Update ideas: What do you want to see in every update?

I would have thought major enemies in the game will be mainly from the Solomon's Key, which is why I think that it's not really that relevant
But I guess I'm wrong on the steps with the game now since I thought we already cleared all of the planning and such
and lastly, the VA, would have thought that there will be at least a rough testing, which is why I want to know more on the VA

im kinda torn, while the q&a would be nice and community driven, it could cause issues between the devs want to not spoil everything because that months questions were story heavy and could force spoilers, or they dance around it and seem like theyre not being forthcoming when theyre really trying to preserve some measure of discovery for the players

screenshots are nice, and while they are a great medium to convey a lot of different info and insert some good references or injokes, they are an end product, you see the (mostly) finished product but dont get to see the days of work that go into crafting that screenshot, the coding, concept art and concept layouts, the enemy design docs, the research materials, the people surrounded by bits and pieces of the game and whiteboards filled with ideas and code

i dont think the updates should be about playing up the devs too much either, their craft is their mark and putting added stress of playing to the camera all the time on them isnt going to make getting the game done any easier (having an easter egg of the dev team in the finished game though like a haunted studio behind a secret wall in the gallery/theatre area where the devs are tucked away in random partially finished or unusual/injoke paintings (a painting of the back of curry the kids head anyone? >P) with a massive gothic portrait of iga holding one of the secrets you need to find to ultimately duel him would be awesome though)

but i think a balanced approach like theyve been doing is best, show a little of what a normal day to day is around the office (that way people do get to see the less glamorous but infinitely necessary tasks of coding, testing, and discussing what shade of red works best with the lighting engine and color scheme of a particular area), a few screenshots of new areas (or show a progression of a single area from concept sketch to final product over the course of development like they have so far with the castle entrance stage), ideas that either didnt make the cut or were melded into a better idea elsewhere than they were originally made for, bits of how the team and their tasks evolve over the course to be more efficient and will help iga get out the best possible game within a reasonable budget and timeframe, it does mean that not every update will be this visual orgasm of epic proportions (add reverb and echo here) like when they were discussing the different shaders or the e3 demo, but will give all of us a more grounded and realistic view of game dev that while the end product may be epic, there is a ton of hours and passion put in by everyone to make it so and understanding that might even make getting to play the final product that much more epic

Q&A every month is good with a tiny sneak peek here and there

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