with 16 days to go before December, that's not enough time to quash the bugs, and do QA on multiple systems, just to get the toolset consumer ready. In order for that to happen, multiple people would have to be dedicated, full time, to toolset polish.
Larian is in crunch time. They do not have people to spare on that.
Now I could be wrong about this (but after ten years of watching studios like this one get ready, I rarely am) and that would be amazing. It would be a testament to Larian's already incredible skills and dedication to their products. But at this point we need to be good fans, and expect that this might not happen. It may. There might be an update on Friday that has all the signs I said should be there if they were ready.
But now is the time to be good fans and tell Larian we are okay if they slip the date for releasing the toolset.
Let's be clear: I think Larian has an incredible team and they are working very hard. I am very excited for this product. I am only making this post because it is now time for fans to temper their expectations. The toolset will not be ready for December.
If the toolset was able to be shipped in December, there'd be more signs. Screenshots going up, videos would be more inclusive, documentation on a wiki would already be going up. Already there would be users invited in closed test to come test it. The groundwork for releasing the toolset would need to be happening in the next few days, but unless something changes before early next week, we'll just have to be ready to accept the toolset release date slipping.
Let's be clear: the toolset is close! Very close. For inexperienced people they might even be ready to say "there's like 50 hours of work left, tops." But I have learned never to trust a young smart man when he offers up his thoughts on how much time is left. He's too smart, of course it all seems like only molehills left to cross.
But with 16 days to go before December, that's not enough time to quash the bugs, and do QA on multiple systems, just to get the toolset consumer ready. In order for that to happen, multiple people would have to be dedicated, full time, to toolset polish.
Larian is in crunch time. They do not have people to spare on that.
Now I could be wrong about this (but after ten years of watching studios like this one get ready, I rarely am) and that would be amazing. It would be a testament to Larian's already incredible skills and dedication to their products. But at this point we need to be good fans, and expect that this might not happen. It may. There might be an update on Friday that has all the signs I said should be there if they were ready.
But now is the time to be good fans and tell Larian we are okay if they slip the date for releasing the toolset.