yes some people are just whining hypocrits desing your own games, those hwo want side scrollers, see how long it takes you long, there's a challenge
On 21 Mar 2008, at 18:38, Darren H wrote: > Hi Tom > > I'm right with you on this. > > You actually don't have to do this at all, so I think folks > should be bloody well thankful that there is someone willing > to give up time to complete a task. > > And then, once the game is out, be prepared to be told > you're charging too much money. > > I think I'd be inclined to say, sod it, go and design your > own games, my family is much more important. > > Keep up teh good har dwork. > > Darren > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 7:26 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] What's Ahead For MOTA Beta 2. > > >> Hi Darren, >> Oh, how I wish it was that simple. I still feel I owe >> everyone who paid >> for the game something, but I am at a cross roads between >> doing what I >> want and what others want. Frankly, the old side-scroller >> was >> suffocating my intellectual and creative desires that are >> so important >> to game writing. If you smother the authors creativity and >> desire to >> write the game the game will show its authors lack of >> desire to create >> it. I love programming for the very fact I can be >> creative, but a game >> like Montezuma's Return made me feel like a kid forced to >> copy his >> spelling words 500 times during recess. Boring, >> uninteresting, work for >> the purpose of punishment. That is really how I was >> starting to feel >> towards the end. >> Nobody on this list knows how many times I failed to watch >> a movie with >> my family because I was working on the game. Nobody knows >> I haven't >> played my guitar in six months because most free time has >> been spent on >> that darn game. Most people don't know I gave up reading >> time to work on >> that game. Frankly, I pored my heart and soul into getting >> it done, and >> then I was forced to take it down by the copyright holders >> of the >> Montezuma's Revenge and Montezuma's Return copyright >> holders. How in the >> heck would you feel? Frankly I am down right depressed and >> upset about it. >> If it were my choice to do all over again I would tell >> James North to >> keep his games, they are his problem, and let him deal >> with it. I would >> now be working on my own games, in my own free time, when >> I felt like it >> and not trying to meet some schedule or do date. >> >> >> >> >> >> Darren H wrote: >>> Or perhaps Tom should just forget it all together and >>> spend >>> his time doing something he wants to do. >>> >>> Sorry guys and gals, there's more important things to >>> worry >>> about in life. >>> >>> Darren >>> >> >> >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the >> web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the >> management of the list, >> please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > . > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of > the list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
