So, how far into this are we?

[VenomousNinja]

Or, if you'd like to think of it in a more optimistic way, how close are we to exiting this development hell?

[frvge]

Gameplay Programming: 80-160 hours
HUD programming: 60 hours
Gadgets programming: 100 hours
Vision programming: 10 hours
On-screen Weapon programming (Merc): 15 hours
Menus basics: 40 hours
Menu sound: 2 hours
Asylum editor basics: 40 hours
Asylum editor advanced: 100 hours
Asylum environment art: 300 hours
Asylum additional modeling and texturing: 50 hours
Asylum visual effects and 2D animation: 40 hours
Asylum sound design: 100 hours
Lakehouse bugfixing: 5 hours
Lakehouse finalizing: 5 hours


So that's roughly 1027 hours. So little more than 2 months fulltime for 3 people.

Of course, I'm not counting anything for the website, handling contacts and contracts with third parties, server maintenance, PR, community, marketing and not even music. So if you add that.... about 1500 hours I guess.

Edit: also missed visual pass for Lakehouse (10 hours) and Sound Design passes for Lakehouse (10 hours)

[NeoSuperior]

1. Switch asylum to lowest priority, reducing develeopement time for a playable version to 900 hours
2. make closed alpha/beta for active community without asylum
3. use feedback from closed beta players to fix bugs
4. create a PS version with asylum
5. having sucess in Steam greenlight
6. Dev team gets money
7. Release PS 1.0
8. ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
9. PROFIT !!!!
10. Repeat for infinite money

[frvge]

Asylum is on a different track. That's the thing with having separate programmers and artists. However, we only have 1 person working on Asylum and he'll switch to the HUDs soon.

[Cronky]

What exactly needs to be done in that top half of the list?

What's the difference between only 80 hours on gameplay, and 160?

[Pusianka]

wait wait wait this is the time you think you'd need to do everything?

[tigaer]

wait wait wait this is the time you think you'd need to do everything?

Yes. And that's why we need more people.

[Pusianka]

ehm how do you count that?

[frvge]

Estimations based on
6 years experience of running PS.
10 years experience in programming.
hear-say of our artists

[VenomousNinja]

Of course, I'm not counting anything for the website, handling contacts and contracts with third parties, server maintenance, PR, community, marketing and not even music. So if you add that.... about 1500 hours I guess.

I can't program very well, but if you guys need the help I'd be willing to step up to the plate for any of these things (besides music, another thing I'm bad at)

[frvge]

You can always start with basic UnrealScript. It's not that hard but you have to have the time to get into it.

[Asshole]

Gameplay Programming: 80-160 hours
HUD programming: 60 hours
Gadgets programming: 100 hours
Vision programming: 10 hours
On-screen Weapon programming (Merc): 15 hours
Menus basics: 40 hours
Menu sound: 2 hours
Asylum editor basics: 40 hours
Asylum editor advanced: 100 hours
Asylum environment art: 300 hours
Asylum additional modeling and texturing: 50 hours
Asylum visual effects and 2D animation: 40 hours
Asylum sound design: 100 hours
Lakehouse bugfixing: 5 hours
Lakehouse finalizing: 5 hours


So that's roughly 1027 hours. So little more than 2 months fulltime for 3 people.

Of course, I'm not counting anything for the website, handling contacts and contracts with third parties, server maintenance, PR, community, marketing and not even music. So if you add that.... about 1500 hours I guess.

Edit: also missed visual pass for Lakehouse (10 hours) and Sound Design passes for Lakehouse (10 hours)

At this pace, lets say each programmer dedicates only 2 hours of work per day, about 3 days per week. So 300 hours for one task is equal to 50 weeks. There are 52 weeks in a year so about 1 year for every 300 hours assuming the work is all done by one person.

[frvge]

We need more, dedicated programmers. That's the biggest issue.

[Savior20061]

Do you have the same number you had in '09-'10 or have some of them dropped off? You still have the old crew like Mr. Mic, right?

[frvge]

Not really active. Lennard will be back soon. Rest is mostly inactive.