They would tell us if Nova was canceled, right?

I just thought the idea of a forum community that does not realize that their reason for existing no longer exists to be kind of funny in a dark and twisted way.

My guess is that Nova hasn't been given the green light yet.

I'll go Boundless Optimism on this one and say I am confident that Nova is still under development. However it is entirely inappropriate that the level of communication is so bad right now. Goes to show that some things never change.

Which begs another question: is there such a thing as too much communication? No Man's Sky being a big example, because lots of communication + changing plans = "false promises".

In the case of NMS not only did they state X and Y features were going to be in the game, but they then fell completely silent after those features were cut.

Again, it all comes back to communicating well.

A blog explaining why these specific features did not make it in at launch would have gone a long way. Cap the blog off with a "It's something we are working on and still want to do*, if the feature is possible in the near term or "We are shelving this in favor of other features that we can implement more quickly" if in the long term.

Oh, and stop Sean Murray from ever speaking to the press again. Spend the money to hire a community manager that knows what they are doing.

I doubt the suits would have let them say anything other than how launch would be sunshine and rainbows.

Some people dont understand the concept of "Under Development" or "Work In Progress , Dont Disturb" smh . (-_-) sigh.

At the end of the day, regardless of what anyone at CCP Shanghai is thinking or could want, they have no authority to communicate with us about anything involving development. As far as we know, that all has to be approved by the Reykjavik office in all cases.

I mean, we could always try doing another Twitter campaign? The last one certainly didn't hurt.

So in this thread Fox posed the following...

I began to ponder this: Would CCP tell us if Nova was canceled?

CCP keeps the DUST forums operational at the moment so eventually they would have to shut them down, but would they owe us an explanation for why the forums are being taken offline for good? Not necessarily. By canceling Nova they would effectively be ending DUST in the mid-to-long term. Why worry about the community if you are dissolving the project?

The question then becomes: Is there precedent for CCP not communicating intent with us? Yes, there are several. We're living in a perfect example of CCP's subpar ability to communicate intent right now. CCP Rattati and Frame have not discussed anything with the community, provided even minor updates on Project Nova, or done so much as say hello. The last post from CCP Frame, our SENIOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPER, was over two months ago.

EDIT: Found one from 6/29. Right at two months ago.

Following this topic to a conclusion of sorts...

Is Project Nova canceled? If so, can CCP please let us know the reason?
If not, can CCP please let us know how the project is going? Some Work In Progress images, prototype game mechanics, pre-alpha map designs would be nice to see.

So what else they could be occupy with?

What "suits"? Hello Games is a small indie developer being lead by Sean Murray. If anything he is the aforementioned "suit".

Investors, as well as Sony.
Especially Sony, really.
Just because they're indie devs doesn't mean they don't answer to anyone.

Murray is, at least in part, culpable for the gale of hype. Sony, whose successful video game division is dedicated to funding and nurturing game development talent, offered Hello Games financial support. Murray turned down the funding, instead requesting a prime segment during the Japanese companyGÇÖs E3 2014 press conference.

Hello Games is privately owned. In this interview about a month before launch confirms Hello Games has not taken money from Sony.
So they accepted a nice bit of advertising at E3, but no cash.

Hello Games' current pisspoor state of communication is not the fault of some diabolic executive board or heartless investors. It's their own damn fault.

So in this thread Fox posed the following...

I began to ponder this: Would CCP tell us if Nova was canceled?

CCP keeps the DUST forums operational at the moment so eventually they would have to shut them down, but would they owe us an explanation for why the forums are being taken offline for good? Not necessarily. By canceling Nova they would effectively be ending DUST in the mid-to-long term. Why worry about the community if you are dissolving the project?

The question then becomes: Is there precedent for CCP not communicating intent with us? Yes, there are several. We're living in a perfect example of CCP's subpar ability to communicate intent right now. CCP Rattati and Frame have not discussed anything with the community, provided even minor updates on Project Nova, or done so much as say hello. The last post from CCP Frame, our SENIOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPER, was over two months ago.

EDIT: Found one from 6/29. Right at two months ago.

Following this topic to a conclusion of sorts...

Is Project Nova canceled? If so, can CCP please let us know the reason?
If not, can CCP please let us know how the project is going? Some Work In Progress images, prototype game mechanics, pre-alpha map designs would be nice to see.

I am still alive folks. Just been an interesting couple of weeks. Still plugging away on maps though. =)

Having great convos with @CCP_LogicLoop and the rest of the #ProjectNova team about maps and other stuff. Lots of ideas = 1 happy dust bunny

Some people dont want transparency with their game developers smh tbh AF fam.

Which begs another question: is there such a thing as too much communication? No Man's Sky being a big example, because lots of communication + changing plans = "false promises".

An example of lots of communication going on right now is Chronicles of Elyria
It's in deep alpha right now, but there are still weekly updates where the developers are saying exactly what every team is working on.

Although right now, they're putting a ton of emphasis on being transparent (for example, stating issues that they're having) as well as being obnoxiously faithful to their "original claims"- wasting time slightly changing a model to make it better match its concept art.

Time will tell how that goes.

I mean LogicLoop posted a sketch of a map he did with a pen on a napkin and people LOVED it. It doesn't take much....it just takes a little something.