nice job! btw keep me poasted on beta stuff! I really wanna help. Ask che how helpfull I was. We were up till 4 in the mornin just testin stuff.
Later, Cory ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Charles Rivard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 5:09 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Side-scroller consessions. > Hi Charles and all, > The poll was taken for that exact purpose. To find out what people > wanted. However, polling and following through are two different things. > Imagine yourself as me for a second. You take this poll finding out what > gamers want. Ok, the poll comes up side-scroller which you were hoping > wouldn't win. It did anyway. Well, you think you can live with it. > So you sit down in front of your PC starting to rewrite the game engine > from scratch. You know there were copyright issues and bugs in the old > Montezuma's Revenge so you know no matter what you are stuck with > another year two finishing a game that was suppose to be almost done. > You are stuck rewriting a game from scratch that you already wrote and > failed to complete through no fault of your own. Following me so far? > Now, one of the prevailing arguments for a side-scroller is it will take > less time to complete. Not true. I need to rewrite major portions of > that engine, and it might be better for the game in the long run to > simply start over fresh because I know far more about the game and its > problems now than I did when I started. So no matter if I do a 3D or 2D > version I am in it for the long hall which means 1 or two years of work > to get back to where we are now. > Now, let us look at financial compinsation. I started said game in > <March 2006 and made aproximitly #1500 on developing it. The next two > years I spend on working on this game will earn me nothing unless I can > attract new buyers. So there is no financial motive in it for me. > Let us look at the unnoticed human side of things. I have worked on the > game since March 2006 so as of now I have put two years into this > abortion of a game with little attention put into my own games, > projects, or desires. To say the least about the needs of my friends, > family, business, or other hobbies. I am sick to death of the game and > just want it out of my life no ifs, ands, and butts about it. > Now, if you look at working on a game for no more pay and a lack of > desire to create this type of game what do you call it? I call it > slavery. I call it mental and cruel abuse of a game developer who has > done nothing butt work hard to give you all a game I couldn't release do > to some bleeping copyright holder that said take the game down. I > frankly don't want anything more to do with Montezuma's Revenge, > Montezuma's Return, etc. There is absolutely nothing in it for me except > hard work and two more years or so of my life spent on this waist of time. > After I complete this side-scroller you all moaned and complained about > if you don't like the final product I'll simply give you a couple of > quarters and tell you to call someone who gives a frick. > > > Charles Rivard wrote: >> All I, for one, expect is what has been promised. I anticipate anything >> you >> offer in the future. Your openness and honesty are appreciated. The >> taking >> of a poll as to whether to make the side scrolling or the 3D game >> indicated >> to me that you were willing to produce what the majority of the community >> wanted, which is a good thing. What was the poll's purpose if it was not >> to >> help decide which way you should go? I might have been under the wrong >> impression. Thanks. >> >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________ NOD32 2967 (20080321) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
