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Lawrence Gilchrist
Mar 31, 2010

abigserve posted:

These are the best because they sometimes actually release and you get stuff like Black mesa source, which took years of development and was forgotten within two weeks of release

oh christ i had a friend that would give weekly updates to me about modelling one of the enemies and moderating the forums before he dropped off the face of the earth. i ran into him four years later and he makes postage stamp sized zines.

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Time_pants
Jun 25, 2012

Now sauntering to the ring, please welcome the lackadaisical style of the man who is always doing something...

BKPR posted:

users tweet their deepest joys to me and they are procedurally turned into enemies for other players to destroy. i call it "dad"

Okay, if you seriously make this game, you've got a hit on your hands.

Archer666
Dec 27, 2008
Saving money? Investing? Moving out the house? Fuuuuuuuuuck that poo poo!

*Dumps all money in his "video game", lives in a box*

Mr. Gibbycrumbles
Aug 30, 2004

Do you think your paladin sword can defeat me?

En garde, I'll let you try my Wu-Tang style
*Makes a minimalist, 2D, sprite-based, block-matching game using the Unity engine - and after 5 minutes of play your iPhone is hot enough to fry an egg on.

Mr. Gibbycrumbles
Aug 30, 2004

Do you think your paladin sword can defeat me?

En garde, I'll let you try my Wu-Tang style
"Hey everyone our FPS is soooo retro - it's a love letter to PC FPS games of the mid-90s like Doom and Quake and Duke"

* is actually like a console FPS from 2005, the only difference is all the textures are pixellated, and the levels have the geometrical sophistication of Minecraft *

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup
Pillbug
"Our game is designed to teach the player important life truths, the stuggles and problems of every day life as a young woman in today's modern society"

KITTY! PRESS X TO STROKE KITTY!

CharlestonJew
Jul 7, 2011

Illegal Hen
we're making a game all about choices, and the impact they have in our lives! our game's going to make you think!
*gameplay is just "Did you do A or B?" cuz they cant program anything fun*

Mr. Gibbycrumbles
Aug 30, 2004

Do you think your paladin sword can defeat me?

En garde, I'll let you try my Wu-Tang style
"It's an Indie game"

*is published by a big studio*

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup
Pillbug

Mr. Gibbycrumbles posted:

"It's an Indie game"

*is published by a big studio*

Also:

*entire team is made up of 20 year experienced members of previously dissolved studio*

Mr. Gibbycrumbles
Aug 30, 2004

Do you think your paladin sword can defeat me?

En garde, I'll let you try my Wu-Tang style
*makes a successful game and becomes a well-known figure in the games industry and media*

*goes onto twitter and makes random racist comments for no reason*

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

happyhippy posted:

Also:

*entire team is made up of 20 year experienced members of previously dissolved studio*

And Planetary Annihilation STILL sucked!

Dear Total Annihilation guy: Please just remake TA with better graphics and balance and stop adding quirky gimmicks.

Mr. Gibbycrumbles
Aug 30, 2004

Do you think your paladin sword can defeat me?

En garde, I'll let you try my Wu-Tang style

happyhippy posted:

Also:

*entire team is made up of 20 year experienced members of previously dissolved studio*

*creates a Kickstarter to fund the project*

*studio is owned by a big-shot veteran like Peter Molyneux, who could self-fund it without even noticing a dent in his wallet*

Mr. Gibbycrumbles
Aug 30, 2004

Do you think your paladin sword can defeat me?

En garde, I'll let you try my Wu-Tang style
*levels are procedurally generated*

*an actual level designer working for a fraction of the salary of the lead programmer could actually create a whole game's worth of superior levels in half the time it takes for the programmer to "perfect" his lovely level-generation algorithm*

Mr. Gibbycrumbles
Aug 30, 2004

Do you think your paladin sword can defeat me?

En garde, I'll let you try my Wu-Tang style
"is open world"

*player runs around an empty heightmap for 20 minutes*

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
Did you ever wish "Antichamber" had fewer puzzles and more anime? Well...

Command Ant
Aug 9, 2010

I can make you
worth your weight
in gold!
Please support the kickstarter for my Touhou Project ripoff!

*$5.60 of $75,000*

Deki
May 12, 2008

It's Hammer Time!
Hey guys, we're almost done with the massive update that fixes all the major bugs and adds in enough content to justify the 40$ price tag

*One year later*

Hey guys, we're almost done with the massive update that fixes all the major bugs and adds in enough content to justify the 20$ price tag

*One year later*

Hey guys, we're almost done with the massive update that fixes all the major bugs and adds in enough content to justify the 5$ price tag

*One year later*

InsanityIsCrazy
Jan 25, 2003

by Lowtax
Please support the kickstarter for my porny Touhou Project ripoff!

