Datix

I'll be honest. I totally understand your situation and that it comes with a lot of anxiety, repeated questions and a lot of other things that slow down the process and sabotage your motivation and work. The fact that is difficult, not just to recode the game, but to pay attention to a whole community it is hard indeed and you have my respect for all your work and motivation. But there is one thing that bugs me and I'd like to share. My opinion is that you shoul've never announced any date until the game is completed to a stage to be able to run the open beta. No matter the circumstances, until that point it's uncertain, mostly for the developers and no one should ever say a date until the game is completely finished for the open beta. This way ppl have lower expectations while they can also keep their hype up, since there are no way to dissapoint them. In this situation, for the players is more than enough to know how is the process going, what things are fixed, whats left on the to do list, thats totally fine. Even there can be some estimates that are not official, only opinions which can be incorrect, but it is not clever to annouce a date while the game is not ready completely. Only when it's complete and playable, there should be a week, where developers and a small group os testers look for final issues that need to be fixed and THEN it is okay to announce. I don't blame anyone, no one of us could've known whats the best strategy to play with the community, what to do, what to announce. Thats none of your fault. I can only say that you should learn from it, and you did as you mentioned in yhe primary post which is important. The only thing I'm sad about that it took years to understand that you can keep your supportive community waiting, without taking risks in promises. I admire your work, teamwork and motivation toward the game and the community and I wish you the best luck. Don't ever feel that the community is against you. Being dissapointed after you're waiting for something it's normal, being upset is normal. Sometimes you just need to ignore the negative feedback and move on because you all know you're on the right track. Keep it up guys. May the force be with you