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[14113]

How bout a small team of programmers? It seems like there's a load of people who'd love to work on the game, but also, it seems to be a massive, sprawling game, which could do with the manpower.

[Scut Fabulous]

I'm willing to entertain ideas, but I would need seriously good reasons to have several people climb aboard on this project.  It's not that I wish to exclude people, quite the opposite, but every individual that comes into a project adds enormously to the amount of co-ordination and communication required.
I think it's probably best to have a single coder at this point, with the goal of bringing something to a playable pre-alpha before assessing the product and seeing where additional talents could be put to use.

[wilbefast]

I depends a lot on where your coders are professionals or amateurs: the latter can often get the job done just as well, but self-taught coders can be difficult to work with because they don't do anything by the book (or rather have their own book they do things by).

Even though I've done a few years of university I still consider myself to be an amateur, since most of the time I've worked alone and haven't been forced to use a given coding style or pattern to get the job done. So I too am a pain in the arse to work with 

[14113]

all I'm thinking is that given that 90% of the people wanting to help will be doing so in their spare time, and its a large project, it might be best to get multiple people on board.

I dont really think keeping it organised would be a major problem; some sort of source management system, plus a list of, say, monthly goals (set by yourself, or a project lead of some sort) should suffice

Still, its your decision, and your project.

@wilbefast
yeah, I consider myself an amateur as well, but still, for any project I think one would have to put in some sort of commenting/style standard for people to work with.

[mokesmoe]

I think the fact that he wants to release it commercially is what makes having a bunch of people awkward.

[wilbefast]

This is probably true, but don't jump on the guy for wanting to make something out of all that hard work...

[14113]

I think tbh, thats probably a really good reason for not having a team of people working on it.

[Scut Fabulous]

TECH

[Lizardheim]

Fancy, really looking forwards to a game with the general gameplay integrated.

[pla1207]

hey,
the demo is really neat .
What i was wondering about was the fact that the player climbs up obstacles automatically.
I think it's a good way to add playabilitty but it looks odd without animation.

Also I've checked out your artwork on your site, especially the "amiga vehilce" makes me a new fan of your work !

[Scut Fabulous]

Glad you enjoy my work.

As for the tech demo, nothing in there is necessarily how the final product will behave.  We were just assembling a basic set of core elements needed.  i.e. animation support, scrolling, digging, lighting, flight physics etc.

[Bones]

Great looking tech demo man.
God speed, it's all looking fantastic with all the extensive design work you've done.

When I first saw the flying animation I wondered how it would work, but seeing it in motion makes more sense.

[Scut Fabulous]

[_ben]

I love your forsight and dedication to this project. The whole thread is a very fun read through.  :

[pla1207]

it's like you'Re breathing the amiga style

how's the search for a coder goes ahead ?