DevDiaries #76: Extinguishing and igniting

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Hi, friends.

Today we’ll talk ... a little. And, perhaps, discuss in the comments ... a lot. The concept of approximate numbers, the melting point and preview gameplay video of Soldiers: Arena.

The world was full of burning of all types and sizes. Now the guild of the asbestos-weaver must open shop very soon. ©

Here and after all quotes from “Fahrenheit 451”

As Ray Bradbury reasonably remarked, it was very hot in the discussions and comments under the previous diary. This is partly our guilt, because of the delay ... and yet here comes another one. But you made it worth your while too, right? You’ve decided not to balance evil with good this time. Okay, let's count the draw and move on. In this diary we explained in detail the reasons for all the delays and hoped that now we would be on the same wavelength as the community. Obviously, we still understand the phrase “approximate dates” in different ways. And it’s a time to do something about this.

At least you were a fool about the right things… ©

When the moles of “Releasedates?!” reaches a critical mass, it is difficult to restrain and not to announce the approximate one. And we did not restrain. When we knew that we couldn’t keep up with the schedule, we changed the date. You were burning out from delays, and we were equally burnt out of comments and hurries. Now the temperature has risen to supercritical values and it needs to be brought down. Therefore, today we will provide the hot tea and a gameplay video, and in return it would be jolly handy if you were to provide a dose of kindness, how about that?

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The release is still scheduled for the near future, but in order to reduce the amount of sadness from the postponements, let's set it “To be announced” for now. We don’t really want (again) to walk down the Internet under constant “Shame!” screams through the path of atonement, simply because we are making the game better. Next time, we shall change the date to a specific one. The same applies to the price. At least two weeks before the release, they will be listed on the store page.

And I thought about books. And for the first time I realized that a man was behind each one of the books. A man had to think them up. A man had to take a long time to put them down on paper. And I’d never even thought that thought before. ©

Despite the fact that the new icons just appeared in the game last week, we, as promised, we shall publish the first gameplay video of Soldiers: Arena now in January. It comes without edits, exclusively showing the rough, angry and loud howitzer battalion gameplay. So we’ll add another “Check!” on the board of fulfilled promises and will continue to work on the full version of the video. We remind you that the pace and style of gameplay differs greatly for different battalions, and animation bugs and old models are still present. More will be to come. You can watch the video now. By the way, do tell in the comments if you were eager enough to watch the video before reading the text :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp2srn9B-pw&feature=youtu.be

Thanks again to everyone who believed in us all this time and continues to support us so far. You are the best. Soon!