By that logic the fewer Alphas that are released on other games must mean more failure.
O no wait....it means in some cases they're doing it right.
GTA 5 - how many Alphas?
Skyrim - same question?
Diablo 1,2,3 - same question?
Even No Mans Sky - same question?
Valheim - same question?
...and many many more.
No - I've been a Programme Manager in IT for 23 years - one Alpha release is acceptable - then a Beta, then Gold. This would be acceptable in a series of Agile sprints over one year.
This smacks of lack of direction and ineptitude.
I will put my house on the fact that if any Alpha on Steam could charge at most £5 we'd have seen a Gold release, fully tested and optimised years ago.
Laziness, lack of direction and ineptitude - end of story. Only in the gaming industry could this practice be gotten away with....and so many paying customers excusing this behaviour.
In MY industry - Fintech - miss a deadline and I can't pay my mortgage end of story.
I love this game, but I think you definitely have a point with your post. I've been fiddling with this thing since Alpha 4 or something like that, and I'm still amazed at what is going on here. However, I will defend the TFP as well and mention, I feel this is more of an issue with old school development vs the newer culture of funding active media and active development. To someone that has been in development and has 23+ years experience, yes...this is totally wrong.
Ultimately, I feel the terminology should have changed long ago to embrace this method of development. The Alpha, Beta, Gold monikers have little value in the current self funding development, early access, crowd funding world. I find them somewhat meaningless at this point and I wish to goodness we (gamers and developers) had picked different terminology.
Anyway, I hope everyone is have a great week. I'm also looking forward to Alpha 20 when it drops.
STILL can't release A20 or even give an ETA?
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I love this game, but I think you definitely have a point with your post. I've been fiddling with this thing since Alpha 4 or something like that, and I'm still amazed at what is going on here. However, I will defend the TFP as well and mention, I feel this is more of an issue with old school development vs the newer culture of funding active media and active development. To someone that has been in development and has 23+ years experience, yes...this is totally wrong.
Ultimately, I feel the terminology should have changed long ago to embrace this method of development. The Alpha, Beta, Gold monikers have little value in the current self funding development, early access, crowd funding world. I find them somewhat meaningless at this point and I wish to goodness we (gamers and developers) had picked different terminology.
Anyway, I hope everyone is have a great week. I'm also looking forward to Alpha 20 when it drops.