{"id":5285,"date":"2019-03-06T10:09:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T10:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/?p=5285"},"modified":"2019-03-06T10:09:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T10:09:11","slug":"production-line-leaves-early-access-tomorrow-new-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/2019\/03\/06\/production-line-leaves-early-access-tomorrow-new-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Production Line leaves Early Access tomorrow! (new trailer)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My super-complex spreadsheet which I use to track the spending and income for my latest game (Production Line<\/a>) informs me that I have been working on it for 3.12 years, and have spent a (very roughly estimated) total of 9,115 dev hours on it. The game is leaving early access tomorrow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In truth I have probably spent a lot more hours than that, as I tend to overwork, and spend a lot of time in evenings checking forums and reddit\/facebook etc to reply to people, but anyway you look at it, 3.12 years seems to be quite a long time to work alone as the only coder and designer on a game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bizarrely, I am still very much enjoying the games development, and have a list of extra things I would like to tweak and improve after release. In many ways the decision that the game is ‘released’ is a purely arbitrary one. In marketing terms it encourages people who dislike the state of most EA games to try the game out, and it also signals a potential slowing down in the addition of new features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I still have a lot of ideas for stuff that could be added to the game, and I suspect we will have some paid DLC once the dust has settled. I wont rehash my pro-DLC arguments here, but I’m in believer in it both as a developer and a gamer. Why will DICE not sell me panther tank DLC for Battlefield V? TAKE MY MONEY. (also new hats please!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking from a personal point of view.. I am TIRED. I’ve felt like it for a while, and I think I do need a brief period where I scale down my work slightly. We are currently working on Democracy 4<\/a> (I’m not coding on it), and helping to manage that is an imminent concern. I currently have NO PLANS for any other game after Production Line (as a coder), so I’m pretty free (assuming it sells ok) to relax for a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I relax (Maybe for an HOUR!), here is the new launch trailer for Production Line. I really enjoyed getting this made. I hope you like it :D<\/p>\n\n\n\n