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From: Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Warning Signs From Game Reveals
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On Sun, 1 Jun 2025 10:21:17 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com>
wrote:
>On 6/1/2025 9:53 AM, Xocyll wrote:

>> Not sure what you mean by road maps.

>We'll add X feature 6 months down the road, Y feature in a year, etc.

Yeah... and the problem with this is that

    a) What you're buying initially is a stripped down version 
       of the overall game. Announcing a roadmap is them telling 
       you, "Pay us full price and we'll give you an incomplete 
       game which we'll finish later!" 

    b) There's no guarantee you'll ever get those features, since 
       --if the game flops-- these plans tend to be abandonned and 
       the developers shift their focus and resources elsewhere. 

Announcing a road-map with your game at launch isn't necessarily a
sign that it will be a BAD game... but it is pretty much a sign you
should wait for the "Game of the Year" version to come out first.