Steam Community updates

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Hi.
Updating your community through steam could be so much better showing people you guys are still working on the game and they have something to look foward to.
your last update on steam was over half a year ago and it was the "road map" which didnt show any new content either so in my honest opinion you should pop from time to time on steam show some of the new stuff you working on, i know myself and alot of other people dont like taking the extra step of coming to discord to catch up on 20 dev updates in a row.
ofc this is not me trying to lecture you about marketing just my feelings and honest opinion about the current state.

I love battlebit and been a supporter for a while and will keep going.

[latent spade]

i dont know if they have a reason behind this, but i agree that devcasts and other milestones should be advertised on the steam page too

right now, for someone looking at the game without being in the discord, it might as well look completely abandoned at first look

which i also thought for a good while before i started looking back in here and realizing i didn't have any ping roles selected, so i never really knew until just under a week ago

[teal moat]

#bbr-news message It is an intentional choice to withhold steam updates/community wide notifications for the time being.

[scenic scroll]

I understand that but yet IMO (cannot stress enough this is MY opinion) keeping it dead quiet is not looking good for a game like battlebit, I think taking a direction like "Ready Or Not" where they show only briefly some of the stuff they are cooking in the oven from time to time (multiple months between 2-3) will do wonders to the big community that's outside of the discord server, I'm not saying spoil everything hell nah it will some of the hype away but shearing just abit of what is getting posted in here the discord channel of #dev-wip will show people that its STILL getting worked on and maintain the crowd around for longer. again this is my opinion if it stays this way so be it

[teal moat]

I agree. As crispy pointed out, unless you are in this discord, it looks like the game is frozen in time. I definitely have never directed a game but, I get the concept behind it, dont agree with its implementation. We are so deep into it though, if it didnt change when the april update didnt manifest, it aint gunna change now. The hope is that the plan works, the updates hit and we are once again vibing but only time will tell

[latent spade]

just gotta hope its as much of a banger as i think it is. if things go well, maybe we may get another situation where word of mouth gets some people back in

i just know the visual and audio updates are alone enough to get me excited xD

[teal moat]

I have no doubt there will be a massive spike in players when its released. The question is, how long will those players stay? Thats what it all rides on

Every new season/patch, games spike in player count, just kinda how the online ecosystems spins.

[latent spade]

if they can keep a good update schedule afterwards, im sure it can stick for a good bit

just gotta make doubly sure the version manager doesn't get goofed up again o3o

[fluid hazel]

depends how good the update will be

[latent spade]

judging by what i've seen in the devcasts, pretty damn good

whether its 8 months good is to be seen, but ima keep my chin up if the devs can do the same despite the pressure

[scenic scroll]

this page relates not only for the current "big update" but for all updates coming in the foreseeable future

[hybrid garden]

"current" update? 😂

[scenic scroll]

idk what u laughing about

[hybrid garden]

I laughed because I thought "current 'big update'" referred to the still-unreleased "mid-April 2024" update.

But perhaps I'm mistaken

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i mean everyone in this channel understands what update im talking about

[hybrid garden]

the still-unreleased "mid-April 2024" update?

[scenic scroll]

yes this one

[hybrid garden]

[scenic scroll]

im not looking for any toxicity in this thread, just honest feedback.

[hybrid garden]

I don't mean to be toxic. Just having some wordplay fun. Looking forward to the update like everyone else. Apologizes if I ruffled yer feathers 🫡

[merry hatch]

update be like

[toxic rock]

I agree with at least update with devcast so it won't look like devs already run with your money .

[errant flower]

What a perfect time to start hiring and teaching a new programmer

[latent spade]

I remember Oki explaining the issue with that, since he wrote ALL the code for the game, he'd habe to teach that programmer everything he did, and the coding style he uses to avoid stuff conflicting or causing bugs

[merry hatch]

nah oki can't teach anyone about his spaghetti code

[errant flower]

Yeah i know, on-boarding a new programmer is gonna take a lot of time

Thats why im saying, after update its the perfect time to hire when the game needs constant updates

[latent spade]

Especially for a game thats been in the works for over 4 years, and who's lead programmer probably learned and changed his style a lot over that course, so it would probably be even harder to teach that as well

[merry hatch]

balancing is just a few number changes what are you talking about

[errant flower]

+7 years

[merry hatch]

[latent spade]

I had a feeling it was longer but wasn't sure 0-0

But yah thats a long time

[merry hatch]

the balancing taking 3 months by itself i'll call it right here and now

[latent spade]

In theory yes

But if you just slap in numbers based on your gut feeling, thats how we get nightmare balancing and blatantly powerful metas

[merry hatch]

i am aware

that was ironic sorry

[latent spade]

Changing the numbers are easy, making everything work is actual hell

[latent spade]

No worries, just saying cause i keep seeing armchair devs thinking certain things are a cakewalk lol

[merry hatch]

doesn't mean changing the numbers will work quickly either

man i want updoot 😭

[latent spade]

I feel u 😭

[errant flower]

So vector?

[latent spade]

Tbh idk why that gun in particular is so silly

[errant flower]

[latent spade]

I feel like its the minigun-like rate of fire that makes it hard to do right lol