Will Wright is flocking brilliant.

[Daeval]

Yeah but it's pretty hopeless out there. Here's a rather sad article about independant developers though it gives some hope: http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,668...tw=wn_tophead_1

It's not easy by any means, but it's getting easier, and quite a movement is starting to form even within the industry. Developers know that being owned by big publishing houses hurts their creativity, and very few good developers are in it purely for the money. Here's a really good rant from a panel of pros at the GDC:

http://crystaltips.typepad.com/wonderland/...the_house_.html

 

Also, that Wired article deals mostly with 4 or 5 man garage-based operations. Ideally, those guys could do ok too, but in the meantime there's a lot of decent folks between that and the big, oppressive corporations.

 

 

But to stay on topic, this game will rule. I want to make a race of dildo creatures.

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You would be that guy wouldn't you? Imagine showing up on THAT planet out of the blue one day. hehehe

[Gryph]

Here's a really good rant from a panel of pros at the GDC:

http://crystaltips.typepad.com/wonderland/...the_house_.html

 

Wow, that was a great read. Thanks for that link. I agree with everything said there. Nice to see that Warren Spector was there.

[Daeval]

Here's a really good rant from a panel of pros at the GDC:

http://crystaltips.typepad.com/wonderland/...the_house_.html

 

Wow, that was a great read. Thanks for that link. I agree with everything said there. Nice to see that Warren Spector was there.

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Thanks, I liked it quite a bit too. That whole site is full of interesting things from the GDC, so poke around if you liked that rant.

[Z-Neo]

Some of the pictures are a little reminicent of the DC game 7th Cross Evolution, or something, but this game looks like it kicks the crap out of that one.

 

I am really looking forward to it, even though I am not a big fan of the Sims

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That was the first thing that came to my mind, was 7th Cross Evolution, but if this game is half as good as I hope it will be, that will still be 10x better that 7th Cross Evolution.