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New TEW being released. :blessed:

Total Extreme Wrestling 2020 Announced

I'm pleased to officially announce that my next game with Grey Dog Software will be Total Extreme Wrestling 2020 and that the ever-popular developer's journal will be starting this coming Monday, the 10th December.

Below I've put together a short FAQ on the subject.

When is the game coming out?

The original aim was to release the game in the summer of 2020. However, things have been progressing so well that I suspect we may now be looking a little earlier than that, possibly even Christmas 2019. You'll be reading about the progress in the upcoming developer's journal, and so the release date will be clearer as we move through the next year.

Why is it such a long way off?

The game has already been under development for some time and will have likely had about two years of work before it is released. The reason that this is so long (about double what we normally do) is simply that this is the biggest, most ambitious project to date.

Usually each TEW game gets written on top of the previous one - this is the most efficient way to do it as it means that I don't have to "reinvent the wheel" each time. The drawback of this is that some often-requested features are simply not possible because the structure / architecture can't support them.

For TEW2020, I've instead completely taken the game apart, rewritten the underlying architecture, and then put each feature back in one-by-one, revamping and upgrading as I go along. The end result is that while you're still going to recognise the game as being part of the TEW series, it's effectively a much sharper, quicker, more intuitive, better quality piece of work. This is going to be the biggest jump forward in terms of quality the series has ever seen (I can say that with confidence because it's already blowing TEW2016 out of the water and there's still at least a year of work to come!)

What will the developer's journal cover?

You've probably noticed that the journal will be running for a long time. Normally it lasts a month, this one will last over a year!

The journal will effectively be split into two. For the next few months we'll be in 'catch up mode'. During this time I will be explaining what we've done so far - what changes have been made, what new features are in, etc. Once we've gone through all the changes (and there's already hundreds!) we'll move into a "live" journal. This will last for the remainder of the project and will effectively let you follow along with the game's progress as I'll be telling you what I'm currently working on, how testing is going, etc.

The journal will not be a daily thing, purely because that would take away too much time from the development. Instead, you can expect two or three entries per week.

How can I get involved?

The game is already fully designed and work is well under way but there's still scope to incorporate some new suggestions, so if you have sudden brainwaves the Suggestions forum is the best place to go and post.

I will be inviting a limited number of playtesters later in the project's life cycle. As usual, this will be invitation only and based on people's behaviour and attitude on the forums. Applications / requests are not accepted and will automatically mean that person will not be considered.

The main place to get involved will be the TEW2020 discussion thread which is further down the board.
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TEW2020 Announcement & Developer's Journal - Grey Dog Software
 
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Dreamzeedream said:
I havent played 16 in a while. I wonder what new features could make the game better?. I hope they add more angles and go in depth with promos
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I'm not sure but I do know every game has a lot more features than the last version. Plus Adam is very responsive so if a feature isn't working as intended he will release a patch to fix problems.
 
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:mjcry:I could never get into that series at all. As much as I loved the booking aspect of wrestling games (WWE 2K series and FPW), that game is too damn brutal to play due to the lack of graphics and very detailed portions of booking:picard:. Like I don't have time to talent scout and figure why a midcarder can't draw at least an ass in a seat.

Speaking of which, I wish Spike would hurry the hell up with that Fire Promoter mode for Fire Pro Wrestling World:shaq2:
 
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Ace of the Metropolitan said:
:mjcry:I could never get into that series at all. As much as I loved the booking aspect of wrestling games (WWE 2K series and FPW), that game is too damn brutal to play due to the lack of graphics and very detailed portions of booking:picard:. Like I don't have time to talent scout and figure why a midcarder can't draw at least an ass in a seat.

Speaking of which, I wish Spike would hurry the hell up with that Fire Promoter mode for Fire Pro Wrestling World:shaq2:
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That's what makes it realistic. You really got out time and energy into it to have a successful promotion
 
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I'm glad I didn't buy 16 during the black Friday sale (still playing 13 after getting it for $8 awhile back). I'll buy this after the first patch release.
 
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Grey Dog just started another Christmas sale. Be on the lookout for daily deals.

Grey Dog Software is happy to announce that we will be running a 12 days of Christmas sale starting on Tuesday, Dec 11. Each day, we will use our Facebook page to announce a daily deal for one (or many) of our games. Make sure to keep tabs on our Facebook page to see instant updates on each sale:

Grey Dog Software

As has been the case in years past, all purchases will go through direct paypal to us. This is a great chance to try out some Grey Dog titles you haven’t played before at sale prices. Click the demo link below to check out our free demos in preparation for these sales:

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