Quote from SteppenwolfJust pointing out the hypocrisy in PogoP's comment (who worked on BM) that he doesn't see any difference at all between the mod and the new footage. It's a sad state of affairs to read such comments (also including you marks) on a board where most people make a living from making games and should know better than your average videogame fanboy about the difficulties and hurdles of making a game or you know starting a new company. Call me thin skinned but for me it makes a difference if i read such remarks from another dev on a close-knit community like mapcore or the ramblings of a 12 year old prick on a random videogame board.
I'm not sure exactly what the point is you're trying to make here. Yes, we know that making games is hard. Especially those of us that make a living from making them. Which is why when I hear about a startup involving devs from a community like this ... and it's yet another modern combat fps which (whether you like it or not) is going to be directly competing with behemoths like BF3 and CoD ... I just think come on, what the hell. Firstly that's just a stupid business proposition, and secondly why can't we do something original for once.
It's yet another case of an indie startup taking the colossal, unique advantages of being a small, low-budget outfit and throwing them out the window in order to enter (and attempt to compete in) a market which is anything but a level playing field. Thank god for kickstarter because you'd be fucked if you tried to pitch this to investors.
you going to the GI.biz party after?
and optimising the game is hard work!