Vsauce

[Tom212]

Did this game just get in the top sellers because of the video of vsauce today.

[Pew Pew]

yup

[Dan Dixon]

Yes... that is our understanding too. It's a real honor to be part of a Vsauce video.

https://youtu.be/Xc4xYacTu-E

(jump to 0:45 and 4:42 to see the mentions of Universe Sandbox ²)

[TRON]

HEY VSAUCE MICHEAL HERE! universe sandbox 2 is now at the top seller position....but what is...top?

[Dan Dixon]

We're currently #24 in the Global Top Sellers list... and it's definitely because of this video.
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?filter=globaltopsellers

[TRON]

Originally posted by Dan Dixon:

We're currently #24 in the Global Top Sellers list... and it's definitely because of this video.
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?filter=globaltopsellers

you dont get the joke about vsauce do you? he always says something just super normal but then asks "but what is...*insert concept here*" before explaining it in a lengthy video that usually blows the viewers mind

[TRON]

oh and btw dan could we please have an estimate for how complete alpha 21 is? from 0 to 100 percent how complete is it in terms of how it looks on the checklist of things to do? where do you estimate it falls in percentage? because i just cant wait for alpha 21 at this point....i mean why not release an experimental version so people can at least enjoy the features you bring in even incomplete? i mean its cool to get the updates twice a week in experimental mode cause then i get to watch the game evolve at a rapid pace

[Pew Pew]

Heres the amount of players on universe sanbox: http://steamcharts.com/app/230290#1m

Its higher then its been all month

[Serve The Serval]

I wouldn't be excited about Vsause making the video. He put a link to get the game for free, which means the developers lose money.

[I'm Ant]

Originally posted by NickTheBob:

I wouldn't be excited about Vsause making the video. He put a link to get the game for free, which means the developers lose money.

I don't thnk you understand marketing.

[Dan Dixon]

Originally posted by mindseyeman:

oh and btw dan could we please have an estimate for how complete alpha 21 is?

I'd say 90% complete... but the last 10% of the work takes 90% of the time :)

We're working on finalizing the graphics for the new planet grid tech. It's quite complicated, and Georg has been working super hard to get it done as quickly as possible. That said... it's challenging work and experimental in nature, so it's taking longer than any of us had hoped... but we are getting close.

Originally posted by NickTheBob:

I wouldn't be excited about Vsause making the video. He put a link to get the game for free, which means the developers lose money.

You mean via the curiosity box? Not free, just a different way to acquire Universe Sandbox ².

[TRON]

Originally posted by Dan Dixon:

Originally posted by mindseyeman:

oh and btw dan could we please have an estimate for how complete alpha 21 is?

I'd say 90% complete... but the last 10% of the work takes 90% of the time :)

We're working on finalizing the graphics for the new planet grid tech. It's quite complicate and Georg has been working super hard to get it done as quickly as possible. That said... it's really hard and experimental in nature, so it's taking longer than any of us had hoped... but we are getting close.

Originally posted by NickTheBob:

I wouldn't be excited about Vsause making the video. He put a link to get the game for free, which means the developers lose money.

You mean via the curiosity box? Not really free, just a different way to aquire Universe Sandbox ².

cool now i know it is gonna be released at least in the next month or so or at most before the end of the year

[Providence 777]

Yep, I heard about this only because of that Vsauce video as well.
I'm kind of sad that's that only reason, I would have missed on existance of this title otherwise.

Going to be following this closely now.

[TRON]

also the number of players is higher than its been all year

[Dan Dixon]

Originally posted by mindseyeman:

cool now i know it is gonna be released at least in the next month or so or at most before the end of the year

We're hesitant to give estimates because we're always too optimistic. We were hoping to have this out already, but we missed our internal release date because this is really hard.

The good news is that once planet grids are working well... lasers are basically done.

[Koze]

Originally posted by Dan Dixon:

Yes... that is our understanding too. It's a real honor to be part of a Vsauce video.

https://youtu.be/Xc4xYacTu-E

(jump to 0:45 and 4:42 to see the mentions of Universe Sandbox ²)

I bought your game because of him ha