Hey Everyone,
We’re very close to the release, but need one extra week to make all the final touches. We’re working closely with the guys at Armor Games on the purchase process, while I’m also trying to get the game to load-save both locally and on the server. The tutorial panels are finally done.
Why one more week and not just a few more days: Becase if the game is released on Friday and there’s a critical error to fix (like saved games not working – ugh…), there will be noone in the AG office to upload the patch I make. If we release the next Monday, there will be the whole week ahead to upload hotfixes for the first days’ errors.
What’s still left to do:
-finishing the load-save-purchase system (today and maybe tomorrow)
-new sounds (no, it’s not the reason for the delay)
-playtesting (well that’s a reason, and no, there won’t be a beta period)
-scripted events/animations on epic stages
-writing the strategy guide (ok, it’s a mini task)
GemCraft for iPhone is also on its way, I will write more about it once GCL is out.
So, 12 more nights to sleep (or play Dead Space 2) before the big day. 🙂
I can’t wait to see it live, Peter! =D
But you said about releasing it Jan 31 first. That would be a monday (or I’m looking at the wrong calendar? =p ), so… now we’re aiming for Feb 7?
Yes, that’s a Monday as well, but the game won’t be ready by then. It might be ready by Thursday, but then we’d hit the weekend, so instead we’ll run some final cycles with the game (like I will read through all the code I wrote, I’m sure there are many errors sitting in there) and release on Monday.
“and release on Monday” as in Feb 7, as I asked =p (ok, I’ll stop bugging you now, gotta go to work)
You have just saved my exams. 😀
Better to delay a week and then release on a Monday rather than risk bugs over the weekend for sure. Besides, big crunch on at work at the moment so I need my evenings for that – no time for GCL.. maybe in a week or two! 😉
that’s why it’s better to be able to patch the game yourself directly like Kongregate offers. But, since there are money at stake, let’s wait. Good thing you have informed us, thanks.
Also, you might wait a bit for the players to write sample guides as we proceed through the game. I expect it’ll be better both for you and for us.
I think the player guides should be available latter, but in the beginning it’s a good idea to allow beginner players to access info about the game.
It’s minitask anyway. It’s a guide, not a walkthrough.
good, don’t rush 🙂
Waiting for GC since August -) That’s why I don’t like gamedev. Peter, don’t you think you need a professional PM at least to have not-moving-any-time release dates?
How much would it cost? For a Flash game with unknown profit it’s a wast of money.
If you think about it, people who visit this forum often, already know how Peter will behave. Also-
1). PM’s get wrong too.
2). It’s not such a big problem.
take your time 🙂
im sure it will be worth the waiting!
That’ll be the perfect birthday present! Excited to play it, your games are great!
Ha I was coming on today to say that I was starting to fear another delay! Ah well, as the above have mentioned; take your time. You seem to be going about everything the right way – professionally – so I’m sure it’ll all work out very well for you.
This makes me less motivated and likely to take second exam :/ on the other hand, I may use that time in some way and not waste entire winter break playing some stupid flash games 😛
My winter break finished after first week of January! What country do you live in? Lucky.
Anyone? Who got winter break same time as him?
Well, Chritmas break and winter break between two semesters are quite different things. My exam session this year lasts half a day, so I have three weeks off 😉
Thanks.
No Rush peter we are all excited, but we all must be patient too.
Curious about one thing though have you tested GCL on the new Firefox coming out??
Its on version 4 beta 9 and i am using it, but there are still some bugs with it.
I assume that what will work on VER. 3 should be working on VER. 4, but i am no programmer.
just curious thats all 🙂
I’m very excited to see it coming! The release date has come! I’m ready to play it whenever it’s being release. Well, then, I can still wait and you can take time to finish it up by tweaking the game elements you’re working on. Good luck. 🙂
For all afraid of another delay, it will probably not happen. Apart from having almost everything completed, Peter only needs 3-4 days of the week he will get, so if something comes up, he’ll have an extra couple days.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry for ruining the decorum, with my overspill!
Good!
Good things come to those who wait.. Take it as you see fit
Marcel
Hotels must be booked up. September 7th is the day, massive release parties planned across the globe. Actually, I think I quit my job prematurely.
September? Either I’m very dumb, or you need to explain it further. Sorry.
not september, but febuary (spelled?) the 7th 🙂
February
Thanks. I now feel dumb for not catching it. On the other hand the comment didn’t contain anything worth reading.
Located your website through Yahoo. You already know I will be subscribing to your feed.
I’ve been replaying the other GC games to sharpen my skills (had completed both on Kongregate, now replaying them on Armor Games). The new release date give me more time to get through GC0 again!
oh.my.god. just recently started playing the old games and got readdicted, then found out the new one is coming out! ARGH so excited aha! wil it be free to play, because it looks SO professional! great work! cant wait 😀
you will be able to beat it for free but it will have pay for upgrades like additional skills modes and there is a free to play lvl cap.
There is actually no level cup, as the skills you don’t get latter limit the level importance anyway, in free version.
In free, you will also not get some levels.
You also won’t be able to play on hardest, and get some challenges.
“The optional levels locked”, was a mistake. There will be no such thing (probably).
Cannot wait! 🙂
hajrá
Take your time! For those who are sad for the delaying, look for Magicka who has been released too early and is full of bugs… I prefer Peter’s choice!
