Thank you Tom for this pleasant and dynamic interview. Through your words, we see once again that ED will be a great exciting game. What a great team of talented people at Frontier.
News Meet the Team #9- Tom Kewell (Designer)
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Hi Tom ..Great interview !!
As with the other other Dev team members interviewed you are immortalised in the history books on the kickstarter DVD
BTW...Love what you have on screen I could do with some of that for some of the ideas im playing with
Looks like I've got a new desktop background (or is that a bit too narcissistic?)
That's fine, just don't photoshop a heart around your picture
Great interview by the way, thanks.
I didn't think there was anything that couldn't be improved by adding zombies :S
LOL !! I hope not mate....Love Zombies but not sure ED is the place for them
I don't know... David is always on about the grievance issue and how it would effect people. Well, maybe if you die you can come back as a Zombie and still keep your ship & stuff. It would be kinda weird I know because I ain't never seen a zombie in outer space before but I reckon it could really be the answer!
Are you listening David? Zombies are the solution !!!!!
woof woof!
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Good interview.. I have the impression that Frontier is a great environment to work in where people are enthusiastic and supportive. Its sad more places aren't like that.
It seems like there is quite a positive vibe going on at Frontier at the moment. And I also agree the forums here are pretty decent, notwithstanding my occasional outbursts.
It seems like there is quite a positive vibe going on at Frontier at the moment. And I also agree the forums here are pretty decent, notwithstanding my occasional outbursts.
Interesting not only is the Fer de Lance pretty much confirmed as a flyable but it is said to be cool And the Viper is flyable too! I know Ashley won't let you show the FdL yet so I won't ask for it. I want to know how well it handles, has the 30 or so year wait to fly one been worth it.
And the Viper is flyable too! I know Ashley won't let you show the FdL yet so I won't ask for it. I want to know how well it handles, has the 30 or so year wait to fly one been worth it.
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Interesting read, I was lucky enough to try a 30 year old Talisker a couple of years back which would rate as the best whisky so far, very elegant.
Don't worry, he's picking a shield module in his rucksack
Great read by the way as always. Really enjoy reading these. And so pleased there will (probably) be some kind of system whereby explorers can name things, or at least be mentioned in the details of whatever it is they discover
Those fer-de-lance images are awesome!
You mean contrails?
I thought that was the inside of animals (often used by mystics to predict the future)?
Nice interview
One thing I've noticed about these interviews is it seems the day in the life of a Frontier developer gets a new version of E
You are not alone. The FD staff just can't help but drop that in to their interviews can they? They could at least pretend that the pressure is on, deadlines to meet, things not quite going to plan, 18 hour days, quality not good enough, DB on your back etc.....
@Mike - it sounds like you have a great deal of power when it comes to how the galaxy reacts to players - does that mean you could also affect an individual Player's gameplay (for example if there were particular forum members who dared to Photoshop you for their own amusement)?
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I thought that was the inside of animals (often used by mystics to predict the future)?
@Mike - it sounds like you have a great deal of power when it comes to how the galaxy reacts to players - does that mean you could also affect an individual Player's gameplay (for example if there were particular forum members who dared to Photoshop you for their own amusement)?
I think you're thinking of entrails
contrails or condensation trails to be absolutely correct are formed from water either condensing from the exhaust gas or condensing due to pressure changes. So perhaps there wouldn't be 'contrails' per se, but I'm prepared to believe that whatever engine technology they are supposed to be using might produce contrail like effects.As for the comments aimed @Mike, well Mr Brookes has implied that certain players (ok I mean Psykokow) may experience sudden unexplained systems failures like a sudden absence of shields, engines and weapons systems.
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