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Broquest musicdev here. The day you've all been waiting for has finally arrived.
>>344211590That is: the day our team gives up. There's a bit more to it though.
>>344211590
What day might that be?
Oh, it took this long to die? I thought it ended long ago.
Is this a thing anyone is supposed to care about?
>>344211896
We were pretty much in terminal phase.
Sometimes we'd keep posting content but... ded.
We do have a novel worth in lore, plenty of art, music and docs, but the project itself will probably get stagnant again until somebody else takes over.
I'll probably fix the rest of the songs I've got and post some DL link here. Next team of nodevs will have it slightly easier if they feel like reviving this project again.
The only thing I'm proud of is that at least we didn't pull a Starbound. Team was pretty bro-tier.
>>344212607
I'm only vaguely familiar with this project. Is there a simple repository with all the asset stuff you mentioned?
>>344211730
Didn't this die years ago already?
>>344212607
Eh starbound will at least get made
And works inside of this
>>344212607
Any chance of ever posting that art and lore?
I wasn't around when this was supposed to be a "thing" but liked reading about the different character concepts.
>>344213759
There's actually a thread on /tg/ about Broquest right now.
>>>/tg/48147202
If I can remember how to crossboard link.
>>344213148
For now I'm just preparing my own assets. I had about 120 music tracks done, but I'll release about 75 because I want to recycle some of my stuff.
>>344213342
We went dark. The project was alive and well until a few months ago I'd say. We've been through a lot of shit.
>>344213759
I'll ask the guys. I was the composer. They have another one besides me, also pretty good. I eventually stopped making stuff because of a weird curse or something.
>>344213656
instead*
Omg finally I can take this opportunity
Would anyone like to collaborate with me on a game? I'm a musicfag and I also do the character design.
It would be a puzzle strategy RPG. Basically, the battle system goes like this: you can choose a set of commands to use for each battle (like in Megaman battle network). There are many playable characters who join your party throughout the game, and each has a different set of commands available. The enemy also has a set of commands, though.
Here's the catch: your selection is random. Well, kinda. The game is kinda like minesweeper in that you can choose one block each turn, and it's only revealed to you what it is after you choose. There is an indicator on each row on how many of your commands there are (blue) and how many of the enemy's (red). Pic related is an example of how it'd work (I didn't check if my example was mathematically possible. I'd have the computer make up the grids in the actual game.)
There are, of course, more typical RPG elements such as a health bar, damage, and levels. Also there's gonna be quite an in-depth story.
Now that Broquest is done for, I think I can manage to steer the wheel and create something that will live up to its forgotten legacy. Get some of your guys on it, OP. My skype is pl4ntm4n
>>344213656
desu senpai if I had a mirrion dorars I'd work full time on the game, but wagecuck life, careers, social life those who had it and even fucking malaria took their toll. The project slowly decayed.
>>344215058
ye, sure dude.
it's not like there's wagecucks making good indie games alone in their basements
>>344215341
>Underrailinb4 >good
If you are afraid your work will go to waste, please post anything you can to github or other public open source repo. Good chance someone will pick it up and a (slim) chance someone will notice / hire you in the future.
>>344215680
it was okay
i didn't make a good build and got shafted where I was supposed to kill like 6 fucking enemies at the same time
>>344215341
Which we were, but those small projects are fragile.
While I worked on Broquest I joined several other projects waiting for the whole thing to move forward, but it was pretty sluggish and got worse instead of better. Recently something happened and I found myself unable to work as much as before.
>>344215748
This whole thing helped me get somewhat better and made me try different styles and instruments. That's ok. I'm checking github atm. I'll eventually post the whole thing either there or on the public open source thingy.
I'll take my time so if this thread dies I'll eventually make another once I've uploaded the whole thing.
>>344211730
As expected from our brothers.
Damn, been a while seen I've seen this corpse dragged back up again.
>>344217240
I hate a lot of these though. This shit here is the real deal.
Well OP, look at it on the bright side. After Shwig left and the first BQ fell apart, no one expected anything from you guys. So I guess you didn't disappoint a lot of people very badly.
