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That’s uncharitable. It has raised that half billion dollars continuously over the years since it launched, and spends it on development. They’re up to somethi
by jdlshore 4y ago
That’s uncharitable. It has raised that half billion dollars continuously over the years since it launched, and spends it on development. They’re up to something like 500 developers, mostly artists, level designers, and the like. (They have <100 programmers, last I heard.)
The game is incredibly ambitious in terms of both content and technology. The game is playable, if very buggy, and release an updated alpha version every quarter (except recently, due problems with introducing global persistence). Funding has steadily increased as those alphas have become steadily more capable.
It’s an open question whether the game will ever meet its lofty goals. But it’s disingenuous to imply that the game isn’t making progress.
- Tepix 4y agoIt's not making any progress towards completion or even the end of alpha status. Proof in point: Their roadmap doesn't even have these goals.
- Espressosaurus 4y agoThe original timeline had a release date of 2014 or something. I don't think it's being uncharitable to call out that they're still years away from release 10 years after their nominal release date.