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Last cycle was arguably the worst cycle we ever had at Gunsmoke Games. We started off by taking on way to many ambitious goals, coupled with a unfortunate turn of events at the very end lead to the worst update we have had. We took a very hard look at what we were doing and have made several changes for this cycle. I want to stress that when improving systems and procedures, it is never in your best interest to just wipe the slate clean and start over, what you do is slowly tweak certain areas and wait and see how they work out. These tweaks will be outlined below. 


2.1.7 Roadmap
- Improve expectations, and workload. Go back to 2.1.4-2.1.5 workload.

- Finish uncompleted animations (roughly 6-8)

- Work on new event (NOT BEING RELEASED TILL MUCH LATER)

- WW cell content (won't be finished)

- Finish Terra cell content

- Add in Misc cell content to lighten future cell focus.


We had a meeting early last week where we discussed future direction and focus. The idea now is to focus and finish up all the cell content in the coming updates. SR7 will focus on a girl/s and bring them up to a completed state every dev cycle (this cycle being Terra). We will be moving from full animations for the cell content to flip book style in order to finish the content faster. The animations may be added in at a later date. We are trying to find a compromise in what Patrons want and the direction SR7 would like to go. Thank you all for your support.

SmokeShank

Comments

TheSinful

For the most part I prefer the flip book animation. But that might be because the old animations were fairly bad.

DJ Quinn

I'm all for the cell content, since it's my favorite part of the game, particularly the Miss Martian and villainess interaction stuff. It's where the writing and content is strongest, imo. Side note, I'd love for the cell content to lead into the girls working at the club and the bordello willingly without just being mindless.

ScarletIce

My attitude towards animations is make them good or don't make them at all. If you don't feel like you have the time and resources to do proper full animations, I would much prefer you guys forego the flip book and just concentrate on making 1 or 2 poses look as good as possible.

The Black Pharaoh

"- WW cell content (won't be finished)" I almost cried manly tears.

TitanPortal

I'm fine with growing pains, its understandable especially with illness involved. The last couple builds were pretty buggy though, and I'd rather get that nailed down than add new content. I understand that new is fun and exciting to create, but not if it doesn't work for the users. That said, I'm looking forward to seeing what 'finishing' Terra's cell content will look like, and Wonder Woman is a major draw in any sense! Thanks for being transparent with us.

Anonymous

I was disappointed after the last update but I love how up front you are with these road maps. Looking forward to the next one!

Anonymous

Is the plan still to stick to an update every 2 months? There seemed to be a considerable amount of supporters wishing you'd go back to monthly releases after the last update.

Anonymous

You had me at WW content. I've been waiting for her and Huntress/Black Canary for so long now! Those were the characters focused on in the original Grudge Match episode of JLU and I've been waiting for their content for a while now. Mistakes are bound to be happen when you try out new things and hopefully people will remain patient. Keep up the good work and thanks for the transparency!

Anonymous

Thank you for addressing this, and acknowledging that there have been (understandable) missteps this cycle. Now I’m not going to pretend to know what’s best for SU, or know the workload/process, but might I offer the idea of hiring an additional coder to assist with updates? More content means more variables, so it’s just an idea.

Nikolaj K.

To be fair, an extra coder also means more things that can go wrong, more planning, more misunderstanding and more delays due to personal reasons. Im not saying it wont help, but there are certainly also downsides to getting an extra programmer

jose hernandez

I gonna be honest i was dissapointed with the last update. But I still believe in SR7 and even when this could happend again (god not want it) Im gonna be with them until 2019 and maybe even more.

jose hernandez

Also I have some questions, Is great that you guys chosed to go the route of "one for one" with the girls but you are gonna still try to fix some of the bugs of the past builds? the only thing that is gonna be added in the next build is gonna be The HOLE TERRA CELL branch and nothind else?

Bruce Wayne

It's great to see you guys being a little more transparent about your work! Keep it up! :)

acac

Personally, I really love the flip-book effect. It gives your art a lot of character. Plus, I'd much rather have a bunch of flip-book animations than a small handful of full animations. In the end, we love your art, and we'd love to see more content.

acac

+1 for the last sentence! Would love that fall from grace. They're not forced, they are now corrupted inside.

Anonymous

Hey Guys, personally i think the route you're taking now has two sides. For one, I am really glad you decided to go trough all the cell content next. Imo it's the main and storngest part of the game. On the other hand, the reason why I fell in love with your game, were the superb art style, combined with fluid, almost flawless animations... I could understand and agree, that using these animations should be restricted to some area as they are incredibly hard and time consuming to make... but taking them away from the cells... Plus Flip-book animations are really doin nothing for me.. it's making me really sad :( bye

Davares

I really wanna see some WW stuffs in the next update, please make it happen, thank you!

BJakin

If "flip-book style" means more animations in all dancing, stripping and sex scenes then I'm down. Plus, more perks for the assets pack!

Anonymous

More WW please, either in the private room or the cells.