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January 9, 2014 | Dukus | 294 Comments

Yesterday was interesting an interesting day, and one like no other in the last few years.

I had finished the in-game help and finalized the tutorials earlier this week.

So the first thing I did when I woke up was to speel check all the text in the game. (See, that's funny!) I then wrote the credits, which were a bit short. I stopped full screen resolutions under 640 pixels wide from being switched to, even if the hardware supports it. I fixed a small bug with the main toolbar when the user interface was scaled. I looked over some minor balancing issues that have been nagging me.

Then I turned off asserts, (those are debug checks to make sure everything is running properly, but tend to slow things down) and then I made a build of the game.

And then I didn't have anything else to do. And that's a strange feeling.

Well - there are things to do - just not in the changing code, art, or data departments. There might still be minor bugs, there might be crashes that haven't been found. But today I'm calling the game content complete. Banished is done, and so without any further delay,

Banished will be released on

February 18, 2014

I know I can be quoted as saying that I wanted the game released in January, but over the holidays I ended up taking some time off from development, and apparently writing full in-game help takes far longer than you might expect.

Testing progress has been slow over the holiday season, so the current build will be tested until release, checking everything I've touched in the last month and a half - the final tutorials, help system, and minor code and balancing tweaks. Just to be sure things are in working order.

Ah, I remember when I quit my job and thought I could make a game in one year. It took three times as long, but it was definitely worth it, and the process was really satisfying!

Cheers!

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294 comments on “Yesterday...”

  5. Congratulations on a final release date. I think I can safely say that we all look forward to finally seeing the fruits of your labor come to be.

  6. OMG! A release date! Awesome news!
    I cant wait to get my hands on this game!

    Ive been following your blog during development for quite a while now.

    Its been a facinating read to see the game progressing as much as it has...

    I will miss these updates once the game is released

  8. Yaay! Your journey so far has been an inspiration to me!

    Congrats on making it! Looking forward to buying and playing the game!!

  11. Congrats and woot! So excited for you and this game, I have been waiting and watching with much excitment!

  12. Congratulation!

    That's really great news! What are your plans now? Are you going to start another game or take holidays (not from work but from game making)?

  16. Congrats! You made my day even better! First I bought Tekken 3 and Colin Mcray rally 2 for PSX for ā‚¬4 in total, made my first big house in Rust (started playing yesterday) and now this. 2014 is going to be awesome!

  18. Well it looks great and I can't wait to get my hands on it as well as send you some feedback. Congrats on completion.

  21. Wow congrats!! It's been a long three years for you, even though my pc most probably can't run this game I'll still buy and support your product. I wish you could port the game to ps4/xb1 though. Cheers

  28. I started reading this thinking it was another post about some interesting bugs / effects that took place yesterday. I got down to the section about "turned off asserts" when I noticed the text was a bit different further down... it was centered and in bold... it was a date. My heart skipped, could it really be... yes just above it there was "Banished will be released on". I couldn't believe it... we have a release date!!!!!!

    Our long wait is nearly over...

  30. February 18, 2014 - the day I will disappear. Note to myself - notify my girlfriend about that so she wouldn't call the police.

    Also... Finally. I have been waiting for almost two years.
    Congratulations, Luke.

  33. There is no greater test than the real world. Bring it on, and we'll handle the rest -- real suggestions and bug reports, oh my!

  35. Excellent, now I just have to come up with ingenious ways to fill in my spare time until then.

  37. Very nice! Thanks again for all the hard work, I will be counting the days until the release!

  43. Congratulations on finishing! Now we have a little over 5 weeks to wait. Here's hoping the game is everything you hoped it would be and things work out well for you!

  44. People on the internet who take a later release date than first mentioned very good? What kind of sorcery is this?!

    Nice job!

  46. I guess I will be taking a few days off that week !!! I'm so happy for you, AND all of the fanatics who can finally relax !!

  50. Congrats! It's been great following your blog and progress, looking forward to the rest of the story.

  53. TY for the release date... Now PLS tell us how much we need to pay! Any discount for pre-Ordering?

  54. It is great great and great once more. I can not afford games right now but I can and I will send you best wishes for sales and I hope I will be able to see at least some gameplays on YT at least to enjoy your game from second hand. Good luck.

  55. Very happy to hear this. You have every right to be proud of yourself, and I look forward to buying and enjoying your game.

