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Announcement on a short upcoming delay (one day or two)
🕑 Added 2020-08-07 07:12:37 +0000 UTCI've talked about getting a MRI 2 weeks ago for my knee and today (7th August already) I'm having a minimally invasive surgery that will help me get back on my feet (literally) without pain from walking for prolonged periods.
The surgery is supposed to be painless (with local anesthesia) and the recovery should be no more than a week or two, so it's not that big of a deal. The only thing to take out of it is that I won't be able to work on the game today, but unless I feel bad tomorrow (8th August) should be ok for continuing development.
A few words regarding the recent developments of the game. I feel that having checklists helps keep me make better progress, because it's harder to be distracted and work on another part of the game when I set myself to only work only on what is needed for the next release. From what I've understood, in software development outsourcing companies that follow the principles of agile development, projects undergo a weekly review with the client that pays for those projects to be able to figure out glaring issues before they get harder to solve. This is why I adopted this style as well. I know that there are some glaring issues in the initial release, like the fact that quests are not easily found, so before I release this next version I want it to not require a guidebook of any kind. Quests should be easy to find, while events will be unexpected because otherwise it will defeat the purpose of having random events.
The next release's development already takes advantage of using the existing locations in a dynamic way to progress through them, so instead of them being a race from start to finish, you will be able to continue them by moving from a relevant location to another, coming across new information through encounters that will advance the steps of the quests.
The fight quest is not like that though, you progress this quest by fighting infected beings while the other advances the quest through plot and intrigue (and maybe fighting during encounters that allow for it).
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I hope you get better soon!
