Comments on: Blogging Ultima http://www.independentcreator.com/2007-03-30/blogging-ultima/ Diary of an Indie Game Developer Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:22:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: TheOtherErik http://www.independentcreator.com/2007-03-30/blogging-ultima/#comment-341 TheOtherErik Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:11:13 +0000 http://www.independentcreator.com/2007-03-30/blogging-ultima/#comment-341 Wow, Ultima 5 had a lot of freakin' dialog: http://www.notableultima.com/literal/Transcript_U5.html Wow, Ultima 5 had a lot of freakin’ dialog:
http://www.notableultima.com/literal/Transcript_U5.html

]]> By: transiit http://www.independentcreator.com/2007-03-30/blogging-ultima/#comment-337 transiit Sat, 07 Apr 2007 08:13:18 +0000 http://www.independentcreator.com/2007-03-30/blogging-ultima/#comment-337 I am not the mass market. A game that is fun and draws me in will always trump a game that is "technically advanced" Things like Lumines, Meteos, Geometry Wars, still seem to have a market. Maybe I'm a year or two behind the curve, but they still seem to capture an interest. What if it's time for people to say "nuts to the expectations that various marketing departments thought up" and aim more towards what's fun. Sure, there's some people that care about techie-buzzwords when it comes to selecting what games to play. I still believe in fun. I hope there's others out there like me. (because if there aren't, everyone's going to keep chasing after the next big thing and many will fail having gone down the wrong path (witness CD-I) I am not the mass market.

A game that is fun and draws me in will always trump a game that is “technically advanced”

Things like Lumines, Meteos, Geometry Wars, still seem to have a market. Maybe I’m a year or two behind the curve, but they still seem to capture an interest.

What if it’s time for people to say “nuts to the expectations that various marketing departments thought up” and aim more towards what’s fun. Sure, there’s some people that care about techie-buzzwords when it comes to selecting what games to play. I still believe in fun. I hope there’s others out there like me. (because if there aren’t, everyone’s going to keep chasing after the next big thing and many will fail having gone down the wrong path (witness CD-I)

]]> By: Matt http://www.independentcreator.com/2007-03-30/blogging-ultima/#comment-321 Matt Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:58:58 +0000 http://www.independentcreator.com/2007-03-30/blogging-ultima/#comment-321 Agreed. There are a few platforms on which it's still "okay" to do stuff in 2D: handhelds, web games, ... maybe that's it. Of those, it's only "okay" to charge a real list price for the former. There are a zillion ways to monetize the latter, though. I think on both platforms, it'll remain acceptable to do 2D for the foreseeable future. Nobody's going to start demanding that every Flash game be in 3D just because you can. Agreed. There are a few platforms on which it’s still “okay” to do stuff in 2D: handhelds, web games, … maybe that’s it. Of those, it’s only “okay” to charge a real list price for the former. There are a zillion ways to monetize the latter, though. I think on both platforms, it’ll remain acceptable to do 2D for the foreseeable future. Nobody’s going to start demanding that every Flash game be in 3D just because you can.

]]> By: TheOtherErik http://www.independentcreator.com/2007-03-30/blogging-ultima/#comment-320 TheOtherErik Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:47:59 +0000 http://www.independentcreator.com/2007-03-30/blogging-ultima/#comment-320 Great stuff. Brings back memories and reminds me how much easier it is to do cool stuff in 2D. Great stuff. Brings back memories and reminds me how much easier it is to do cool stuff in 2D.

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