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[shinygerbil]

 

Who else has it? It's good stuff. (and hasn't been frontpaged yet >_>)

Grab the demo and give the singleplayer a whirl...honestly, it's actually much better than it looks

Then buy it and get pwnt by my several months' beta testing experience :D

[ChevyRay]

I agree, this needs to be frontpag'd. Gonna get the demo now. Damn you and your beta testing experience But we'll see. Oh we'll see.

And for people who have no idea what we're talking about: http://www.introversion.co.uk/multiwinia/

[Radnom]

Sadly Darwinia runs like treacle on my machine, and my internet connection is too slow to play games online.


I mean, I still bought Multiwinia. I just can't play it until I get a decent PC. 

[JFizzleisBACK]

I know this has been said many times before, but Introversion is so not indie. Just look at this comment on indiegamer:

I currently work for Introversion and they were aware that I make my own games at night and had that built into the contract for me. I also make all of my own game dealings totally transparent so that they can feel safe that I am not treading on any of their territory or competing against them. The same was true of Lionhead when I worked there and to some extent EA except in EA's case it was a kind of declare up front what you have done rather than what you are working on. I did manage to get a special clause written into the contract again and that was a lengthy process of dealing with their lawyers in Chicago and the only stumbling block in the process was that any project of my own I worked on had to have a name - something I don't tend to do till the very end

This dude works for the man... And that man is Introversion. Technically they're about as independent as Bungie Studios.

And then of course their slogan "The last of the bedroom programmers" couldn't be more false. It claims 3 things, none of which are true. They aren't the last, they aren't working in their bedrooms, and only like, a 3rd of them are actually programmers. They might as well call themselves "The First of the Jewish Nazis" and it would be just as accurate.

[ChevyRay]

Yeah, ok man :D

[Annabelle Kennedy]

jfizzle i really want to like everyone and always try really hard to find at least one thing i like about every one despite their shortcomings.. really. i really do.

sometimes.. even i find it difficult.  this is one of those times.

[ChevyRay]

 

[JFizzleisBACK]

jfizzle i really want to like everyone and always try really hard to find at least one thing i like about every one despite their shortcomings.. really. i really do.

sometimes.. even i find it difficult.  this is one of those times.

Yeah it's hard for me to like Introversion too, what with all the lies and scandals and whatnot.

Naw, just kiddin.

Just gimme 2 minutes alone with you baby. You'll like me then...trust me.  *points fingers and makes clicking noise with tongue*

[Powergloved Andy]

jfizzle i really want to like everyone and always try really hard to find at least one thing i like about every one despite their shortcomings.. really. i really do.

sometimes.. even i find it difficult.  this is one of those times.

Yeah it's hard for me to like Introversion too, what with all the lies and scandals and whatnot.

Naw, just kiddin.

Just gimme 2 minutes alone with you baby. You'll like me then...trust me. 

This is an indie gaming forum, not the bloody Splish-Splash club.

[shinygerbil]

I know this has been said many times before, but Introversion is so not indie. Just look at this comment on indiegamer:

I currently work for Introversion and they were aware that I make my own games at night and had that built into the contract for me. I also make all of my own game dealings totally transparent so that they can feel safe that I am not treading on any of their territory or competing against them. The same was true of Lionhead when I worked there and to some extent EA except in EA's case it was a kind of declare up front what you have done rather than what you are working on. I did manage to get a special clause written into the contract again and that was a lengthy process of dealing with their lawyers in Chicago and the only stumbling block in the process was that any project of my own I worked on had to have a name - something I don't tend to do till the very end

This dude works for the man... And that man is Introversion. Technically they're about as independent as Bungie Studios.

And then of course their slogan "The last of the bedroom programmers" couldn't be more false. It claims 3 things, none of which are true. They aren't the last, they aren't working in their bedrooms, and only like, a 3rd of them are actually programmers. They might as well call themselves "The First of the Jewish Nazis" and it would be just as accurate.

I claimed once on IRC that Introversion were the subject of much misguided hate in the indie games community; I was happily proven wrong. Thank you for proving me right, but I wish you hadn't.

[seregrail7]

Back to the topic at hand, Miltiwinia is absolutely brilliant. The short game lengths are a great idea, they make it really easy to get a quick game in. The modes are really well thought out, and just fun. The crate drops are probably the icing on the cake, they are what they should be, huge wildcards. I once got one near my spawn that infected everyone there with the plague, and that was me done for the rest of the game since everyone new spawning was getting the plague. But it doesn't matter because another game is just a few minutes away.

[jstckr]

Multiwinia sucks at being played by me. Yeah I shift the blame like that.

[muku]

Any experiences yet on whether hardware requirements are steeper than for Darwinia?

[shinygerbil]

Yes, they are. There are usually many more multiwinians on screen than there ever were in Darwinia, and a lot more trees too. Generally just a lot more going on, what with all the constant shooting and burning and exploding.

It is awesome fun, nonetheless - crate drops are indeed very well thought out, bringing exactly the right level of risk and reward, and the right amount of extra pandemonium. And Introversion will hopefully be bringing out a patch in the near future with all the 'essential' extras, such as lobby chat, spectator mode and so on - so no need to be discouraged like some people are

[Derek]

jfizzle i really want to like everyone and always try really hard to find at least one thing i like about every one despite their shortcomings.. really. i really do.

sometimes.. even i find it difficult.  this is one of those times.

Yeah it's hard for me to like Introversion too, what with all the lies and scandals and whatnot.

Naw, just kiddin.

Just gimme 2 minutes alone with you baby. You'll like me then...trust me.  *points fingers and makes clicking noise with tongue*

Bye.

[Renton]

TIGers have a way of avoiding nasty conversations. One Spinal Tap response to the inflammatory post and the rest just ignore the thing.

Regardless, thank you Derek for banning the disrespectful git.

Returning to the topic, Darwinia rocked my pants, alas, my computer is as old as ENIAC itself and barely runs Darwinia, let alone Multiwinia.

[deadeye]

Just gimme 2 minutes alone with you baby. You'll like me then...trust me.  *points fingers and makes clicking noise with tongue*

Ugh, gross.  That's not how a gentleman treats a lady.  You probably shoulda stayed banned in the first place.  Let's hope it stays that way.

Also, lollin' at this, but not for the reasons you might hope.

[MekanikDestructiwKommando]

Anyone in Australia (or live in weird waking hours)? I'd like to try this out 

[Tanner]

Just gimme 2 minutes alone with you baby. You'll like me then...trust me.  *points fingers and makes clicking noise with tongue*

Oh god, what a creep.

[Corpus]

What the--? Who talks like that? What a dick.


As for Multiwinia, I may well get it once it's been released on Mac.