Game Delay: The Honest Truth
47sCreators often hide delays, but this candid confession about encountering every possible problem resonates with gamers tired of broken releases.
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The video is a developer announcement from Co-Carnage of Signis Cross, revealing that the early access launch of their game Emberville has been delayed from its original date to January 7th, 2027. The delay is attributed to critical issues and the team's desire to ensure a polished first impression, despite the game being technically playable. The developer also shares positive news about the game's demo performance at Steam NextFest.
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[00:02]
Announcement of Delay
Co-Carnage announces that Emberville's early access launch is delayed to January 7th, 2027, just one day before the original release date.
[00:17]
Development Challenges
The team at Signis Cross has been integrating main features into the EA client, encountering numerous problems, with only two coders working on it.
[00:55]
First Impression Priority
The team emphasizes that there is only one first impression, and they want to ensure the early access launch is done properly, even if it means delaying.
[01:21]
Reasons for Delay
Critical issues and feedback from the demo (especially combat and controller feedback) made it impossible to launch the next day. The game would be incomplete and buggy otherwise.
[02:18]
Commitment to Quality
The developer admits the game could have been released 'probably okay,' but they want to do it 'as right as we possibly can,' hence the delay.
[03:01]
Demo Success at Steam NextFest
Emberville was one of the most played demos at Steam NextFest, and the demo will remain available and may receive updates until the new release date.
[03:32]
Apology and Future Vision
The developer apologizes for the delay but believes it is the right decision to deliver a better product and a stronger introduction to the game's journey toward 1.0.
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💡 Key Takeaways
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First Impression Philosophy
Highlights the team's prioritization of quality over speed, a key principle in game development.
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Demo Performance
Provides a concrete metric of the game's popularity, indicating strong community interest.
03:01Full Transcript
[00:02] to see all of you. Welcome. Welcome to all of you. All right. Hi everybody. Co-C Carnage here with a bit of an announcement about the game I'm working on, Emberville. The last uh few months for us at Signis
[00:17] The last uh few months for us at Signis Cross have been an absolute whirlwind. main features and the parts of Emberville that make it something special. and we have been amalgamating it into
[00:29] and we have been amalgamating it into the EA client and getting it all set up and encountering every single possible problem that you could think of under problem that you could think of under the sun. And our team of two coders has
[00:41] the sun. And our team of two coders has been working their absolute best on it. But guys, it gets to a point when you have to say it gets to a point when you have to say that there is only one first impression.
[00:55] that there is only one first impression. And we want to make absolutely sure that even though we are doing early access, we do it properly. Emberville is delayed until January 7th,
[01:09] 2027. And I am very sorry to do this the day before EA was supposed to come out. However, there are a lot of moving
[01:21] things behind the scene, which is the reason this delay took so long to do. reason this delay took so long to do. And it is the kind of thing where there And it is the kind of thing where there are just a few critical issues that make
[01:33] are just a few critical issues that make this a bit too much to do tomorrow. And we've also gotten some great feedback from the demo that we would which we're going to attempt to do. Not not a lot of the more deep combat
[01:47] controller feedback and stuff like that. But the short of it is is that even access on January 7th and it will be incomplete and buggy, we just felt it wasn't quite where we wanted it to be for the first impression
[02:05] wanted it to be for the first impression and that's why we're delaying this. So, I really do appreciate y'all's understanding. This was not an easy We could have put this game out tomorrow.
[02:18] It would have probably been okay, [laughter] don't want to have a probably okay. We want to we want to do this we want to do this as right as we possibly can. So, we're going to do one hopefully one big
[02:33] delay to January 7th and that should give us the time and our two coders. Uh the time to cook everything up to hopefully some excellent excellent standards and then get you an EA that will be a lot more solid and a lot more
[02:46] well just a lot more a lot more cooked. So, yeah, we're we're very very excited about this as well. Um, also I just about this as well. Um, also I just wanted to say by the way uh that we had
[03:01] wanted to say by the way uh that we had one of the most played demos at at Steam NextFest. Um, which we just we actually just got told that. And on top of that, we will be leaving the demo up
[03:17] and the demo may continue to receive updates uh as we move towards our January 7th release date for early access. >> Applause. I do want to end this again by just
[03:32] saying for me and the team, we are sorry to push this back, but this is the right decision. This is going to get you a a better product and one that I know that not only we will be more proud of, but one that we feel will give you the best
[03:48] introduction to this incredible journey that we are going to take on January 7th as we turn what we give you on the 7th into the 1.0, which been working on, I think this is going to be a very, very special game.
[04:05] We'll see you on the 7th. Thanks for believing in us and well, just thanks.
