Agrajag posted:

i'd like to note that cig is stupid to allow anything more than just pre-orders + purchases of jpegs for their "game". they should know that it would complicate refunds/transaction problems/whatever the gently caress else happens with this melting/gifting poo poo.

MAKE WAY NEW STARS posted:

Why the gently caress is it called melting

MAKE WAY NEW STARS posted:

Why the gently caress is it called melting

Thylbana Nyx posted:

Working for someone who has a vision is often hard. You get in the way of his vision, you are not likely to be treated well. You can't meet his standards, you will probably be shown the door. You should really read up on Picasso if you want a picture of an artist and the terrible things they do for such beautiful art.

And that is what this is. Art.

quote:

THE SHIPYARD: Sharpening the Cutlass:

"Unfortunately, as happens in game development, the priorities changed again, as we realized that other needs at that time trumped the rework of an existing flyable ship, and as such around June the Cutlass Black rework was put on the back burner as other ships came through the pipeline. This is an unfortunate reality of development, as there are only a finite number of resources available, and getting more ships built allows other members of the team complete their work sooner, as opposed to slowing multiple departments as they wait on one team to rework the Cutlass."

Mirificus posted:

Mirificus posted:

quote:

Thylbana Nyx posted:
Working for someone who has a vision is often hard. You get in the way of his vision, you are not likely to be treated well. You can't meet his standards, you will probably be shown the door. You should really read up on Picasso if you want a picture of an artist and the terrible things they do for such beautiful art.

And that is what this is. Art.

G0RF posted:

This article is a painfully long explanation about a painfully long development cycle that may or may not be yielding fruit in the near future.

SO GET HYPE!

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

Then what the gently caress is it supposed to fight?

quote:

“Why are the prison cells on the Blue so small? Are those shelf things supposed to be beds?”

We’ve seen a lot of chatter about this, and as a result have asked the team at Foundry 42 to conduct a complete white boxing of the Cutlass interiors. We’ve made this a priority schedule item, and it will be getting started this week. (The ‘shelves’ are intended to be benches, not beds.)

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

The whole article is basically a microcosm of Star Citizen:

- They created a starship without any regards to how it would fly.
- They rushed delivery, multiple times, crunching before each release but ultimately having to drop something substandard.
- They repeatedly changed priorities resulting in nothing to show for all the work.
- They outsourced production only to get something that wasn't usable due to poor oversight.
- They have to redesign everything to accommodate mechanics that were finalized after it was built.
- They're promising it will be better once everything is fixed, but have no idea when that's going to happen.
- Their solution to all of the problems is to sell another ship.

gently caress em. They have no idea what the gently caress they're doing, they have nobody in charge who can manage worth a poo poo, and all they can do is come up with more concepts. The whole loving article is nothing more than a laundry list of gently caress-ups, broken promises, bullshit backtracking, and lame excuses. Topped off with a link so you can buy one!

Well the good news is that we finally know what Ben Lesnick means when he says something is a priority.


What a clusterfuck.

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

"It is not designed to go toe to toe with the regular multicrew ships like the Connie, Tali or Freelancer who dwarf the Cutlass not only in size but also weaponry and crew size. "

Then what the gently caress is it supposed to fight?

Chin posted:

Surely all of the ships and their roles and strengths are laid out in a design document that Roberts finished several years ago. Same with the simulated universe and how you can be an asexual firefighter cat demon or whatever.

Beer4TheBeerGod posted:

The whole article is basically a microcosm of Star Citizen:

- They created a starship without any regards to how it would fly.
- They rushed delivery, multiple times, crunching before each release but ultimately having to drop something substandard.
- They repeatedly changed priorities resulting in nothing to show for all the work.
- They outsourced production only to get something that wasn't usable due to poor oversight.
- They have to redesign everything to accommodate mechanics that were finalized after it was built.
- They're promising it will be better once everything is fixed, but have no idea when that's going to happen.
- Their solution to all of the problems is to sell another ship.

gently caress em. They have no idea what the gently caress they're doing, they have nobody in charge who can manage worth a poo poo, and all they can do is come up with more concepts. The whole loving article is nothing more than a laundry list of gently caress-ups, broken promises, bullshit backtracking, and lame excuses. Topped off with a link so you can buy one!

Well the good news is that we finally know what Ben Lesnick means when he says something is a priority.


What a clusterfuck.

Eldragon posted:

I'm enjoying Beer 2.0 - Broken and Bitter.

Omi-Polari posted:

This person is on drugs.

Amarcarts posted:

Does it seem weird to anyone else that they are making all the ships first and then the gameplay environment? Like why not make one fighter, one medium multicrew, and one large multicrew and let that be it for a while while you get everything else working. Then when you are happy with the technical aspects you go into hiring overdrive on the artists and pump out assets.

theultimo posted:

gently caress otterboxes

Mirificus posted:

Amarcarts posted:

Does it seem weird to anyone else that they are making all the ships first and then the gameplay environment? Like why not make one fighter, one medium multicrew, and one large multicrew and let that be it for a while while you get everything else working. Then when you are happy with the technical aspects you go into hiring overdrive on the artists and pump out assets.

Bootcha posted:

I suppose you want the artists you hired to keep making art, to make you feel like something's getting done, while you fumble around with the core of the product.

EDIT: Oh god, I'm watching the Wing Commander movie, as I plug away at my own video.

Amarcarts posted:

Does it seem weird to anyone else that they are making all the ships first and then the gameplay environment? Like why not make one fighter, one medium multicrew, and one large multicrew and let that be it for a while while you get everything else working. Then when you are happy with the technical aspects you go into hiring overdrive on the artists and pump out assets.