Release date for full game?

[Zaharu]

Is there a release date for the full game? Even if it is estimated

[Nederbeest]

Still to early to say. Depends if they get enough funding for the game to work on it at a steady pace. If not, it will probably take much longer to finish if even at all.

Either jump in and help them out with an early buy, or wait and hope for the best.

[Thorstorm]

I mean 3 years were not enough to finish it?
Early access means pre-alpha nowadays.

[Vincent]

Originally posted by Thorstorm:

I mean 3 years were not enough to finish it?
Early access means pre-alpha nowadays.

i know a ♥♥♥♥ ton of games that have been in early access 6-8 yrs, thats why most of the time i try to ignore ea

[Tim Habei]

The last update was in December, the next one only at the end of April, that is, 3 months of waiting from one update to another. Development is really slow.

[AlexUbel989]

Originally posted by Tim Habei:

The last update was in December, the next one only at the end of April, that is, 3 months of waiting from one update to another. Development is really slow.

That is because they can't afford to work on it. They should have had the funding up front for the game instead of banking on the Early Access program to fund it. Which is not how EA was meant to be used. Hopefully they can solve their financial difficulties, but as it stands, they haven't sold a whole lot of units presently.

[Vincent]

Originally posted by AlexUbel989:

That is because they can't afford to work on it. They should have had the funding up front for the game instead of banking on the Early Access program to fund it.

i thought that was the point of all that money and long time in the kickstarter

[sherrylauren30]

I've uninstalled the game for now. Until partial ontogeny and paleobotany arrives in the game-- I'd like a break from it. The animals in this game are beautiful and physically correct but the game itself needs much more optimization and fixes. The AI of guests and workers need more work, collisions and pathfinding aren't always proper. I'm sorry that they are in financial trouble and I hope they can manage it because this game has potentials. For now I'll just stay happy with my JWE2 until PK gets couple more fun updates.
Patreon backers are getting weekly reports on update progress, but because I'm not able to support through patreon, I'm not eligible to get weekly game news. Honestly it feels a bit rude but that's how it works I guess.

[Tim Habei]

Originally posted by sherrylauren30:

I've uninstalled the game for now. Until partial ontogeny and paleobotany arrives in the game-- I'd like a break from it. The animals in this game are beautiful and physically correct but the game itself needs much more optimization and fixes. The AI of guests and workers need more work, collisions and pathfinding aren't always proper. I'm sorry that they are in financial trouble and I hope they can manage it because this game has potentials. For now I'll just stay happy with my JWE2 until PK gets couple more fun updates.
Patreon backers are getting weekly reports on update progress, but because I'm not able to support through patreon, I'm not eligible to get weekly game news. Honestly it feels a bit rude but that's how it works I guess.

Next update only at the end of April.

[SBA77]

Originally posted by Vincent:

Originally posted by Thorstorm:

I mean 3 years were not enough to finish it?
Early access means pre-alpha nowadays.

i know a ♥♥♥♥ ton of games that have been in early access 6-8 yrs, thats why most of the time i try to ignore ea

Yeah, the average seems to be 5 years these days, and the Universim was in there for literally 10[www.gamesradar.com].

I'm just going to wait too as I have been all this time.

[Cody]

Originally posted by Thorstorm:

I mean 3 years were not enough to finish it?

This mentality, is what lead to this

Originally posted by Thorstorm:

Early access means pre-alpha nowadays.

[Vincent]

Originally posted by SBA77:

Yeah, the average seems to be 5 years these days, and the Universim was in there for literally 10[www.gamesradar.com].

for a game that is just okay like everything else that does 8-10 yrs in early access, the whole concept of EA is a scam and a racket if you ask me, whether it is trying to be or not

who in their right mind would wait a decade for a game? more counting the kickstarters where more money is poured into first.

the only one that was kinda worth it to me was BG3, and people heap tons of praise on it being one of the best ever video games.

two key things about that, it was done by a professional devs (not indie, closer to triple A than that) and was in early acess 3 yrs, which i still did not like for what it was.

[SBA77]

Originally posted by Vincent:

Originally posted by SBA77:

Yeah, the average seems to be 5 years these days, and the Universim was in there for literally 10[www.gamesradar.com].

for a game that is just okay like everything else that does 8-10 yrs in early access, the whole concept of EA is a scam and a racket if you ask me, whether it is trying to be or not

who in their right mind would wait a decade for a game? more counting the kickstarters where more money is poured into first.

the only one that was kinda worth it to me was BG3, and people heap tons of praise on it being one of the best ever video games.

two key things about that, it was done by a professional devs (not indie, closer to triple A than that) and was in early acess 3 yrs, which i still did not like for what it was.

That's right too. Personally I just consider EA games to be still in development and not really released until they leave it and just treat them like every other game that's been announced but not out yet.

[richv68]

Originally posted by Vincent:

Originally posted by Thorstorm:

I mean 3 years were not enough to finish it?
Early access means pre-alpha nowadays.

i know a ♥♥♥♥ ton of games that have been in early access 6-8 yrs, thats why most of the time i try to ignore ea

This. After so many flops on EA games that never amount to anything, my wishlist is full of EA titles that I periodically check for progress. If any EA game looks promising, I set up my clock for 1.5 hours of testing after purchase, to determine if the experiment is worth keeping under the assumption that it may not get better in the future, or if i need to refund.

Most businesses in life require procuring proper financing through established finance entities that require reasonable proof of expected return before the business can even launch. The EA model is ridiculous as it expects us, the financing entity, to invest in advance for minimal promises, with no guarantee whatsoever of return on our investment. The problem is, we keep falling for all this, and developers take advantage of the madness. Not me, not anymore. I suggest you all protect your money better as well. Then one day developers may realize they can only make money when they deliver results, not just barebone promises. Cheers.