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94.9%!

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94.9%.

I logged on.

In the less than a second it took the page to reload, it changed to 95%.

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Method 1: 566 days (August 3, 2012 to February 20, 2014) ÷ 81.5% (13.5% to 95%) = 6.945 days/% (previously 6.841)
⇒ end in 35 days, i. e. on March 27, 2014 (previously March 18, 2014).

Method 2: 666 days (April 25, 2012 to February 20, 2014) ÷ 95% (0% to 95%) = 7.011 days/% (previously 6.923)
⇒ end in 35 days, i. e. on March 27, 2014 (previously March 18, 2014).

Method 3: 457 days (November 20, 2012 to February 20, 2014) ÷ 79% (16% to 95%) = 5.785 days/% (previously 5.659)
⇒ end in 29 days, i. e. on March 21, 2014 (previously March 10, 2014).

Method 4: 113 days (October 30, 2013 to February 20, 2014) ÷ 7.9% (87.1% to 95%) = 14.304 days/% (previously 14.436)
⇒ end in 72 days, i. e. on May 3, 2014 (previously May 4, 2014).

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02-20-2014 at 01:50 PM

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×Nah, not really. But we don't feature him in TSS proper. We do have a couple skippable rooms of backstory with Jobus, and that is already plenty!

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Internal beta testing will commence any day now! From that point on, the release date will be impacted by the pace at which testing and issue resolution proceeds.

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rman wrote:
Method 1: 35 days

Method 2: 35 days

Method 3: 29 days

Method 4: 72 days

And if we average these results, we get 43 days, i. e. on April 4, 2014!

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95.05%!

I'm sure 1/20th of a percent, or 0.0005 of the total progress, was very valuable.

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It's certainly more valuable than a similar percent progress would be at the start of development.

To illustrate, 2% to 2.05% would constitute hardly any work at all, whereas 99% to 99.05% represents a much greater amount of work, since that means that .05 of *remaining* progress is done, even if it is .0005 of *total* progress.

Got to be careful with those percents!

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95.05%!

I'm sure 1/20th of a percent, or 0.0005 of the total progress, was very valuable.

I think the first 95% is development, and the last 5% is beta/release candidate testing, which is a really unpredictable, so whoever updates the bar (Schik, I think?) will generally update conservatively just in case. So 95.05% is really the minimum progress, it might be even closer than that.

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95.35%!

Okay, fine, I won't poke fun at the silly percentages.

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95.35%!

Okay, fine, I won't poke fun at the silly percentages.

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95.35%!

Okay, fine, I won't poke fun at the silly percentages.

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×You silly, this topic has been created for that!

Poking more fun... I just clicked on the watch bar for the fun of it, and the last 4 digits are the same last four digits on my odometer! It is a sign... of something :bike

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95.4%!

02-25-2014 at 05:01 PM

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Internal beta testing has begun!

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95.5%!

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02-27-2014 at 05:03 AM

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All of the game art is complete!

We did some fun extra stuff at the end that should make the experience that much better.

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I clicked the bar... and then

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95.6%!

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Only 0.3% Left.

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Only 0.3% Left.

I will die waiting for TSS

Not sure what you mean by 0.3%, but don't pay too much attention to the bar now that it's in beta. Since all the core development is done, all that's left is testing and bugfixes, which are really difficult to put into percentage form. As far as I know (which is nothing more than what is already public, combined with what I remember of previous bar progression), TSS is still on track for an April 1 release. Or at least I don't see why it wouldn't be.

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03-08-2014 at 02:19 AM

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April first? That would be way too predictable. maybe March 30th.

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03-08-2014 at 04:35 AM

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Pinnacle wrote:

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Only 0.3% Left.

I will die waiting for TSS

Not sure what you mean by 0.3%, but don't pay too much attention to the bar now that it's in beta. Since all the core development is done, all that's left is testing and bugfixes, which are really difficult to put into percentage form. As far as I know (which is nothing more than what is already public, combined with what I remember of previous bar progression), TSS is still on track for an April 1 release. Or at least I don't see why it wouldn't be.

What I am saying, is that games that have a progress bar are usually released at the 99.99% mark.

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BlueFlower wrote: What I am saying, is that games that have a progress bar are usually released at the 99.99% mark.

That would still be 4.33% away, not 0.3% away.

03-08-2014 at 08:33 PM

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Eh, close enough.
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I have one request..

If the game is ready before April 1st.. can it release before April 1st?

Tradition is all well and good, but I'd rather have the game earlier than wait for a 'coincidental' release date

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Conversely, if it's still super buggy by April 1, can it be delayed so we can have a working version without USes and crashes and stuff? Since the beta testing period seems a bit short and all.

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Dischorran wrote: Since the beta testing period seems a bit short and all.

GatEB beta testing took less than one month so I'm sure that this one can be tested in a very short time too.

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GatEB had few new elements and features, so testing was mostly checking the hold for discrepancies and unintended solutions. On the other hand, TSS has loads of new features, which makes it more prone to bugs.

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slimm tom wrote:
GatEB had few new elements and features, so testing was mostly checking the hold for discrepancies and unintended solutions. On the other hand, TSS has loads of new features, which makes it more prone to bugs.

So in other words, we can expect a slightly longer testing period than previous games? Also, why can't I delete the mistake posts I make on this thread?

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