>>344211916
It was something that was genuinely nifty when people first started talking about it, and now is just getting kind of annoying.
But most of all it's literally nothing.
>>344211590
Broquest hasn't been a thing for ages.
Stop posting these ancient memes.
>>344218026
What's left of the team probably is.
>TFW lurking on all our team meetings, listening to dev ideas and putting them to practiceon rpg makerto check how they would work.I was hyped actually. Game seemed fun.
For example, we had decided that dungeons would have different paths depending both on the player's observation and on which bro you chose. The system was a bit like Golden Sun but with every bro having their own skills, better exploration and smallquests. The idea was to keep it simple but replayable.
I still think at least this part wasn't so far-fetched. Could be done in a day or so.
What kind of game was it supposed to be?
Were there any programmers on the team?
Did a prototype get made, or was it just a bunch of people working on assets?
Tell me it wasn't made in RPGMaker.
How different is this BroQuest from the one Shwig work on?
>>344221787
>What kind of game was it supposed to be?
Turn based combat RPG based on mocking generic clichés, but also srs at some parts.
Bros were going to be a bit like a less hardcore version of Kichikuou Rance. Some of them could die if you fucked up big time,but that wasn't supposed to happen.
>Were there any programmers on the team?
a wizard god and some apprentices.
>Did a prototype get made, or was it just a bunch of people working on assets?
We did make a prototype, then decided to remake it better.
>Tell me it wasn't made in RPGMaker.
I'm sorry anon.it wasn't.but because our devlord remade the RPGMaker engine all by himself and improved it
>>344222686
Vastly. Our style changed for more anime-esque to semirealistic. Pic semirelated. Copying Shwig's designs was not possible.
>>344222992
Wait, so what the hell iteration is your BroQuest? Because the only real BroQuest that failed miserably was the one with Schwig and PresidentLurker, etc.
>>344221787
desu I don't see why RPGmaker gets so much hate. It does get the job done and you can customize it into a proper game. The problem is that no one actually does. Our plan was to change it completely.
>>344223214
Pic related was ours.
>>344222992
This was our newest pope redesign.
Speaking of failed /v/ games, who remembers Project Hate Machine? That looked pretty cool.
Why is it that even /a/ can make a game, but /v/ can't?
>>344223552
Why is Batou a pope?
>>344211590
What attempt number at making BroQuest is this?
>>344223659
Because he was a tough guy. Here's rival.
>>344223821
He reminds me of Guts; I like it.
>>344222992
>but because our devlord remade the RPGMaker engine all by himself and improved it
>tfwhe lost it all when his computer died
>>344223578
a VN is a much more realizable project.
Sure it still takes effort, but the brunt of it is art and writing. You don't have to create gameplay, balance things, etc.
>Project Hate Machine
They had a thread a couple months back, apparently they're a bit on the terminal side as well, lacking animators/being too lazy to create animations and shit
>>344218026
That was the second attempt, this is the third? Fourth? I'm not even sure.
From what I remember, didn't shwig's attempt involve a programmer trying to make a 3d engine for a 2d game?
>>344225572
Yeah, asset creation is the big scary wall to me making a videogame, so I'm probably gonna go full text based to start with and maybe slowly add some measure of graphics eventually.
>>344223406
RPG maker tends to be a bit limiting as far as game creation engines go. You have to put in so much work to get around said limitations that you're better suited just using something else.
It doesn't help that RPG Maker games are notorious for use of stock and ripped assets to make rather sub par games.
Serious question, why not go to kikestarter to get funding for these bigger games and actually be able to get one done?
Last post for today. Have some Vixen.
>>344226036
That was our golden rule. Keep itfree
>>344226036
>Broquest started before kickstarter even existed
Wow, sure shows how new you are and how soon I need to get the fuck out from this summer infested place.
>>344226036
That'd be a fantastic way to get sued, especially if you're using stuff without permission.
>>344226036
Well anon. Just imagine all that shitposting.
>>344226148
>Making a game to a bunch of ingrates who will shit on it regardless
You poor naive fools.
