RPS Interview with Jon Mavor

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by AraxisHT, January 25, 2013.

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  1. AraxisHT

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  2. KNight

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    It's a damn fine article for sure!

    Mike
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  3. EdWood

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    THX! :)
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  4. neutrino

    neutrino low mass particle Uber Employee

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    Yay press is fun.
    neutrino, January 25, 2013
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  5. AraxisHT

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    Says the guy who started an interview talking about how he hides from the press :lol:

    Notmike
    AraxisHT, January 25, 2013
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  6. neutrino

    neutrino low mass particle Uber Employee

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    I'm embracing it now. You'll get sick of me soon, don't worry.
    neutrino, January 25, 2013
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  7. KNight

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    IZ NOT POSSIBLE!

    Mike
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  8. thorneel

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    So, you're aiming for a million units? Now that would be awesome!
    thorneel, January 25, 2013
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    That comment about sticking to a small team makes me wonder, is the release date going to change? Because I assume you can't spend 2,3 million dollars on a 12 man team in less than a year...
    luukdeman111, January 25, 2013
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    I think that is definitely achievable, but imo the cloud is not the best way to do so.
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    I must say, as an amateur programmer, I want to live that programming life. Very interesting history you got.
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    The money is going to get spent, between a decent salary, health care, retirement, paying for resources (space, power, computers, licenses) and so on, 2.3 mill may not cover the team for a year. Salary is only one portion of how much an employee cost.
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  13. neutrino

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    This is only the advance team. The rest of the studio will be piling on, don't worry it's very very easy to spend money like this.

    Also everyone should quit thinking they know what the budget is. The kickstarter raise is not the budget, they are different things.
    neutrino, January 25, 2013
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    I think neutrino mentioned elsewhere in this forum that the kickstarter is mostly for promotion, 2 millions is only a small part of the budget.
    qwerty3w, January 26, 2013
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    What I don't understand why 22cans blew their Kickstarter campaign after seeing how it is done by Uber.. I have been waiting for a Populous game also but 22cans is doing it wrong, updates are for "backers" only for example.. During the Kickstarter campaign I was not able to vent my concerns about Godus so I did not back it and will not pre-order it either!!

    Right now Uber has nailed it concerning the community, managing expectations and give the feeling they know what we want.. Not some experiment based on an old game but a true successor! We want games that challenge us intellectually, not the changes like in SupCom2 like the change in resource management or the stupid tech-trees!
    Daddie, January 26, 2013
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  16. Sorian

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    Bob and Jon have thoroughly proven they know how to operate a Kickstarter. They also seem to have a handle on how to run a company and make great games. I have been quite impressed with the both of them in my short time at Uber.
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  17. neutrino

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    I appreciate it. Sorian is also kicking *** so far. He's got his fingers in so many more pies than AI...
    neutrino, January 26, 2013
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    Amen was the game I was most looking forward to back then. The story was more interesting than generic space marine kills stuff and the screen caps released made it look like a very interactive world (for the time). Was it Humongous getting out of hardcore games that killed it or was there trouble behind the scenes?

    In any case that was a fascinating read, I hope we see more like it in the future.
    magicide1, January 26, 2013
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  19. Sorian

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    I think William is having a harder time reigning me in than finding things for me to do at this point :)
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    Why does the title "American pie" pop into my mind? :mrgreen:
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