CrazyTolradi posted:

I'm still not sure what CIG is doing that's "ahead of the industry", can anyone list their industry firsts?

Marching Powder posted:

there is not enough time in the day to respond to every post mentioning me, especially from xaerael. look at his post history (if there is something severely wrong with you), and count the amount of times he references me. not quotes, or interacts with me, just references me. i'd say there's at least 10 a page. it's cool that you think i'm legitimately angry though and not just toying with the retards.

Toops posted:

Happy 6000 buddies.

Jobbo_Fett posted:

I miss Solar Plebeian

orcinus posted:

What is that? Looks like a Kershaw, but (even?) uglier.

de_dust posted:

is ben still alive?

no_recall posted:

Finally found the vid I was looking for. A good comparison against "Road to ShitizensConned". One is for a demo, while this is for a 10/10 game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uryw8nM9fzA

The Kins posted:

This is super fascinating, thanks for posting.

Other documentaries like this would be very much appreciated!

Here's some old developer commentaries on very troubled projects that got released and received critical acclaim.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwfnAM3dBrM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBi_xx26ClM

quote:

Otsuka: It seems that your direction was at times quite… abstract

Miyazaki: Yes, according to the artists it was, but I think, If your instructions are too specific, the designs you get will be somewhat devoid of creativity, so I try to give them just the most basic, essential information before handing it over to the artists imaginations, which inevitably eclipse my own.

Of course, If I don’t get what I want, then I start giving more specific descriptions, and I might even start drawing things on the white board, but even then I’d never go so far as to say it has to be this colour or this shape. I don’t want the designers to just become my tools. Of course, It doesn’t always go as I want, but I think that’s probably due to me not getting the best out of the artists, and this is something I want to get better at in the future.

Chin posted:

Lethality says SQ42 is ahead of production schedule relative to the average development period of similar games.

Based on what?

There's apparently no part of the game that exists in a presentable, non-embarrassing state that CIG could show at Citcon. We saw nothing of the purported 20 hours of cinematics. It's been eleven months since CIG released the "Old Man" teaser with a few low-quality seconds of Hamill's character.

For all that CIG has shown, there is no SQ42 game. There's hardly a concept.

trucutru posted:

Not a video but check out Hidetaka Miyazaki's way of dealing with artists in Dark Souls (one of the games with best design ever) and general direction approach.

http://peterbarnard1984.tumblr.com/post/74564331274/dark-souls-design-works-translation


Like, imagine Croberts working like that.

Daztek posted:

I can't wait for Star Citizen to collapse and citizens proclaiming they knew that would happen all along due to Croberts' history. If only us malcontents had done some research.

Mirificus posted:

https://twitter.com/FearNoGod/status/788098945524183040

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

I want a pig.

CrazyTolradi posted:

Move to QLD

The Titanic posted:

Ok. I actually watched this one.

Here's my take on it:

Backers, you guys are getting hosed. Get a refund.

Reasons are in the video.

The WHOLE video was not about Star Citizen OR Squadron 42. It was about making a cinematic movie experience that looked like a demo for these games.

They have nothing. Pretty assets and some overly complex systems that are so complex they lost themselves in them. They need to do a for real refactoring on their code base. That blond guy looks like he's gone crazy when trying to describe the systems to Chris. This is bad mojo. Your game is years, and probably a whole new engine, away.

This was an apology video, and I see they tried to pull heartstrings by putting people behind the catastrophic failure, but Chris remains a clueless dick. Listen to the verbiage he uses. He has no clue, and only cares about how things look and appear.

The developers are overwhelmed and overworked. I hate to tell you but crunch time all the time doesn't make your product better, it usually makes it more broken in the long run.

Speaking of that, there is no long run. They literally pulled everybody everywhere for the demo(s). That they could not even tie enough poo poo together to splice a basic demo together at this point should also alarm you. You should be wondering why this is the case.

Why was nothing nailed down?

Why were basic elements like the radar changing between demo builds?

Why are AI non functional at all?

I saw this, and it looks like not even the basic designs of the majority of the game are nailed down. It looks to me like Chris evaluates videos and animations of "gameplay" and directs people to fix things based on cinematic happenstance instead of mechanical and programmatic functionality from a gameplay perspective. It's all poo poo, and it's not even at a design document level of completion.

This stuff is so pre-alpha they really are telling the truth when they say "it's alpha!" But not including the pre part.

Guys, for serious. This game is not coming out any time soon. I would be honestly surprised if you see a Squadron 42 mission example prior to mid to late 2017.

There will be no Christmas release of anything consequential.

All staff are busy making non-playable demos and Chris is shooting lovely ideas off that people need to implement as he thinks them up on the spot.

Chris Roberts is literally keeping the game down. And he is so out of his depth, and doesn't know anything about it it's sad. He's making movies and that's it. There was no gameplay anywhere unless you count broken AI or cloth physics on a model as gameplay.

However! If you like non-playable "demos" I have a feeling you are in for a treat! You will get those. Very pretty, very scripted, totally non-playable game "slices". And thus this is how CIG will continue to milk that cash cow.

And my final verdict is:

The illusion of progress. - A Chris Roberts Demo

Big K of Justice posted:

I'm trying to figure out how the number of $10,000 came around for the WC:Show stuff.

I worked in animation, mostly since the transition to digital, but the studios typically can't wait to bin the items if the show isn't anything special.

The crazier thing is.. who currently owns it and why are they paying storage fees to store an obscure flop of a 90s tv show?

alf_pogs posted:

ha ha ha this is fantastic

https://twitter.com/FearNoGod/status/788107901239857152

stay woke you crazy diamond

orcinus posted:

Sedisp posted:

https://twitter.com/FearNoGod/status/788087813161889792

Brave white man on the internet wants to take his cause to the street. Remains on internet for hours instead of doing anything.

Can Hilary please be president already? This poo poo is getting tiresome.

Yolomon Wayne posted:

Is this "Lipstick on a lying liberal pig" guy?

Sabreseven posted:

Slightly changed one of the 'better' versions to show the passage of a few months (tiny change, but does the job)