Thank you for this!
I have been so positively surprised by how understanding so many of you have been. It really does mean a lot. We devs often have to fight our own fights to make things happen, and there definitely was battles to fight out to make this Alpha happen on time :) Systems needing to be set-up, new things to learn, waiting on payments to go through and rigorous checking that everything seems to be in order.
There was literally about a 100 messages mailed back and forth to get everything done.
And regarding the Alpha. Getting messages like: "There's a bug here but it's still early days!" feels awesome, it just makes it all feel like we're in this together instead of piling up a sh*t ton of pressure for us to deliver. As a game developer you're always a bit afraid that the game will not be enough.
Having someone take the time to say something positive is fantastic. So thank you! Players like you make game development a lot more fun.
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