Is there a reason why this links to the AMP page as opposed to the actual VentureBeat article?
My fault - submitted this on a mobile device and pasted in the wrong URL. -J
Star Citizen and Squadron 42 are using Amazon’s Lumberyard game engine
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Re: Star Citizen and Squadron 42 are using Amazon’s Lumberyard game engine
#42Is there a reason why this links to the AMP page as opposed to the actual VentureBeat article?
Most likely because there is no user interface to get a non AMP link when you follow a link from Google. It's nuts.
Re: Star Citizen and Squadron 42 are using Amazon’s Lumberyard game engine
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
You're praising them for being developers, rather than actually making anything finished. I'm glad you respect their effort so highly but that doesn't mean anyone else is "flaming" them for pointing out the constantly pushed-out schedules and the convenient fact that they're making plenty of cash without ever releasing anything... and the betas they have released shows an ever-more-ambitious vision when even 3-5 visi…
> You're praising them for being developers, rather than actually making anything finished This is a developer forum more than a gaming forum, so I think it's appropriate, don't you? > plenty of cash without ever releasing anything Come on now. I haven't at all kept up with the game for the past year and half and I can still tell you that they are regularly pushing out content simply because my inbox gets spammed wit…
Sample Email:
"Here's another pretend ship you can buy for a game that isn't remotely done!"
Re: Star Citizen and Squadron 42 are using Amazon’s Lumberyard game engine
#44To abuse a phrase: it is difficult to make a dev finish a project when his livelihood depends on him not finishing it.
Closure is very hard as well.
Re: Star Citizen and Squadron 42 are using Amazon’s Lumberyard game engine
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Amazon actually already runs a game studio: https://games.amazon.com
Well, that doesn't surprise me, but still... I'm absolutely amazed at how many things they seem to be doing over at Amazon. I wonder if Amazon will follow Google's route and start splitting up into smaller companies at some point?
https://www.google.com/amp/www.geekwire.com/2016/amazon-now-...
Amazon recently reorganized itself into three gorups, with Andy Jassy becoming CEO of AWS, Jeff Wilke CEO of retail, and Bezos keeping digital.
Not sure how much still goes all the way to the top but the impression from an investment perspective is the three main arms of the company can operate more independently.
Re: Star Citizen and Squadron 42 are using Amazon’s Lumberyard game engine
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
You're praising them for being developers, rather than actually making anything finished. I'm glad you respect their effort so highly but that doesn't mean anyone else is "flaming" them for pointing out the constantly pushed-out schedules and the convenient fact that they're making plenty of cash without ever releasing anything... and the betas they have released shows an ever-more-ambitious vision when even 3-5 visi…
> You're praising them for being developers, rather than actually making anything finished This is a developer forum more than a gaming forum, so I think it's appropriate, don't you? > plenty of cash without ever releasing anything Come on now. I haven't at all kept up with the game for the past year and half and I can still tell you that they are regularly pushing out content simply because my inbox gets spammed wit…
Star Citizen started development in 2011. They started crowdfunding four years ago. Hell, studios and companies come and go in that timeframe and they still haven't released the full, finished game that they promised their backers would get released two years ago. [1]
People's criticism isn't that they're releasing Alphas. Sure, they have been pretty consistently. It's instead that that's all they've been releasing. There hasn't really been any indication of a coming final release, and timelines keep on being shifted out.
[1]: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cig/star-citizen/descri...
Re: Star Citizen and Squadron 42 are using Amazon’s Lumberyard game engine
#47To abuse a phrase: it is difficult to make a dev finish a project when his livelihood depends on him not finishing it.
I think you're needlessly questioning the motives of the dev team.
While there's something to be said about misaligned incentives, half of a dev's reputation and career advancement comes from a track record of finishing projects.
Re: Star Citizen and Squadron 42 are using Amazon’s Lumberyard game engine
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
> You're praising them for being developers, rather than actually making anything finished This is a developer forum more than a gaming forum, so I think it's appropriate, don't you? > plenty of cash without ever releasing anything Come on now. I haven't at all kept up with the game for the past year and half and I can still tell you that they are regularly pushing out content simply because my inbox gets spammed wit…
Sample Email: "Here's another pretend ship you can buy for a game that isn't remotely done!"
The post I was replying to claims that the game is releasing zero content. I replied with the most readily available example that it in fact is releasing content.
That you are unhappy that they're making money before the game is done is another problem. I don't get why you would be; there's far less chances of the game ever being done if they're not making money than if they are.
I dunno what to tell you. Don't buy the ships? I stopped buying the ships a long time ago, nobody needed to tell me to do that.
Re: Star Citizen and Squadron 42 are using Amazon’s Lumberyard game engine
#49When do they start with the "bottom line" and try to finish the game? A month more here, another month more there another switch of engine, concept,plan etc there.
Amazons engine IS Crytek. They licensed the engine and SC switched. Which really isnt the biggest difference given that its basically the "same" engine.
Re: Star Citizen and Squadron 42 are using Amazon’s Lumberyard game engine
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sample Email: "Here's another pretend ship you can buy for a game that isn't remotely done!"
The post I was replying to claims that the game is releasing zero content. I replied with the most readily available example that it in fact is releasing content. That you are unhappy that they're making money before the game is done is another problem. I don't get why you would be; there's far less chances of the game ever being done if they're not making money than if they are. I dunno what to tell you. Don't buy t…
Nobody said zero content. The parent comment even mentions the Beta (technically, Alpha,) so it's clear they meant that no finished product is being released.