Because if you already work on a shabby code/game basis there is a greater tendency to make it worse.Why work on bugs now when they can finish major features and then fix all the bugs after?
Well, I was mainly referring to something like a bug fixing phase (which wasn't really clear in my post, sorry!). The point I was trying to make was there isn't much of a reason to polish everything right now when there are more features that need to be added that could add bugs and crashes, or additions to the other features.Because if you already work on a shabby code/game basis there is a greater tendency to make it worse.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_windows_theory
I don't think the team doesn't focus on fixing bugs though, it's just hard to make pretty pictures out of that to show to the public.
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NOooooo, it wouldn't!!!!That would be for the best.
That was the most stupid response in this thread o_oNOooooo, it wouldn't!!!!
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Fixing bugs before adding new features is always recommended and is industry best-practice. After all, your bugs will certainly not be easier to locate and fix once there is more code. Now of course there are reasons why this is not always practical, especially when the coders and testers are not in the same place and do not work at the same time, but "there are more features that need to be added that could add bugs and crashes" is not one of them. I think however that you are referring to a case where a non-crashing bug is in part of the code that is scheduled to be replaced. That might be a valid reason to temporarily ignore a bug, but I'd say these cases are relatively rare.Well, I was mainly referring to something like a bug fixing phase (which wasn't really clear in my post, sorry!). The point I was trying to make was there isn't much of a reason to polish everything right now when there are more features that need to be added that could add bugs and crashes, or additions to the other features.