oh well another week. aint too bad. not like a month
i dont really see an august release. I mean first public beta coming up and bound to be lots of request on combat and exploring and such. Going to take time to tweak or erase and redo alot of gaming mechanics.

At this point in the project, we're not really looking to "redo" game mechanics. That is what the 9 month Beta 1 phase was for.
We can certainly tweak/balance things but there's no scenario where we'd create some new combat system or build a new city building system. That sort of thing would come in an expansion pack or sequel.
In beta 1, we worked with the community to hear different ideas on how combat should be done, how cities should be built, how the economy should be done, etc.
The main hold up now is the AI (my part). Not just in terms of functionality but bugs I introduce while implementing it.