Let's talk about ridiculous release delay.

[Rolina]

Oh, you had just joined?  I was under the impression you'd been with them longer than that.  Okay, that explains it then.

[Aile~♥]

Wait, so how does exe file not equal source code? Couldn't you just, like, open the .exe in Notepad to grab the code, like you can with most other applications? I do that sort of thing quite often, usually for Windows command scripts.

[Hoopa]

Erm. No Jamie you can't. The .exe file is a final product, and you can't edit it anymore. You need the source code in order to make changes to the program and then create a new .exe file

[Atrius (He/Him)]

Usually when you create an executable you're compiling your source code into byte code similar to compiled ASM for the GBA, but much more complex.  That being said, Game Maker doesn't actually compile the code, but it does compress & encrypt it which makes it equally as illegible in notepad.

[Aile~♥]

So I've noticed, having recently tried it myself.

[Rolina]

Even still, though, we need a working release, preferably sooner rather than later.

[Aile~♥]

Really, Atrius should work at this one feature at a time. He has a nice release so far, but we do need progress. So here's a suggestion: Don't try to pile all these new features in as one release. That takes forever and leaves everyone bored for the year-and-a-half in the mean time [twistknife]. Instead, do this one feature at a time. So, for example:

Take v0.2, fix bugs, upload result as v0.2.1. Add Djinn editing (and do some testing to try and spot the bugs yourself), upload result as v0.2.2. Fix bugs (the ones you didn't fix the first time around), upload result as v0.2.3. Add Summon editing, etc.

And I KNOW this issue has been brought up before, but Atrius didn't do anything about it.

[Rolina]

Isn't it amusing that we've gone from [/stab] to [twistknife] now?  Just shows how badly we need it, and how much we're pushing it.

[Tetsuya the Azure Blade]

He's Duke Nukem Forever'ing us, isn't he?

[Aile~♥]

[twistknife]I'll say he is.[/twistknife]

[Rolina]

I'd rate your comment down if I didn't feel the same way, Nero.  You pretty much nailed how people are feeling right now.

[Hoopa]

Ouch. I feel sorry for Atrius... so many knife wounds... Then again, it wouldn't hurt to have a new release...

[Atrius (He/Him)]

2 months... I give you an estimated date of release just 2 months out, and you piss all over my cheerios...  Thanks I feel so motivated to work on the editor now.

*siiiii-iiiiiiiiiii-iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-iiiiiiiiiiiiiii-* takes a breath *-iiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh*

Projects canceled, Peace out!


Heh, sorry, bad joke, just kidding.  Look people, I know I dug myself into a hole with v0.3, I'm trying to dig myself back out.  Currently it's just not feasible to release just a bug fixed version of 0.2, but I'm taking steps to ensure that's not the case for future versions.  And yes, Jamie, the plan to avoid these horrendous delays between future versions is to only work on one feature between them.

I've had a hell of a busy past year and half, having just joined the military around that time.  When it's one of those days I've been working around 3 weeks straight without a single day off, and I get off work after being there 11 hours I'm exhausted and just want to rest, so sorry I don't work on the editor as much right now.  Summer is a busy time for us up here, but around September things start to slow down.

[Hoopa]

Yay! Only about two months to wait? That's awesome!

[felixsrg]

Is good to hear you are still working on this, slowly but still working, keep up the good work.

[Rolina]

Well, sorry we went all jack the ripper on you so 'close' to release, but we all needed to get rid of a lot of frustration in this issue.  We hope you understand.

[Tetsuya the Azure Blade]

2 months... I give you an estimated date of release just 2 months out, and you piss all over my cheerios...

Who said anything about pissing on your cheerios?

[Aile~♥]

I didn't even know you HAD cheerios!

Honestly, though, sorry for being such a jerk. But, I really did need to get rid of some frustration on the issue.

[leaf]

you should make it a christmas release

obv

[Salanewt]

Or a Valentine's day release, so we can all fall in love with it at the appropriate time. Of course, two months is perfect for us right now.

Salty-nut Cheerios anyone? Just make sure that after those [twistknives] that I saw earlier, you do not throw his Cheerios.

Have a nice day.

Edit: I love how people were saying a few months ago "take your time," and now they are juggling knives to try to get you to hurry up.