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Post by JoeGuest on Mar 11, 2020 17:34:25 GMT
I know you were very busy with work, but I just wondered if there were any updates? It's been quiet around here recently so I thought I'd post!
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Post by Admin on Mar 12, 2020 4:39:36 GMT
I know you were very busy with work, but I just wondered if there were any updates? It's been quiet around here recently so I thought I'd post! I just worked 19 days in a row, so no, no new updates. I also have this wisdom tooth surgery in April which might cause further delays, but otherwise things are on track. All the content I want for alpha is in, I'm currently play testing the game to squash bugs.
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Post by JoeGuest on Mar 12, 2020 17:36:34 GMT
I know you were very busy with work, but I just wondered if there were any updates? It's been quiet around here recently so I thought I'd post! I just worked 19 days in a row, so no, no new updates. I also have this wisdom tooth surgery in April which might cause further delays, but otherwise things are on track. All the content I want for alpha is in, I'm currently play testing the game to squash bugs. Thanks for the update and best of luck with your surgery!
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Post by Admin on Mar 20, 2020 11:04:06 GMT
I managed to fix a couple of bugs, but I'll need a couple more days to get everything ready. Unfortunately Covid-19 will most likely cause some delays. As most of you know I'm a doctor and Germany has a lot of cases (of 16.000 at this time). Pretty much everything but supermarkets and pharmacies were shut down a couple of days ago. It's super spooky. I have no idea what is going to happen during the next couple of days (and weeks), but it's likely my vacation (where I wanted to work on the game) is going to get canceled. I'll keep you updated one way or another. Stay safe, guys!
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Post by glikeg on Mar 20, 2020 20:56:28 GMT
I managed to fix a couple of bugs, but I'll need a couple more days to get everything ready. Unfortunately Covid-19 will most likely cause some delays. As most of you know I'm a doctor and Germany has a lot of cases (of 16.000 at this time). Pretty much everything but supermarkets and pharmacies were shut down a couple of days ago. It's super spooky. I have no idea what is going to happen during the next couple of days (and weeks), but it's likely my vacation (where I wanted to work on the game) is going to get canceled. I'll keep you updated one way or another. Stay safe, guys! Thanks for the update! Generally speaking, what what is on the to do list before alpha release? Getting so close!
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Post by Admin on Mar 21, 2020 9:48:29 GMT
I decided I won't be adding any new big features until Alpha release. Instead I'm fixing bugs and balancing the game. It doesn't sound like much, but it's actually a lot of work. The game has hundreds of buttons and menus that need to work correctly with each other and thousands of numbers, factors and variables. I will never be able to find them all, but I want to at least find the majority of game breaking bugs, before I hand it over to you guys to test it out.
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Post by JoeGuest on Mar 21, 2020 14:54:54 GMT
Stay safe all and good luck Admin. Thanks for keeping everyone healthy in the real world!
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Post by paulvine on Mar 21, 2020 16:13:41 GMT
Let's fix real "bugs" first and then move on digital ones! Thank you for your work, doctor!
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Post by hugoh16 on Apr 1, 2020 2:35:57 GMT
Thanks for you job, Doc! Stay Safe!
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Post by Admin on Apr 2, 2020 21:14:50 GMT
I tweaked the code a bit to increase realism. Famous actors are now more likely to be cast in main roles while lesser know actors will be playing support or minor character. Directors will match better with Genre. No more Romance movies by JJ Abrams or Comedys by David Fincher.
I'm still trying to figure out how to balance the game and establish a sense of progression. Right now most movies produces land somewhere in the middle. It's really hard to produce a really bad or a really good movie.
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Post by JoeGuest on Apr 8, 2020 11:01:40 GMT
I tweaked the code a bit to increase realism. Famous actors are now more likely to be cast in main roles while lesser know actors will be playing support or minor character. Directors will match better with Genre. No more Romance movies by JJ Abrams or Comedys by David Fincher. I'm still trying to figure out how to balance the game and establish a sense of progression. Right now most movies produces land somewhere in the middle. It's really hard to produce a really bad or a really good movie. Love the director bias. Do you mean difficult in terms of reviews are middling or box office? I'd like it if well reviewed movies could bomb and vice versa. I can imagine balancing is a really difficult task! Is there box office genre bias? Seasonal trends?
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Post by Admin on Apr 8, 2020 18:39:53 GMT
Both actually.
That does happen!
Yes and yes.
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Post by drakon820 on Apr 9, 2020 17:14:12 GMT
When will be the alpha available?
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Post by Admin on Apr 10, 2020 9:07:26 GMT
When will be the alpha available? As soon as I'm satisfied with the state of it's development. I don't want to give it to you while there are still bugs and kinks and problems I know about. Your job is to find and report problems I don't know about. It's not going to be much longer, though. Things are just so unpredictable right now. Work is... weird right now. My own department (neuro) is pretty empty, because people don't really go to the hospital anymore unless they really have no other choice. Meanwhile the corona isolation ward is filling up like crazy (we already expanded it twice). The biggest problem is that we don't have enough protective gear, so doctors and nurses constantly get infected and have to stay home for two weeks. Hospital don't tend to be overstaffed on a good day, but now... we started moving doctors between departments to keep things going, but that's less than ideal because it's pretty hard for a doctor to suddenly switch specialties. I usually deal with brains and nerves, now I have to do lungs and hearts. I feel like I'm fresh out of med school again.
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Post by drakon820 on Apr 10, 2020 10:12:38 GMT
When will be the alpha available? As soon as I'm satisfied with the state of it's development. I don't want to give it to you while there are still bugs and kinks and problems I know about. Your job is to find and report problems I don't know about. It's not going to be much longer, though. Things are just so unpredictable right now. Work is... weird right now. My own department (neuro) is pretty empty, because people don't really go to the hospital anymore unless they really have no other choice. Meanwhile the corona isolation ward is filling up like crazy (we already expanded it twice). The biggest problem is that we don't have enough protective gear, so doctors and nurses constantly get infected and have to stay home for two weeks. Hospital don't tend to be overstaffed on a good day, but now... we started moving doctors between departments to keep things going, but that's less than ideal because it's pretty hard for a doctor to suddenly switch specialties. I usually deal with brains and nerves, now I have to do lungs and hearts. I feel like I'm fresh out of med school again. Thanks, I'm really expecting this game, 'cause I think it could be better than Hollywood Mogul, so when yo think that the game is ready to release an alpha we will support you on everything you need
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