Re: What features would you like to see in a sequel to FTL
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 7:33 pm
Less threads about sequels.
You are being inconsistent in your words. So what is your conclusion exactly? In the beginning you said "there is a great chance" but in the end you said "be careful". So what do you want to say at all? That FTL2 can be great but if there would be FTL3 and above it would be horrible?SushaBrancaleone wrote:i think you/we might have a good chance at this.
considering that revenue in indie games is much more concentrated than it is for major videogame developpers it is well possible that just and matthew may invest part of their income to create a more "wide-audience possible" version of the game.
As much as I can understand the motivations of the developpers of Fez and Braid, I find it would be a waste to not "ride the wave" and grab a spot in what promises to be a bigger part of the entertainment industry of the future.
Im not advocating the transformation of a "2 man band" here, all im saying is that having earned their space int he industry they deserve to speak up and to deliver their vision of video game entertainment to a wider audience. and yes also have larger profits"
According to Rousseau every generation should be able to "elect" their own constitution. He said this because hebelieved that old states/republics lost vision of their objectives and thus enthusiasm and this was a his way of making people care more.
The same goes for great ideas and merchandizing. Look at lucas. He made a film that reflected his times the 70's. The movie was about young people overthrowing the corrupt old system ruled by... the old. pretty much the struggle of the 60's of changing society. Lucas later became a slave of his own ideas and of the lawyers and burocrats who chained him to his own ideas.
iTs a cycle. Yet when a young man with new ideas is given the opportunity to incide on society great things happen. Eventually the bureaucrats, lawyers and marketers (the contemporary king midas with the only difference that everything they touch turns into shit instead of gold) and start squeezing all the money they can out of that idea and the dream is over.
Sure star wars is crap now, but it sure as hell rocked in the 80's when it was about spaceships, guns, and hyperjumps. was it worth the ride? sure it got boring at the end but it was worth it.
Diablo 1 and 2 were great games. diablo 3 is the epitomy of the marketers dream and the gamers nightmere. Activision came along and ruined everything.
so be carefull what you ask for.
The alternative for jutsin and matthiew would be to create another game with just them as staff. tbh after having watched indie game the movie i dont think anyone who is is full possession of their mental sanity would do this 2 times. in a lifetime but who knows.
I don't think it's something as a "cycle". Sure incessant creation is not 100% guaranteed but it's still totally possible. That “cycle” only applies to totally commercial + mainstream stuffs. Sequels sequels sequels… Of course those are nonsense. However many great creators go on incessantly to create different wonderful things and refuse to fall into a commercial machine. They do not have so much fame probably because there isn't marketers' mainstream propaganda, but look carefully and you'll see plenty of them. Even Christopher Nolan can more or less count as one, not to mention many others.
The statement about "Indie Games the Movie" is definitely far-stretched. Of course for any developer such a journey would not be easy but it's also not that daunting. Justin said he worked fixed hours per day, about 8 to 9 hours only. It's totally imaginable: it's just like writing a book, it's quite huge for sure but if you do it consistently each day for a year or two years, with experience, it's actually normal to achieve. That movie emphasized the hard side but it's not the whole picture. I can't see it has anything to do with "mental sanity" or whatsoever. At least for those reliable guys who know how to do a project methodologically. Definitely no.