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The Gamecube/PS2/Xbox era is SPECIAL.
We'd learned enough to make interesting and ambitious 3D games of reasonable polish, but didn't have the technical capacity for fidelity. We agreed a human face looked a bit like a potato and moved on.
On a wide scale, design got *weird*.
We'd learned enough to make interesting and ambitious 3D games of reasonable polish, but didn't have the technical capacity for fidelity. We agreed a human face looked a bit like a potato and moved on.
On a wide scale, design got *weird*.
This is the era of Def Jam: Fight for NY, and Katamari Damacy, and friggin' Halo. It's the era of Mercenaries, Star Wars Battlefront, and every other Pandemic game that made well-designed jank feel like magic.
It's the generation where Rockstar became gods.
It's the generation where Rockstar became gods.
Fable, Call of Duty, Metal Gear Solid 3, Resident Evil 4, Half-Life 2, Morrowind, Spider-Man 2, Silent Hill 2, Knights of the Old Republic...
The sixth generation created the standards we still compare ourselves against. The dreams we carry.
We are still chasing its ghosts.
The sixth generation created the standards we still compare ourselves against. The dreams we carry.
We are still chasing its ghosts.
The sixth generation is filled with games, aesthetics, and designs that indies can basically plunder at will? At exponentially cheaper cost???
I talked about this in the new episode of the @jimburnsdave podcast. https://specialgunproductions.com/jbdpodcast
I talked about this in the new episode of the @jimburnsdave podcast. https://specialgunproductions.com/jbdpodcast
...We abandon ideas so quickly in this industry - we haven't even had time to have fuckin' artistic movements. Every era of games is happening at once, because we're in stasis.
We create graveyards of gold in less than a decade, over and over again - and bury ourselves alive.
We create graveyards of gold in less than a decade, over and over again - and bury ourselves alive.
You want an easy* road to commercial viability as an indie? Look at the MASSIVE audiences abandoned in the sixth generation's wake.
Tape the top-rated games of the era to a dartboard, throw a fucking dart, and make a modern version.
Done.
*Nothing is easy, death is inevitable.
Tape the top-rated games of the era to a dartboard, throw a fucking dart, and make a modern version.
Done.
*Nothing is easy, death is inevitable.
5.3 MILLION PEOPLE BOUGHT TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER 2.
DID THEY ALL DIE?
HAVE THEY DISAPPEARED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH?
WE STOPPED MAKING SKATING GAMES.
GUESS WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED, BEST-SELLING SPORTS TITLES RIGHT NOW.
INDIE F*CKING SKATEBOARDING REVIVALS.
DID THEY ALL DIE?
HAVE THEY DISAPPEARED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH?
WE STOPPED MAKING SKATING GAMES.
GUESS WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED, BEST-SELLING SPORTS TITLES RIGHT NOW.
INDIE F*CKING SKATEBOARDING REVIVALS.
THIS IS NOT A GALAXY BRAIN IDEA.
THIS IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.
THIS IS NOT ARTISTICALLY BANKRUPT.
THIS IS BASIC FUCKING MARKET RESEARCH, AND I FEEL LIKE *I'M* THE ONE WHO'S GONE MAD FOR SUGGESTING IT.
THIS IS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.
THIS IS NOT ARTISTICALLY BANKRUPT.
THIS IS BASIC FUCKING MARKET RESEARCH, AND I FEEL LIKE *I'M* THE ONE WHO'S GONE MAD FOR SUGGESTING IT.
INDIE: I want money.
ME: Great! Why not make a game for an abandoned audience?
I: I will make a new idea. :)
M: well--
I: I will spend years of my life developing an entirely original gameplay mechanic and visual style. :)
M: wait
I: All I need is a second mortgage. :)
M: please
ME: Great! Why not make a game for an abandoned audience?
I: I will make a new idea. :)
M: well--
I: I will spend years of my life developing an entirely original gameplay mechanic and visual style. :)
M: wait
I: All I need is a second mortgage. :)
M: please
When I ship An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs, and make a Def Jam: Fight for NY successor
and you present this tweet thread in accusation
i will look down and whisper
absolutely nothing
because i will not hear you
over my giant stacks
of business money
and you present this tweet thread in accusation
i will look down and whisper
absolutely nothing
because i will not hear you
over my giant stacks
of business money
The first person to make "Sly Cooper but leaning deeply, uncomfortably hard into that furry shit" is going to make an ungodly amount of money, and I will kneel amidst a storm of my own tears.
All hail the King.
All hail the King.
