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| 4s | [Laughter] |
| 7s | sometimes I forget as soon as I hit |
| 9s | record that I just hit record |
| 12s | um all right let's make the video |
| 15s | hey everyone my name is Jason I'm a |
| 17s | community manager at coffee stain |
| 18s | Studios and uh I'm gonna make another |
| 20s | one of these videos can you believe it |
| 21s | can you actually believe it I'm making |
| 23s | another one of these videos today folks |
| 24s | uh this week's video this week's feature |
| 27s | video that we wanted to make about |
| 29s | update 8 is not coming it's not gonna be |
| 31s | here again uh now there was a teaser |
| 34s | video a few weeks ago that was delayed |
| 35s | and I made the whoops dot MP4 video snit |
| 38s | ran into technical issues and couldn't |
| 39s | put the video together right and then |
| 40s | there was another week where there was |
| 41s | no video at all because actually that |
| 43s | video was also delayed uh and it was |
| 46s | just kind of you guys were just left |
| 47s | hanging unfortunately sorry about that |
| 49s | by the way and this week's uh feature |
| 52s | video for update it is also not gonna be |
| 54s | made so like what is going on I think |
| 56s | this is a good time for us to talk a |
| 59s | little bit about the state of |
| 60s | development for update eight uh and why |
| 62s | these videos have been a little |
| 64s | inconsistent despite being in a teaser |
| 66s | season right now so development for |
| 69s | update 8 has been Rocky I don't know if |
| 71s | that's been obvious but uh it has been |
| 74s | for us it has been Rocky uh now the main |
| 76s | issue for this right now that the game |
| 78s | is suffering from uh that's holding us |
| 80s | back right now is just stability issues |
| 81s | of the game |
| 83s | um and now there are a lot of reasons |
| 84s | why we are where we are in the situation |
| 87s | we we're in it's a really really |
| 89s | complicated constellation of uh issues |
| 92s | uh more than we had anticipated and |
| 96s | um I don't really want to dive into |
| 98s | specifics because I don't think I can |
| 99s | fairly and meaningfully represent them |
| 102s | represent all the contributing factors |
| 104s | right now and so I don't want to try I |
| 106s | don't want to mess anything up I don't |
| 108s | want to |
| 109s | showcase some things more than other and |
| 111s | and present like a a skewed view of |
| 114s | what's going on so I'm just gonna not |
| 116s | but the long story short is that the |
| 118s | game currently is just more broken than |
| 120s | we anticipated and it's too broken to go |
| 122s | out to you guys |
| 124s | um and that's what we have to deal with |
| 125s | right now so one other thing that I |
| 127s | thought might be good to mention is that |
| 128s | we had an internal deadline this was the |
| 129s | deadline that we were aiming to release |
| 131s | update eight so you have some idea of |
| 134s | when update 8 was planned because I know |
| 135s | some people were curious it was uh May |
| 137s | 9th and that was our deadline but that's |
| 141s | looking fairly unlikely at this stage |
| 143s | it's probably delayed uh beyond that for |
| 146s | sure for sure there's there's always a |
| 148s | chance who knows uh but it will likely |
| 150s | come after May 9th uh that's probably |
| 152s | the case we just don't really know when |
| 154s | and we don't want to set any other |
| 156s | deadlines anymore at this stage because |
| 159s | right now given what we know any |
| 161s | deadline that we set for ourselves or |
| 163s | communicate to you guys would be |
| 165s | completely meaningless and arbitrary |
| 166s | right it would be based on nothing we |
| 168s | don't know when we got to be done |
| 170s | um and we don't want to put the team |
| 173s | under that kind of stress for some for |
| 175s | for a date that is meaningless and and |
| 177s | we don't want to get your hopes up for a |
| 179s | date that is meaningless so right now |
| 181s | what we're doing is we're working |
| 182s | without a deadline at all |
| 185s | the only thing that matters right now |
| 186s | are the stability issues that we're |
| 187s | facing in the game and we're just |
| 189s | putting our heads down and working hard |
| 190s | on that to get that done that's our |
| 193s | Focus right now and as we approach our |
| 194s | goal of stabilizing the game we'll have |
| 196s | a better view of what uh we can when we |
| 199s | can hope to finish |
| 201s | um at a later stage and when we have |
| 203s | that information then we can set |
| 204s | ourselves a new deadline uh and maybe we |
| 207s | can communicate one to you guys so I'm |
| 208s | pulling the curtain back a little here |
| 209s | right I'm showing a little how the |
| 211s | sausage is made you know devs don't talk |
| 213s | about this too much right why would I |
| 214s | give our internal deadline and mention |
| 216s | that we're delaying it when like you |
| 218s | guys didn't even know that what the |
| 220s | deadline was right but the reason is two |
| 222s | reasons uh first of all the video that I |
| 225s | wanted to make today can't be made in |
| 227s | part because of these issues these |
| 229s | specific issues that we're running into |
| 232s | um and and I wanted to make something |
