Episode 6 Patreon release moved to July 18 and Steam release moved to July 25
Hey everyone,
We've made the decision to delay the release of Episode 6 on both Patreon and Steam by two more weeks.
I know it sucks, I know you're excited, trust me, so are we. Unfortunately, we're just not as fast as we hoped we would be. The episode isn't ready to be released and this is our CK2 finale, it's a huge deal and we want it to be awesome, bug free and we want to be proud of it.
Right now, we're still missing a couple scenes, fighting pesky bugs and haven't been able to test the whole thing properly. So unless you love a good error screen, you probably wouldn't enjoy playing the episode in its current state anyway.
So why do we announce a release date and then a new release and then still miss it? Because frankly, we're stubborn, slow-learning optimists that refuse to let production issues and personal circumstances get in the way of our goals. And yet, they often do.
The reality is, we're just a bunch of humans, doing our absolute best to make this episode a deserving finale of CK2 and a blast to play. And sometimes we fall short, no matter how hard we may try. I promise you that we're not just sitting here drinking mojitos and hoping for the episode to just magically finish itself. Well.. at least not all of us.
Anyway, I am genuinely sorry for anyone that was really looking forward to playing Episode 6 and now has to wait even longer, but I do believe the wait will be more than worth it once you finally get your hands on it.
Thank you for the support and please do feel free to let your frustration out in any way you see fit, even if you write me a mean dm, I am particularly insecure about my doughy physique at the moment so if you want to hit me where it hurts, I'd lead with that.
Jokes aside, much love to all of you, have a fantastic next few weeks and once they've flown by, CK2 Episode 6 will be waiting for you!
- Steve
Comments (24)
Only a few hours left hopefully for release!
waiting with fingers crossed
Like I keep saying, you guys need to be doing dev posts so we know what's going on
It's a fair point, I'm definitely going to try to be more communicative once we get episode 6 over the line!
The entire game industry, and even more so the AVN side of it, has embraced this 'security blanket' of the 'well, we can always delay' approach too much, making it the standard. What happened to the video game standard of yesteryear? 'Release is this date; we will make this release date no questions asked,' where it took something like a bombing on the studio, even to entertain the possibility of even 24 hrs of delay. While that is extreme on one side, we can't stray dangerously close to the other. AVNL had an article about this on what is probably the most well-known AVN at the moment. While the article does focus on that creator, it also speaks to the 'crowdfunded' development scene as a whole. Unlike the developer in that article, there is no question in my mind now that they do it. I don't believe the 'milking' is the goal of this team. The release schedule has proven that, and there is certainly a downside to heavy pushes. The public has seen it across the entire gaming scene. If this is the result of other things, i.e., ' bonus renders,' they no longer have any place until the workload supports it. It was said a couple of scenes still needed to be done if time wasn't spent on the 'bonus' content; since there still seems to be no redundancies built in, one or more of those scenes could likely be completed. Even with the last couple " shaky" releases, most of the time the issues were " jumped on" quickly, so that only shines a bright spotlight on the issue above.
Do you have a link to that? I would like to see that.
All good, Steve 👍🏻! What's a two-week time anyway 😂? That's going to zoom by SO fast 🏃🏻♂️🚀! Plus, I have many AVNs to keep me busy 😋! BUT I'll take these renders, though 😍🥰😘❤!!! Thanks for letting us, Steve!!! We value transparency! Keep on keeping on, guys 🙌🏻!!! Always excited and eagerly waiting 🔥!!! Nothing is EVER going to change that 😁! I LOOOOOVE MY AVNS 🥰!!! Stay safe, stay blessed, and in PERFECT health, everyone! Have an amazing and beautiful week! I'll catch you all—ON THE NEXT ONE ✌🏻😉!!!
Really appreciate the patience!
maybe work on the windows loader as well ? Thing works maybe once or twice a year
Thanks Bill, we are working on it. It runs on a very specific programming language but we are making progress!
Just take your time Steve. Can't wait for the finished product.
Thanks so much Mizzle!
You said the Steam release date wouldn’t change. But look... it got delayed to the 25th after all. Please, don’t make promises you can’t keep. It's not too late to make a promise once things are certain. In fact, that's a much better way.
Thanks rusty, unfortunately unforeseen circumstances caught us. I'll always opt for pushing back instead of crunching and burning out the team though. Going forward though I intend to start setting internal milestones so that I can be confident that when we announce a date that we can commit to it.
I have absolute no problem to wait a bit longer, so please take your time to make it best possible. Thanks for the nice prewievs.😊
Thanks so much JEH!
So much stuff that still needs done. Like getting the best renders for us 😉
Thankfully we've got great people on the job!
Steve, you know my opinion. And very nice preview pictures. They make me want to see more.
Thanks so much Lila!
That's a shame but the finished product will be great happy to do more QA if needed what's next after ck2 has concluded
Thanks Brownaaa, appreciate the patience!
Can't wait!
Your patience is appreciated Pod!