That's exactly what I was getting at. I certainly wouldn't be willing to
spend eight to ten years on one project, and to be quite frank I'm not
necessarily enough of a team player to be willing to work with other people,
not even people I knew well. That's an excellent way to potentially ruin
friendships, particularly if you can't agree with your partner(s) on which
way the game should go..
We are the Knights who say...Ni!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles Rivard" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] a drastic change is needed for audio games.
The one-man game developing company is not an excuse. It's a fact, so,
while it is a shame, we've got to consider it. No ifs, ands, or buts.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Peterson" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 8:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] a drastic change is needed for audio games.
Problem is there are a great number of people who wouldn't be willing to
wait ten years for these games. I'm not saying we're not behind, because
we are, but it's probably never going to happen. As has been pointed out
endlessly, most developers are just single people, and even if you could
find other programmers who used the same languages and whatnot, you'd
also have to agree on creative matters as well, not to mention licensing.
That's partly why Castle Quest was scrapped. It's not an excuse, it's
cold hard fact.
We are the Knights who say...Ni!
----- Original Message -----
From: "clement chou" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 8:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] a drastic change is needed for audio games.
Here here. I second that notion. Also, I think sequels are iportant as
well. a shades of dom 2, or a GMA tank Cmmander 2, something like that.
There are so many games with the potential to have sequels. Also, I
think bigger games need to start having cutseens. Games like GMA Tank
Commander, while the radio transmitions are great, actual cutseens
wouldn't be amiss either Voice actors might take a while to find, but I
for one would be interested in taking that job. especially since the
cutseens are simply recordings with voice and sound, no video. And the
same games I brought up, with online features, would be great. I can
only imagine playing shades of doom or tank commander with 6 other
people in a full-fledged death match. Especially GTC. It would be great.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yohandy" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 4:39 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] a drastic change is needed for audio games.
when it comes to audio games, something I find quite annoying is the
fact that many games aren't supported after initial release. even if
they are, it's usually a small update a few days after game comes out
just to keep up the hype and keep people buying, then after
that the game never gets any sort of expansion. I think this is hurting
the audiogames market, and developers are losing potential customers.
what you guys aren't realizing is that people are even willing to pay
for these expansions. mainstream titles do it all the time. let's say a
new mainstream FPS game comes out and new levels are added after the
initial game release, the developer could charge $5 for those
additional levels and those interested will purchase it. or offer the
downloadable content free and sell even more copies of that particular
game. people get bored of the same old stuff, especially if the game
doesn't have much replay value. we need DLC, and I don't understand why
this hasn't been done yet. and that's not even the only problem. I
think it's about time developers start adding an online component to
their titles to make games a more social experience. no offense to any
developer on this list, but I'd much rather go online and play a few
rounds of super street fighter IV or some rock band than play most
accessible games. why? because I'm interacting with people, not playing
the exact same offline mode over and over. even if street fighter
didn't have online features it would have been much more replayable
than any accessible game out there mostly due to the trial mode the
game contains, which can keep you busy for months. in fact there are
people who've yet to complete trial mode on street Fighter IV and the
game's been out for over a year! can you guys make such claims about
audio games? back to online features. even the few audiogames that have
online playability, we actually have to communicate through text, when
most mainstream games are using voice chat, and even video chat! Is it
all that difficult to add voice chat to games? I'm no developer so I'm
asking because I like to be informed on these things. This is why when
people ask me if we'll ever catch up to the mainstream market, I tell
them that it'll never happen. devs need to really start concentrating
on what the gamers want. and please I don't want to hear the "oh but
audio games are only a 1 man operation" excuse. Take 10 years to
develop your game if it takes that long, or Find developers who use the
same programming language you do, and get together and form a
programming team. but give us something good. something that we can be
proud of 15 years from now and say wow! this game completely
revolutionized the audio game market! as it stands now, most of the
audio games I've purchased I just beat once in about an hour or so and
never play it again, and this is probably true for many people on here.
something needs to change, and it's up to all of us, developers and
gamers alike to make it happen!
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