  58. Ok great. I marked the day in my calendar. Took off work. Where am I buying this at? This website? STEAM? I must know this ahead of time so as to not waste a minute. Will it be a midnight release?

  61. Congratulations for finishing your baby. This game has generated a bit of hype within my circle of friends and we are all lookign forward to it!

  63. Heartfelt congratulations! It's been a pleasure to watch you bring this game together, and I have little doubt it will be an absolute pleasure to play too.

    To come to a point in a day when it dawns on you that you have nothing left to do. What an incredible thought! I hope that happens to me some day šŸ™‚

  64. Congrats Luke! Amazing, that feeling of having nothing to do seems really weird but also funny.

  66. Well done. A rl friend and I have been following your progress closely and we look forward to playing your game.
    Best of luck with this venture and any more you may have in the future.

  67. Excellent news - updated my own site with the release date šŸ™‚
    Any chance of a demo version we can get our teeth into?

  68. Will we be able to pre-order it or do I have to attempt to manage my finances?

    Also what's the price going to be?

  69. I cannot even imagine how satisfying it must be to have a finished release build of your own game. One that is yours and no one elses.

    Make sure you do some celebrating with the portion of sales that makes up my and my circle of friends' contributions to your sales. Cheers!

  73. I've been following Banished for the last 10 months, so happy to see a release date!

    I am deeply impressed that you finished this game while keeping us up to date on the blog. The posts are really a pleasure to read. Great work.

  76. Nice, looking forward to trying the game. It's been great to follow the process all the way.

    Will there be preorder and do we buy directly here on the page or what?

  77. Congratulations!

    As I developer I found your posts very educational and as a gamer I'm excited about the prospect of trying the game! Looking forward to the Linux version.

  78. Congratulation!
    Me and my friends are looking forward to the release. I hope to see more like this in the future.

  79. Absolutely excited for you. I've been following your blogs and status updates for a while now and am very excited to reward all your time with some cash. Congratulations!

  80. Please allow preorders on Steam now. Pretty please! I have a pile of cash burning a hole in my pocket, and I don't know whether I will still have it in mid-February. šŸ™‚

  82. although I've only been waiting for this game for a month or two I'm glad I only have about one more month to go to play a proper single player city building game

  87. I shouldn't have laughed at speel check but I did.. good on ya. Congrats' on the completion of your project, can't wait to play it!

  90. CONGRATULATIONS! I'm so excited for you and, let's be honest, me - I've been going crazy waiting to play your incredible work of art.

  91. Another eager potential player chiming in to say congratulations! I can't wait to explore your game.

  92. CONGRATULATIONS! A wonderful news. Now decide the price, put it on Steam page and allow preorders! šŸ™‚

  98. CONGRATULATIONS!!
    I've been following VERY intently since I read about it somewhere on the internet a year or so ago (where exactly escapes me) and only have a couple questions:
    When can I throw my money at you for a copy??!
    Will this be on steam? (hoping not for reasons I don't want to get into.)
    And finally, are you going to take a vacation when it finally pays off??

  99. CONGRATULATIONS!!
    I've been following VERY intently since I read about it somewhere on the internet a year or so ago (where exactly escapes me) and only have a couple questions:
    How much money will I have to throw at you for a copy??!
    Will this be on steam? (hoping not for reasons I don't want to get into. But still hoping it is so you can get some exposure. Maybe a steam version and a no-DRM version?)
    And finally, where are you going to take a vacation now that it's finally paid off??

  100. Sorry for double post...seems the post still went through even after I stopped the page loading...Embarrased.

  101. That's awesome news! Congradulations on completing the game and I can't wait to try it. I've recently found out about the game (3 months ago) and I couldn't wait to try it. It looks amazing and I love games like that. If you do end up building an expansion pack that adds military stuff. Like adding guards to be like the police and they would keep the peace and protect your people from enemies from abroad and your storehouse from thieves within your city and from other lands. I think that would be really cool and I would definelty be interested in that. You don't have to go all out, just small things like that, that would add a twist to the game. That would be awesome:) but for now, it's a great game and I can't wait to play it. Thank you!!

  102. Hell yeah brother! Good work. Im sitting here listening to Harry Nilsson and just read through this post. What a great feeling. Can't wait for the 18th!

  103. Congrats Luke! Thank you for all your hard work! Hope it pays off for you, im sure it will. Really excited for this game.

  104. Really happy to see this. After all the challenges its 's finally done and we can get our hands on it.

    Well done!