| 234s | for you all this week because I don't |
| 237s | like that we set a specific expectation |
| 239s | of a teaser season with information and |
| 242s | then just not and then just randomly not |
| 244s | dropping videos just because we can't |
| 246s | make it without an explanation okay so |
| 248s | that's the first reason why I wanted to |
| 249s | make this video and the second reason is |
| 251s | because I think being open and |
| 252s | transparent is important with you guys |
| 253s | the reality is that this kind of thing |
| 256s | happens all the time in game development |
| 257s | right it's happened to us many times |
| 259s | before |
| 261s | um but like from the outside looking in |
| 263s | you don't see a lot of this right |
| 265s | um You probably don't notice that we're |
| 267s | on this random ass roller coaster ride |
| 269s | every single time we um embark on an |
| 272s | update that we're going to release but |
| 274s | the reality is like we deal with things |
| 276s | like this all the time this is largely |
| 278s | not a completely unique situation in |
| 281s | most ways in some ways it is like we |
| 283s | we're often usually like inches away |
| 285s | from making these videos even during the |
| 287s | other update uh Seasons teaser Seasons |
| 289s | like it's always been pretty close and |
| 293s | uh complicated and roadblocks have |
| 294s | always popped up but we've somehow |
| 296s | overcome them every time before it's |
| 298s | just not really the case now but yeah at |
| 300s | this stage it's a little more obvious I |
| 302s | think to you all uh than usual because |
| 304s | the these issues that we're having |
| 306s | throughout development are now affecting |
| 308s | the community team and what videos we |
| 310s | can make right and so we think that like |
| 312s | oh now's probably a good time to give a |
| 314s | little bit of an explanation about it so |
| 315s | okay that's uh the state of development |
| 317s | right now so where do we go from here |
| 319s | what do we do uh so internally we're |
| 321s | addressing a bunch of the issues that |
| 322s | has been holding us back and affecting |
| 324s | uh the overall development of update |
| 326s | eight and we're working towards |
| 327s | stabilizing the game now we don't really |
| 330s | know how long that's going to take if |
| 331s | it's going to delay one week two weeks a |
| 333s | month two months who knows we have no |
| 335s | idea |
| 336s | um how long it's going to take but uh |
| 340s | the game is just going to be ready when |
| 342s | it's ready we don't want to put any more |
| 343s | unnecessary stress on the team we want |
| 345s | everyone to have the space they need to |
| 348s | uh do what they need to do to make the |
| 350s | update as good as it can be this does |
| 352s | also mean that the community team has |
| 354s | started the teaser season a little too |
| 356s | early so we probably have more videos |
| 357s | slots to fill and not enough content to |
| 361s | fill it with not enough teasers to fill |
| 364s | it with so one thing that we've been |
| 366s | thinking about is how do we do this do |
| 367s | we just keep going with the teasers as |
| 369s | quickly as we can |
| 370s | get them all out of the way and then |
| 372s | like come up with new content later or |
| 374s | should we spread the teasers out a |
| 376s | little bit between now and update eight |
| 377s | to try to keep that interest going or |
| 379s | should we just pause the teasers is it |
| 381s | like too hard for you guys to be teased |
| 384s | about this update when we're really not |
| 386s | sure when it's going to come like even |
| 387s | it could even be months who knows right |
| 389s | like maybe that's something you're not |
| 391s | cool with so right now uh we kind of |
| 393s | feel that we should just get the teasers |
| 395s | out of the way and we can come up with |
| 396s | new and engaging content later as well |
| 397s | uh that'll still work I think that's |
| 399s | doable but uh let us know what you think |
| 401s | what's your opinion what what do you |
| 403s | what would you prefer let us know in the |
| 405s | comments below okay uh speaking of |
| 407s | comments down below also uh send some |
| 410s | messages of support to the team because |
| 412s | they're all working really hard |
| 414s | um they're fairly stressed obviously |
| 415s | things aren't where they want to want it |
| 417s | to be at the moment so if you could send |
| 419s | some messages of support to the team in |
| 421s | the comments below say thanks coffee |
| 423s | scene Studios team helps a lot let them |
| 425s | know you appreciate their efforts and |
| 427s | work I think that's going to go a long |
| 428s | way to uh energizing them because |
| 430s | they're working super hard and I think |
| 432s | they could really I think they would |
| 433s | really appreciate it that's pretty much |
| 435s | all I wanted to talk about today uh |
| 437s | we're all super excited to get update 8 |
| 438s | out to you in all of its Glory we're |
| 440s | gonna give it the time and the love that |
| 442s | it needs so uh smash like if you like |
| 444s | your updates being delayed I I guess |
| 448s | um and have a lovely weekend and a great |
| 450s | week I'll catch you guys next week take |
| 452s | care bye |
| 454s | [Music] |
| 456s | foreign |