Developer Bigfoot Posted May 17, 2019 Developer Share Posted May 17, 2019 Hey folks, Just wanted to give you all a quick status update: We are going to delay the launch of Oxygen Not Included for a bit. After working on the final major update for the game we felt that we weren’t quite where we anticipated that we would be. We’re feeling good about the content of this final update and we really think you will like what we have cooking but if we launch as scheduled, the update would not have seen much testing and it’s just not as polished as we (or you) would like. Rather than launch something we’re not feeling great about, we’re just going to hold off a bit. We are moving release to July and we expect to open for testing around the end of June. Our apologies for making you all wait a bit longer and once again, thanks for all your support! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goboking Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 /devestated Don't get me wrong, I'd rather you guys release the game when it's ready as opposed to when it's due, but I've been ticking down the days 'till release for a while now and another 1.5 months of waiting is gonna be soul crushing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenshi Kirai Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 will have a beta to test? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooka Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Open the beta test earlier, so we can help with testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RigoWong Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Take your time for development, we will look forward to the new update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharraShimada Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Better late than bad. We already have too many bad releases these days. Whats a few weeks? As long as no publisher is breething down your neck, forcing you to release, take your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ResettePlayer Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 It's rough that you had to change the date after announcing it with such certainty, but we understand! The ONI team has done such excellent work already, we know you won't let us down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamLogan Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 8 hours ago, Tenshi Kirai said: will have a beta to test? If you read the post, you will have the answer. Thanks Klei to give us some news. It will hard to wait but it's certainly necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beowulf2010 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Bigfoot said: Our apologies for making you all wait a bit longer and once again, thanks for all your support! No problem at all. Thanks for the heads up and loose outline of the plan moving forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypoeffort Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 So what are those biomes? Lets get some patch notes or like some features perhaps? Please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argh223 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 I've been overall* pleased with the updates so far, so I'm sure the wait will be worth it. High quality is more important than an arbitrary date. You guys have been doing well so far. * - here's hoping the extra delay will include replacing the disease super-nerf with something that makes sense again (and is actually properly deadly. [rant aborted, see other threads ]) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerat Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Happy to wait, cheers. Better to do it right than fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7 and 4 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Thanks for not releasing something you are not satisfied with just because of some deadline. I myself could even wait a year. I want as much polish as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseekamy Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 then I will go back to DS Hamlet to fill in the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonEmpire Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 this is good news then. glad you guys are delaying it to ensure the game is more polished and ready for review. Hopefully the late game performance lag issues can be resolved or improved more than it is now. In other news. I'm also glad you guys pulled your game off the Epic Store from that epic sale. Marking the game up for that massive discount cheapens your game. Especially close to launch when people play the game, and translate that to a 'cheap' game. Or other people buying the game later refund the game and decide to 'wait until the price drops to that cheap level again. (using history low price websites) When games are on sale for some historic price low - people tend to not want to buy the game until the game is on sale again for that cheap price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacovf Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Honestly, probably for the best. Personally, I was very surprised when a release date of May or so was announced, because at the rate updates and fixes were coming, it didn't seem like ONI would be up to the usual standards of Klei. A couple more months in the oven sounds about right. Good luck devs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooblender Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Considering the scope of the launch update I suspected at the time that the launch schedule was a little tight. Thanks for keeping us informed. Take all the time you need. The game will be all the better for it. If you need anyone to throw themselves at those pesky black holes in the mean time you know where to find us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lutzkhie Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 I knew it! 3 biomes, new critters, new building in 1 major update is not enough. That is why I said in another post that the preview branch should be 3 weeks long but delaying the launch is also better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flydo Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 I'm sad, waiting for the new biome so bad, but you've probably some reason (and you put in beta for dst, with free stuff so i think you have a lot of work not only on ONI) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lutzkhie Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 So whats coming out after 3 days and a week? maybe part 1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suicide commando Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Nuuuuuu!!! I was thoroughly hyped and was counting the days till release. On the plus side, this will ensure that we'll have a better game WHEN it releases, so that is good. I hope you'll still release some kind of upgrade between now and the final release, so we can help you and give feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pi2 Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Rather have a finished, polished, working game, then not BUT..... can you give us a few hints on what to expect???? You guys at Klei have it so together you should be a model for every other game producer out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToiDiaeRaRIsuOy Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 I'm glad to hear this. The game should be released in the best way possible. If that requires a delay, I'm all for it. Also great to hear you guys will be using the community for testing! Let us join forces to bring out the best final product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minespatch Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Man, klei's been overwhelming themselves... Hope you guys are okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miauly Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 ONI is a great game and if you see that more time is needed to get it to its full potential, then it's really cool for us players that you choose this route. I'd guess you decided to include more changes then planned initially, maybe a polishing touch on existing mechanics or elaborate more on the new ones. Best of luck with implementation and of course with bug hunting and fixing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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