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Testers, bugs and more to blame for Trine PSN delay photo

Trine was slated to hit PSN on a glorious summer day in July 2009. Judging by the dust on our PS3s and GameFAQs-like fury across a few message boards, we can confirm that it didn’t make its window. There’s a reason why. Blame the lack of Trine on testers, physics, “unlimited gameplay possibilities,” and, uh, small bugs.

Frozenbyte’s CEO Lauri Hyvarianen pegged the above issues as the reason for the delay in a recent interview with GameSetWatch.

“With Trine,” Hyvarianen says, “there have been a few small bugs that we had to fix, and the testing process itself has taken quite some time, as Trine isn't the easiest game to test due to the physics and unlimited gameplay possibilities. I think we are waiting for the PSN release just as much as gamers out there,” she continues, “it is our first console game after all and it's going to be very exciting to see it available on PSN … the wait is killing me, too!”

Here’s a suggestion, Frozenbyte: strip the “unlimited gameplay possibilities” thing from the title. Doing so should relieve the testers of having to eternally test the game, thus clearing the way for a clean PSN release. Just sayin’.

[via Kotaku]








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JustLikeBuck's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2009 08:31
JustLikeBuck
Yahtzee did say it was possible to solve most problems in the game with easy solutions that perhaps weren't intended.

It would be like turning No-Clip on.

Maybe that's what they're fixing? Anyway - looking forward to this :D
DanielCampbell's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2009 08:48
DanielCampbell
Too many studios overlook the importance of a good QA department. They usually see them as an annoying collection of untalented college students/drop outs that add nothing to the development process. But GOOD QA takes talent. Without it, your games will never make it through the submission process.
NeoChaos's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2009 08:55
NeoChaos
Having beaten the PC version, I noticed in the credits that a lot of the same people who developed the game also showed up as Frozenbyte's testers. They're definitely a small company, so one can't completely blame them for not having the manpower to catch all these bugs.
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2009 09:10
Tubatic
@NeoChaos

That could definitely be part of the problem. Its healthy to have a separation of test and dev, even if its a completely green tester like a family member. At least for a few rounds.
Coltronathon5000's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2009 09:11
Coltronathon5000
But it's already out on steam so this doesn't make any sense. Does this mean the PC version is broken and needs to be patched? Why are they still beta testing.
JamnOnTheOne's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2009 09:13
JamnOnTheOne
"But GOOD QA takes talent. Without it, your games will never make it through the submission process."

I think the biggest problem is that people (most people) don't understand what it means to be a "tester" vs. "QA engineer" as they are not one in the same.
Qraze's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2009 10:04
Qraze
better to have a game that works than not.
Elsa's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2009 10:24
Elsa
I too would rather wait for a working version. I wish that Battlefield 1943 had gone through a better QA proceedure so that we might actually have a working groups system and voice chat... now that the game is out, it's doubtful we'll ever see a patch and it will forever essentially be a game with no voice chat (voice usually fails after the first or second game).
Finnishman's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2009 10:57
Finnishman
It is indeed unfortunate that we have wait a bit longer for Trine but luckily I've got Shadow Complex and Trials HD (<- Yay! Another good Finnish game)

Oh and I sure LOL'd when the text was referring Lauri Hyvarinen as "she" even though Lauri is a man's name in Finland.
Danmartigan's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2009 13:38
Danmartigan
Huh this is the first I'd heard of this game. Gonna check it out on Steam. Thanks Brad!
StingingVelvet's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/03/2009 22:53
StingingVelvet
This game is amazing, you guys will find it worth the wait. One of the best download games I have ever played on PC.
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