OK, so I haven't been very active on here, to be honest it's because I have nothing to give to help the project, but one thing has been bothering me. The title says it all, we keep getting images, videos, and concept art, but I want to know what still needs to be done.
It's cool to see progress, but what is it to see a new landscape without seeing the bigger picture? How "done" is the world? What percentage of the lines have been recorded? What about quests?
I don't want to bother, but it would really help to have some idea of your progress.
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For two minutes I'd like for you to put yourself in our shoes. Imagine yourself creating a game like Skywind, we have the foundation of Morrowind to work with yes, but everything has to be replaced. You basically have to create a game from scratch during your spare time while still having to maintain your personal and social life on the side, relying only on people who are equally or less dedicated than you. People come and go as they please, there is nothing keeping them here. Compare this to a game company, who often take 4 years or more to make a game. They have employees who all work 37 hours a week, and money to make sure they stay there. This team is probably more experienced in every aspect of game creation as well. The project you are doing rely solely on peoples own motivation. You're pouring an immense amount of energy into something because you enjoy it. You want to share it with others because you think it's cool, because you want to share the joy that you get from creating the game. However, you don't get anything from this, not a penny not a dime, so working on it fulltime is not a viable option.
Based on the above, how long do you think it would take to create a mod like this, and how stable would the number you come up with be?
To be honest, you're asking the same question as everyone else, just in a slightly different way. We're well aware that it will take a long time, longer than most people think is worth it.
Don't get me wrong, the dedication of the people working on this project is astonishing, and I do believe that we will finish the game. I could do a guesstimate of how far along we are, but even that wouldn't be approximate, I simply can't answer your question because I don't know. We might be 60% of the way(this is a random number), but tomorrow two of our leads may leave, or perhaps we will run into a wall that prevents us from going any further. Giving an idea of how "done" something is doesn't reflect the complexity of the project, it's not a linear line where we can say that in 90 days we'll be done. An issue might set us back 5%. If I say "this is 60% done!" you will come back to me in half a year and ask why we haven't finished yet.
The above doesn't bother me, because i LIKE doing this, I like the people around here, I like sharing it with people who can't contribute which is one of the reasons I started the blog, I like the fact that random people can come together on the internet and create, more or less, an entire game from scratch.
I'm a grown ass man, but you people actually make me sad sometimes. You're asking for a release date on something you'd never have to pay for, as if we owe anyone anything. I'm thrilled people take an interest in the project, but please try to see it from our point of view.
*This is my own personal view, and does not necessarily reflects the view of the team*
Hey team? We don't say this often enough to each other, but you guys are awesome. Thanks for being part of this project, I hope we'll reach a point where we can all pat each other on the back and look back at what we created together.