Status of the game and bugs?

[FrankJones]

I love Scythe. I see it is still in Beta, and that many open bugs reports are quite a few months old. This is in NO WAY meant to be a slight to the developer here for this game, but other games seem to move through Beta a lot faster.

Any ideas on the reasoning for the relatively slow progress, and expectations for when the bugs might get fixed?

If I were to play, is the game functional enough, or am I likely to be frustrated by bugs, including game-ruining ones?

I can play on friendly mode to try it out, I suppose.

[poserLX]

It is absolutely functional enough to play. There's a chance you'll run into a bug, but is not likely to happen very often at this point.

Beta means no arena or tournaments, but there's a solid player base in simple games. I suggest looking at turn-based games as you're more likely to find a game that way. You could play friendly mode, sure, but I don't think it'll be that much of a different experience.

As for how fast games go through beta, I figure that each game is unique in terms of what's needed, so it's hard to compare one game's development process with another's.

[Hurricane3788]

This game is hardly functionable to play. It's probably the worst adaptation of a game on all of BGA. It's just a brutal interface and completely unenjoyable.
Devs need to scrap and start all over.

[Jellby]

You've tried 23 of the 1000+ available games and already you know it's "probably the worst"?

[Tisaac]

This game is hardly functionable to play. It's probably the worst adaptation of a game on all of BGA. It's just a brutal interface and completely unenjoyable.
Devs need to scrap and start all over.

I havent seen any recently created suggestion so i guess you dont really have any constructive feedback to share ?

[th3sphinx]

I'm going to respectfully but firmly disagree with Hurricane3788. The game is very functional and I have greatly enjoyed playing it. Thank you to the devs for all their hard work. I look forward to playing the full release of the game, whenever that comes out.

[FrankJones]

I'm going to respectfully but firmly disagree with Hurricane3788. The game is very functional and I have greatly enjoyed playing it. Thank you to the devs for all their hard work. I look forward to playing the full release of the game, whenever that comes out.

I am going to also respectfully disagree with Hurricane3788. The game is fine. What exactly are the reasons, Hurricane3788? You did not elaborate at all.

[enbycass]

I don't think I've encountered any bugs in my Scythe games. The board takes a little getting used to as you can get stuck on it if you're not careful, but otherwise the interface is great.

[Wacky1]

I think the interface is ok; I also think BGA (or whomever owns it, Asmodee?) should pay their developers actual employment salaries, benefits, etc. . If I read some forum posts correctly, most (all?) developers on here work as volunteers? You pay peanuts (or nothing) you get a low quality product? Hope this helps.

[poserLX]

I think the interface is ok; I also think BGA (or whomever owns it, Asmodee?) should pay their developers actual employment salaries, benefits, etc. . If I read some forum posts correctly, most (all?) developers on here work as volunteers? You pay peanuts (or nothing) you get a low quality product? Hope this helps.

I’d hardly call the implementation “low quality”. And I’d hardly call such comments “helpful”.