Well, hello all -
Here I am, aeons away from a childhood of Gridrunner and Psychadelia and Revenge of the Mutant Camels. I am grown up now; I have a bank account and responsibility and my own digital watch. I had all but forgotten the pleasures of shoot 'em ups, pixelated llamas and high-score boards. I have worked in the games industry, become disillusioned with its focus on money and graphics and licenses. I had forgotten part of myself, that lay buried and dormant under piles of credit card statements and copies of Edge magazine containig long, long reviews and articles on 'sophisticated' games.
Then I saw the preview of Unity in that esteemed organ, and it all came flooding back. A bit like Robocop II when he electrocutes himself and gets his old self back, or in the Blues Brothers when Jake is bathed in the divine light of revelation, or in the Matrix when Neo discovers the real world (you get the general idea) it hit me like a thunderbolt. There is another way after all!
Too find out it's still all out there - Llamasoft, light synthesisers, Hovver Bovver, fun, the Great Yak himself. . . . . Wow. It's good to be here.
If Unity doesn't prove to be the most fun and beautiful and intense and trippy and enjoyable game in the History Of Time Itself, I shall eat my hat. And yes, I do wear one. A great big black fedora with a floppy brim.
The wait will be worth it - in fact, for me, a newly re-awoken Llamasoftie, the wait since 1986-ish will have beeen worth it. Zappo!
So, hello all - I look forward to conversing with you. . . .[/i]
Unity - I have seen the light
Unity - I have seen the light
Never trust a man in a blue trenchcoat;
Never drive a car when you're dead . . . .
Never drive a car when you're dead . . . .
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Re: Unity - I have seen the light
I'm stunned. 2 posts, and you can already consider yourself a whore for sheep 
You'll fit right in here
(BTW - this isn't meant to be an insult. Introduce yourself to the nonsensical joys of Whoring for Sheep)
You'll fit right in here
(BTW - this isn't meant to be an insult. Introduce yourself to the nonsensical joys of Whoring for Sheep
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welcome Doc
welcome Doc
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Re: Unity - I have seen the light
Allow me to be the first (and hopefully the last) to say... "Errrr ... What's up? ..." and more importantly ...Doc wrote:Well, hello all -
Welcome, Doc, to the 
fluffiest forum in town 
For a practical demonstration that The Yak still has that je ne sais quoi that makes him The Yak, check out Gridrunner++ for the PC ...
ASCII a silly question ... get a silly ANSI - Bog
Thank y'all
Well, it certainly is good to know I'm in such good company. Thank you for your friendly responses to my senile ramblings.
It seems the title 'Unity' not only refers to the game's fusing of Yak's greatest interests, but also the impact it will have on the deeply mysterious and schizophrenic entity known only as thegaming community. (That's if it doesn't share a release date with a FIFA or Tomb Raider game).
God bless her, and all who sail in her.
It seems the title 'Unity' not only refers to the game's fusing of Yak's greatest interests, but also the impact it will have on the deeply mysterious and schizophrenic entity known only as thegaming community. (That's if it doesn't share a release date with a FIFA or Tomb Raider game).
God bless her, and all who sail in her.
Never trust a man in a blue trenchcoat;
Never drive a car when you're dead . . . .
Never drive a car when you're dead . . . .
I think it's best not to get too hung up on "what the game's about". Yak's making a game. It'll be great cz he's made nothing but great games his whole career.
The best thing about the 'bedroom coder' way of developing games is that it is largely free from marketeers, people who destroy creativity by forcing a game into a "what's it about" box so they can target it at an identified demographic. Thank Goat for Lionhead recognising talent and giving it time and space to grow and to create freely - they're the only ones in this Goat forsaken industry.
Even if Unity were 'just' a shooter, it'd be a bloody good one. Whatever Yak's plan, I'm sure the result will be *beautiful*.
(mmm... beery post)
The best thing about the 'bedroom coder' way of developing games is that it is largely free from marketeers, people who destroy creativity by forcing a game into a "what's it about" box so they can target it at an identified demographic. Thank Goat for Lionhead recognising talent and giving it time and space to grow and to create freely - they're the only ones in this Goat forsaken industry.
Even if Unity were 'just' a shooter, it'd be a bloody good one. Whatever Yak's plan, I'm sure the result will be *beautiful*.
(mmm... beery post)
