Posts by FrieChamp

  • HATRED

    I was about to write a long post about this whole mess and then realized that I'd just be playing into the hands of the devs (just like everybody else from Polygon to Valve). Just don't talk about it anymore. Ignore it.

  • Games W.I.P Thread

    Quote from Sjonsson

    We made a pre-alpha promo trailer for Spellsworn!


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    Because we're gonna be introduced to an acqusition manager at Paradox Interactive!


    Looks good but also very slow? Did you slow down the video or is this the normal speed of the gameplay? Keeping my fingers crossed for you guys!

  • Mappers block?

    Show what you currently have to others and figure out if it's worth continuing. You'll either get a motivational boost to continue it or scrap it. Sometimes being freed to start fresh is motivation enough. Playing games and looking at other mappers work can work, too. But when the skill gap is too big you will likely get the opposite result.

  • Mapcore Introductions Thread


    I remember some of those maps! Welcome!

  • DOTA 2


    I googled for "Pudge Wars" to find out what it is all about and noticed that a version exists for DotA2: http://d2pudgewars.com/

  • Terminator Genisys Trailer

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    It's like they made the same movie again lol

  • What have you watched recently?

    Quote from D3ads


    Coincidentally I watched episode 5 a couple of nights ago, I'll look forward to the sixth


    It was pretty over-hyped tbh, I mean it's a nice twist but it wasn't so massive imho. Anyway, still enjoyable.. classic Homeland.


    Thanks to you bros, I checked out the new season and I'm enjoying it. Last year I laughed at the idea of

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    continuing the show without Brody

    but it's working.

  • The Jurassic World

    Quote from Thrik

    This is going to be either amazing or awful and I seriously can't tell which.

    The concept is really good, in some ways reboot-ish (i.e. sweet-ass dinosaur park that initially feels safe goes to shit) without disrespecting the original by trying to retell it. This is much preferable to what the earlier sequels did, which was just show more of the 'gone to shit'. For me, the original was so great precisely because of the breakdown happening before my eyes. Similarly to why Half-Life worked so well, with Black Mesa initially being this incredible safe haven that very quickly becomes a living hell.

    Some bits of CGI bothered me, but I can't tell if that's because I'm looking at this on an iPad.


    Sorry, but the whole hybrid thing - and the fact that this is the 4th movie - brings back bad memories from the Alien series. Instead of making this a thorough reboot I'm afraid they're just trying to up the ante by adding something absurd that is more dangerous than a T-Rex or a pack of raptors. This is becoming more like Sharktopus than Jurrassic Park...

  • Far Cry 4

    Quote from Thrik

    There are transquiliser guns so I don't have to horrifically murder cute grizzly bears and such... right?! Even if skinning them I'd like to give them a peaceful death.

    Because skinning them alive feels so much better...

  • To F2P or P2P, that's the question!

    Quote from Sjonsson

    The ethical dilemma is more about our values. I sat down with the team and we discussed for three hours straight about company values, what we envision to be the dream workplace and what we can do to reach that. What we established was that we do not want to become whale hunters, we don't want to develop games for the whales to spend more money, to find the sweetspot where they just pump in more coins - we want to target the fun-factor of the game and let the money come from that. I am not sure that is applicable at all on F2P just yet.

    I suspect you would be leaving out all mechanics that 99.9% of all F2P games rely on for monetization in hopes that you will create a game that is fun and monetizes well without facing objections for ethical reasons (remember that your own subjective set of ethics might differ from those of others). I'm not saying that is wrong, in fact, I would applaud you for it, if I didn't know how hard that is and how much you might regret going down this route when your game is out but nobody is willing to pay for it. It's tough out there. Don't try to chase the 5-legged unicorn. Get that game out there. Get the experience and feedback. See what works, what doesn't and make some money! Clock is ticking!

  • To F2P or P2P, that's the question!

    Developing a game is hard. Developing a successful F2P game is very hard. If you operate on a shoe-string budget and don't have a Game Designer with F2P experience, a Product Manager and Data Analyst on your team, I'd advise against it. Instead of working on the core game you will soon be adding all these extra game layers, in-game shops, sales and events that are needed to HAVE A SHOT AT making the game financially viable. Factoring in that this is a PC game, I'd focus on making the core game an awesome experience, put it on Steam for a low price, work with the community and add some cosmetic items and such as IAP. To summarize: a hybrid-model is what I'd advise, too.