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[Shadow]

On our walks we see lots of squirrels, rabbits, and birds. Sometimes we see coyotes, bobcats, and hawks. Today, we found a kitten.

[Amberjoy]

Originally Posted by Shadow

On our walks we see lots of squirrels, rabbits, and birds. Sometimes we see coyotes, bobcats, and hawks. Today, we found a kitten.

Ahhhhh! Hope it isn't a Bobcat kitten or half breed. That happened to my husband when he was a kid in Arizona. (halfbreed domestic/bobcat mix)

[Shadow]

Originally Posted by Amberjoy

Ahhhhh! Hope it isn't a Bobcat kitten or half breed. That happened to my husband when he was a kid in Arizona. (halfbreed domestic/bobcat mix)

Looks and behaves like a normal kitten to me. Although half bobcat would be interesting.

[Amberjoy]

Originally Posted by Shadow

Looks and behaves like a normal kitten to me. Although half bobcat would be interesting.

Purrhaps. If it keeps growing and getting bigger than a normal cat and if it grows ear tuffs, be careful. It's bite will be worse that its bark..err, meow.

[Shadow]

I just finished up the 27th alpha build for Drox Operative. I seem to be making more steady progress towards beta finally.

[Valgor]

Excellent news.

[aReclusiveMind]

Indeed. In a prior post it was stated that Din's Curse had 29 alpha builds. Drox Operative could of course end up needing 40+ to reach beta, who knows, but we are at least getting close to the turning point based on past titles.

[gornova]

good news, so Drox is feature freeze, just bug, balancing and so on ?

[Shadow]

Originally Posted by gornova

good news, so Drox is feature freeze, just bug, balancing and so on ?

Feature freeze, that's funny. Normal companies intend to freeze their features somewhere near alpha (usually before) but since we use such an exploratory/iterative design method that doesn't work out so well. That's especially true when we hit beta and get a lot more feedback.

[Castruccio]

Originally Posted by Shadow

Feature freeze, that's funny. Normal companies intend to freeze their features somewhere near alpha (usually before) but since we use such an exploratory/iterative design method that doesn't work out so well. That's especially true when we hit beta and get a lot more feedback.

True, but the most important feature in Soldak's games never changes: a dynamic world where player decisions matter. Many indies start with a simple idea like that and then iterate/explore themselves into making a completely different game than the one they set out to make. Soldak, on the other hand, seems to start with a concrete design goal in support of which new features are developed.