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Indivisible Delayed Until 2019
- Thread starter Shard Shinjuku
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Have you seen how this games looks?
Quality like this takes time.
Zero problems with this tbh. They've done a really good job of keeping us backers in the loop, and it's tremendously clear that they're making something super cool.
If they need the extra time, they've certainly earned it.
If they need the extra time, they've certainly earned it.
Yes and you could switch the version you want to receive in the backer kit.
Considering they're constantly communicating with backers and being pretty open about their development process, I have no problem with it.
Hope they can hold on for a bit longer. Delaying games eats up a lot of money. Especially for indie developers it's hard.
That's cool, take your time making the best possible game you can. Got plenty to play in the meantime and look forward to playing this next year.
That kind of thing isn't really out of the ordinary. It's basically the difference between regular models and distance models in hand drawn animation. Too much detail becomes a readability concern when the characters are shrunk down to fit video game staging. It becomes too busy. And naturally any detail line removal is helpful for reducing the time it takes to animate the characters, while also ensuring better linework consistency.
Fighting game characters can have slightly more detail because they are framed much closer to the camera, whereas a platformer like Indivisible needs to have the characters be smaller so that the field of view is not claustrophobic (like, say, the Gameboy Mega Man games), so too much detail actually becomes unnecessary.
In this case, the redesigns to outfits serve a similar purpose, to streamline aspects of the character, maintaining the silhouette and also making sure it looks good on the screen at the expected size. Although that last character looks completely different, maybe they decided to go in a different direction with that guy.
I backed them on kickstarter, and definitely support this. It's expected, really, games that look like this take time.
The quote does not mean that a game that is delayed is automatically good, but that releasing it early is always bad.
Which is true. Polishing is the most important part of game development next to good core design.
The quote does not mean that a game that is delayed is automatically good, but that releasing it early is always bad.
Which is true. Polishing is the most important part of game development next to good core design.
I don't expect games, even by big developers, to come out when initially scheduled much less indie games by smaller developers. This doesn't make me not support them. They need the money, much more than big companies, even make the game happen.
I will support them when the game is able to be purchased. Other people can front the cost, I've done my fair share.
No obligation to support kickstarters. :) If your personal decision is that delays mean you should hold off, this is for the better, in fact - people that add to kickstarters, then get angry at a delay, tend to hurt the reputation of the product even when it turns out great. This way, everyone wins.
With the releases this year + extra time for polish, it's for the best. Looking forward to playing it!
Yup, it looks amazing and has so much potential, I don't mind the wait.
No problem with this. Not in a rush to have this game come out as long as it ends up being the quality successor to Valkyrie Profile it deserves to be.
That's okay. Everything they share with us looks great but also incredibly time consuming and costly to make. Can't wait to play it!
It's weird because I was on both ends of the spectrum.
Shovel Knight was amazing and exceeded my expectations and I praised it before and after it launched.
MN09 I ridiculed ever since it was apparent that Inafune was conning people.
Expected, but kinda happy they decided to do this. Updates have been kinda slow and sparse, so its good they're deciding to take their time.
Another big part of this is that from what I've seen, using Photoshop for clean-up is an annoying process. Maybe after this is released they're gonna take some time to look for alternate choices.
I'm completely fine with this delay, and have every confidence that Lab Zero will pull this off.
Considering that Lab Zero willingly put up their own money as equity to finish the development, this means
A) They have extra motivation to get the game out (i. e. not cancelled) and on a timely basis (to avoid burning too much extra money on dev costs). Taking the bridge funding from the publisher likely came with a firm commitment to get the game out by a specific date.
B) Their willingness to risk their funds shows that they have confidence in the final product's quality, as Indivisible's profits will be the source of their "repayment", so to speak.
Considering that Lab Zero willingly put up their own money as equity to finish the development, this means
A) They have extra motivation to get the game out (i. e. not cancelled) and on a timely basis (to avoid burning too much extra money on dev costs). Taking the bridge funding from the publisher likely came with a firm commitment to get the game out by a specific date.
B) Their willingness to risk their funds shows that they have confidence in the final product's quality, as Indivisible's profits will be the source of their "repayment", so to speak.
Those are all multiplayer games, people have less incentive to check in on an updated single player game.
All the redesigns are better than the originals, though.Here are some of the redesigns.
I will never be upset by a Dev delaying their game for more polish. Make it shine and I will happily wait.
The delay is unfortunate because I was just talking to friends yesterday about how I'm looking forward to the game finally coming out "soon" hahahaha. But I just can't be mad at any delay because animation takes time and good animation requires patience. No one wants a rushed product and I would hope no one wants dead animators! 2019 already shaping up to have a few exciting titles judging from today's delays. :D
This isn't an indie game. It's partially funded by the developer's own money from their previous game, partially funded by the $2,200,000 crowdfunding campaign they did for it, and the rest is funded by an outside publisher. This is basically a regular video game company, albeit more along the size of a small Japanese dev like Falcom than the massive developers you commonly see in the West.
A move like this is a risk since they're taking on more debt to finish it which places the bar for success that much higher. And if they don't make this new deadline & the publisher refuses to add more funds, they could be in serious trouble.
Do you have some link(s) on how BoF IV was made ? I always loved its look.
Do they own the IP? Are they a private company? Are they small (say, <100 people)?
They're indie.
Here are some of the redesigns.
These are actually two different characters now.
I actually prefer most of the redesigns. Especially the plant girl who's name is escaping me at the moment. Nuna, maybe?
I believe they actually own Indivisible. They are a company. I'm 93.5% certain that they are under 100 people.