{"id":124492,"date":"2020-12-02T05:15:33","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T02:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/n1rv-ann-a-delayed\/"},"modified":"2020-12-02T05:15:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T02:15:33","slug":"n1rv-ann-a-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/n1rv-ann-a-delayed\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n N1RV Ann-A delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n N1RV Ann-A delayed <\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n No longer due out in 2020. <\/p>\n

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\"N1RV<\/p>\n

Developer Sukeban Game<\/a>s have delayed<\/a> N1RV Ann-A<\/em>, the sequel to VA-11 Hall-A<\/em>, from its previously planned 2020 release to the non-specific window of \u201cwhen it\u2019s done.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor the time being we\u2019re changing N1RV Ann-A<\/em>\u2018s release date to an indefinite one and we\u2019ll start shifting our public push towards other projects,\u201d Sukeban Games writer and programmer Fernando Damas said in the announcement. \u201cN1RV Ann-A<\/em>\u2018s production won\u2019t stop or slow down, but it also won\u2019t be our main promotional focus for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

Damas added that Sukeban Games might also have other projects to announce in the coming months that will launch prior to N1RV Ann-A<\/em>.<\/p>\n

As for why N1RV Ann-A<\/em> was delayed, Damas outlined a number of reasons, including delegating programming work too late, creative differences on how the story should go, and more recently taking steps to restart production in a more formal way rather than doing things as they came as they did with VA-11 Hall-A<\/em>. Production was not compromised by the other projects Sukeban Games is working on, however.<\/p>\n

Here is Damas\u2019 full message on why N1RV Ann-A<\/em> was delayed:<\/p>\n

Why is this happ<\/a>ening in the first place?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first falling of the delays fall squarely on my field. When N1RV Ann-A<\/em> started production back in 2017 as the framework for another unrelated project that also needed a lot of text to be processed, it was still [Sukeban Games director Christopher Ortiz] and I handling things, so we kept work as we did during the VA-11 Hall-A<\/em> days. As time went on and a lot of life-changing events happened I refused to relent control of the code even though we now had extra hands programming to help us with everything. The result was that I was heavily burned out while still insisting on being the sole programmer, the progress was really slow at this stage as a result.<\/p>\n

How slow you ask? When I finally relented control of the code for the game to be rebuilt from scratch at the beginning of 2020 our programmer was able to rebuild everything I had done up till that point through explanations in about a month or less. With another month he was able to add a lot of missing features I outlined but wasn\u2019t able to code in a timely manner.<\/p>\n

With this you might be wondering why we didn\u2019t make any faster progress. After all, if the framework was ready you just had to put stories in it. And the answer to that is creative differences. Thanks to circumstances I won\u2019t go into detail here, there was an internal conflict on how the story should go. Ironing out those problems took time but the end result is a version of the story far better than anything we had previously envisioned.<\/p>\n

As of the time of writing this post we have a clear idea for what the plot is and how it should go, and we\u2019re taking steps so that we can restart production in a more formal way instead of keep doing things like in the days of VA-11 Hall-A<\/em> where we did things as they came. More control means easier planning of a schedule which will be crucial if we want to accomplish all the big things that we want to do with N1RV Ann-A<\/em> both in and out of the game.<\/p>\n

However, you may be wondering, \u201cWhy change the date to [when it\u2019s done] instead of giving a clear one if you intend to have a tighter schedule?\u201d The reason is that due to all these uprootings of the project, it has effectively been reset on many fronts. There\u2019s much to be done before we can have any sort of public estimates. Date announcements or announcements of any kind for that matter probably won\u2019t happen until we\u2019re at the final stretch of the project. However, rather than go fully radio silent we intend to use stricter planning to be able to be more transparent during development and provide regular updates on the state of the project; it\u2019s just the release date that will be undisclosed for a while.<\/p>\n

Did the other projects cannibalize N1RV Ann-A<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A question this may bring to mind is, \u201cWait, you mentioned other projects. Did those cannibalize N1RV Ann-A<\/em>?\u201d Not really. Sukeban Games now consists of at least six people and we have enough resources to subcontract duties as needed. One of said projects was even started on the side during the period where I wouldn\u2019t relent control of the code, a period where no progress in N1RV Ann-A<\/em> could be made outside of myself because I was effectively holding it hostage and people gotta keep themselves busy.<\/p>\n

Even with at least two side projects in parallel, we have enough breathing room where N1RV Ann-A<\/em> won\u2019t be compromised by a lack of attention. I\u2019m technically the head writer and planner of this project and only this project, so during this planning phase no resources are being diverted away from N1RV Ann-A<\/em>. When the time comes to move to another stage of development we can focus our resources accordingly depending on the current stage of each project. It\u2019s our utmost interest that we don\u2019t spread ourselves too thin.<\/p>\n

And personally the last few months I\u2019ve been learning how to pace myself in order to get back into work habits that aren\u2019t dependent on periods of crunch and burnout but rather steady and constant work. After all, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link and this link needs to pick up the pace.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

N1RV Ann-A<\/em> is planned for release on PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/i>Sal Romano<\/span><\/p>\n

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