Back to collectionKeeping the Release Work Clear as BTC Falls
Iron Pigeon was in preparation for release, while the studio was also juggling game work and community questions. Sanctions news and a flight to safety coincided as BTC fell below USD 40,000. The studio continued preparing Iron Pigeon on its existing schedule, but its community updates needed to distinguish completed work from checks still under way.
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Iron Pigeon was in preparation for release, while the studio was also juggling game work and community questions. A-Zhen, who handled the on-chain flow, worried that market swings would lead players to confuse preparation progress with the price of BTC.
Sanctions news and a flight to safety coincided as BTC fell below USD 40,000. Someone suggested putting release discussions on hold to watch the market. A-Zhen proposed answering testing questions separately from market questions, so a sharp drop would not bury problems in the flow that still needed attention.
The studio continued preparing Iron Pigeon on its existing schedule, but its community updates needed to distinguish completed work from checks still under way. A-Zhen planned to collect players’ recurring questions about the process. Neither she nor the team could say where the market would go.