  105. I'm not very good in management (micromanagement) game but to honor your dedication i'll buy it anyway.

    People like you deserve to be compensated for their efforts.

  107. Have been following your posts for a year also, and congrats!!! Looking forward to the big day!

  110. Congratulations mate!
    I have been following Banished for a long time.
    Cant wait till 18 Feb (more like 19th cos of time zone).

  112. Excuse the language. Could be an over exertion of excited and eagerness showing through but HELL TO THE F*** YES!! Definitely looking forward to it.

  115. I can't wait for the release date. I have read about your game about a year ago at rockpapershotgun and have followed the progress eagerly since then!

    Congratulations on the finished project and you deserve some time off BEFORE the game comes out! (Think a lot of Bugs and tweaks after release! :D)

  117. i cant wait for release i am just wondering what price you will be selling then i can keep the money seperate

  118. Congratulations! I've been keeping my eye on this game ever since RPS published an article about it, I'm glad that the release is soon upon us! Can't wait to play it!

  120. Congratulations! I'm working on a project myself so I know the pain in quiting a job and it taking literally years more than expected. It's just a shame that the game isn't coming out for the 13th or 14th, it'd be nice to get as a gift for my girlfriend as she's dying to play! šŸ˜€

  122. Congrats! I've been following your work since christmas 2012, I think and it has been a joy to follow your progress and can't wait to get a copy of Banished šŸ™‚ Job well done! You got my money on release day.

  123. Grate news! You have my money at 18th. Big step for You so please take my best wishes for future.

  127. From what i've seen in videos i think this game can go far,
    best of luck with the release.

  128. GRATZ LUKE! Seriously, congratulations...couldn't be happier for you! and us, of course, as end-users!

    Take care, and enjoy what will soon be a crapload of success!

    pat!

  129. Congratulations man, our best wishes was with you along the process...

    I hope it takes you where you imagined.

    Also everyones learned lots of important 'life lessons' from your blog. Not just technical facts, but sentimental.

  130. Congratulations, you will be rewarded many times over with this game. It looks fantastic, and I can't wait to get my paws on it.

  131. Awesome! Been keeping an eye out for this one! And its releasing right on my birthday. Hopefully I can scrounge some money together to pick it up.

  132. Don't forget to make worth this 3 years long of work. Charge us with a price that matches your effort. Congratulations man!

  133. This is great news for everyone, now I can stop coming to this website like 3 times a day praying for a release date šŸ™‚

  137. wow looking forward to playing this game been lurking for a while now and getting excited

  139. What the hell? It was supposed to be released 1 month ago? Do you know what is a patch sir?

  143. Well, I'll certainly buy it. I hope, you make enough money from it to make it worth having worked on it for three years.

  145. Congrats! I know release is still a little over a month away but that must be an amazing feeling. I'll look forward to spending hours on end playing with your baby (I made myself feel dirty there). As soon as I can purchase on steam you will have my money.

    Thanks for your dedication to your craft over the last few years with Banished. Let's hope you make a tidy profit.

  146. I've been taking a looksy over at this website here every now and then. The game looked great to me since it first caught my eye. The sheer effort that went into this is daunting and no small feat! Gz, buying it the day it's released šŸ™‚

  148. I have been waiting eagerly and in anticipation for this šŸ™‚ Congratulations

    Can't wait...want it now lol

  149. C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S!

    I was going to say to you and your team, but then again, you are the team. Job well done, I am sure you will be well rewarded for your stirling efforts.

  152. Awesome news! Can't wait for then šŸ™‚ My partner and I will probably both buy copies, and if you had Mac support I know 2 others that are dying to play it but don't own PC's. Bring on the 18th!

  153. Awesome, thanks for a release date and a little about the process to create it!

    I am curious how long it took you to complete Banished. Did I read that it took 3 years somewhere? It looks great!

  154. Well done Luke, this has been a terrific journey for us "watchers" as well. Look forward to many hours of enjoyment in-game.

  155. wowowowowowoowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowoowowowowowowowowowowowowwo!!!

  156. OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

  158. I only discovered your game a few days ago but instantly thought " wow I need to play this! " so I subscribed to your blog, the very first post is that you've now finished the game! congrats! I wish you good luck with sales!!

  159. this will be the second game that i will actually pay money for, the last 5 years.
    (i bought mount and blade)
    You seem to have done a great job, congrats.

