I'm seriously considering releasing in-development unfinished versions of HigherPower (my Minecraft mod) to the public. My main aversion to doing so is that I want to shock the mod scene with all the awesomeness in the first ever public release. Of course, that's probably more self-indulgent than appropriate; I should let the people decide if my concepts are sound. If people in general don't like what I'm doing, I should save myself a lot of trouble and learn that now. Another argument against prereleases is that I shouldn't get the public's hopes up before (hopefully not, but possibly) abandoning it, WildStar-style. HigherPower is a much better concept than WildStar, but I don't want to fail again and gain a reputation as the modder who doesn't finish anything. Then again, if it dies in secret, it would be sad for absolutely nobody to know what could have been. Also, I might accidentally create fans of a particular aspect who would be very disappointed if that aspect was removed later. Then again, it is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all, or so says the saying. So, I'm left undecided. Should I release actual downloads of HigherPower's indev stages?
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