BS2 thumbnail by @Project_Bacon Well, BS2 is being delayed AGAIN, but this time for more of a reason than it's not got enough time to be done. And this time, I'm not putting a definite date on when I'll release it, I can't even guarantee it will be out by the end of the year. So enjoy my rant on why. First off, EVERYTHING has come together to make working conditions on this project as miserable as possible, to the point that I've been having some really bad thoughts. I realised that while working on it, I barely had enough time to work on it and get it out by the 24th. This meant that for the past week or so, I've been working on the project for 8-14 hrs a day. Obviously, this isn't doing wonders for my mental health, especially with the fact that I haven't been able to do anything while developing that time, even just like getting up and speaking to people. So I've been feeling EXTREMELY burnt out on coding in general, and even then, I think some of the stuff leading up to the final boss and the final boss itself is really underdeveloped. And I really don't care at this point, if too many people complain about it, I can just make a patch. Usually I wouldn't do this, but worst case scenario has come and at this point I can't do anything about it. Not only that, but the hot weather here in Australia has been absolutely killing me. My room's on the east side of my house, so the heat from the morning just kinda gets stuck there and stays there, even all the way through the night. This means that I'm sweating the entire 8-14 hours a day that I'm developing this, and this combined with the fact that I'm sitting over a tiny computer screen for that amount of time isn't doing wonders for my physical health either. Going back to that 8-14 hrs thing, yes, that means that I've been staying up until ~midnight every day to work on the project, and even after that, I can't get to sleep because I'm worrying whether I'll make the deadline or not. So you could say that I'm quite literally losing some sleep over this. Now, if I continued at this current rate, I'd probably be able to get the game out by the current deadline, I've only got the items screen, shop, a character, cutscenes, and all the menus to go (I've finished all the main levels and bosses, but you can't unlock them outside of the 2nd one like seen in the gameplay trailer). But that would mean repeating what I've been doing for the past week, and I never want to go back to that development hell again. I feel really bad missing the 24th deadline, because that means I'll be working through Christmas, though that's what I have to do. Also, I have ZERO playtesters on this project at the moment. I've never heard of any other game developen under circumstances like this. They've all just... left. Not because they thought the game was bad, because I haven't been able to contact anyone while developing this all day long for the past days. So, back to the point beforehand, that's why I think that the final boss and the leadup to it will feel underdeveloped and jank. I don't know if it's too hard or easy because like I've been saying, ZERO playtesters. Anyways, in conclusion, I've been working my... donkey synonym... off to get this game out, and so I've been really stressing about this lately. The original point to get the game out by the end of the year was to say that the game released only a year after BS1, and since now I have to compare it to other professionally developed games of the late 80's, now it looks really bad in comparison, and it should have only taken a year to make. But I'll try to hide the fact that it was released in 2024 (if it is) by having the copyright dates still be 2023 since I made most of the game this year, and hopefully that should make it less embarrassing on how long the game took to develop. I'm quite dissapointed in myself with how little I worked on it until July and then I still left a lot off, until I've had so much stack up on top of me that I'm now at this point. Seriously, this game could've easily been out in June if I tried. I also now want to take at least 3 days off woeking on this for Christmas, to spend time with family. And if any one of you says that I'm being lazy by doing this,... Nevermind, I can't say that on this site. Anyways, sorry for the rant and I hope you can understand my situation. Sorry for delaying the game again, but it was impossible to get it out by the current deadline anyways. -WONGMY