  161. Congratulations! The wait is almost over šŸ™‚
    Now just need to add it to Steam pre-orders so we can pay you šŸ˜›

  168. Great news. I look forward to playing the game at last. Hopefully the reviews will be very positive and result in strong sales. Thank goodness the modern review sites have realised that home grown titles are alive, well and worthy of praise because they are sometimes better than the multi-million dollar AAA titles from the big publishers.

  171. Awesome! My buddy and I are working on an indie game project and your works and blog have been informative and inspirational. We can't wait to give you our money and to follow in your footsteps!

  172. Question for someone in the "business:"

    Why February 18th? I understand the amount of time (a month~) to make sure things are working...but why that date? Games/movies always seem to be released on a Friday or a Tuesday...and that's a Tuesday, what gives?

  174. Congratulations! I've cleared my calendar for the night of February 18th! I can't wait to play (:

  176. Don't forget this wonderful feeling! It's a dream come true which I am very jealous of. Congrats on making an awesome game which will be enjoyed my many many people. Thanks for all your efforts and good luck in your future developments šŸ™‚

  183. Almost there, almost there...
    A bit sad that it had to be delayed - but more of an "awww, gotta wait a bit longer" kind of sad.

    Better to wait for a proper release then have a rushed release on time though.
    Can't wait. You'll have my money for this!

  184. Oh wow!
    After following this for so long I finally can try it myself.
    And with enough time between now and the release to finish some other games, great!

  187. Great news! Can't wait to play it! Can you release a Demo version for us before the release date?

  188. Awesome news! I've been around for a long while lurking your website, and I can't wait to play this šŸ™‚

  194. So I just bumped into this game on vg247.com. Is there some sort of free mode so we can build freely in a large world?

  195. Oh my god. It's been nearly a year since I saw this game for the first time. Looks so bloody good, I simply can't wait to get playing!

  198. Oh my GOD... I cannot wait till the day! I'm sure I'm gonna love this game for a long time and knowing how much work was put in it makes me want it even more. Congratulations for your achievement!

  199. Yaay!!!

    Im gonna play this alot on my youtube channel and talk to everybody about it!

    Hope you don't sue me!!!

    xD

  200. Man, I was hoping this to be the game that held over to February, lol! Oh well, February just got another game added to the budget.

  203. Congratulations!

    Cannot wait till I get the game.Been following your progress for about a year now. I found out about this game on Reddit a long time ago.

    Woot, woot!

  204. Fantastic news. Eagerly anticipating the release now for months. Please put out another post when you have the price finalised and if we can get it direct from you as well as via Steam.

  205. Oh'boy!!! Congratulations, Lets hope Steam's servers will be running smoothly on the 8th. There might be a spike šŸ™‚

  206. Following your development since Januar 2013 and never posting anithing I now cant hold back šŸ™‚

    Congratulations!!
    I hope our feedback will enjoy you, I'm shure it'll be more than you think. šŸ˜‰

    Onwards! That there won't be anny further Bugs! Nasty little fellows...

  211. Congratulations!

    And now, unsolicited advice:
    During the next few weeks, I highly recommend writing plenty of blog posts. At least one per week. They don't need to be on any particular part of the game, the idea is that you're putting out current, "this is what the release will look like" posts that people can share about. At the bottom of each and every post, have the release date in nice big letters, hopefully with a little information about where to go and how to pay on release day.

    Marketing is a pain, but informative blog posts are among the least painful to do.

  213. Well, we have a release date.

    Now the question becomes, do we get to pre-order, and if so, when do we get to place them and how?

  214. Congratulations on finishing your project. You know what they say, a program always takes 3x longer than expected to truly complete. I'll be looking forward to purchasing your game. All the best.

  217. Congrats man! I seriously look forward to spending the rest of my days playing this game! I really hope you put out some more vids on your youtube channel, must have watched all of them at least 20 times now :p

  218. Those extra long one word posts are breaking formatting. I think the usual way to stop that is insert inside long strings of characters without spaces or something.
    Also please stop making email required, I just fill in with fake stuff.

  220. Iā€™m curious about the turning off of asserts. While I work on compilers/devtools and not games, asserts have proven to be a huge help in improving the quality of the product (and are easier to deal with than raw crash reports). Is the motivation purely to improve frame rates? How much of a hit do you take with assertions enabled?

  222. Sdad I can't wait for the day someone sues you. How pathetic you have to be to write that here?

  223. Totally chuffed to finally play your game! Been following this for a good long while. Wishing you loads of success!

  225. Glad to read that you finished your game Luke,congratulation.

    I wish you success with your game;i think it'll be,really.

