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Jared, can you clarify how far along the Drake Herald is? Is it 50 or 80% done?
Jared Huckaby · Host, Community Manager

Well, what you saw was entirely in engine. We did our Ship Shape a couple weeks ago where it was in 3ds Max. What you saw on ATV yesterday was entirely in engine. It still needs some of the main console that's in the rear and the cockpit done, because those parts have more game design elements than the other parts of the ship. So it's one of those things where I could sit there and say it's 80% built, but that doesn't mean we're 80% through the amount of time involved, because one of my favorite game development quotes is the... oh, it's my favorite and I can't remember it. I lost it. It was something about how the last 10% of game development takes 90% of the time.

Tyler Witkin · Community Manager

I was going to piggyback and say the same thing. Let's say that he's 80% done with the Herald, right? And then he runs into something that needs way more attention and detail. And so it takes the same amount of time as from one to 50%. Or he's at 40% finished, but then the last 60 is boom, boom, boom, and then it's out. So it's relative; it really depends on the challenges and hurdles that he comes across while working on the ship.

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