*$560,000 of $75,000*

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
"I made Sword of the Stars II because I'm a monster who hates fun."

serious norman
Dec 13, 2007

im pickle rick!!!!
*makes a good game*

The Whole Internet
May 26, 2010

by FactsAreUseless

happyhippy posted:

"Our game is designed to teach the player important life truths, the stuggles and problems of every day life as a young woman in today's modern society"

KITTY! PRESS X TO STROKE KITTY!

That is a struggle many young women face in today's modern society. Seems like a very relevant, poignant game.

Riot Bimbo
Dec 28, 2006


I'm dreading the day Myst-like games become ironically cool to make again.

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost

hemophilia posted:

I'm dreading the day Myst-like games become ironically cool to make again.

Gonna make a Mystlike on the Powerpoint engine.

Bro Nerd Alpha
Aug 27, 2012

going on pussy patrol

Applewhite posted:

Gonna make a procedurally generated 16bit Mystlike with rpg elements and multiple endings on the Powerpoint engine.

a messed up horse
Mar 11, 2014

by Nyc_Tattoo

hemophilia posted:

I'm dreading the day Myst-like games become ironically cool to make again.

talos principle is like myst had a baby with portal

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup
Pillbug
Kickstarter funded, team assembled, money deposited into company bank.

First purchase: Anime figurines for desk.

GET MY BELT SON
Sep 26, 2007

noted feminist GET MY BELT SON states that gamergate is about harassment of women in gaming

root of all eval
Dec 28, 2002

abandons 20th single level proof of concept 'game' because menu/UI design isn't 'fun'

Hometown Slime Queen
Oct 26, 2004

the GOAT

serious norman posted:

*makes a good game*

*is promptly ripped off by 12 to 15 shovelware companies the next day*

Rockman Reserve
Oct 2, 2007

"Carbons? Purge? What are you talking about?!"

hemophilia posted:

I'm dreading the day Myst-like games become ironically cool to make again.

but

myst was, good?

Rockman Reserve
Oct 2, 2007

"Carbons? Purge? What are you talking about?!"

*Has an achievement about how dumb achievements are that involves doing something pointless for three hours

"We really wanted to say something about the industry."

Mr. Gibbycrumbles
Aug 30, 2004

Do you think your paladin sword can defeat me?

En garde, I'll let you try my Wu-Tang style

serious norman posted:

*makes a good game*

*makes no money from good game*

Riot Bimbo
Dec 28, 2006


Ryoshi posted:

but

myst was, good?

it was okay but myst nostalgia couldn't make anything good because the contemporary myst ripoffs were entirely terrible.

quakster
Jul 21, 2007

by FactsAreUseless

Ryoshi posted:

*Has an achievement about how dumb achievements are that involves doing something pointless for three hours

"We really wanted to say something about the industry."
idle one hundred thousand hours on the title screen

happyhippy
Feb 21, 2005

Playing games, watching movies, owning goons. 'sup
Pillbug

Ryoshi posted:

*Has an achievement about how dumb achievements are that involves doing something pointless for three hours

"We really wanted to say something about the industry."

*Also has achievement that secretly needs you to spend $500 on ingame shop*

Applewhite
Aug 16, 2014

by vyelkin
Nap Ghost
Our game has a steep learning curve but that's what makes it great.

Paladinus
Jan 11, 2014

heyHEYYYY!!!
Remember all those great games from twenty years ago? Yep, we're going to explicitly mention or at least reference all of them. Possibly, we'll even be able to make an easter egg with a joke from a very popular anime.

InsanityIsCrazy
Jan 25, 2003

by Lowtax
Please support the kickstarter for my pony Touhou Project ripoff!

*$5,600,000 of $75,000*

ate shit on live tv
Feb 15, 2004

by Azathoth
Hey Guys, what if you could buy space ships and fly them around space and fight other ships with them and stuff?
*is crushed to death by truckloads of hundred dollar bills before concept art is even created*

AAA Publishers "space combat games don't sell, the market just doesn't demand it"
*derek smart buys entire Freespace IP for $8000*
*PowerCrazy sheds a single tear*

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Paladinus
Jan 11, 2014

heyHEYYYY!!!
We love memes like everyone else and that's what inspired us to start working on this project.

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