>>344226204
Nobody own BroQuest though. All of it is pretty much public domain.
>>344226154
You can start a kickstarter even after beginning work on a game, you do know that right?
Whatever.
Went to shit as soon as it branched from like 5 something party members to everybody and their mother trying to shoehorn their overdone trope into the lineup. Didn't the final 'roster' have like 40 something characters?
>>344226036
in addition to >>344226204
We're not a people who can get funding and devote our days to working on the game. We've got studies, jobs and responsibilities that we have to keep doing.
>>344211590
How much of an ass was your artist? I've heard bad things
>>344226425
Not sure how much that'd fly honestly. There are aspects of the whole thing which are more than likely owned by their original creator. Then you have stuff like Shwig's designs and art as well.
Basically the only safe way would be to redesign the whole project from the ground up, which isn't what pretty much anyone has been doing.
>>344226432
That wasn't the point. The fact that you weren't here to understand a point made in >>344226148
means I'm no longer welcome here as the underage now rules this domain for the season.
>>344226504
Went to shit when our game engine literally burned.
>>344226756
Not on this team. He was a pretty cool guy.
>>344217752
>>344217429
DARK SOULS TIER:
3x Amnesiac undead
Fallen Hero Boss
>>344226756
Hes not really that bad of a guy. A bit of a troll, but he put the most effort into the last project than anyone. Hell, you can say that he alone was the one working on it and not be exaggerating much.
>>344217752
Eternal reminder that pink catgirl A SHIT.
>>344211590
Same art style as Breeding Season.
I'm going to assume this will never be even playable in anyones lifetime considering Breeding Season gets 30k a fucking month and it's still in fetus stage.
Even the fucking testing part had more content than it's current state.
>>344227370
You do realize the same artist worked on both, and that the Breeding Season came after, right?
>>344227370
the same artist worked on this.
He did art for broquest (for fun) before realizing he can make porn games and cater it to dumb autists.
>>344227443
Yes I know.
>>344217752
to many of these characters are redundant or don't really seem like they'd be a good bro
Cheerful Druid looks to plain, and why need her when you already got the funner P'orc Druid?
Iron General and Evil Knight are defiently better fit as Villains, maybe Psion too
Viking man bland
Ninja Guardian just seems like a plain ninja, could be more interesting if he had some other gimmick other than being another strong silent type character, maybe saying Japanese Proverbs or something
you really don't need a PTSD Ranger, Seasoned Relative, and Undead warrior, i'd imagine to much of their dialog would be similar, you know all being old and warriors, if any to be gone i'd say get rid of PTSD Ranger
i'd say the Necromancer and Wizard are to similar
the Devil and and the Con Artist are to similar
Samurai looks to bland (if the theme is all Japanese stand ins are bugs)
Shaman to bland
point is, less is more
>>344227560
>tfw it doesnt work for music.
>>344227659
>prefering meme porc to qt girl druid
I don't even need to read the rest of your post to know you have shit taste.
>>344211590
Hey man.
Keep it alive.
Dont give up on it.
The dissenters here are just jelly that they arent makin a game.
I believe in you.
>>344227659
this was always the perfect amount of party members
What a shame. Such a fun and surprisingly resilient idea.I really, really want to read that novel of lore. If for no other reason than catharsis.
>>344227935
>using the worst catgirl art
It's time. I'm going to make a broquest game now.I'll make broquest great again.
>>344227659
That list has been inflated by other people and wasn't the official list either. Several characters listed there are in fact random enemy designs that were drawn for the game.
For some reason, people kept inflating the lists and adding more reusing the old art concepts.
>>344223578
/v/ is inept and fosters in negativity while /a/ doesn't.
>>344227902
to much of a plain jane
Will this be realsed along side the bestiality game?
>>344228093
You wouldn't be the first to tryor the last
Moral of the story: don't make free shit, it'll never get finished.
>>344228229
From the ashes of broquest I'll create Phoenix quest.
I'll use all the assets but make ita cookie clicker clone.
It will be truly worth its legacy.
