2010-05-16, 11:50 AM
Been outta town for 8 days, will be home tonight.
I just got caught up on all the posts since ive been unavailable.
ML...I am sad about FBTW but I totally understand and support your decision. When I heard you were contemplating 60 maps in SOM I figured it was only a matter of time before some limitation frustrated you to the point of stopping SOM, quite honestly, I expected it earlier than 7 months in.
I am glad you are going to produce mytrosia, and am looking forward to it.
A few words of caution, and take them however you want. Working with another engine with far less limitations is going to saddle you with a project that is likely going to be far greater than one person can handle, especially if you are truly considering a 1 year project time. A 20 map SOM game with only 50% customs would take any normal person nigh a year to complete.
Find a reliable programmer. I can't stress this enough. Countless, and I mean likely tens of thousands of would be cool games never see release simply because the indie groups that are producing them lose a lead programmer and can't go on without them. Source code is not an easy thing to follow, especially if the programmer you have is in the 'learning' stage...i.e. a college student. They will do things half-assed simply because they don't know better, and might leave no comment lines in the source, thus making it nearly impossible for anyone else to pick up where they left off. Be 100% sure the programmer you have is in it for the long haul, and don't expect to randomly pick up a new 'college nerd' at the drop of a hat that can pick up where another programmer bails. Just be careful...with this new engine your project just got a lot more in depth, and custom code is pretty much impossible for a community (such as this one) to help fix up if it goes south.
Ill type more when i get back, gotta go finish packing.
I just got caught up on all the posts since ive been unavailable.
ML...I am sad about FBTW but I totally understand and support your decision. When I heard you were contemplating 60 maps in SOM I figured it was only a matter of time before some limitation frustrated you to the point of stopping SOM, quite honestly, I expected it earlier than 7 months in.
I am glad you are going to produce mytrosia, and am looking forward to it.
A few words of caution, and take them however you want. Working with another engine with far less limitations is going to saddle you with a project that is likely going to be far greater than one person can handle, especially if you are truly considering a 1 year project time. A 20 map SOM game with only 50% customs would take any normal person nigh a year to complete.
Find a reliable programmer. I can't stress this enough. Countless, and I mean likely tens of thousands of would be cool games never see release simply because the indie groups that are producing them lose a lead programmer and can't go on without them. Source code is not an easy thing to follow, especially if the programmer you have is in the 'learning' stage...i.e. a college student. They will do things half-assed simply because they don't know better, and might leave no comment lines in the source, thus making it nearly impossible for anyone else to pick up where they left off. Be 100% sure the programmer you have is in it for the long haul, and don't expect to randomly pick up a new 'college nerd' at the drop of a hat that can pick up where another programmer bails. Just be careful...with this new engine your project just got a lot more in depth, and custom code is pretty much impossible for a community (such as this one) to help fix up if it goes south.
Ill type more when i get back, gotta go finish packing.
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