Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 8

[EvolvingPhoenix]

@Shannon

1) What are your current planned releases prior to releasing ASC 6G? 

I originally planned to run Maverick until AM7 is released, but I feel like I've reached the point of diminishing returns with Maverick. Also, the inevitable boredom of running a single stage sub has hit me hard lately. Considering it could be as far out as December before the first 6G release, I'll likely shift gears in the interim.

Right now, everything is in a state of flux as I try to get my computer back to a state where I can work.  I am close to just throwing the damned thing in the trash and buying a new one, at this point.  But I cannot know until everything is back to working.  I was looking at building at least three programs, two of which are so far secret and one being Male Enhancement v3.  I'm not sure yet what's going on with any of them, because I cannot run the models without my computer, and the models are what I rely on to tell me whether ME is going to be worth building at this stage or if the other two are good options for right now.

But if you're getting diminishing returns from Maverick, it's probably time to switch things up.

2) Are you planning to publicly state the goal of the alpha test 6G pre-release program? I'm curious as to what that goal might be and if you're looking to recruit testers.

The goals of the alpha and beta test programs for 6G were not planned for public release because these programs are probably not going to be publicly released.  They're also not solidified yet, because of all the disruption going on right now. I have a few titles that have been suggested, but have been dealing with computer failure every waking moment shy of eating, sleeping and showering since it started.

The ideal goal is going to be something useful to the widest possible audience of testers, and that rules out entirely my usual go-to goals for experimentals.  If I am going to test 6G in the shortest amount of time and iterations, I need to know it works for every age group from about 5 years old and up.  It also has to be something that can show results quickly, and is obvious enough to be easily detected for reporting.  I'm still working on the computer situation, but the titles for the pre-release 6G testing are undecided.  Any suggestions are welcome.

I may need some new testers, though.

How about a vision correction sub? That could be useful for ages 5+ and the results could be easily measurable I would think.