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I'm not exactly sure how this answers the question. The initial demo was made with a programmer that made a buggy mess? The demo was based on a framework that was completely redone by the time of EA? Hotfixes and changes after EA launch messed with earlier systems?
The initial demo that was released to the public was with me. The first programmer that was handling most of the logic had no clue what they were doing and had caused a lot of issues. When I came onboard the project I had to redo a lot of his systems. Which takes time . And adding new systems to make sure the vision for the demo worked. Alex at the time when they started had very little to no knowledge of programming/scripting. Only through Blueprints was he able to grasp it and keep the project afloat. But it wasn't enough and I was brought onboard. The demo was a "proof of concept" if you will. Show what could be done if/when done right, with enough time . All those systems in the demo were completely gutted for the EA launch. A lot of the feedback from the demo basically has us redoing 95% of all the gameplay systems so that we could get what the majority wanted in there. Which takes time, in this case... a lot of time . Hotifxes and Changes after EA launch made the game better. Eventually, with enough time , we will get to the amount of polish and care that the demo was given. To recap: Demo launch happened with 1.5 years of total dev time. EA Launch basically happened with 4 months of total dev time. Obviously these aren't super accurate numbers, because a lot of the art/sounds/design were already in place, a lot were tweaked for performance though. But basically 98% of all programming logic you could consider less than 4 months old.