Rhialto 22 Report post Posted January 19 13 hours ago, Legate of Mineta said: Rhi; Internally, sure. Would you be willing to share with us a portion of this system of benchmarks? Such as "when feature X is complete, then we will disclose feature Y to the public"? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legate of Mineta 0 Report post Posted January 19 Rhi; The Team hasn't said, so I better not. But as always, I'll carry your words back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freespace2dotcom 1,030 Report post Posted January 19 Since we know main writing is done.. (barring continuous editing) And we know that Y2 has existed in a playable state for years, now. I am suspecting that most of the remaining work revolves around making sure all the massive tables of information reference each other properly. And possibly optimizing said tables since they are the heart of the game and it would be just a bit annoying to have to wait for all those obscene files to load. There's bound to be other things, but that would take the longest for a small team to accomplish. Especially a small team working on it as a hobby. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhialto 22 Report post Posted January 19 34 minutes ago, freespace2dotcom said: Since we know main writing is done.. (barring continuous editing) And we know that Y2 has existed in a playable state for years, now. I am suspecting that most of the remaining work revolves around making sure all the massive tables of information reference each other properly. And possibly optimizing said tables since they are the heart of the game and it would be just a bit annoying to have to wait for all those obscene files to load. There's bound to be other things, but that would take the longest for a small team to accomplish. Especially a small team working on it as a hobby. @Legate of Mineta: Is this true? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legate of Mineta 0 Report post Posted January 19 No comment, alas. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schwarzbart 1,065 Report post Posted January 21 Years back there where the talk of some people who want to merged Y1 & Y2 and that make me wonder: How feasible would a Y1 & Y2 combo mod using the Y2 mod tools? I kind of suspect anyone who try to do something like this might hit some limits of the DB or base engine because of the size. (Not to talk about licence issue and that such a project without some automation probably take years) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legate of Mineta 0 Report post Posted January 21 S; Hmmm. I don't think the db would necessarily be the issue, but Y1 and Y2 engines would have to be 'taught' to know what data/rules to use. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schwarzbart 1,065 Report post Posted January 21 I personal think the biggest problem for a combined Y1 & 2 mod, if there is no issue on the size, is probably to switch the class between Y1 and Y2 for all students. For the general rules one probably could settle with the ones used in Y2 because they should allow to start skills at zero as well. Also I think any problems with the start date / end date function probably means the end of such a project as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhialto 22 Report post Posted January 22 @Legate of Mineta: Has the team considered sharing a list of all courses which were seriously considered for Y2 with a disclaimer that the list is not final? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legate of Mineta 0 Report post Posted January 22 Rhi; Yep- I don't think they're likely to do the spoilers piece meal, though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RespectTheInternet 2 Report post Posted January 27 Hoof, color me surprised. Decided to check back in and suddenly I see the forums being swamped by Ship Girls! Glad to see that Academagia still exists somewhat. So the writing is finished, and the game exists but only in a quantum sense? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legate of Mineta 0 Report post Posted January 27 Schrodinger's Academagia? Never fear: it exists, progresses steadily, but also slowly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhialto 22 Report post Posted January 30 @Legate of Mineta: Did something major happen with Academagia's development, so that the team was willing to disclose to us where Sima Venesico claims to live? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legate of Mineta 0 Report post Posted January 31 @Rhi - No, not that I'm aware of, anyway. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schwarzbart 1,065 Report post Posted February 8 Are there planed student drop outs or new joining, beside the player, for the initial Y2 release? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legate of Mineta 0 Report post Posted February 8 S; There's a set of Students who *could* join Y2, but I can't reveal them. They may be familiar though... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Metis 1,119 Report post Posted February 8 Is them joining or not dependant on PC actions in Y1, assuming a save is imported ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legate of Mineta 0 Report post Posted February 8 Metis; I can generally say it's a choice to have them, not necessarily anything in Y1. *But* it's not at all final, so it's possible Y1 flags will be used. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhialto 22 Report post Posted February 8 3 hours ago, Legate of Mineta said: Metis; I can generally say it's a choice to have them, not necessarily anything in Y1. *But* it's not at all final, so it's possible Y1 flags will be used. Is Pelia being considered in this role? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legate of Mineta 0 Report post Posted February 8 Rhi; [Redacted] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schwarzbart 1,065 Report post Posted February 9 Will Pamela have a special handling in Y2 if the player who finished her questline in Y1 switched to a different familiar afterward? (I suspect unless the adventures finished she is gone to the light if the player switch the familiar) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legate of Mineta 0 Report post Posted February 9 If you finished her Adventure you'll see in her in Y2- I don't know how things will be handled, though, if you switched her. Maybe you'll only see your current Familiar. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhialto 22 Report post Posted February 9 3 hours ago, Legate of Mineta said: If you finished her Adventure you'll see in her in Y2- I don't know how things will be handled, though, if you switched her. Maybe you'll only see your current Familiar. @Legate of Mineta: Are there any plans to write content for Mr. Pebbles's rejoining the PC even if the PC during Y1 used the exchange familiar or Familiar's Gift in order to get rid of Mr. Pebbles? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legate of Mineta 0 Report post Posted February 9 Rhi; No comment. ...but I am pretty sure that Mr. Pebbles can't easy be gotten rid of... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rhialto 22 Report post Posted February 21 @Legate of Mineta: Has the number of new spells in Y2 been finalized? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites