29/05/2014 - Godus Roadmap - where are we headed?

I don't think MS Project handles Agile workflow very well. Hell when I used it all we did was iterations, and I had to create a new MS Project for each iteration because it couldn't cope

That said, what I think of full-on Agile would be an expletive-filled rant. Suffice to say I've seen the religious zealots up close and personal, and it is not a cult that produces good software. I'm sure it's possible - but that'd just be down to the skill of the engineers involved.

Or, as the good reverend would say:

It seems like the Roadmap has managed to push a lot of people from Steam forums. It seemed to confirm to some people what I think we all know but don't really want to admit, that Godus is not a game for us and never will be.

Just a couple of quick things (sorry I've been absent form this forum lately):

1. Progression in Hubworld is in addition to progression in Homeworld - one does not preclude the other, neither is single-player progression entirely dependent on multiplayer.
   
2. I didn't do a good enough job on highlighting the following two bullet points:

• Refine PC User Interface – Take a second look at the GUI for PC and see where improvements can be made for mouse-and-keyboard driven gameplay.
  

• Improve PC user experience – Refine existing design decisions and uniquely improve the PC version of Godus to create deeper and strategic gameplay.

This was intentionally vague as at the moment we haven't defined our goal any more clearly than "make Godus a great PC game". We know we've work we need to do in that regard and we've allocated a block of time to address it.

There's very little in-process knowledge to share right now. Your feedback has been passed on to the design team, so we're aware that the resources system (stickers) is the number one feature the community would like to see us address, followed by deeper, more meaningful strategic choices, removal of artificial progression blockers, better implementation of fail states to give more of a challenge, and automatic belief collection.

I know a couple of our designers are pulling some loose ideas together on how to address these concerns in whatever time they have spare right now, so that we have some more fully-formed thoughts in place for when the team comes to lock down a plan of action for the PC version in around late Q3 / early Q4 of this year.

As such, I'm afraid I don't have any nuggets of info on the specifics of how we plan to address the mechanical issues raised by the community. That said, we are going to be reviewing existing design decisions and that definitely covers areas such as balancing and taking on board feedback submitted by the community.

Wait, WHAT? Do I have to do a reality check or just brace myself?

It was right there in the roadmap, last two bullets under Lots and Lots of Additional Features.

Hi first of all I just want to say thank you g and m for your responses on this and the Q&A thread.

This is a statement rather than a question since I recognise you only know what you know.

I'm really concerned that P&J haven't given the subject of PC and mobile differentiation more thought give it has been the sole focus of feedback since GODUS alpha. I don't think this bodes well for the game. Especially if you are relying on mobile $$$ to rescue you. You see mobile is a wee but buggy atm.

I'm not sure what we are supposed to do till Q4 (October - December) as that is a long time.

I do believe you Matthew when you say PC is your passion and I believe the developers are passionate about PC but at some point they corrupted themselves. The game failed because of this.