Guys what if the graphic test gets updated until it becomes the actual pr of the game? wouldnt it be cool?
i mean we are probably playing the preview release of the preview release of the game, previewception!!
well said @mderondā¦ 
I personally donāt mind them not updating us on everything. If I have the choice between having constant multiple updates a day and when the prerelease comes out have it act like Windows when they release it for testing where it works (kind of) and you can do what you need (as long as you ignore the crashes)
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Have them be fairly quite while they button down and burn the midnight oil and release a game that is missing features but is stable, playable, and looks nice. I will gladly have them be quite between now and the December release date. (But please still at least have the Desktop Tuesdays)
Thanks! I have been lurking here for a while and couldnāt take it anymore 
Exactly! Personally I find it quite exciting to find out exactly what the preview release can and cannot do, once we get our hands on it.
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I was actually surprised to see how much the team communicates 
Compared to alot of developers on Kickstarter.
All we have to do is really simple.
Just trust them. Theyāre professional and accurate but still feel very ā¦ āhumanā compared to bigger companies out there 
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right, I sense that as wellā¦ except for @Ponder of courseā¦ heās more machine than manā¦
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Iām guessing they will release the game sometime a week before X-mas or a week after X-mas. Why? because Iām sure they all want a break and sometime to spend with their family.
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Youāre assuming Team Radiant has no one on staff but programmers and they all code 40 hours a week. This may very well be the case, Iāve just not heard any specifics. Iād think they have a non-coding staff member or two (or trusted friend) that could play/record and post. My sense is, though, that the game just isnāt that far along yet where a game play video would do it justice. Not that theyād be against the idea.
I woulndāt be surprised if they are coding more than 40 hours a weekā¦
Youāre right about the non-coding staff members.The fact remains (in my mind anyway) that any āofficialā communication to the outside world is tricky at this point. You really donāt want to create false expectations.
I have never developed a game, but when developing complex systems it is often not until quite late in the process that everything comes together. So I can imagine there is not much to show right now, because the pieces still need to be glued together. That process also takes some time and effort. When fitting the pieces together theyāre bound to run into an issue or two that need to be resolved.
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Well, the Radiant family now comprises of 6 of them, all of which are directly dealing with the game - art, music, coding etc. Thereās no one dedicated to the non-coding side of things, @CannonJunior was (and still is as far as I know) handling email responses and kickstarter backing rewards such as t-shirts etc. but I like to think @SteveAdamo and I manage to hold the fort down most of the time, but obviously we canāt comment on development progress, and itād probably be unfair to do so even if we did have any knowledge.
In terms of a gameplay video, we saw a sneak preview of a unit changing to a carpenter, and some pathfinding stuff at the end of one of the livestreams a while back, but I would agree with this:
From what weāve been told it really seems like once the core systems and frameworks are in place and theyāre happy with them, the entire process becomes a lot faster in that they can then just play around with what they have adding new content.
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indeedā¦ @CannonJunior has worn a number of hats throughout this processā¦ but you are probably both correct, in that each of the systems are functioning independently, and havent been completely stiched together yet to aid in showing off gameplay footageā¦