The guy who cried when he saw the carracks current take on SC.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGabbMF_ddI&t=10910s
Oooohhh, that looks like a nice game. I do like my city/civ builder games.
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Oooohhh, that looks like a nice game. I do like my city/civ builder games.
It's a bonanza of sceptical devs...
So this apparent lead gameplay programmer (with experience of VR & AAA MMOs and such), is concerned. They think that a Take-Two/Kerbal style contract cancellation by the investors might occur. And so poison the crowd-funding well for others.
But I'm more interested in some stuff they've said in the past
On CIG job offers:
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen_refunds/comments/tklb4z/why_squadron_42_can_never_be_released/i1s8if6/
On why he doesn't argue dev with SC fanboys:
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen_refunds/comments/lkden6/the_fanbase_isnt_toxic_just_misunderstood/gnle3es/
(That YT thread is well worth a visit)
On ideal junior dev ratios:
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/starcitizen_refunds/comments/jhppcq/npcs_not_tposing_anymore_its_finally_been_fixed/ga5h4xr/
On interviewing a CIG Snr Gameplay Engineer and finding them wanting:
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Ooof, that bit about parent classes really shocked me. And i'm not even a professional dev.
Well the real answer is what are you creating base class in the first place. You should always prefer composition to inheritance.
I kinda stop at stuff that requires a half inch drive impact gun and WD 40 to remove
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I'm sure someone will be along to shout "THEORY CRAFTING" at this post but based on what we've seen with ED's playerbase in the early years, its probable the large org types (who left ED as it didnt offer what they wanted) will end up doing this as they fight for control of or access to key resources or facilities, like we see with Jumptown right now whenever it starts.
Good news! Persistent resources were added in 2020 for gold rushes. And there's a stretch goal to include contested player-owned stations too!
It is all but a crab-walk to Pyro away
The spectrum fire has spread to reddit.
This list of mothballed capital concepts tops the charts:
Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/z3td9x/in_response_to_the_galaxy_concept_announcement_i/
And the top comments under the Galaxy reveal go the same way
Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/z3qmen/inside_star_citizen_galaxy_class_fall_2022/ixn5prr/
It'll probably still sell like hotcakes tho
This list of mothballed capital concepts tops the charts:
Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/z3td9x/in_response_to_the_galaxy_concept_announcement_i/
And the top comments under the Galaxy reveal go the same way
Source: https://old.reddit.com/r/starcitizen/comments/z3qmen/inside_star_citizen_galaxy_class_fall_2022/ixn5prr/
It'll probably still sell like hotcakes tho
"Star Citizen, feel the pre-disappointment" - words to live by.
Use a hammer when you need a hammer, use a screwdriver when you need a screwdriver. Both have their uses.
Me as programmer, hammer hammer hammer. Lots of statements. My instructor in certain python course said something like that when he saw my code. But well it did its job
CIG handcrafted events are not organic by any stretch of the imagination.
Outside CIG events there are not now, and not likely in the coming years, any resources to really fight over. And if one group were to be camping resources, you can just switch server and they are gone.
Yeah yeah, server meshing, blah blah blah. Will believe it when i see it, when all players are playing on the same common set of servers (although i suspect the verse will be split by regions because of that tricky little thing called the speed of light)
He hath ascended!
Wonder if we'll get a Chris response for Christmas?
Chris: "Thanks for the massive turkey suckers!"
And note, they don't even put the word alpha or early access on their videos any more.
Totally misleading.
Also, remember how the original ED trailer got wrecked for being nothing like the actual gameplay. This video should get the same treatment.
Your original post I was responding to was asking how likely it was large scale pvp events would occur in the event the playerbase got spread out more than the 1 system we currently have.
I think its fair to say, based on my gaming experience that if there's something to draw players into a specific area, and give them something to fight over, the players that like that stuff will be drawn in. We saw this constantly with Elite back in the '1 CG a week era' where despite having the whole proc gen galaxy at their fingers, everyone would be in those systems for a myriad of reasons.