Don Kanaille
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Well, as the title says. This game has been dormant for a long time now, and while I´m not super up to date on everything (actually lost track of the game due to the long hiatus), from following the forums and releases on Steam it seems that basically Madoc is the only one really involved in developing this project. While I´m sure he pours his heart and soul into it, one man alone will probably never live up to the ambitions of this game. I remember back in the day when the game was released on Steam, the extra money was supposed to hire more people and the like. But I´ve not seen or heard anything from anybody besides Madoc. While what has been done so far is already quite groundbreaking as far as I can tell, Madoc working alone would certainly explain the current update schedule.
Let´s face it, for this game to have a satisfying development phase and a realistic full release date, updates like the latest one would have to roll out every one or two months, not once every 1.5 years. And I have no idea how long the actual Sui Generis would take once the "prelude" Exanima is actually completed.
Don´t get me wrong, I´m not mad or anything, I certainly got my money´s worth out of Exanima from the fun combat alone. But still, despite the quality of updates, it feels to me like this once seemingly decently funded endevor is now one guy´s passion project he hustles in his spare time, probably from his garage. While that would still be admireable, I would at least like to know what we´re dealing with.
I respect Madoc and his work a lot, but one man cannot do everything and I already presumed this game dead at least twice by now due to the lack of updates and official communication. If I definitely knew that this is just what Madoc can deliver on his off days from his day job instead of a development team falling into years long silence for no apparent reason, I at least wouldnt despair when it takes another year of silence for the next update.
Let´s face it, for this game to have a satisfying development phase and a realistic full release date, updates like the latest one would have to roll out every one or two months, not once every 1.5 years. And I have no idea how long the actual Sui Generis would take once the "prelude" Exanima is actually completed.
Don´t get me wrong, I´m not mad or anything, I certainly got my money´s worth out of Exanima from the fun combat alone. But still, despite the quality of updates, it feels to me like this once seemingly decently funded endevor is now one guy´s passion project he hustles in his spare time, probably from his garage. While that would still be admireable, I would at least like to know what we´re dealing with.
I respect Madoc and his work a lot, but one man cannot do everything and I already presumed this game dead at least twice by now due to the lack of updates and official communication. If I definitely knew that this is just what Madoc can deliver on his off days from his day job instead of a development team falling into years long silence for no apparent reason, I at least wouldnt despair when it takes another year of silence for the next update.