God (flayra) Speaks On The Future Of Ns!
DragonMech
Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
<a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=85132&st=0&#' target='_blank'>I kid you not!</a>
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It's good to see people as excited about the future as I am. There is very little I can say about the future right now but here's what I can say, and maybe you guys can help spread the word.
I've started designing the next game. While it's still in its formative stages, I've written about 30 pages so far and am really excited about the direction.
I don't know if it will be NS2, NS or something else, but it will take place in the NS universe. It will be a full retail game, not a mod. It will probably be PC-only, have both single-player and multi-player and be written on a next-generation engine. No decision has been made on the engine yet, but we'll be licensing one.
It will likely take place in the claustrophobic indoor environments of NS and sprawling outdoor environments of both the TSA and Kharaa (human cities, alien swamps, forests, etc.). The settings are going to be much more varied then NS.
Both single-player and multi-player will be a big leap forward for the state of the art. If you thought NS tried some crazy things, wait until you see this. We're borrowing freely from the cinema and other game genres, so it should be a wild ride.
Starting a game company and then writing a game like this takes millions of dollars and is extremely difficult given the consolidation and escalating costs that are happening in the industry. A lot of the work behind it isn't game design at all, but fund-raising, pitching and promotion. We are hoping to really leverage the current NS community to help us.
You're going to have to wait awhile before you get to play anything, but with a lot of work and a bit of luck, we'll be able to make something you'll really enjoy when it's finally ready.
-Charlie
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[EDIT] Link fixed.
[EDIT2] I've made Flayra's post my desktop. Phear teh nerdliness. XD
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> It's good to see people as excited about the future as I am. There is very little I can say about the future right now but here's what I can say, and maybe you guys can help spread the word.
I've started designing the next game. While it's still in its formative stages, I've written about 30 pages so far and am really excited about the direction.
I don't know if it will be NS2, NS or something else, but it will take place in the NS universe. It will be a full retail game, not a mod. It will probably be PC-only, have both single-player and multi-player and be written on a next-generation engine. No decision has been made on the engine yet, but we'll be licensing one.
It will likely take place in the claustrophobic indoor environments of NS and sprawling outdoor environments of both the TSA and Kharaa (human cities, alien swamps, forests, etc.). The settings are going to be much more varied then NS.
Both single-player and multi-player will be a big leap forward for the state of the art. If you thought NS tried some crazy things, wait until you see this. We're borrowing freely from the cinema and other game genres, so it should be a wild ride.
Starting a game company and then writing a game like this takes millions of dollars and is extremely difficult given the consolidation and escalating costs that are happening in the industry. A lot of the work behind it isn't game design at all, but fund-raising, pitching and promotion. We are hoping to really leverage the current NS community to help us.
You're going to have to wait awhile before you get to play anything, but with a lot of work and a bit of luck, we'll be able to make something you'll really enjoy when it's finally ready.
-Charlie
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[EDIT] Link fixed.
[EDIT2] I've made Flayra's post my desktop. Phear teh nerdliness. XD
Comments
PLEASE NO FORETS,CITYS or stuff! keep the original idea of areas =(
let a spaceship beeing infested or a colony but keep the idea of the bacterium :/
Good luck to ya Flayra, I'll be sure to grab the game when it comes out <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Anyhow I'm glad he's finding some investors or whatnot down in Silcon valley
im sure this will make a lot of people happy, just as it has made me
PLEASE NO FORETS,CITYS or stuff! keep the original idea of areas =(
let a spaceship beeing infested or a colony but keep the idea of the bacterium :/ <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
How 'bout -
Please YES. I've wanted since the beginning to hunt Onos on a safari
I'll probably preorder it like a year before it comes out. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
"omg it hovers!" - pc gamer
I'll probably preorder it like a year before it comes out. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Pfft. I already have the Ultra Gold Platinum Collector & Raving Fanboy package with Titanium box on preorder.
"omg it hovers!" - pc gamer <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
That just made my day. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
"omg it hovers!" - pc gamer <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
"without falpping!" - IGN
Please YES. I've wanted since the beginning to hunt Onos on a safari <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
^^^^^^^^
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much gl tharr flayra
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"omg it hovers!" - pc gamer <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
"without falpping!" - IGN<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
lolz...
if its based on ns, then its gotta be good. meh buys teh flayra game
Come one Flayra, ya know ya wanna show us CMs.. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
*runs from non CM forumers*
That'll get everyone to donate...
If you do that they might do it faster!
DONATE ALL OF YOU RIGHT NOW AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhh.....
....
^_^
That'll get everyone to donate... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
id preorder that now if I get the early plush gorge
And damnit: we consties better get into some beta hehe
And damnit: we consties better get into some beta hehe <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Its one of the few that bothers to explain itself- let alone that unlike Aliens and the such, bothers trying to put a good story in, let alone as good as one as we've got.
Beta would be nice. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->