Patron Poll: Update Frequency
- Content over deadlines: keep update size as is, and release when ready 140
- Prioritize frequent updates: no matter how little new content there is, get it out every month 10
- I'm a croissant / no preference 25
Me after every update
Hey, adventurers!
With only a few days left till the Public Release of v0.1.8, I decided to bring up an important question that I'd like to get your opinion on. Namely: how frequently the updates come out.
Up until now, I've always prioritized content over deadlines, which is why every update so far has been rather chonky. I routinely blew through the deadlines I've set for myself in the interest of adding just one more scene, just one more event, just one more feature. Which, incidentally, makes it harder to test as the scope of each update grows larger.
Game development is a cumbersome process and takes time; and, as I get better (and faster!) at doing some things, I invest the time into improving areas I haven't been focused in (for example, animation quality, as evidenced in v0.1.8). But quality takes time, and I don't like cutting corners.
It has been brought to my attention that more frequent and smaller updates could be both better for the game and its supporters, as opposed to larger and slower ones. All that said, I'd like to hear what you think and prefer, before I make any changes to the release schedule (as if I had one).