Supercell_Drew

i touched on this in the main post. but i guess a good way to think about it is like a movie release. if actors etc posted constant updates from the set including plot points etc - would the movie still be as fun when it came out? would as many people still watch it? where would the excitement be etc.

this is different to something like, a kickstarter game where a player has already bought into something that is not released yet, and they want a result. from there dev diaries and week by week updates on what is being worked on make sense.

royale is live and it is in everyone's best interests to create new and exciting update content. i guess a level of trust towards the developers (us) is needed in this case to trust us that we are working on the update (until we release more info).

i already read your standardisation post and thought it was great!

we actually will be standardising ALL troop deployment types in the season 12 balance update so i found your post even more interesting. seth will probably be able to go into this better however - i'll show him your post and see what he thinks.

bro, this comment is exactly why i am taking my time writing a proper response to that comment... i'm not skipping it.
it is the comment that has attracted the most toxicity (which you've just proved) and i want to give it a proper, well written response. i've already started drafting a google doc for it.

it will take the same amount of time to answer that question than all other questions combined just because of the toxic behavior & comments surrounding it - i need to nail my response and will reply to that comment tomorrow.

1. see answer here
2. balance changes & new cards take the most work. settling on the card idea can take months! but again - they are being worked on alongside other things. seth & an artist aren't spending 100% of their time designing a card.
   then artists will come up with the concept and theme of the seasons and start work on the tower skins, emotes & arena at least two months in advance, maybe more
3. yes we have some reworks we want to test for wizard & bowler

this is actually untrue!

i do develop - i am part of the game team and present in a lot of discussions for what goes into the update, as well as every playtest session.

every member of the royale team (be they artist, live ops, data scientist) ALL help design and develop the game. developing a game isn't just physically coding etc (i don't touch the build in that respect! although i do write all of the game texts).

here's a post i wrote a while back to this exact question.

yes there will be more QoL improvements this update

that's right - release date will be revealed when we are ready!

best girl = misato katsuragi

this is exactly the point that i am addressing though, the whole "it's not an update unless i say it is"

the facts are we did an update in november. if people don't count it as an update, it doesn't change the fact that it was an update. dev time went into it, work was done on it, we had to do the whole approval/submission app process etc.

if you didn't like the update? that's cool - i respect that.

don't think the update had enough content? that's cool, i totally see your point of view and take that feedback onboard. but it was still an update.

i wrote a comment explaining this a bit more a while back - let's see if i can dig it up:

(the below was in reference to the party button and trophy road)

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bombs is actually royal delivery! we changed it slightly

^{i hate when people on reddit say this but}

THIS!

you hit the nail on the head

it wasn't in defense of - it was directed at these comments that usually accompany those "there hasnt been an update since 2018" saying there has been no new content added to the game etc

good question. a bit of both tbh. we know that there needs to be a big change and some of this comes from designing entirely new - whereas some things just need some quality of life changes to get them to their full potential

simple answer - a lot of the more fun or creative stuff simply isn't possible without an update.

i agree with you that spawn modes aren't the most creative, but there are some that can also prove to be the exception to that rule.

> They only take an extra 15-30 minutes to make a prototype for

just want to point out that in game dev, comments like this simply aren't true - nothing takes as long as you think it will! sure a prototype might be quick, but bringing that to a live environment is a totally different kettle of fish

for example, a lot of what you just mentioned wouldn't work in the current build of the game and would cause out of sync errors for players etc.

i wrote this answer to go in the main post but removed it - so here it is!

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As you are probably aware, we don’t like to give release dates far in advance, or at all! We work VERY differently to AAA game developers, who have a release date set months or even years in advance. This has it's pros and its cons - the pro is for the developers who have less pressure and stress to crunch and deliver an update.

The cons are that you (the playerbase) and me, the bridge between the playerbase and the dev team get stressed and angry that there is no information or seemingly, any progress.

Our initial plan for a May release of this update was unfortunately missed due to the changing global situation, alongside in-team decisions about update progress & direction.

If we had said BIG UPDATE COMING MAY 4TH! And then not hit it, it would cause more harm than good.

A lot of other games that I am a fan of (and maybe you are too) have also ditched th...

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Hey Reddit,

I've seen a lot of posts over the last few days asking for more communication on our upcoming update so here it is!

I wanted to address some concerns that I have seen, so here we go…

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• "Why don't they just tell us what they are working on?"

This is a deliberate choice - I personally don't want to reveal any information until we have a bit more polish and a solid date for release.

As you can see, even releasing a teaser image early has lead to a lot of negativity when the update has not mat...

thanks. i'm a little sad too but it is what it is!

i'll be posting a more extensive FAQ about the update/situation on reddit tomorow answering some questions i see floating around a lot.

when the card goes live on friday it will be in spooky town!

thanks for pointing this out

wow. what mode did you grind? don't know if i'm impressed or horrified lol

even if i dont comment i lurk the sub every day. people can get mad and toxic towards me when i comment on stuff that they dont deem 'good content' lol (fan art etc) like this!

anyways...

i saw the original post and loved the concept (even though it's 'literally just a tree') but this is cooler as it has a longer 'growtime' so wouldnt be an instant counter.

i imagined it as a skeletons for building targeting troops, used to kite quickly. so this is interesting.

in my head i was even thinking about a WAYYY longer deployment time (hear me out) like 10 seconds or so - you plant the tree and it grows and then it has like double the lifetime - which can throw off an opponents cycle, and you could even cycle in a bunch of trees yourself.

so nice work! you made 'literally just a tree' a decent card development discussion!