    Ara

  227. Congratulations Luke! I hope you can admit yourself a good pat on the back in light of all the effort you've put into this. I've loved reading all of your devlog posts and am looking forward to trying out the final product. I even tipped of a few gaming news sites to see if they'd cover your release date!

    And for those wondering, Banished already has a Steam entry that even approximates the game's release time: http://store.steampowered.com/app/242920/

  228. Congrats well done !

    From the look of this game i think you have set yourself up nicely as a self employed games maker !

    Who knows you could be making addon's or banished 2 soon !

  229. Its great too see one little guy truly embarrass the big games industry's.

    You have done a lot of work by yourself and frankly it looks better than half the games by the big players.

    I hope you have a long and happy career makes games BY YOURSELF !

  231. Just so cool... I maybe also want to make games or something like that, it's just cool to see that one guy can make a wonderful game, even better than a lot of games in his genre, if not the best..

  232. OMG THE RELEASE IS ON MY BIRTHDAY!!!!! I already responded with that via facebook, but I hoped you would read this and feel proud that you just made the day of a 14 year old gamer very happy.

  233. Just shutup and take my money already!!! šŸ™‚ Oh and congrats on making coverage popping up around the web. Just saw Banished at Rock, Paper, Shotgun and Blues News!

  235. I can help to translate in french if you need. i cant promise to do that in one week but i can do it if you are interested.
    (free of charge, of course)
    Bravo pour ce jeu... sans zombie ni bataille ;p

  237. That, leg on the dock in the image does not go into the mud properly.... Joking joking.. Now give me an affiliate link to help bring this baby home...

  243. Really excited to play the game. Not sure what you are working on next but look at the Westward series especially Westward Kingdoms and the Adelantado Trilogy. These are two of the best series of games available. Hope to add Banished to this list. What makes the other two so good are the quests and the mini quests. You can play the games for days.

  244. Superb Luke. Finally for all your hard work and I hope you receive many rewards due you. I'm sure your next project will be equally rewarding.
    I do have a Steam account, but with all the people wishing to get the game that day, do you think Steam will have a problem?
    Anyway, good job Luke.

  246. YES!!! FINALLY!!!!! And it's released just after my birthday too!!! :O

    By the way, if ever you need some Spanish translation for tutorials or any other aspect of the game I'm here to help šŸ™‚

  248. I, like everyone else here, want to both thank, and congratulate you. You are truly an inspiration to us all; game developer or not.

    I will "buy the hell out of this" and will be recommending everyone I know, and everyone they know to buy this too. I hope you will keep working on this, and other projects, and keep us all in the loop.

    Thanks.

  250. I cannot wait for this! I'm way more excited for this than any title coming out this year šŸ˜€

  251. So so happy, and just a weak you suggested through the graph that the game could be released up to 10 months !

  253. Dear sir,

    how do you feel, knowing, that you are the up and coming "Sid Meier" in today's day and age.

    you are a fortunate "sun", a diamond in the rough, at the right place and time. Do enjoy your success, you deserve it. Thank you for creating this game for me, and for tens of millions of others.

    I PLEASE ask you to remain without a Publisher such as EA, for all of eternity, then your soul will be preserved, forever, and ever. Do not 'banish', and stay true to yourself. and Thank you!

  254. Congratulations!

    Thanks for doing things the right way. I sincerely hope it pays off for you as much as I think it will. Good luck on release day and beyond! šŸ™‚

  255. Yay!! Day before my birthday!! Need to get somone to get me this as a present :D:D:D (*slaps himself in face*... doh... there is no1 to do so šŸ™ )

  256. Congrats man. Been looking for to playing this game, counting down the days now. Again congratulations and thanks for keeping everyone updated on the games progress.

  259. This. This is amazing. YOU are amazing. I can't wait to see all your work in action. I can't congratulate you enough.

  260. Way to go! It seems like "being able to finish a game" is a rare skill for indie developers these days indeed. You have a bright future ahead of you.

    I've been eagerly awaiting Banished for about a year, and I can't wait to play it.

  261. Been following this for a year or so now; game looks brilliant. Well done for sticking to your guns and completing it the way you wanted.
    Can't wait for release date!

  262. Congtratiolations!

    really nice looking game with an interessting gameplay, i ll really enjoy the 18th.

    does anyone knows if it would be an german translation????

