Hey everyone,
So first, the elephant in the room. This update is way, like super way, incredibly overdue. I'm not going to write a million excuses or anything like that, and instead of dwelling on the fact that I didn't write much for long in this update, I just want to say I am sorry. It's not the usual way that things happen around here, but it happened and that sucks.
Here's what doesn't suck - as I type this, I am downloading and burning a CDR with what is expected to be SUPER close to the final version of the game.
I realize that this has been an extremely long road, and I can assure you that there is no one more excited than us that the finishing line is within sight. For those of you that have stuck with us, you have no idea how much we appreciate the support. If there is anyone getting this email who dropped out, we still appreciate the support and we apologize for the length of time it took to finish. We've learned a ton with this project, and will do our best to not repeat the lengthy delays.
A few important questions I want to address:
- What should I do if I moved?!? It's been a long time!
Gary and I both lived in different houses when we announced the game, so we totally get it. There will be a delay between going gold and sending the games out, and in that time we will be contacting everyone and confirming your address so we can get the games to the right point.
- Wait, ANOTHER a delay between going gold and production?!?!? What!
So here's what the next steps on our end are - once we confirm we're gold, we contact the manufacturing plant and get in line for a production spot. The speed of production then depends on what else they have going. There are less plants that make CDs now than there were, so that time can vary. Because of this, production could take three months from the point they verify our gold copies to the point we get games in hand. The good news is when they verify the gold copies, we get an actual date that we should get the games from the manufacturer, and we'll share that ASAP after that.
- That sucks, can I still get my money back?
Sure! Just write me back! It does take a couple days, but we get it if it doesn't work for you any more!
- Why did you wait until 9/9/2019 to send this?
It's funny, it just worked out this way. If it was up to me, I would have send this email two hours ago as there is only 25 minutes left of 9/9 as I write this. More to the point, I would have rather wrote this email two years ago, as it's again been a long road, but...
Well, this took me a little bit of time to write so I'm no longer waiting for the image to burn...
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