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Most times in game development, there's a decent delay between when you finish work on something and when it goes live. That leads to feelings of "Welp, it's out of my hands now, all I can do now is hope they like it!"

Most times in game development, there's a decent delay between when you finish work on something and when it goes live. That leads to feelings of "Welp, it's out of my hands now, all I can do now is hope they like it!"

Chadd Nervigg

Posted 4 years ago (Source)

Most times in game development, there's a decent delay between when you finish work on something and when it goes live. That leads to feelings of "Welp, it's out of my hands now, all I can do now is hope they like it!"

Chadd Nervigg

Posted 4 years ago (Source)

When you've been doing this a while, and doing similar sorts of things, you develop a good intuition about how players are going to react, helping relieve any of that uncertainty.

Chadd Nervigg

Posted 4 years ago (Source)

But sometimes you do something that's way WAY outside of the box, something that's borderline impossible to evaluate internally, and just have no idea whatsoever whether it'll even work right, let alone people like it.

T_B_Morgan

Posted 4 years ago (Source)

@Celestalon As a dev, between code lock and players getting their hands on it, it is several months of "did I get all of my bugs... or not"

Chadd Nervigg

Posted 4 years ago (Source)

@T_B_Morgan Yuuuup.

T_B_Morgan

Posted 4 years ago (Source)

@Celestalon QA is a blessed resource

Chadd Nervigg

Posted 4 years ago (Source)

@T_B_Morgan Absoluuuutely.

Chadd Nervigg

Posted 4 years ago (Source)

So uhhhh... Crossin' some fingers and toes right now. 🤞

BenMorrow1

Posted 4 years ago (Source)

@Celestalon Oh sounds exciting 👀

Chadd Nervigg

Posted 4 years ago (Source)

@BenMorrow1 I mean, I hope so? It might be a complete flop, who knows! But I definitely dreamed big... O.O

JakeStormoen

Posted 4 years ago (Source)

@Celestalon Haha. I know those feelings well.

Chadd Nervigg

Posted 4 years ago (Source)

@JakeStormoen Oh man, I imagine this is really bad with actors, where you can't even see how it turned out for a long time (and by that time, it's well past being able to do anything about it)

marshall5912

Posted 4 years ago (Source)

@Celestalon 👀 Will we know what it is when we see it?

Chadd Nervigg

Posted 4 years ago (Source)

@marshall5912 Very much so.

Cora

Posted 4 years ago (Source)

@Celestalon hahaha... haha... ha... yeah.

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Most times in game development, there's a decent delay between when you finish work on something and when it goes live. That leads to feelings of "Welp, it's out of my hands now, all I can do now is hope they like it!" (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429170396973076482">Chadd Nervigg</a>)
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When you've been doing this a while, and doing similar sorts of things, you develop a good intuition about how players are going to react, helping relieve any of that uncertainty. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429170842114482182">Chadd Nervigg</a>)
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But sometimes you do something that's way WAY outside of the box, something that's borderline impossible to evaluate internally, and just have no idea whatsoever whether it'll even work right, let alone people like it. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429171311578808320">Chadd Nervigg</a>)
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@Celestalon As a dev, between code lock and players getting their hands on it, it is several months of "did I get all of my bugs... or not" (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429171688386678786">None</a>)
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@T_B_Morgan Yuuuup. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429171911037124609">Chadd Nervigg</a>)
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@Celestalon QA is a blessed resource (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429172197470314498">None</a>)
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@T_B_Morgan Absoluuuutely. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429172339258773506">Chadd Nervigg</a>)
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So uhhhh... Crossin' some fingers and toes right now. 🤞 (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429171660595220483">Chadd Nervigg</a>)
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@Celestalon Oh sounds exciting 👀 (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429171901314781187">None</a>)
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@BenMorrow1 I mean, I hope so? It might be a complete flop, who knows! But I definitely dreamed big... O.O (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429172183247454210">Chadd Nervigg</a>)
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@Celestalon Haha. I know those feelings well. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429170550417416201">None</a>)
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@JakeStormoen Oh man, I imagine this is really bad with actors, where you can't even see how it turned out for a long time (and by that time, it's well past being able to do anything about it) (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429171870767587328">Chadd Nervigg</a>)
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@Celestalon 👀

Will we know what it is when we see it? (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429172417948180494">None</a>)
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@marshall5912 Very much so. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429173101011423235">Chadd Nervigg</a>)
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@Celestalon hahaha... haha... ha...

yeah. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429174761050021896">Cora</a>)
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Most times in game development, there's a decent delay between when you finish work on something and when it goes live. That leads to feelings of "Welp, it's out of my hands now, all I can do now is hope they like it!" (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429170396973076482">Source</a>)

When you've been doing this a while, and doing similar sorts of things, you develop a good intuition about how players are going to react, helping relieve any of that uncertainty. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429170842114482182">Source</a>)

But sometimes you do something that's way WAY outside of the box, something that's borderline impossible to evaluate internally, and just have no idea whatsoever whether it'll even work right, let alone people like it. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429171311578808320">Source</a>)

@Celestalon As a dev, between code lock and players getting their hands on it, it is several months of "did I get all of my bugs... or not"

@T_B_Morgan Yuuuup. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429171911037124609">Source</a>)

@Celestalon QA is a blessed resource

@T_B_Morgan Absoluuuutely. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429172339258773506">Source</a>)
 
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So uhhhh... Crossin' some fingers and toes right now. 🤞 (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429171660595220483">Source</a>)

@Celestalon Oh sounds exciting 👀

@BenMorrow1 I mean, I hope so? It might be a complete flop, who knows! But I definitely dreamed big... O.O (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429172183247454210">Source</a>)
 
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@Celestalon Haha. I know those feelings well.

@JakeStormoen Oh man, I imagine this is really bad with actors, where you can't even see how it turned out for a long time (and by that time, it's well past being able to do anything about it) (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429171870767587328">Source</a>)
 
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@Celestalon 👀

Will we know what it is when we see it?

@marshall5912 Very much so. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429173101011423235">Source</a>)
 
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@Celestalon hahaha... haha... ha...

yeah. (<a href="https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1429174761050021896">Source</a>)
 
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