  263. congrats, I hope I will be able to say the same one day...RELEASE DATE. I can't wait for the game.

  265. Will it be available for pre-order through Steam? I just checked and it's been updated with the date the game will unlock, but no word on a pre-order.

  266. YAY! A release date! Congratulations on the completion of your first game!

    I will be buying this on release day, and I hope you enjoy my money, while using your profits to continue to create games such as this. I wish you nothing but success in your future and look forward to your further works.

  269. Looking forward to this - will be purchasing on steam and playing šŸ™‚
    Congrats on finishing - I'm looking forward to seeing what you have come up with and also how the game challenges gamers.

  270. Looks great! I think Banished is a game that contains many things that ''city-builder'' fans love.

  272. You Sire, are the master of Build/Strategy games of 2014. I eagerly wait for this game and I want it so bad. Take whatever you want and just let me play :D.

    Grats for the advance and wish you the best luck in finshing the game!!

  274. Oh, I'm definately getting this game. I love the idea!! THis game is gonna be very popular.

  275. (Release Date?

    The release of Banished should come sometime in mid to late 2013. Check back for updates and follow us on the devlog, twitter, and facebook!)

    This is on your mainpage at the bottom where there are links to twitter and facebook. I thought it would be great to share considering you now have a release date put at the top of the main page.

  276. I just found the game a couple of days ago, when it was announced in a online magazine. I have been falling in love with it right away. This looks so amazing and stunning. The season changes are lovely. Reminds me of the patrician. I do not buy games often on the release day, but this one I will buy right away. I love the idea of having a building game without military and survival challange instead. I always hated the military part of games like the settlers, anno and similar. I expect to spend many hours with your game. Congratulations for your accomblishment.

  277. good job man, I cant wait for this game. On a personal note you've inspiried me to continue with my MOBA game project like noone else ever could.
    To see what you could do on your own even if it took you 3 years this is amazing, top companies have spent that amount of time on games and they did'nt look half as promising as this game so really good job.
    I cannot wait till feburary

  278. Have been folowing this game for about two months, and now when it's finished I'm more than eager to play it, and as mentioned by other people, happy to throw my money to you. Great job bro.

  279. There's a phishing page on Facebook named Banished which claims that the game is "available now". The page links to your Youtube videos and there's also a fake site (banishedgame.bloglock.net) with screenshots and some hazy download links.

  280. great job and fascinatingly endurance! I have done a similar game with a small team, so I have an idea what it means to complete Banished. I'll definitely be one of your customers for this game!

  281. Just read on Steam, that Banished will be dowloadable on the 19th, not the 18th..... Damn....one more day šŸ˜›

  282. You've just made an old man very happy. Two weeks to the day after my knee surgery I can say I'm "resting" for long hours in front of the computer. Congrats on all of the hard work. I look forward to giving you my money.

  283. I would also like to know if the game is going to be an online, or purchase game.
    I would really like to play online, make lot's more online friends, and don't have a problem having to purchase things like special artifacts, speed builds, etc to pay for the game. (You would probably make tons more money that way)
    Also happy to purchase the game if that's the rout to be followed.

  284. How about a Mac version?
    I know you need vacations... but we need to play it too... hehe thanks for all your effort... there are not many games like this anymore... see you and greetings from mexico!!

  287. I've been getting up to speed on Banished and it's nice to see a release date for a one-man-show project like this one.

    I'd suggest for you to really check in-game tutorials, if there are any. I've been locked out on quite a few games inside tutorials that are not able to react to unpredicted behaviour (mostly because they deactivate parts of the UI in some places and forget to block it somewhere else i.e. deactivating an 'exit' box but not deactivating the icon that directs you to the panel). E.g. Sid Meier's Railroads! or even The Sims 3.
    Just a warning!

  289. Don't ask me how long i have waited and how eagerly i have been going on youtube back and forth checking all channels to see if just someone is playing game where i could quinch my thirst just for a moment but still it wont be even when game is in my hand because thats how beautiful this game is!

    We wish you all the best and hope it will be released this time without due delays! i do hope it sells in millions! say Amen!
    Cheers

  291. Weeeeee in one week we can play! Really looking forward on playing this game. Grats on this huge undertaking!

  293. I am so looking foward to play this game. Great you did it all by yourself, I certainly hope the cash flow will make up for the effort, you deserve it!

  294. Picking up on PC of course YES! Hey Luke how about meeting with those nice folks at Sony and putting this on PS4? Ya know you want to šŸ™‚

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