An Introduction To Uber's New Director of Production, Focusing on PA

I don't believe there's such a thing as "far too complex". At least not for a century or so more. PA is far below my cognitive ability to process information -- though, to be sure, I realize that there are plenty of people for whom it is overwhelming. So yes, increasing complexity will lead to diminishing players, past a certain point. In fact it already has -- just look at the success of StarCraft compared to SupCom. But Uber should push on as far as they economically can.

As for HR having more "gameplay" freedom than PA... I think that's only true if you consider novelty as freedom. Sure, it can do things that PA can't, but PA can do A LOT MORE things that HR can't, which is what it means for a game to be more complex than another. Just like it happened with Colonization and Civilization. Colonization was an extremely playable and enjoyable game for a month or so, but once the novelty wore off, what do you think the players did? They all went back to Civilization, because it was the more complex. And that's what will happen with HR if it manages to get made. So the more complex game will always be the better investment in the long term, both on the part of the players, and the developers. The short term is another story of course.

I mean, they can go to an entirely different art style and gameplay if they aren't "blocked" by PA's gameplay (spherical planets, massive scale, streaming eco based on metal & energy, etc.). For me, HR is a completely different RTS than PA with new ideas that may not fit well in PA (universe/gameplay/art style). Plus, diversity is awesome.

Working on something different can be good. Once PA has been out in the wild for a bit longer, like a year, that would be the time to launch a PA expansion. Give it its forged alliance or core contingency as it were. (which would also count as a new game, and get new reviews).

From my memory FA was released only 8 or so month after SupCom vanilla though.
Makes one realize just how much of an improvement can be made in less than a year.

Welcome Jables, good to have you! Looking forward to seeing your work!

I believe it was a 12 month dev cycle. Can't recall when we started it though.

Good stuff Uber. Glad to see you guys stepping it up like this.

Awesome news

What about multiple fractions?

Like 1/4, 1/3, 19/5?

Welcome jables!

By the way @jables , why do you have a such high post count?

He worked for Uber before when the released smnc

I weren´t here at that time but if I search his post history it looks like he was part of the team back in the SMNC-days...

Edit: Damn, ninja´ed!

Oki, thanks. I thought he was new in the company.

New insofar as he's only just rejoined.

Hi there man, welcome.

Any chance we will get any more livestream events?
really miss them .

I remember Jables from GPG days. What a flippen hero ^^. I must say I like the direction this is going with regards to communication

Just to toss this out there, I was just helping out back then. Been good friends with these guys for a long time This is the first time I am officially working at Uber (though back then I was hanging out in the office drinking their dr. peppers )

bawww oh you