[DrNick`zar] hf
[Deadcode] glhf!
[Deadcode] ....
[Deadcode] nt.
[DrNick`zar] meh
[Deadcode] nice
[Deadcode] uh oh
[DrNick`zar] haven't thought this through
[Deadcode] vbl
[Deadcode] vvvbl
[DrNick`zar] xD
[Deadcode] lol
[DrNick`zar] ultra pro
[Deadcode] ow
[DrNick`zar] is there something you wish you could do with w:a, but you realize that it won't be possible?
[Deadcode] everything is possible :) some things will just take more work than others
[Deadcode] one goal that will take perhaps the most work is adding full-fledged scripting
[Deadcode] because it'll have to be up to my standards, which means designing it very carefully
[Deadcode] and also preparing all the code for being more generalized
[DrNick`zar] scripting, as in missions etc.?
[Deadcode] aw
[Deadcode] Much more powerful than missions
[DrNick`zar] "everything is possible": do you think that a good AI would be possible in this game? perhaps neural network-powered?
[Deadcode] custom weapons, custom game behaviors
[Deadcode] maps behaving dynamically
[Deadcode] etc.
[Deadcode] and also scripting used to find particular types of events in replay files
[Deadcode] Oh... okay, you asked the one thing that might be even harder (for me at least)
[Deadcode] making a good AI. That'd be really hard. I have no previous experience with AI
[Deadcode] and T17 has no said yes any of the times I've asked permission to add devs to the team
[Deadcode] not since CS
[Deadcode] d'oh...
[DrNick`zar] i see... is worms in any way profitable for t17?
[Deadcode] failed at pitting you
[Deadcode] Yeah. I have no idea *how* much they make on it, but they are selling it on Steam
[Deadcode] But the most annoying thing to me currently is that they delayed both v3.8 and v3.8.1 for many months each
[DrNick`zar] bureaucracy?
[Deadcode] Yeah :(
[Deadcode] They insist on putting it through their QA process.
[DrNick`zar] which is to marinade it for several months and then release 'as is'?
[Deadcode] Even though it would be a better experience for customers if they just let me release immediately. Because even if there are new bugs, which is unusual, I can just fix them right away and then release that immediately too.
[Deadcode] oops
[Deadcode] Whereas what is quite certain is that with each release, many bugs from before are fixed. And by delaying those, Team17 is denying those fixes to the community.
[Deadcode] And furthermore, having a rapid release cycle would let me do a better job of giving the community the features they want.
[Deadcode] So basically, I have to write an email to them, and I'm finding it very hard. I don't imagine anything I say making them change their minds.
[DrNick`zar] you should threaten them to quit :D
[Deadcode] Mmmm.
[DrNick`zar] gg
[Deadcode] gg.