Hey everyone. The silence as of late must be killing some of you and I wanted to fill everyone in on what’s been happening behind the scenes. I can assure you that whenever things go cold and silent around here it’s because there is a flurry of hardcore development happening.
The WorldWorks Online Store
I can appreciate what must be a frustrating wait for some of you (it is for me as well believe it or not). I was contacted by my store developer today in fact with a brief update. Apparently his “family situation” took a turn for the worse and he hasn’t touched store development for the last two weeks. This is a frustrating setback but sometimes life likes to sprinkle chaos into the cake mix for whatever reason. I have been given assurances that things are resuming this week. My thoughts go out to him and his family. If things remain problematic for him by the 14th I will be jumping to a new developer. I’m really sorry for the delay.
Rezolution
My silence over the past few days is due to some heavy development (and a Feb 11th deadline) on Rezolution. The retail models I’m working on for the set are turning out great and I’m dying to show you guys what I’ve been up to. Unfortunately I can’t reveal certain elements of Rezolution until March.
CityWorks: Urban Mayhem
“CityWorks: Urban Mayhem” is in parallel development with Rezolution and a large part of the first release is already complete. After this Friday 11th I will be bouncing back to full-on development on Urban Mayhem and should have the first release ready for you before months end. That also means that promotional photos will start to leak out of the studio and onto the forum
FirstLight Expansion
From Paul, the “SpaceWorks: First Light” expansion is coming along nicely. He’s added some really cool elements to the set and pushed the oooohhh and aaahhh factor with some groundbreakers
No exact release date is set but he seems to be working at a steady pace. Some models are already in Beta so, sooooooon.
The Streets of Himmelveil
Believe it or not there is development happening on the Himmelveil front. We have a new and very capable model designer assigned to the task (more on him soon!). I have seen the floor plans for the first set and I think it will make many of you VERY happy. More information is coming.
Succession
The next installment of the Eye of Cappellasis trilogy “Succession” is in the editing and art-tweaking phase. Rodney and Amanda are just working out the final touches. Should be finished up soon.
The Near Future Roadmap
Once we have these primary releases finished up things will smooth out a bit and releases will tighten up (or at least that’s the plan). There is no end in sight with our new grand approach to model set development. Because releases will be smaller and more focused this affords me (and everyone else) the ability to jump around between all model set genres. I’m dying to get my feet wet in modern but I will jump back into fantasy frequently (oh, do I have some ideas!). This frequent “genre hoping” should create a fruitful environment here at WorldWorks over the next few months.
Anyway…I need to get back to it! Talk to you soon.
Denny
Glad for the progress update Denny, tho I wasn't worried in the least 