How big is the Frontier Team on ED?

[Sanderson]

Just wondering how big the ED team is?

Can we get a second round of crowd funding for more people (if it would help) and real servers?

 

[Patrick_68000]

Here, a photo of the team working on ED. There are probably other people in Canada. Frontier said about 60 people on the project

 

[ZaphodBeeble]

In an interview recently David said it was about 70 people. I think it was the E3 one. No, wait; the German one perhaps.

 

[Patrick_68000]

In an interview recently David said it was about 70 people. I think it was the E3 one. No, wait; the German one perhaps.

Yes it is true that there had been a wave of new moderators on the forums ...

 

[Aleksej]

About 70-100 people.

Is it generally easier or harder to program a game now compared to the 1980s?

DB: There are several dimensions to it, I think. Put in today's language, Ian and I were a micro-studio, and when you're in that environment, communication is so much easier. The largest game that Frontier Developments has made to date involved almost 400 people! While the Elite: Dangerous team isn't quite that huge, between 70-100 people are closely involved.

http://www.techradar.com/news/gamin...n-david-braben-on-the-return-of-elite-1248142