Say that to the Toady One, the sole developer of Dwarf Fortress. He has been working exclusively on that game for 12 years now, with early groundwork being laid for another 4 years before that. 5 Years might be quite a lot for a general piece of AAA shovelware, but for a developer's magnum opus it really isn't much.
So Sandro Sammarco has moved aside. Who has taken the reins then?
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Say that to the Toady One, the sole developer of Dwarf Fortress. He has been working exclusively on that game for 12 years now, with early groundwork being laid for another 4 years before that. 5 Years might be quite a lot for a general piece of AAA shovelware, but for a developer's magnum opus it really isn't much.
Thanks for the info Ed.
well, the beta ends today or tomorrow?
when you are still working on 3.3... will you fix all the stuff that most beta testers are displeased with regarding the mining and especially limpets?
From August:
3.3 is currently in beta, and will be released to the live servers Soon™
Which part of...
...have you misunderstood?
Well, if he is working on FDev's Planet Safari title now then in an indirect way he still sort of could be.
As I suspect there is a good reason that FDev are intentionally taking on projects like that and their already released Jurassic World Evo.
Which might well be that the skills and experience gained by the devs working on those titles is going to be highly transferable in to making a good job of the planned Atmospheric Landings content for Elite Dangerous complete with indigenous life for Earth-like worlds. Smart move really by FDev if so.
I did wonder why it had gone a bit quiet on the Sando front, now I know. For me he will always be that fella who wore some silly hats on the live streams, that being said hope all is well in his future endeavours, he did take a lot of uncalled for flack.
I wonder who will take it upon themselves to throw then self's under the buss and post all those wonderful "where thinking about this" threads.
I wonder who will take it upon themselves to throw then self's under the buss and post all those wonderful "where thinking about this" threads.
And here I was, wanting to suggest to give admin access and delegate that task to an irresponsible party.
The beta ends on the 26th I believe.
What is the "Elite vibe/feeling"?
Before Elite Dangerous arrived, Frontier First Encounters was my favourite of the series. Meanwhile, Ian Bell was only involved in Elite 1's creation, although he received some royalties from Frontier Elite 2's sales due to his part-ownership of the Elite trademark.
David Braben is actually very hands on with Elite, and works on it more or less daily. Frontier have said this publicly more than once, and it was also mentioned again during our visit to Frontier.
There will be a new beta release this week, so it's very unlikely that beta ends today or tomorrow.
That made me lol.
I personally think the only thing that needs to be said in this thread is thank you Sandy, for your significant part in the development of this excellent game. Enjoy the new project!
Can I have your stuff ?.
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Top props to Sandy for being a trooper and not combat loggingSorry, already ganked him in game and got what I could. Made out like a bandit.
Sorry, already ganked him in game and got what I could. Made out like a bandit.
Did you "rescue" space loach ?
probably from beign the visible face and the main interface with the 'community'. whoever was responsible for the design decisions he was the one having to hold them up them in public, and i guess it is included in his pay check to at least act convinced and personally vouch for them. he was also presented as 'lead designer' which easily conveys the meaning that he was 'the lead designer', which implies some sort of decision power and responsibility, and he indeed actively assumed that public role much more than that of just a spokesperson. i certainly was under that vague impression at first, although i was well aware that any such position has always to deal with a lot of pressure and external forces and factors anyway.
so he had to be the guy to bring the bad news, and the one who is missed during the blackouts. it wouldn't be the first case of corporate dynamics burning out an individual, though i have no idea about the reasons of him moving on. moving on, that's life. i wish him all the best.
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