New (Game) from the TA(and Co.) Developers

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by supremevoid, December 20, 2012.

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  1. Ekanaut

    Ekanaut Uber Alumni

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    Making games is hard.
    Ekanaut, January 30, 2013
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  2. DeadStretch

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    If it was easy everyone would be doing it. :p
    DeadStretch, January 30, 2013
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  3. paprototype

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    paprototype, January 30, 2013
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  4. neutrino

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    However bad you think it is... multiply that by 10x.
    neutrino, January 30, 2013
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  5. whip

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    I was actually let go before my first day started... rofl
    whip, January 30, 2013
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  6. whip

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    I was working for this software company and looking to get in the gaming industry here in Montreal. I talked with one of the Lead Designers at FUNCOM who gave me the advice: "if you're good enough to work in a regular software company, you should probably stay there".

    I think the gaming industry is a calling.
    whip, January 30, 2013
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  7. Col_Jessep

    Col_Jessep Moderator Alumni

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    Oh jeez, it's do or die for GPG again. This time even more than usual! :shock:
    I hope they can pull through.
    Col_Jessep, January 30, 2013
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  8. ultramarine777

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    Me too. The people risking their pay to stay with CT deserve to succeed as does he.
    The project mercury browser desktop is some interesting stuff. Really shows the ingenuity of Chris.
    ultramarine777, January 30, 2013
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  9. rorschachphoenix

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    Wow... Project Mercury is awesome!
    rorschachphoenix, January 30, 2013
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    Actually, I wonder why they didn't make a Kickstarter about "Project Mercury! (Ah, and a game called Wildman too, to have a bit of content with it)"
    This project Mercury is thing that interests me the most in this whole Kickstarter so far. If I had a bit less of a financial strain right now, I'd back it just for that. Maybe I'll still do it later.
    thorneel, January 30, 2013
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  11. qwerty3w

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    They will fund Wildman if they can get at least 1100 people backing for the Project Mercury, sounds much easier than before. Hope they will make it.
    qwerty3w, January 31, 2013
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  12. Spooky

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    how and where?
    Last edited: January 31, 2013
    Spooky, January 31, 2013
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  13. ooshr32

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    CT has been discussing adding to one of the upper reward tiers "developer access" to Mercury.
    ooshr32, January 31, 2013
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  14. ooshr32

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    ooshr32, February 11, 2013
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  15. igncom1

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    igncom1, February 11, 2013
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    From the sounds of it though, it looks like GPG found a way to save the company, most likely due to a publisher coming in to save the day. So I doubt this is actually the end of GPG.
    falcrack, February 11, 2013
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  17. Col_Jessep

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    That sounds a lot like they found a way to carry on. Hopefully even with Wildman, I liked what I have seen so far.
    But KS canceled, not able to speak publicly about specifics and a new chapter in GPG history sounds like publisher.
    Col_Jessep, February 12, 2013
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  18. ultramarine777

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    Hopefully the game they will get out can be Kings and Castles.
    ultramarine777, February 12, 2013
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  19. ooshr32

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    IIRC CT said he needed $6-7M to finish that.
    Only people with that sort of coin are publishers.

    GPG isn't exactly negotiating from a position of strength here, would likely end up with another shitty deal, and realise bugger all profit even if it is a roaring success.

    So I hope it's something smaller scale but more transformative than simply kicking the can down the road to let GPG survive another day.
    ooshr32, February 12, 2013
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  20. igncom1

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    7 million? What are they making the game out of gold?

    Why not just sell the game in parts? Or hell go all minecraft and start selling from beta?
    igncom1, February 12, 2013
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