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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 7540227" data-attributes="member: 177">Here's the thing:&nbsp; Game designers are generally not, by training or inclination, project managers.&nbsp; And humans are very, very bad at estimating how long things take, or how many things might go wrong.One kickstarter I backed recently you can see is plagued by standard project slowdown stuff.&nbsp; The kickstarter was successful beyond their wildest dreams.&nbsp; So, now they have to handle more orders than expected, by maybe an order of magnitude.&nbsp; So, they're moving to a new workshop.&nbsp; Then they are getting new equipment.&nbsp; Then, they are finding that the new equipment (which is like, industrial-grade printers that literally weigh a ton) cannot be safely put in the new workshop until some major work is done to make the workshop floor level.&nbsp; It is like a comedy of errors.&nbsp; I can understand a desire to know *why* things are delayed - but do note that the reasons are usually highly embarrassing and make it look like they don't know what you're doing, so you are unlikely to get the reasons spelled out, especially if you are not a customer.&nbsp; If we, as consumers, weren't going to be so critical of failing to hit deadlines for our 100% luxury entertainment items, maybe they'd talk more.&nbsp; But, we aren't, so, they usually don't.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 7540227, member: 177"] Here's the thing: Game designers are generally not, by training or inclination, project managers. And humans are very, very bad at estimating how long things take, or how many things might go wrong. One kickstarter I backed recently you can see is plagued by standard project slowdown stuff. The kickstarter was successful beyond their wildest dreams. So, now they have to handle more orders than expected, by maybe an order of magnitude. So, they're moving to a new workshop. Then they are getting new equipment. Then, they are finding that the new equipment (which is like, industrial-grade printers that literally weigh a ton) cannot be safely put in the new workshop until some major work is done to [i]make the workshop floor level[/i]. It is like a comedy of errors. I can understand a desire to know *why* things are delayed - but do note that the reasons are usually highly embarrassing and make it look like they don't know what you're doing, so you are unlikely to get the reasons spelled out, especially if you are not a customer. If we, as consumers, weren't going to be so critical of failing to hit deadlines for our 100% luxury entertainment items, maybe they'd talk more. But, we aren't, so, they usually don't. [/QUOTE]

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