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Yes, I don't want to wait anymore

3 (18.8%)

No, I want to wait until it's finished, however long that takes

7 (43.8%)

I don't care

1 (6.3%)

Guild

5 (31.3%)

Total Members Voted: 16

[Friday]

So my hopeful date of Jan 1st for an ek3 release is not going to happen. Newbie is still waiting on his old computer for the content everyone else sent him, and directly contacting those people reveals that they don't have copies of that content for me to regather piecemeal.

I have done my best to take hold of this thing, despite having no prior experience running a knorpse, and not really wanting to run it in the first place. As of this moment I do not believe we will see a full ek3 release for some time.

As I have previously promised, I will release my area alone if the masses so wish.

I do not want to do this. Many, many things will be unfinished. Artwork and story most of all. Lee-Ham has been great, but asking one man to do everyone's art is too much to ask. However, the main gameplay element, already heavily playtested by both myself and Niku, is present. The core of the story is there.

I will release my content, and ONLY my content, if the poll says so on Jan 1st. (The game will not be released on Jan 1st, but I will start work on it again and get it ready for a release, which should take about two weeks.)

Others who wish their content to be included in this release should confirm here in this thread one final time.

Keep in mind my area is... long. Niku took, what, 2-3 hours to clear it, all optional keys included? And that's Niku we're talking about.

Anyway, as the apparent leader of what remains of ek3, I feel it is my responsibility to finally make this thread. I will abide by the wishes of the public in this matter, because honestly, at this point I don't care. I wish my (and everyone else's) work could come with the trappings they deserve, but ek3 is/was the victim of brontapathy and I will not simply throw what I spent literally 50 hours+ making into the trash, not to mention the work Romosome has done on my area, or the work Lee-Ham has done with what art he HAS made, or anyone else's work.

I'm sorry it came to this, I really wanted to avoid it. But I feel like making you guys wait this long without your permission, at least, is wrong.

[Bongo Bill]

My area won't stand on its own, and I would like it to be released at some point, so I've got a vested interest in voting "wait." I'd help add more content but I don't think I've got another level in me.

[Friday]

I should clarify that releasing abridged ek3 now does not preclude a full release later. However, obviously a lot of the game would be the same (though by then I'll have certainly changed some things just by the sheer volume of new playtesters)

I guess you can think of this as "should I release ek3 beta?" if you want.

[Bongo Bill]

Releasing a beta with conspicuous gaps where undelivered sections were to be inserted might stir interest in the project, now that I think of it.

[Kazz]

release my stuff :D

[yyler]

I don't care, but if you make the proposed beta, include my area or it will never be released at all, because I spent too much time on it for it to go to waste. It is also possible that it'd make me want to refine things/add things.

[Friday]

Currently, waiting is ahead 7-2. I don't think we'll see a beta.

[Friday]

Yeah, we're officially waiting till full release.

Thanks for voting, everyone.

[sei]

What're the current barriers to proper release?

Mind keeping a list of names/zones pending in the first post of the EK3 thread, so that we can track what's going on?

[Friday]

What're the current barriers to proper release?

To my knowledge, they are:

1. Assorted artworks
2. Newbie sending me his stuff AND/OR
3. Filling in the gaps left by Newbie's stuff/remaking it wholesale
4. Compiling everyone's work together
5. My complete playtest/bugfixes
6. Completing my own area

As far as keeping you updated, if anything changes, I'll be sure to let you know either here or the original thread (most likely both)

[sei]

Is Newbie's stuff a just a zone he made, or is it additional work, like a quilt of other people's areas?

[Friday]

Quilt. I don't exactly know who else's work he has, though.

[Bongo Bill]

If you've already contacted everybody whose area is listed in the old thread as "complete," then I think it's fair to say that you've got everything that's there to be gotten. I recommend you take inventory and post a list here of everything you have, then we can identify gaps that need filling. Having one area under development at a time, all in a row, seemed to get people motivated last time, so maybe we can use that again.

[Friday]

I have my area, Bongo Bill's bonus area, Both of Yyler's areas (regular and bonus), and Kazz's regular area.

Here, I'll make a new thread.