04-09-2000 12:04									#1
	Demo 1 Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

I know that Amjayee has said it is coming along slowly and that Jacob is not here and he is doing the UI I do think we need to get a demo soon.
Why?
Often I post at newsgroups asking others to join and they say "come back when you have somehtting to show", which is fair enough. So lets see how quick we can have just one player that moves around our map.

	04-09-2000 20:35									#2
	Full PM-box? Change here!

The demo is not coming anytime soon, I'm afraid. I'm starting to figure out what is needed for the UI, and map is primarily ready; during this year is the final date, hopefully sooner; I can't be any more specific, since I haven't yet started to program the UI, and I can't tell how hard or easy it is. This week I'm starting, and hopefully I can tell more soon.

I think we have quite good possibilities of reaching alpha stage (where all game components are in place, though not working as expected) during next year, and beta (where everything is in place, and at lest should work as expected) might be expected during the next year. And the final version might be ready the next year. So, patience is needed; even the making of commercial games takes 1.5 - 2 years; our game doesn't need any fancy fmv's or other things requiring time, but we are very fortunate if we have the game completely finished in less than 3 years. But of course the game will be play-able much earlier.

Just giving you an idea of what to expect.
[This message has been edited by amjayee (edited September 04, 2000).]