Honestly, guys, I need to vent about this new devlog because after 3 months of complete silence, this short text feels like a bit of a letdown. We aren’t pushing the devs or rushing the release—we all want a high-quality game and are ready to wait. But getting a couple of paragraphs that boil down to "it’s gonna take a while, we are making Jerri" after a 90-day blackout just doesn't feel right. If this was a 1-month update, it would be fine, but for 3 months? It’s way too brief and lacks any real substance about the actual progress. Also, the promise of more frequent news was broken, and it sucks because we aren't asking for the final game right now, just for proper communication.
What bothers me the most is their development strategy. Why focus on Jerri right now? He is literally the cherry on top. He’s incredibly complex, and his mechanics affect not just the player, but the other dolls too. Injecting him into the game at this stage makes the whole development cycle unpredictable. It seems like the team lacks a clear roadmap. They should have polished the remaining dolls first—some of them only need final tweaks and tuning. It would be much faster to finish them up (like 2 dolls per 1-2 months) and drop them as fully functional enemies in separate, polished patches. Instead, when devs scatter half-baked characters across versions, we just get used to them being incomplete. By the time they are finally finished, the excitement is already gone.
Jerry is obviously a nightmare to code and animate, so no wonder it’s taking forever. But because we have zero insight into how their team actually works, it’s impossible to track their progress. Right now, it just feels like they are bouncing around tasks rather than finishing what they started. What do you guys think about this?