Rhialto Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 I hope that I am not violating a rule here with this topic. But I would like to ask questions about Academagia's 2017 development. Feel free to answer those of them that you will, and reprimand me if any of my questions are improper. 1. Was the release on Steam a commercially successful move in terms of increasing sales, improving the game's profile among consumers, improving the code? 2. I read in the thread about the Modbase that there will be another content update later this year. What sort of content will it contain? 3. I read also in the thread about the modbase that the new modbase will be released in late Summer 2017, after the new content patch. What will the benefits be to modders and non-modders of this new modbase? Will the new modbase be a key step in releasing Y2? 4. I have read rumours that Y2 will be released some time during 2017. Is this still a likely occurrence? 5. Roughly what stage in making Y2 is Black Chicken Studios on? is story content still being written? features still being coded in? is it now a matter of bug-fixing only? etc. I have great faith in Black Chicken Studios, but hope that the answers that they may release will increase my faith and the faith of others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 2) From what I understand it this will contain fixes for the existing content 3) The last mod base is from DLC 15 and so is missing all the additions of DLC 16 and 17 and theoretical can be used for a fan patch of the official content. (or when we get our hand on the year 2 mod tools probably to make mod based on DLC 17 instead of Version 1.0) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 Rhialto; 1) Certainly! It's always a good thing to have new players. 4) The Team hasn't given a date, but as soon as they do, it will be announced here. 5) Story writing is complete, although there's some editing left to do. There is still some coding and testing, and the art must be finalized. Hope that helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhialto Posted May 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 Legate: Ah, how temptingly terrible the final editing always is. Terrible because you know that you are done and then discover bone-headed errors; Tempting because you so keenly want to release your product but must wait until the editing is finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 Rhialto; It certainly always presents things in a new light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 So... Am I to take from this that the UI is mostly done now? (was all the work done on DLC 17 and the steam release duplicated for Y2's UI?) Does this mean that a late 2017 release is not totally out of the question? We've been tacking years on for a while now, it would be lovely to not have to do that again.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 The new Y1 UI was what Y2 UI could be ported over to Y1. Hence why the Character Creation and shopping interfaces are exactly the same as before - Y2 uses something different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 Free; Oh no, I am staying out of a date discussion this time. UI is mostly done, although there were some learnings from the Steam release that may find their way into the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 Ooh, I want to see it so badly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Von Bubba Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 I also am eagerly awaiting Y2. Can we get a few screenshots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 BvB; It's been discussed eagerly among the Team, once the UI is ready. Alas, that is not yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Can you give us a percentage? Based on previous reports, the UI was supposed to be the main thing holding Y2 back... And when the day comes that you will be willing to show screenies of Y2, will you finally give us the class list, too!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Free; That is uniformly difficult to judge. For the screenies, though- I would think so, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhialto Posted June 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 Is the UI at least rapidly being completed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 They said that reports from the new year 1 UI will make their way into the year 2 so I doubt its at the finishing steps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyrhet Posted June 7, 2017 Report Share Posted June 7, 2017 It'll get here when it gets here, it's not like asking about it all the time will make it arrive any faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isadorbg Posted June 8, 2017 Report Share Posted June 8, 2017 To resume it is better than 2016 and worse than 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 Is there even the slightest slim hope that we can get Y2 this year? I just don't understand how come it's taken so long with so little revealed! Can you at least elaborate on the difficulty you've had over these years? I know as well as the rest of us folks who've been waiting that the original plan was Y2's release somewhere around a year after Y1's release, and that's about the time that work on Y1 slowed down considerably. Even then, though, it was believed by you that Y2 was somewhere 'just around the corner' as evidenced by my now infamous old sigi. 4 projects have been anounced since Y1's release, with 3 of them successful, yet the info we've gotten is sooo little. I'm sure you want to keep things a secret as much as possible, and rightly so for avoiding spoilers, but surely there must be other things you can talk about besides the game itself, right? ...Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhialto Posted July 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 Would Black Chicken Studios at least be willing to give out tweet lengths excerpts of, for example, story, or problems in testing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 3 minutes ago, freespace2dotcom said: Is there even the slightest slim hope that we can get Y2 this year? I just don't understand how come it's taken so long with so little revealed! I believe the answer to that is "Steam version" and (to a lesser extend) "Victory Belles". Yes, VB mostly has it's own Team, some aspects are shared IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 The aspects that are shared were mostly PR stuff like trailer creation, And art, I suppose. I have a feeling that most of the art is either finished or else at least not bottlenecking the rest of the work that needs to be done, but then who knows? I sure don't... I know we're not getting Y2 this year. I know that.... It's just I want to be an optimist, *sigh* That's why I keep getting disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 Sorry folks! I've been scalded too many times. But the Team steadily soldiers forward, and when it's time, they will tell me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 Is it ready yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted July 19, 2017 Report Share Posted July 19, 2017 Tsk, tsk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhialto Posted September 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2017 I was just wondering, has there been any material that has been cut from Y2 in an attempt to speed its release? And roughly how soon after the release of the final content patch will Y2 be released? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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