Comments on: Cruise Control

By: Farbs

Farbs — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 02:58:06 +0000

@IAT: Not nearly enough (hint hint). I did find some great fan fiction a while ago though. Actually, I’m pretty sure I once found Polychromatic Funk Monkey fan fiction. That was awesome.

By: IAT

IAT — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 02:11:18 +0000

how much fanart do you have, farbs

By: Farbs

Farbs — Mon, 31 May 2010 22:36:15 +0000

@ryan – yeah, it can veer out of control with more than one person on a project. Still, I think it’s important when you build something new to acknowledge that you’ll at least need to make some course corrections.

By: robodoggy

robodoggy — Mon, 31 May 2010 16:19:07 +0000

That’s just how I created my game (which coincidentally was inspired by this). I started with being able to navigate a 2d array of characters then I figured out all the planets, saving and other ships.

By: ryan

ryan — Mon, 31 May 2010 12:24:36 +0000

that type of design philosophy works great when your working alone or with a small team like yves said. definitely harder to pull off with a larger group. I work in mech engineering and we essentially do what you do. we see a problem that isn’t necessarily defined by a document then we mock up a solution in 3d then review it and implement.

I guess this process could work with larger groups with the right management. it would be chaos letting a bunch of little groups design parts of a game then expecting everything to merge and be cohesive. communication would be key.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Mon, 31 May 2010 06:16:51 +0000

Obligatory: “EVEN WITH CRUISE CONTROL YOU GOTTA STEER BRO”

By: Apollo (previously Andrew)

Apollo (previously Andrew) — Mon, 31 May 2010 05:00:48 +0000

So are we gonna get wasted if were cruising and not paying attention???

By: LHin

LHin — Mon, 31 May 2010 01:27:54 +0000

“Cruise control engaged”

OH CRUD! Where did that juliet station come from?

By: Yves

Yves — Sun, 30 May 2010 23:01:52 +0000

I agree with this kind of design plan. It seems a lot more intuitive and generally just smarter. Of course, if you have a team of people and each isn’t intimately familiar with what is going on in the game, designing the way you are presents some problems. But I think that for a one person or few person design team it’s a better idea to do what you’re doing, Farbs.