{"id":1668,"date":"2012-02-05T14:27:09","date_gmt":"2012-02-05T14:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/?p=1668"},"modified":"2012-02-05T14:27:09","modified_gmt":"2012-02-05T14:27:09","slug":"bogged-down-with-end-of-project-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/2012\/02\/05\/bogged-down-with-end-of-project-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"Bogged down with end of project stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am currently wading through my list of stuff to do before GTB ships. The list is huge, but not colossal, and I&#8217;m now measuring time to beta + pre-orders in weeks not months. Some of the stuff still to do:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Auto-updating functionality (hopefully better than GSB&#8217;s), both version-checking, and also downloading of updates and installing.<\/li>\n<li>Checking mod support works as expected. (not started yet, but likely to be similar to GSB&#8217;s installs system.<\/li>\n<li>Checking the game runs and is functional on a range of different screen resolutions.<\/li>\n<li>Putting together the scripted AI attacks for each mission<\/li>\n<li>Finish off the metrics stuff which helps me detect and gameplay imbalance or difficulty spikes.<\/li>\n<li>Finalising what is unlocked and what is locked at the game start, and checking the unlock system works as expected.<\/li>\n<li>Gameplay testing for obvious exploits and weaknesses, such as overpowered units or silly tactics that somehow work.<\/li>\n<li>Getting the final manual text done<\/li>\n<li>Getting the final sound effects &amp; sound balance done.<\/li>\n<li>beta-release launch trailer, press release and screenshots<\/li>\n<li>Website improvements ready for taking orders.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What will happen post-beta:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fixes to any crash bugs<\/li>\n<li>Implementation of any awesome must-have ideas from beta feedback<\/li>\n<li>Some further optimisations for performance<\/li>\n<li>balancing of units and maps based on feedback<\/li>\n<li>release-video and promotional stuff.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The stuff that will take time will be the gameplay testing, auto-updating and metrics stuff. I can&#8217;t see a February release, but maybe early march? That&#8217;s only beta, so hopefully a full release not long after that. Eventually, I will need a BIG holiday&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am currently wading through my list of stuff to do before GTB ships. The list is huge, but not colossal, and I&#8217;m now measuring time to beta + pre-orders in weeks not months. Some of the stuff still to do: Auto-updating functionality (hopefully better than GSB&#8217;s), both version-checking, and also downloading of updates and<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-right\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Continue Reading&#8230; Bogged down with end of project stuff<\/span><a class=\"btn btn-secondary continue-reading\" href=\"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/2012\/02\/05\/bogged-down-with-end-of-project-stuff\/\">Continue Reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gratuitous-tank-battles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1668"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1669,"href":"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1668\/revisions\/1669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}