Yo Peter and Jack and the dev team! Let's jam!

Agreed, it sounds real nice and would've done wonders if it was initiated earlier - that said, the worry remains that results aren't going to follow and that they'll retain their iOS focus instead. =/

The fact that Peter doesn't see 'Godus as a hobby' as being problematic and that he thinks that diving straight into hubworld/multiplayer will give a more clear picture of his game (which means leaving the game half-broken for atleast another 3~6 months while they tinker with multiplayer features...) is also somewhat problematic.
Peter doesn't seem to see that the crowdfunding and early access model rely heavily on transparancy - he's still a bit stuck in the old "lets work on a game for 2~3 years and then release it to the public when its ready" mode.

I know right! Its those kinds of tools that would make sculpting much more awesome.
If they could implement it like that, then sculpting wouldn't be that much of a hassle.

Then all they'd need is for the followers to work WITH the terrain (multi-layer abodes, boosts from terrain and abode variety etc).


Bonus points for anyone who caught his comments about multiplayer connectivity.
"We are contemplating rethinking that strategy and making it a lot simpler, so that we can complete this multiplayer feature and enable the people who are playing on steam and on the PC to actually realize what Godus really is."

Awww, not including the "distort ground" ? =P

Or an acknowledgement/admission that they can't get this utopian connectivity issue solved - where they could get random people connected throughout the internet.
And are now going to be looking in more mundane, pre-existing routes for connecting the individual players in Hubworld and (competative?) multiplayer modes.

I reckon its entirely possible that we'll be looking at a more traditional lobby-based or instanced based connectivity method now.
Potentially relying on steam's infrastructure to set it all up, as opposed to some ideological cloud-based server.

(The bit right before where I cut has him saying that they are "lucky" to be dealing with the situation where the tech they need doesn't exist, I wouldn't say that thats particularly lucky all things considered and that contemplating rethinking that particular strategy may well prove to be the 'better course'.)

They may have "forgot" about the Backers and the promises to them - all selective memory, I'm sure - but [most of] the Backers have not forgotten.

Jack's expressions in the still shot are always priceless; reminds me of every photo of my 5yr old cousin with ADHD.
"Just sit still for one second. Why are you giggling? Get that out of your mouth... *sigh*"

I think it's not so much about forgetting us but more about willfully ignoring our existence.

Obviously far more entertaining to them for them to talk the mickey out of backer's nicknames.
I'm still not sure what makes Jack a designer based on his video input and inability to read or speak. Maybe he designs through the medium of dance.

If I had to guess, Peter's mr. high concepts, Jamie's translation of high concept to actual playable details, and Jack's...Well, last I remember, he had something to do with some of the sound work, but they probably each overlap a fair amount.

Given that they don't appear to have a thoroughly developed plan or design, it's easy to imagine they're redesigning systems every day as they recognize unintuitive aspects or outright conflicting systems. That's not exactly how I'd want to go about it, however that seems to be their method for whatever reason.