1) they can\'t be adding in new concepts for CB once they\'ve started testing it for bugs. Why on earth would you add new stuff during testing. You would only fix areas that need fixing.
Not true.
Development of any major, new features is pretty much frozen out, but integrated testing of any new feature starts the day that it gets committed to CVS.
If we want these games to be what we want we have to take control
Ha!
If you want this game to be something other than what it is, write it. If that doesn\'t fit in with the vision of the existing team, you\'ll be stuck making your own game. Voluntary team development is a sacrificial process - I think that everyone has to give up a little of what they want in order to have something acheivable.
EDIT: aside from bug-fixing in the code, a part of what is happening now is the \"stitching together\" of the various pieces of art & levels into one world.