AwesomeKHfan 1,250 Posted December 2, 2015 https://forum.finalfantasyxv.com/discussion/816/development-info-about-ffxv-pre-beta#latest From the official FF15 website Kitade-san who is one of the FFXV programmers wrote a message on the Japanese side of the forum to explain a little bit more about the pre-beta stage of developement. You can read the original message in Japanese here and below is the official English translation ===== Nice to meet you all, My name is Kitade Satoshi and I am a programmer. I am mainly responsible for maintaining the development environment for FFXV. Today I would like to explain some more about the pre-beta version of the game that we talked about on Twitter a little while ago. The term “pre-beta version” refers to the product of development on FFXV that was put together in October this year. We have managed to achieve two things with this pre-beta: 1.) We have managed to get the game in a state where you can play the whole thing through from the opening to the ending. By doing this, all the dev. staff are now able to get a shared impression of the overall game. In short, we can now say that we have done the groundwork for finishing all the different areas of content in the game and the overall product itself to a high standard, polishing up each individual element and fine tuning the gameplay. There are mechanics and elements that are still undergoing testing and are not implemented in the release code yet, but making it possible for all the dev. staff to grasp an overall image of the game is very important for the next stage of the development process. As a programmer, I am now in a situation where I can concentrate on the process of optimization and will be pulling out all the stops to get the appeal of the finished product across to people as much as possible. 2.) We have polished the first half of the game to final retail quality and established the final feel of the gameplay. By doing this we have been able to extrapolate how much work will be necessary in order to bring all aspects of the game, including the feel of the gameplay and the standard of the visuals, up to the final quality level we envisage. At the same time we have been able to check how actual players will approach playing the game and the pace of their play by inviting valuable players from outside the company in for focus testing. We have entered the final phase of development now, where the technology and people’s feelings and intuition come together, and this is where the programmers can really show their stuff. You can expect great things from us! ===== One thing to note is that game development is very complicated and there's still quite a lot of work needed to be done on FFXV but the team are making good progress https://forum.finalfantasyxv.com/discussion/813/%E9%96%8B%E7%99%BA%E6%83%85%E5%A0%B1-ffxv%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%CE%B2%E7%89%88%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A4%E3%81%84%E3%81%A6 5 Trece the Xam ( ▀ ͜͞ʖ▀), KHLegendIII, zeeshank22 and 2 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingdomHearts3 2,591 Posted December 2, 2015 Hot darn. So the entire thing is done. All they need to do is polish it up what's left and put in some small stuff. That basically is what Nomura told us with KH3: the groundwork is done and so there are other things that need to be put in. 1 Trece the Xam ( ▀ ͜͞ʖ▀) reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Power Jusho 1,783 Posted December 2, 2015 So, I'm guessing a summer or fall release Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sora96 17,256 Posted December 2, 2015 So, I'm guessing a summer or fall release Well there isn't much else on offer. Haha. Hot darn. So the entire thing is done. All they need to do is polish it up what's left and put in some small stuff. That basically is what Nomura told us with KH3: the groundwork is done and so there are other things that need to be put in. Wrong. Groundwork is early stuff. KH3 is far from this stage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingdomHearts3 2,591 Posted December 2, 2015 (edited) Wrong. Groundwork is early stuff. KH3 is far from this stage. Well alright then. Thanks for pointing me out bluntly (not really). Ugh... how long for the groundwork to be done? (don't answer that, it's rhetorical) Edited December 2, 2015 by KingdomHearts3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheKingdomkid 1,194 Posted December 2, 2015 Well then I'm expecting the Release Date event that's happening in March for this game to say "It's gonna come out tomorrow!!!" yeah I know that's not gonna happen, but having half of the game done it's pretty nice so they should have an actual gameplay trailer to show at Jump Festa or something!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trece the Xam ( ▀ ͜͞ʖ▀) 3,859 Posted December 2, 2015 Hot darn. So the entire thing is done. All they need to do is polish it up what's left and put in some small stuff. That basically is what Nomura told us with KH3: the groundwork is done and so there are other things that need to be put in. That "small stuff" does take quite a bit of time too, trust me XDD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sorarocks93 678 Posted December 2, 2015 Nice, can't wait! BTW when is the 2.0 demo going to come out again? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KingdomHearts3 2,591 Posted December 2, 2015 That "small stuff" does take quite a bit of time too, trust me XDD Heh heh, yeah you're right. Then it isn't so "small" after all. 1 Trece the Xam ( ▀ ͜͞ʖ▀) reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hero of Winds 2,576 Posted December 3, 2015 Nice, can't wait! BTW when is the 2.0 demo going to come out again? I was aware the 2.0 demo was an update to the demo for owners of it already. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
