Project Progress Update #18: About Current Status of Game Development & Merchandise Shipping
about 4 years ago
– Tue, Mar 17, 2020 at 03:14:20 AM
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Greetings everyone,
Today we want to share with you the current status of the project, starting with summarizing some of the information we shared in previous updates.
You might remember that the debugging process was split into two phases, as we previously explained:
1. Debug of the game engine to check it runs properly in many environments.
2. Debug of the game itself by scripters and play testers so that they can find any possible problems inside the actual game.
In our last progress update, we stated that this debugging process was underway but also that we found an unexpected problem in the first phase that we were working on solving. Unfortunately, work on this first debug phase has not finished yet.
The issue we spoke about in our last update was successfully fixed. However, by doing so a new issue appeared, and right now the development team is working with all their might to fix it as soon as they possibly can.
The possibility of abandoning the project has never crossed our minds, and as such, we are currently devising various plans to resolve this problem. However, the complexity of this situation makes it difficult to share any specific date with relation to this with our backers. Sorry for the trouble this may cause.
■ About our plan of shipping physical rewards except for physical game copies
Taking into account that the current development situation is difficult to predict, we have devised a plan to ship the other rewards to backers, both physical and digital (aside from the game itself). We are currently hoping to finish the preparation of rewards around mid 2020. We expect that any digital content will be sent earlier.
Since we have included photos of various campaign rewards in our previous updates, you might be aware that most of the physical rewards have samples, and the full stock of many of them has already been sent to our shipping warehouse.
We really did want to send all rewards in one shipping phase, but taking into account the current situation, we have decided that it would be best for our backers if we could get your rewards sent to you sooner.
Speaking of goods, today we also want to show you the finished sample of the tote bag:
We will inform you of the progress of goods production and shipping in future updates as well.
Finally we want to talk about the VITA version: development of the game itself has been finished as we shared with you in previous updates, and we're currently taking further steps in physical production, so rest assured that this is still in progress. However, for both versions to be consistent in terms of quality, there are certain parts of the process that are dependent on the PC version, and as such we will give you further information as soon as the PC version schedule is decided.
This is all the information we can share with you at this moment, but we do not want to finish this update without apologizing once again for the extremely long amount of time that we have kept you waiting for news about the project.
All the members of this project are aware of our responsibility to our backers and will be putting in our utmost effort to ensure it is completed in its entirety. As such we humbly ask you to continue to walk this path with us for a little longer.
Re:Sharin no Kuni Project Team
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プロジェクト進捗報告#18:ゲーム開発状況とゲーム以外のリワードお届けについて
Backerのみなさま
プロジェクト進捗について報告いたします。
まず、前回アップデートでのご報告内容について振り返ります。
① ゲームプログラムそのものの実行・動作に関するデバッグ工程
② スクリプター並びてにゲームテスターが実際のゲーム環境でチェックデバッグを行い、ゲーム内容そのものに問題が無いかチェックする工程
上記2つの工程が進行中で、①について問題が発生しておりそちらの解消を進めているとお伝えしましたが、結論から申し上げてまだ①の工程が完了していない状況です。
前回問題と見られていた箇所の修正・解消しております。しかしながら問題を解決するとまた別の箇所で問題が発生しているという状況が生まれており、現在もその解消に向けてエンジニアチームが懸命に努力してはおります。
もちろん、プロジェクトとしては何一つ諦めたわけではなく、いずれ解決できるという見通しは持ってはおりますが、申し訳ありませんがまだ具体的に日程をお伝えしずらい状況です。
■ ゲーム以外の関連グッズの先行お届け計画について
ゲーム開発の具体的な日程が見えづらい状況を踏まえ、プロジェクトチームはゲーム以外の関連グッズのリワード(デジタル・フィジカル含む)の出荷を先行して実施する計画を立てています。具体的には2020年中旬までにこれを完了すべく準備を進めています。デジタル関連のリワードは、準備でき次第さらに早く実施されるはずです。
ゲーム以外の関連グッズについてはこれまでも何度かアップデートで紹介させていただいたように、ほぼすべてのサンプル品は完成しており、すでに倉庫で送られるのを待っているグッズも多数ございます。
もちろん、本来であればゲームと関連グッズはセットでお送りしたかったところではありますが、現状を考えるとグッズだけで早くBackerにお届けしたいという考えです。
今回は新たにトートバックの写真を紹介いたします。
このように、グッズの先行配送計画についてはまた進捗があり次第、ゲーム開発と併せてご報告していきます。
なお、Vita版については、以前のアップデートでお伝えした通り、プログラムの開発は完了しており、製造の段取りも進んでおりますのでご安心ください。ただし、最終的にテキストなどのゲーム品質をPC版と揃える必要があることで、一部PC版のスケジュールに依存する部分があるため、こちらに関しても進捗が見え次第ご報告いたします。
以上となりますが、改めて長い期間の辛抱とご不便を大変申し訳ありません。
プロジェクトチームとして責任をもって出来ることを着実に進める努力を続けていきますので、いましばらくお付き合い願います。
Re:Sharin no Kuni Projectチームより