[Radi]

I give you......Hyp station, waypoints, and hydroponics building/station concept art.


It was part of presentation that Scorch and Hermann gave at GDC.

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[Jump]

Thanks. Stick those in the gallery as well if you get time.

[Jump]

Well this kind of runs counter to everyones fears now doesn't it?



Jumpgate Evolution: Summary

It’s possible to make an MMO with a small team (8-15 people) for less money ($2-$4 million).

• Do it with less!

Why try and make the next “World of Warcraft?”

• Lots of companies are already trying this.

• Do you have their money and experience?

• Even with it, can you really meet or beat them?

Focus on a core game to an underserved market.

• Is it really that fun to do what everyone else does anyway?

Focus on the strengths of the game.

• If you can’t make it great, don’t make it at all.

Less is more

• Remember 3 great features > 30 mediocre features!

You get a lot more chances!

• If it costs $4 million, you get 10 tries for each $40 million project.

It’ll be easier to find a publisher.

[Radi]

heh Jumpgate Classic hosting costs only 3.5k/month

[project3wc]

i saw those a couple of days ago coz for some reason i decided to go to netdevil.com . stations both look great. there were sme other concept of the jumpgates. most of it was very insteresting to read too. they need to put this stuff on Jumpgate Evolution.com where it belongs.

[Teeleton]

Duuuuude.. I sooooo wanna haul some choice hydro over to the processing station.. and cook it down into some killer plutonium nyborg. That'd be awesome, man.


80k/s download for the presentation? I sincerely hope they don't host the beta client on that server.

The slide on in-game advertising revenue projections has me a bit uneasy.

Teeleton

[Eraser55]

Originally Posted by Radi

I give you......Hyp station, waypoints, and hydroponics building/station concept art.

oh the beauty *droooooooooool*

now, if I only had a ship with that

[BDStyle]

Very nice, and large to boot. Looking forward to skin surfing over the surface of some of these stations

[Lordopic]

Originally Posted by project3wc

they need to put this stuff on Jumpgate Evolution.com where it belongs.

Did it this morning

[Smegit]

Is it just me or does the docking bay at Hyp look a lot smaller than it is at the core stations? Could bear out what the devs were saying about docking not being entirely skilless.

Smeg.

[Elmdor]

Slide 31: Custom mission compared to rep grinding

BLEH. frak grinding. Make player created content your source of entertainment.

Slide 51 People will complain but will they keep playing

Figured it out huh

Overall, it seems that they game may not be the jumpgate we know and love exactly, but it should be good fun for awhile.

[Radi]

Originally Posted by Smegit

Is it just me or does the docking bay at Hyp look a lot smaller than it is at the core stations? Could bear out what the devs were saying about docking not being entirely skilless.

Smeg.

Well, they said that not everywhere docking will be easy. So it is safe to assume that docking will be pretty easy in around core stations (helps new players). But as you head out from the core stations, docking will be more "tricky".