[2023] Update 8 Development has been a little rocky...

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1s	foreign
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

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