Cavadus
Fri, 25 Jan 2008, 11:22
[quote]New Approach for New Content
A common practice that many game developers use when releasing new content is to schedule fairly large expansions spread out every 3+ months. After these expansions are released, developers spend the next several weeks fixing any issues found or making the final tweaks with the release build, and then start working on the next expansion schedule to be released months down the line. For many game developers this may mean sitting on finished content for months before it is compiled with an expansion and released to players. For the players, it means getting a lot of new content at once, experiencing this content, and anxiously awaiting the next expansion.
The Destination Games Staff has decided that the best plan of action is to not have large expansions, but instead, smaller builds with new content that would be given to players on a more frequent basis. The ultimate goal would be to have a feeling that the game is ever evolving and allow us to give new content and improvements on existing content when it is done, and not make you wait several months. As a result of this change, there will be no giant "Operations". All of the "Operation" content plans are still there and those features will be released when they are finished instead of waiting for expansion opportunities.
What does this mean for you? Regular content updates on a regular schedule.
1.4 Build Update
Speaking of new content, we wanted to give you an update on the status of the 1.4. patch. We've already located several bugs and fixed them internally. The large font issue should get fixed, the line of sight issue is fixed,
A common practice that many game developers use when releasing new content is to schedule fairly large expansions spread out every 3+ months. After these expansions are released, developers spend the next several weeks fixing any issues found or making the final tweaks with the release build, and then start working on the next expansion schedule to be released months down the line. For many game developers this may mean sitting on finished content for months before it is compiled with an expansion and released to players. For the players, it means getting a lot of new content at once, experiencing this content, and anxiously awaiting the next expansion.
The Destination Games Staff has decided that the best plan of action is to not have large expansions, but instead, smaller builds with new content that would be given to players on a more frequent basis. The ultimate goal would be to have a feeling that the game is ever evolving and allow us to give new content and improvements on existing content when it is done, and not make you wait several months. As a result of this change, there will be no giant "Operations". All of the "Operation" content plans are still there and those features will be released when they are finished instead of waiting for expansion opportunities.
What does this mean for you? Regular content updates on a regular schedule.
1.4 Build Update
Speaking of new content, we wanted to give you an update on the status of the 1.4. patch. We've already located several bugs and fixed them internally. The large font issue should get fixed, the line of sight issue is fixed,