You can understand why my second thought after reading Jon Shafer's comments (my first being relief that he found a way through) was that I needed to connect his experience to Josh's. Creative people who need independence and some solitude to do their work also need to let people in on their lives. ...

thedamngod wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 15, 2019 5:15 am

In the end, it would be great if I could just toggle dark mode everywhere

Necro posting because of a recent backer only post from Drifter: A Space Trading Game. What the developer is suffering is similar to Josh's journey and just a little creepy in the parallels. I'll call it a cautionary tale of underestimating human fragility and too much ambition. I'll take that as a...

IronDuke wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 13, 2019 8:32 pm

woulda been pretty cool if the site he posted that on had a dark background tho :V

I'll have to read it tomorrow in the daylight.

If you've seen my old blog site, you know I'm right there with you on the preference for light text on a dark background.

Yes.

I really want Josh to know he's not alone in what he's gone through.

Jon Shafer, lead designer of Civ V, has been working on his own indie 4X game, At the Gates, for about as long as Josh was working on Limit Theory. Unfortunately, Jon also had something of a breakdown trying to make his game, and has now written about it . Josh, if you're still around, please read J...

This gentleman just posted a link to his portfolio, which was then retweeted. Holy heck. https://www.artstation.com/fredgambino It's full of stars, and characters. http://arenaillustration.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/arena-illustration_fred-gambino_dark-shepherd_crater-600x385.jpg https://cd...

Yep! Imagine my reaction when I saw those games namechecked.

The thing is, though, I still voted for planetary upgrade + mining/building. I've got enough RPGs to keep me going; what I don't have are space operations sims.

Speaking of simulationist space games, the lone developer of Rodina is still at it. The latest news is that he's reached another "ask the players what they prefer" moment. See how these alternatives for new development grab you: 1. RPG Features + New Items Rodina is partially inspired by old immersi...

To be clear, I'm not insisting that a four-style system has to be in Andromeda.

If it were, it should be done thoughtfully and comprehensively, but if others feel a game like Andromeda would be better with the simpler system of the previous Mass Effect games, fine by me.

Thanks, Damocles -- that's a nice summary. I'd like to see someone really put in the effort to offer the kind of deeper characterizations (which still aren't highly individualized, but it's a starting point) we're talking about here. In the meantime, I can see how a simpler system is probably better...

I still haven't tried Andromeda, but: (the renegade + paragon system was certainly more entertaining than this confused design with 4 "approaches" that did not mean anything in the end) This is actually the one thing that would make me want to risk wading through Manveer Hier's personal problems! I ...

zircher wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 27, 2018 9:40 am

"I'd rather take it to PM just so we don't clutter this thread up any more, fair?"
I'm all for that and wished it would have happened sooner.

Sometimes you're already done before you know it.

Josh is by nature closed to the possibility of tragedy. He quite honestly believed that he could not fail. That's not healthy, and it also wasn't healthy back in 2012. Can you honestly say that we (and obviously I include myself) didn't play along and encourage him in thinking like that, especially...

I'd guess that either the soundtrack was a work for hire and Josh now owns it, or Francois still owns it and licensed it to Josh. In either case, there could be some reasonable legal explanation for why Josh wouldn't feel that releasing the soundtrack would be appropriate. It wouldn't qualify as a ...