Comments for Podcast17

Comment on Episode #73 by Hectic Glenn

Hectic Glenn — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:44:54 +0000

Although I was speaking for myself only, I get to see the opinions of the community quite frequently and I was kind of reflecting upon that and my own thoughts. I’d agree with you that gimmicky approaches aren’t of any value, however team deathmatch & CTF in Orion doesn’t add any further spark or excitement. This is reflected in the playing numbers (which is also due to bugs and crashes too). Vital was a gamemode Praz highlighted before release which sounds really exciting. It was this mode I was alluding to with regard to making something which stood out.

I’ve spoken with Praz since anyway, and Orion has undergone some momentous changes behind closed doors since the initial release, which will blow your mind. I’m sworn to secrecy I’m afraid but I think they are addressing the exact issues I took point with and I’m sure Praz is happy with that progress. Keep an eye on them.

Comment on Episode #73 by deka

deka — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:35:17 +0000

I thought Glenn’s critique of Orion was unjustified. The last things I’d want to see in Orion are gimmicky and superfluous objectives or multiplayer mechanics. Variety should always be a priority for developers, but this trend of judging a game solely by its novelty needs to die.

Comment on Episode #74 Rough Agenda by BlueWolf72

BlueWolf72 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:30:21 +0000

http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=564624

Comment on Episode #73 by Nic

Nic — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:23:02 +0000

Apologies for the random skype sounds every so often; They’re mostly me.

Ironically, the spam of 6-7 sounds shortly before the interview is me telling William there are chat sounds on the stream and telling him to mute them. At one point I said “someone is really spamming you right now, you should definitely go mute the sounds”; Not realising they were from me.