Author Topic: E3 2004- SCP  (Read 5965 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Inquisitor

Welp,

Not alot happened, the week was too busy. That's not to say nothign happened, there's a decent amount of respect this project has garnered. We've (well, YOU guys) have done some damned fine work, that's damned impressive and people definitely can see that.

I owe an email to the Gamespy features editor on this subject. I want them to do a feature on community driven projects, highlighting the SCP, but also things like icculus.org, the various Descent source projects, and things like the Descent 3 mission editor code project, as well as the quasi independent efforts of Kevin Bentley in the D3 patch and PXO source code release. I expect Kazan's tools would fall under this arena as well.

Basically, a very Descent/FreeSpace themed feature on independent developers who devote their time to released source code projects after the original company "abandons" them. I think it's a timely article given the recent news about Interplay (no, I found out nothing about them at E3, it was like they never existed). Something like "the company that was by gamers, for gamers has its products maintained BY games FOR gamers" ;)

I think that will be the biggest outcome from E3. I also think that you guys should do 2 things.

1) Pat yourselves on the back for 18+ months of hard work that you should all be proud of.

2) Put this on your resume. This is the stuff game dev jobs are made from.

I'll post something like this in the general forums, but I wanted to share with you first.

---
And if you missed it, here's my first E3 posts:
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,23628.0.html
« Last Edit: May 17, 2004, 02:56:22 pm by 122 »
No signature.

 

Offline Sandwich

  • Got Screen?
  • 213
    • Skype
    • Steam
    • Twitter
    • Brainzipper
:yes: Right on, especially on the pat-on-the-back part. ;)
SERIOUSLY...! | {The Sandvich Bar} - Rhino-FS2 Tutorial | CapShip Turret Upgrade | The Complete FS2 Ship List | System Background Package

"...The quintessential quality of our age is that of dreams coming true. Just think of it. For centuries we have dreamt of flying; recently we made that come true: we have always hankered for speed; now we have speeds greater than we can stand: we wanted to speak to far parts of the Earth; we can: we wanted to explore the sea bottom; we have: and so  on, and so on: and, too, we wanted the power to smash our enemies utterly; we have it. If we had truly wanted peace, we should have had that as well. But true peace has never been one of the genuine dreams - we have got little further than preaching against war in order to appease our consciences. The truly wishful dreams, the many-minded dreams are now irresistible - they become facts." - 'The Outward Urge' by John Wyndham

"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill

 

Offline Inquisitor

I am going to move this to the public forum.
No signature.

 

Offline Flipside

  • əp!sd!l£
  • 212
'Pats SCP team on the back'

Well earned respect too guys :)

  

Offline Gloriano

  • silver dracon
  • 210
  • Oh
:yes: :) well earned respect indeed
You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.- Nietzsche

When in despair I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won; there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall.- Mahatma Gandhi

 
truly amazing work, guys. You deserve every ounce of credit the community can give ;)
Carpe Diem Poste Crastinus

"When life gives you lemons...
Blind people with them..."

"Yah, dude, penises rock." Turambar

FUKOOOOV!

 

Offline Lightspeed

  • Light Years Ahead
  • 212
It's things like the SCP that keep up my hope for the future.
Modern man is the missing link between ape and human being.

 

Offline Starks

  • 29
Any photos of our booth?
Formerly of the Dark Wings and Legion of Apocalypse

 

Offline Inquisitor

Well, since I didn't have 100k USD, we didn't have a booth ;)

Max Gaming only got to show Lore because we were on the Phantom.

I took it on my laptop, and showed it to people I talked to when I got the chance, and talked us up when I couldn't show folks. The biggest thing out of it is I need to write that article for PlanetDescent and run it past the Gamespy features editor to get it picked up by GS/IGN.
No signature.

 

Offline Singh

  • Hasn't Accomplished Anything Special Or Notable
  • 211
  • Degrees of guilt.
need any help with the article? ;) :D
"Blessed be the FREDder that knows his sexps."
"Cursed be the FREDder that trusts FRED2_Open."
Dreamed of much, accomplished little. :(

 

Offline Starks

  • 29
Are there ANY photos?
Formerly of the Dark Wings and Legion of Apocalypse

 

Offline Inquisitor

Yes I do, Singh.

Yes there are LL, I just haven't had time to massage them down to something manageable.

The rest of the team at MGT started posting some though, you can find SOME here:

http://www.maxgaming.net/article.php?27.255
No signature.

 
Are there any pictures of the looks on the peoples faces when you showed them whats been done with FS2?
Carpe Diem Poste Crastinus

"When life gives you lemons...
Blind people with them..."

"Yah, dude, penises rock." Turambar

FUKOOOOV!

 

Offline Xelion

  • 28
  • In the Ether
Cool Gallery Inquisitor :D Some nice shots :yes:

 

Offline WMCoolmon

  • Purveyor of space crack
  • 213
Too many booth babes, not enough fs2_open. ;)
-C

 

Offline mrfun

  • 25
If you're putting together a list of fan mods you might look at the B5 game at www.ifh.firstones.com  Terrific Babylon5 fanmade game from scratch.  Not sure it quite fits in with the whole fans following the game thing since it's a TV show, but it definately shows what kind of work fans can do.  Warning to anyone that tries it, it is insanely hard.  Piloting a starfury with a fully realistic flight model is damned tricky.

I'm almost hesistant to bring it up- drains some of the spotlight away from you fine dudes ;7

 

Offline Singh

  • Hasn't Accomplished Anything Special Or Notable
  • 211
  • Degrees of guilt.
Quote
Originally posted by Inquisitor
Yes I do, Singh.

Yes there are LL, I just haven't had time to massage them down to something manageable.

The rest of the team at MGT started posting some though, you can find SOME here:

http://www.maxgaming.net/article.php?27.255


What kind of help do you need? actually writing the article or something similar?

If I remember correctly, i did write an article several months ago, and posted it on this forum for feedback. I eventually submitted it to the magazine, but never heard back.....could prolly use that as a basis, if nothing else ;)
"Blessed be the FREDder that knows his sexps."
"Cursed be the FREDder that trusts FRED2_Open."
Dreamed of much, accomplished little. :(

 

Offline Inquisitor

mrfun: I think it qualifies.

Singh: Sounds like a plan, care to dig it up?
No signature.

 

Offline Singh

  • Hasn't Accomplished Anything Special Or Notable
  • 211
  • Degrees of guilt.
The original thread was here
But i deleted the review once I submitted it...think I still have a copy lying around somewhere in my email........
Give me a few minutes to find it :D
"Blessed be the FREDder that knows his sexps."
"Cursed be the FREDder that trusts FRED2_Open."
Dreamed of much, accomplished little. :(

 

Offline Setekh

  • Jar of Clay
  • 215
    • Hard Light Productions
administers pats to the backs of the SCPers


;)
- Eddie Kent Woo, Setekh, Steak (of Steaks), AWACS. Seriously, just pick one.
HARD LIGHT PRODUCTIONS, now V3.0. Bringing Modders Together since January 2001.
THE HARD LIGHT ARRAY. Always makes you say wow.