   Poll Results [7.28.09 - 8.3.09]
  This poll was brought to you by beandog:Q: For the last game project you completed, how long did it take to get from the start of development to the first finished public downloadable?Less than a week----------23----|||--------------------------------5.32%1 week - 1 month----------27----||||-------------------------------6.25%1 month - 6 months--------64----|||||||||||------------------------14.8%6 months - 18 months------45----|||||||----------------------------10.4%More than 18 months-------52----|||||||||--------------------------12%I'm still working on it---221---|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||----51.1%Total Votes: 432If you have a poll idea, send it on in!
  Although the data from the poll could be interpreted to show that a lot of people are working on substantially large projects, in my opinion it's more that people are working on small projects, but inexperience is causing them to take longer to release final versions. Also, the term "final" is left open to interpretation as well. Does "final" mean a gold copy that's been beta-tested and debugged? Or does it mean the game play is completely implemented but the game still needs to be tested and tweaked? My opinion would be the latter version, but I'm sure people's ideas varied.   ;  Or, does it mean that many hobbyists (which might be a substantial percentage of the community around here) don't really care if it ever gets finished? They might just enjoy working on it without any specific goal in mind.   ;Quote:Original post by WanMasterOr, does it mean that many hobbyists (which might be a substantial percentage of the community around here) don't really care if it ever gets finished? They might just enjoy working on it without any specific goal in mind.I think I happily fall into that category.   ;  Also, someone who is only 6 weeks into their 100th project would choose "I'm still working on it" if they've never finished on of their prior 100 projects.  I think that probably represents a lot of the members here :-)   