What an interesting week!

First things first. The Plain Sight gamma test - what’s happened to it? Were we just making it all up ? Was it all a sham?

No, it really isn’t -it’s just a bit complicated…

Firstly, as you may have seen on the interwebs (RockPaperShotgun/ TigSource/Develop), Channel 4 are commissioning indies to make games for them.

We are one of the lucky few that are working on a 12 month contract for
C4 to make something 12000% awesome.

Frankly, it’s the best gig in the world and we’re all chuffed about it.

However, it has meant that work on Plain Sight has had to take a back seat.

At first we thought this would be ok. We honestly thought it was 99% done. But, on the run up to the Gamma, we had a nasty shock - it still needs a bit of work. Since we started work on the C4 contract 2 months ago PS development has slowed greatly. This, frankly, is unacceptable.

So, what are we going to do?

Firstly, we’re building up the Plain Sight team so the project is running at full speed. As you may or may not know, Plain Sight is also hitting the consoles next year. This means that the quality bar for the PC version has been raised significantly. After all, who wants to splash out £10 on a PC game to find the console version is the same price and better? Although the console and PC versions will be quite different animals, we still want to keep our original fanbase happy. So, yeah, the wait is infuriating but it’ll really be worth it in the end.

What’s next? Well, we’re having a closed beta to test out what we’ve got. I’ll start a thread in the forums, just slap your name down and we’ll get back to you asap.

All the hard work is done, we’re now just adding stuff we think is awesome—which is the real joy of game development.

Discuss!

So it’s true, game developers don’t just sit all day laughing at people’s comments on their forum. :p

C4 thing sounds interesting. Or will it become a reality TV show, where viewers can see you break as the deadline approaches?

wow 12000% of awesome :o Thats enough to break my awesom-o-meter!

Also why would the console version be “better”? Isn’t it just going to be like a port? I’d still prefer the PC version anyway, mainly due to the fact that I don’t own a console :p

I sure as hell hope not!  I’m gonna go check the toilet for hidden cameras… :eek:

Congrats on the nabbing the CH4 gig and it’s reassuring to see you want to reinvigorate PS’s momentum.  I’ll be a participant in the PS Beta if you’ll have me.  :cool:

/slaps his name on the forums as he is told to do

this is me slapping my name down. been so long since i played Plain Sight…hopefully my pc wont still be screwed up for the next version

KER-SLAP.

I will kill myself if I don’t get into the beta. SLAP!

Apparently, none of you noticed Robin saying there will be a thread made FOR you to “slap your name down” in.

why make another thread when there’s one here already? :p

[quote author=“Flame Sprite;2848”]why make another thread when there’s one here already? :p

Believe me, dude, signing here won’t help you much. :p

Actually there’s already a thread for beta signing up, which Robin opened some minutes after posting this news update.

So what is this “just adding stuff we think is awsome”? Any new tricks up your sleeve? :p

[quote author=“soad667;2849”]Believe me, dude, signing here won’t help you much. :p

Actually there’s already a thread for beta signing up, which Robin opened some minutes after posting this news update.

I didn’t see it til just now. Apparently some crazy people were posting in another thread more D:

Consider my name SLAPPED!!

EL-SLAP-O!!

Most excited :p