{"id":4933,"date":"2018-04-04T10:25:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/?p=4933"},"modified":"2018-04-04T10:25:05","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:25:05","slug":"so-yeah-ill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/2018\/04\/04\/so-yeah-ill\/","title":{"rendered":"So yeah…ill…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was ill. It started on the Friday at the end of GDC, and I still have a bit of a cough now. I wont catalog all the symptoms, but yikes… I was not a well or happy chap. Thats the last time I ever go to GDC without a biohazard suit and a large vat of hand sanitizer. Its a real pain, because normally I come back from GDC all motivated and keen, and excited to work on stuff, yet I ended up going virtually an entire week without writing any code, which I think is the longest non-holiday pause for me in 19 years…<\/p>\n

Luckily I got some new artwork while I was away, and plugging that in (mostly animations of new characters) required very little concentration or health, so I was still able to release a patch a few days ago with some worthy updates. I’m not operating at 95% of my usual efficiency (although have another enforced day-off due to family commitments today….), and hope to be back in full bug-fix\/balance\/feature mode in a day or two.<\/p>\n

Production Line continues to sell very nicely, and we have a lot of wishlists. I have finally taken the decision that the game price should go up to $19.95, probably at the weekend. This has been something I’ve put off a long time. I can see arguments both way, and I have certainly analysed the decision a lot. PL is not ‘finished’, but its pretty feature-rich, especially for a game currently selling at $17.99. I’ve mentioned price rises a few times in my videos and the last time I did it, literally nobody cautioned against it, so I think the time for a price rise is kind of overdue. Will it affect sales? TBH unless you are making >$100k\/month from your game, its really hard to tell any changes from the statistical noise that accompanies all game sales.<\/p>\n

In other news, I finally bought myself one of those big green-screen thingies, so I can have a slightly-more-professional look to my blog videos, and I also finally got to witness this amazing image:<\/p>\n

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Which is like some sort of promised land. I shopped around for an ISP and discovered the following:<\/p>\n

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  1. My current (biz-focused and overpriced) ISP didn’t reply to me in 2 days, after we emailing and saying GIVE ME THIS NOW.<\/li>\n
  2. BT, who actually run the darned lines, had a pop-up box that just gave me a blank dialog with a close button when selecting my house (and yes…i tried 2 browsers), so I couldnt order anything.<\/li>\n
  3. Zen, who get good reviews and have great deals, wanted me to PHONE (yes phone) them to order, at which point I was put ina\u00a0 queue. I enabled ring-back, but didn’t get one.<\/li>\n
  4. IDNet, who actually let me click buttons and order a fucking product. So I did.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So there you have it. We assume that in a free market, a careful comparison of customer service history, reputation, features and pricing is what determines success. In reality, just having a product that fucking works (in this case an order system) gets you the custom… I ordered 220Mbps down, 20Mbps up, because tempting though 30 up is…. its kinda nuts. I currently have 1Mbps up, so I think I’ll still detect a difference… No idea when they actually come to install it though. I get a new router delivered, then someone from BT is going to have to come drill holes in the wall…<\/p>\n

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    I was ill. It started on the Friday at the end of GDC, and I still have a bit of a cough now. I wont catalog all the symptoms, but yikes… I was not a well or happy chap. Thats the last time I ever go to GDC without a biohazard suit and a large<\/p>\n

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