Unity - an announcement

Harlequin · Post by **Harlequin** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 12:45 pm 0

*** BIG HUGS ***

You know what I think, Jeff, and you know that I'm proud of you

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As for VLM, the evolution of the lightsynth has been Jeff's lifework and I don't think there's any way that he'd stop working on that

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H.

P.S. And now maybe you'll have time to read that little book, Jeff

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Acronym · Post by **Acronym** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 12:46 pm 0

That's a real shame. Must have been a really hard decision to make. *sympathy* and here's to the next challenge...

- A

Dynax · Post by **Dynax** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 12:46 pm 0

Sad and terrible news

I was looking forward to Unity so much... cant belive it

What about releasing it on GameCubes Successor, wich will be downwards compatible (afaik).. maybe so it would be easy to port it? And you've got more time to work on it?

Pleeease, dont let Unity die

Kemper_Boyd · Post by **Kemper_Boyd** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 12:49 pm 0

MattV wrote:
tryptamine wrote:But isn't GameCube OpenGL based?
It's similar but not actually OpenGL. I guess all the groovy framebuffer and texture filter effects will be quite proprietry.

PS3!

TFO · Post by **TFO** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 12:50 pm 0

Sad news Jeff. This has been a tough year for you, but we all remain here for each other.

Geenius · Post by **Geenius** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 12:59 pm 0

Such a major shame. I was getting more into the thought of this only yesterday (I watched the video presentations available on here).

I'm sure you have many new and unique ideas planned, and many more will have cropped up during the development of Unity, so onwards and upwards.

Like many here, I was ready to buy a Gamecube for this. Guess I'll wait to see what is next due before my next hardware purchase.

All the best.

Bog · Post by **Bog** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:03 pm 0

*Hugs Great Hugs*

Always next time, mate - and christ, massive hats-off for so many reasons, not least of which gumption to take the risk in the first place, and massive integrity to not just rush it out.

And yeah - the community is incredible, for all my occasional bitching and whinging.

*raises mug* Here's to next time, whatever that may be.

Munky · Post by **Munky** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:05 pm 0

Really, really gutted for you Jeff.

I can understand the decision - I guess that's just the way the game industry works these days. It just sucks that you were put in the postion of having to make that decision in the first place. But fair play to you for having the integrity not to release a rushed version instead.

I've no doubt, however, that somebody with your talent and vision will be able to bounce back from this, and I look forward to seeing the results.

All the best.

zbandito · Post by **zbandito** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:06 pm 0

wow... I was really llooking forward to Unity, but her's hoping it can go forth into something else even better!

mamemeister · Post by **mamemeister** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:09 pm 0

c64audio wrote:Aw I was going to buy a Gamecube for that

That was the ONLY reason I asked for one for Christmas.

Not going to add anything to whats already be said Jeff.

I'm really sorry this has happened and hope you can take all the postives you made on Unity across to a new platform that will do it justice.

You have never been afraid to be a pioneer on new platforms, you could've taken the easy route and brought it out on PS2 and made a fast buck, thats not your style. You are driven by creativity not money, you're an ispiration to everyone eho knows you mate.

*hugs*

arron · Post by **arron** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:10 pm 0

The Frozen One wrote:Sad news Jeff. This has been a tough year for you, but we all remain here for each other.

This is one of the things that came to me relatively recently, that although the world is filled with suffering and strife, it gives us opportunities to help those people weighed down with heavy burdens and problems and help them to support us when we are similarly afflicted.

There is no such thing as permanency..our lives, our friendships, our hopes, our fortunes and labours all rise and fall. There is nothing we can point at and say is everlasting apart from change and the potential for change. It's both saddening and heartening at the same time. What we call good will not always be good, but the bad will not always be bad either..

Thus one just has to accept it, and realise that one moves further down the path. Hugs go out to Jeff to help him realise he's certainly not alone over here..

funkstar · Post by **funkstar** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:11 pm 0

Bloody hell. I'm sorry to hear that - from the looks of it you had something really special going on. Of course, I'm glad that you did not compromise your vision (ugh, that sounds cheesy), but I can't help thinking that you must feel like the mother in Salomon's judgement. Don't. Be glad that while this particular instance did not reach fruitition, you've hammered out a lot of what an eventual implementation would be like. Learn from that.

What I'm trying to say is that this is not a blank "Where do I go from here?" I was worried that Unity's cancellation would be the end of having a small developer go for a different game (from which everone benefits), but with thought I can't help being slightly optimistic. You were doing Unity at the end of the Gamecube lifecycle. Now, you have an entirely new generation of hardware to play with. And the market that made Lionhead want to publish Unity, is not going to go away. Perhabs some thought must be made on what exactly Llamasoft can realistically develop in the future, but this is not the end of gaming as we know it.

Have a NCoT. Go outside and give the beasties some scritchies (especially Ewenity). Take a long break (even from us, if you need it). But for goat's sake don't retire!

(Oh, and there's always the VLM!)

zbandito · Post by **zbandito** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:14 pm 0

here, have a furry, stinky cartridge to help ease your pain...

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:19 pm 0

I am so sad to hear you say those words Jeff. I was thoroughly looking forward to both playing the game and assessing its performance with a nice big fat friendly review so more people could experience your genius. But it is sadly not to be.

For now. At least. What Rich (Koworld) said. And Chris (Ahchay) too. There's nothing to say it can't come out on a different platform in the future. And if you don't want to work on the game... then what about VLM?! There's lots of people out there who would appreciate even just that part.

You haven't let anyone down. Well... hmm... nah... you might think you've let yourself down especially, but that is far from the truth. You've worked two years on this thing. I don't believe you'll let it drop that easily

But in the meantime, here's a big stinky *HUG* from me and as many NCoT as you need

Njal · Post by **Njal** » Fri Dec 10, 2004 1:44 pm 0

Oh cripes, just my luck... 2 days after I bought a cubie! I swear I must be jinxed

Oh well, Animal crossing is worth the purchase price alone.

Jeff, you haven't let anyone down. have a brew, spend some time with the beasties. I can't imagine how you must be feeling right now after spending so long working on something. Hopefully you'll be able to put a lot of that code to use in the future.

I'm sure I'm not alone in saying I can't wait to see what comes next.

,Njal

edit: And trying to look on the bright side, maybe there'll be time for the finishing of the History of Llamasoft on WOTR