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Some nice bits in this week's ATV
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GyfCat's Compilation of relevant footage:
Also so it seems CIG has opened a 5th studio, small one dedicated to animations.
+200 Staff on UK office alone O.o
3.0 can't be too far away (can it?), you'd think they would show how the gameplay systems are progressing.
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
But from what we see on updates, it's showing a lot of work being put on content & its generation, together with mining now planned for 3.0, that's more for gameplay.
I'd just like to see some of this stuff in action rather than static screenshots or pans of individual elements.
I think they have already showed plenty of stuff in action that show's what their vision for core gameplay is.
I think he meant in game where players can actually play it as opposed to "live" footage that never really materializes into the game
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The only thing that matters is what we get to play, what they show via demos or in-house has no weight whatsoever until it is in the backers' hands.
Even CR eventually admitted putting a bunch of people to work on an Sq42 demo that never came to fruition was a complete waste of time.
If people are placated by animated concept art instead of a real work-in-progress then they deserve all the shit that the bad side of crowdfunding can throw at them.
https://gfycat.com/FrequentQuestionableCaribou ... I actually really liked that GIF, just 1 of the 3 floors of the UK office time lapsing a full day of work.
You should mind, a feature/tech prototype is as part of the "real work-in-progress" as its implementation. You should say "I want to see implemented features working in-game" instead.
I don't know what "people" you are talking about but Star Citizen backers eagerly expect to be showcased said demos as per the very early stretch goals.
No they are not playing the game, they are showing demos which feature components solely created for that demo's purpose, it's why these sort of vertical slices are regarded as a complete waste of time.
http://www.pcgamer.com/five-reasons-game-marketing-can-be-misleading/
It was the exact same issue they ran into with Star Marine, essentially they built a vertical slice on an engine and assets that were in heavy development and were surprised when it all backfired on them.
You might think that backers eagerly await demos, yet there was more demand for seeing a functioning Squadron42 than there was for any bullshot demo. Why would you want to see some natty demo when you should be able to see the actual game, even if it is early wip?
It's like E3 where they show off all these game demos and half the time the final product is some significant backtrack on what was shown. Why would you want to put yourself in the position again?
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
What is released for public testing is just the tip of the iceberg of what they are developing.
I understand gamers are eagerly awaiting for the release of Star Citize but you can't assemble a Video-Gaming company and make an ambitious game in a couple of years alone. Time is needed to assemble the team and to make the appropriated easements for it to work as a unity while building up the tools and the engine to make the ambitious game mechanics a possibility.
Patience is key here while making an educated effort to understand star citizen game development unique requirements.
I get it that most of us aren't game devs but CIG isn't some mystical company where what they do is shrouded in mystery. Many of us have seen this before where a game dev produces some awe inspiring cinematic and tells you its all in game footage or this is what you can look forward to and then when the game releases its nothing like what was promised.
The problem here is that CIG is showing off these awesome looking trailers and cinematics but at the end of the day most of it hasn't materialized into the game or if it has its been a pale shadow of what was originally promised.
Yes I realize its still (pre)alpha but you would think after showing off PG planets in engine and in real time 15ish months ago they would have something to put in for backers unless it was just a bullshot cinematic made to generate hype.
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It's 5 years.... and they are still prototyping key parts of the core game, they don't even have one whole system yet, they don't even have any professions yet, they don't even have any economy yet. How much slack are people prepared to cut them?
If this were to have anything at all to do with patience then that is CIG's fault because they expanded and kept expanding the scope of the game. Perhaps people don't want to wait 10 years for a game, that's not unreasonable in itself.
Fatigue will become even more of a thing as this project moves on at its glacial pace, people will feel their time and money can be used far more productively on something that plans to deliver in an acceptable time-frame.
The poor horse will never find peace.