From now on, posts will auto-close comments after 7 days.
I’m so sick of wiping spam and funny flood messages, when I could work on GCL or spend time with my family.
Have fun with your family you deserve it! Its a great work your doing and if people want to flood and ruin the forum then they arnt worth the stress! 🙂 x
I personally disagree with this, but I understand you.
I think it could help if you appointed 2-3 moderators out of your fan base.
Maybe you could also open the comments for two days a week?
Also it doesn’t make much sense as a long-term solution if you’re making a forum. You could tell us about your forum progress on March 1.
The forum is quite easy to launch if you have a web server.
Yeah, Peter, how dare you actually think you get to have time to yourself? Don’t you know that even though you sacrifice pretty much all of your time already to us to bring us your addictive games, that you owe us what little free time you have left? Yeah, stop slacking and get a forum up! Appoint moderators! Don’t forget that you need to take a significant amount of time to siphon through all the posts to locate people you can trust to not abuse their powers! I’m just going to keep sitting here, complaining about how you are doing such a poor job, even as I eagerly anticipate your next game!
All sarcasm (and poorly veiled disgust at people who think you owe ANY of us ANYthing) aside, I completely agree with your decision. If anything, to make it easier on you, perhaps a forum should be taken off the table, maybe only temporarily. Also, possibly cut the comment time on posts down even further, perhaps to a couple days.
You bust your butt to bring us awesome games, with incredibly minimal reward. I completely appreciate that. Please, don’t push yourself any harder than you have to. Hell, if you burn yourself out on the little stuff, like cleaning up spam and such, there won’t be any more completely wonderful games. I say take it easy, cut some of the hassle out, and relax when you are able to do so.
I’m grumpy because I’ve been counting down the days, but that’s just me being greedy and honest. Still stoked, and it’s just a week. Take your time bud, and thanks again for the quality flash game that is Gem Craft.
Is it not possible to give us the version you have right now to at least have something to play for those 12 days?
seems so, he said no betatesting will be there, only release.
It is possible, but in terms of Marketing it’s disastrous.
Frankly, I would be happy to play this game 1 year from now. I hope that the RPG components are going to be fully integrated, I hope that my charisma attribute affects my dice-roll chance to charm goblin mages. Also, I plan on fragging noobs with impunity, from my sniper post high in the mountains. This will be the game to end all games, strategy of chess, twitch reflexes of Serious Sam, character development of The Brothers Karazamov. This will be the alpha and the omega, the killer app of web browser games, before you know it, everyone will want one.
Hello! Ez az örökös csúszás a kiadással kezd emlékeztetni valamilyen közelmúlti eseményre. Nem is tudom…asszem, starcraft2 volt a neve… Azért erre nem kell 11 évet várni, remélem..
@peter, sorry for spaming the forum man, i was exited for the realease of the game, but here i am, i show my ugly face in front of everyone here, and i confess to my doings
Jajj, tegnap még hamarabbi megjelenés volt aktuális, nem? Na sebaj, hajrá-hajrá?
Translate yourself please please.
Use Google translate.
http://translate.google.com/#
Why? WHY??? FEBURAY 14?
7th of feb, not the 14th 🙂
Any plans for a droid release as well or is it going to be iphone only.
If you’re talking about GCL, I think it’ll be flash-only… 😛
As for the iPhone GC, I think Peter said it’s being made by another developer specially for iPhone, but do check his previous posts just in case I messed up something.
I would CERTAINLY pay for a Droid version.
i don’t get why you’re writing a strategy guide ,thats the kind of thing that the internet make by itself
Maybe he feels the game is so complex that for the first couple days it would be very useful for new players. Not waiting days for community to catch up helps.
Anyway it’s only a minitask, so while there are reasons against writing it, it doesn’t really matter.
True, as soon as the game is released someone will be working on a FAQ for it. I am writing one to help people navigate this blog as we speak. This game is BlogCraft, the prelude to Gemcraft 3.
My point is that it doesn’t hurt for Peter to write one. Maybe he enjoyes it?
Thanks for telling me i’ve looked almost everywhere for when its gonna come out.
Hey, Peter, I was wondering about something: have you thought about putting the full version up on Steam (your Dead Space insert reminded me of an ad I saw on Steam)? I think you might fit the guidelines for it and should be able to get it on there. That is my preferred method of buying some of my online games, and the community on there does need more awesome Indie developers.
He did indeed. However, the game will still be armor games exclusive for a few weeks.
I’m giddy with excitment….
I keep annoying everyone I meet telling them to play the game, when it’s ready… some of them don’t even game!
I’m grumpy and confrontational, like a crack addict who’s dealer is outta town for a few days.
When i sleep I dream of lv. 9 gems kicking my nightmares collective ass.
I’ve learned my credit card number off by heart so i save a few seconds when I’m buying the game.
I’m going bald pulling out my hair… and my fingernails are gone about 4 days now… at this rate I’m gonna need a voice interface because I’ll have no fingers left… but that’ll just push the release date further away…
TOO MANY SLEEPS LEFT!!!!!
Is there cake at the end of the GCL rainbow?
This is gross, and I pity you.
But thanks for sharing. We are all waiting, even through not as strongly as you do.
How much will GCL cost and if no cost has been set how much will I need in my pay-pal account to be ready for release?