Still being developed?

[Scylon]

As the title says. Havn't seen anything in awhile now.

[Doublehead]

Single dev making the best VR game in the store. For me its down to this and Arizona Sunshine which is a team of devs. Sure it would be nice to hear from the Dev, but life happens when its 1 person. And I'm all in for anything he builds, down to pay and support the work. Nobody has made swordfighting this realistic even close to his work, much less fantasy world immersion. MMO this and id pay a monthly. Even if he never updates again, it was worth every penny. Sorry to sound like a fanboy but that's what I am.

[Major_Troubles]

Originally posted by nixr:

Why would new players want to buy your game?

BECAUSE they are new players. It is a great game and they haven't played it yet.

Originally posted by nixr:

In fact I must advise anyone reading this, not to buy it.

Really? Who forces you?
You're just a typical whiny kid (or child-like person) on the internet. Something does not go your way and you start spewing wild accusations without any regard to real life constraints, feasibility, etc.
If you really did some research you would know that the dev is working alone. There is no team and thus development takes its time.

Originally posted by nixr:

this game feels very much like unfinished vaporware.

You could not be more wrong. This game is finished. And there is still development.

[GMBzilla]

Originally posted by nixr:

Originally posted by GMBzilla:

If you are a player of VanR reading this, here is a question for you:
Would you pay around the same price for a 2nd Chapter of Vanishing Realms (with length and depth at least like the first)?

I would! No question.

No way. I paid $20 for 3 hours of content so far and the dev has been missing for half a year.

I rate video games like movies as far as ...

Entertainment Cost Per Hour (ECPH).

The ECPH of a movie in the theater is about $10-12 or so per person. And you don't get a copy to take home. Buy a movie the ECPH is $8-10 for a new release.

I paid $20 for VanR. I played it about 4 times then messed with it here and there. I have 18 hours in the game. My ECPH for VanR is $1.12! Even with your 3 hours the cost is around $7.
This is good entertainment dollars in my opinion.

You are right, gamers expect 20+ hours (and more) from computer games. This makes these games a great entertainment value considering ECPH. (This does NOT include subscription MMO games of course).

If you pay $60 for a game and play if for 100 hours (me and Skyrim!) the ECPH is 60 cents an hour. GREAT VALUE!

You do have to consider the cost of the device you play on over time(my $800 VIVE). Still, computer games can be the BEST entertainment value.

[RxStud]

I do love this game but an update would be nice.

[Scylon]

Indeed. A little tired of early access devs just disapearing like that. I mean typeing a short hello each month isn't hard.

[BaggyG]

I'm also waiting for a full release before playing through. It has been a little while but I don't think that means development is dead. Hopefully we will hear something soon.

[GMBzilla]

I think it's time to move on. We can stay subscribed to this discussion so if the DEV posts we will get a notice. .

[lewty72]

DEV .. have you ever thought to put this up on kickstarter.. you might get enough to go full time on making the game or even hiring some one to do work on certain areas...
even though i have bought the game i would put more in kickstrater even if it was to pre buy any more game content.

[GMBzilla]

Great Idea - Kickstarter! You could make enough to hire some coders to help and so much more.

[nixr]

Originally posted by GMBzilla:

Originally posted by nixr:

No way. I paid $20 for 3 hours of content so far and the dev has been missing for half a year.

I rate video games like movies as far as ...

Entertainment Cost Per Hour (ECPH).

The ECPH of a movie in the theater is about $10-12 or so per person. And you don't get a copy to take home. Buy a movie the ECPH is $8-10 for a new release.

I paid $20 for VanR. I played it about 4 times then messed with it here and there. I have 18 hours in the game. My ECPH for VanR is $1.12! Even with your 3 hours the cost is around $7.
This is good entertainment dollars in my opinion.

You are right, gamers expect 20+ hours (and more) from computer games. This makes these games a great entertainment value considering ECPH. (This does NOT include subscription MMO games of course).

If you pay $60 for a game and play if for 100 hours (me and Skyrim!) the ECPH is 60 cents an hour. GREAT VALUE!

You do have to consider the cost of the device you play on over time(my $800 VIVE). Still, computer games can be the BEST entertainment value.

It's great that you got that much time out of it. And to hear an alternate point of view. I completed all of the content, and replayed parts of it several times, and I'm only at 2 hours of game time. Edit - I'm going to make a point of playing it again from start to finish soon.

I agree that it is a great experience. And if it had 2 hours of content written on the box, I'd still probably be happy to pay $20. I bought it near release, and in the first 10 minutes of playing it, I had visions of future D&D style modules, co-op, player content, etc.

Fair enough, that's not where the game headed. But my issue is that the dev has just bailed, while it's still being sold as in development, and no updates are coming.

[Major_Troubles]

Originally posted by nixr:

But my issue is that the dev has just bailed, while it's still being sold as in development, and no updates are coming.

He hasn't bailed. It's a one person project and development is accordingly slow.

[Scylon]

Still doesn't excuse a lack of communication. just sayin...

[Major_Troubles]

Originally posted by Scylon:

Still doesn't excuse a lack of communication. just sayin...

No, but equally that doesn't excuse false accusations. Two wrongs...

[strickmasche]

I've only recently got my Vive and have been enjoying this game very much! Personally, I'd much rather the dev spends his limited time on the game, than monthly "Yep, still working on it" updates.

[Indimo]

I hear the dev is still working on the game. Sure wish the guy was faster, though :)