>>344211590Where's your music OP? I want to listen to it. Sorry to joke at your expense btw
>>344228479
https://m.soundcloud.com/trip-tune
There's a Broquest playlist. I only posted a few though.
>>344229029
Anywhere you gonna publish that sweet sweet lore?
>>344227659
>Cheerful Druid looks to plain, and why need her when you already got the funner P'orc Druid?
different near quintessential archetypes
Cheerful druid is that character you meet that you meet early on that hasn't really interacted with people much before and you convince them to come visit the world with you, the other is the team mascotP'orc a meh anyways, Kobold Trapper is the better character
>Iron General and Evil Knight are defiently better fit as Villains, maybe Psion too
all villains
>Viking man bland
He can always be expanded upon, he has a spot of honor seeing as he's in the original 4
>Ninja Guardian
one of those added on characters
>PTSD Ranger
He'd be the first one to cut, but I feel he has a place in the game as besides uncle he directly ties into the Frostborn invasion from years before and would bring some more depth to that plotline
>Seasoned Relative
don't you dare shit talk Uncle
>Undead Warror
don't you dare shit talk Yorick
>Wizard
not relevant, one of those added characters.
I think we were planning on not making the misunderstood necromancer a bro, though I cba to look it up
>con artist
Would have served as some cryptic seller or something, he wouldn't have been a bro
>Samurai
always room for improvement. Antoher character that relates to the Sunrise islands besides catgirl helps
>Shaman
Wouldn't have been included, Amazon would have taken a taken some possible concepts from him (mostly for combat balancing, she wouldn't have changed much (if at all really) character wise (which I remember people being pissed when we had mentioned it in a thread)
>>344227956
Our writers did a great job doing a write up of a lot of the lore. It's quite a nice read really.
>>344228475
moral of the story is that stagnancy, laziness and people leaving without saying goodbye and leaving gaps in positions with no way to fill them asides from shilling and hoping someone can fit that position kills an ambitious project.
>>344227659
To elaborate further on >>344228106
Cheerful Druid was one of the protagonist possible designs.
Iron General and Evil Knight are both enemy designs actually.
I can't remember if the viking is an old design or an enemy as well.
Necromancer's design I have no recollection of what it was used for. Same as Wizard, but most likely both are enemies.
Ninja is another enemy design.
Samurai bug is indeed another enemy.
There are a bunch more in that list which were added by random people after the project died.
>>344229165
>Our writers did a great job doing a write up of a lot of the lore. It's quite a nice read really.
Think you'll post them somewhere?Pls don't do something corny like posting in an archive then calling it a "bro-archive".
>>344229029
Woah man these are some sweet tunes. It's a shame that they won't be used for anything. Well hopefully it will but still a shame that this project fell through.
>They were recruiting from /rpgmgp/ over a year ago
>Tried to help rein in Supes' ludicrous scope
>Never invited me to the new Slack after the merger
>>344212607
>A novel's worth of lore
Far from surprised.
RIP. Image picked at random
>>344211590
Well, thanks for trying. I didnt expect you guys were still working on it but i hope you learned about videogame development. Its not just drawing and making ideas. Alot of planning and thought has to go into it in a set amount of time.
>>344229985
These projects tend to mostly fail due to poor management and lack of focus honestly. All the planning and thought in the world won't mean dick if people aren't actually working.
>>344230192
That is a good point, but from the posts ive seen and the lore that has been posted, they fell into the trap of anyone creating something new: biting off more than they can chew. Dont make 80 characters all with a backstory and random dungeons. Start off slow and simple. Then build upon what worked. This is final fantasy 101
>>344230570
I can only speak as someone who was on Shwig's team, we actually were reigning that in. A lot of characters were either merged into others or flat out dropped because of that. Much to the irritation of a lot of people.
>>344229649
>not "brah-rchive"
>>344212607
how the fuck do you mess up such a simple concept. It's Dragon Quest 3 with more classes, cmon now.
>>344211590
That's what you get for abandoning the original concept in favor of shoving every retarded OC you could imagine into the cast instead of spending your time actually making the fucking game.
>>344230192
As I said, we went through a lot of weird stuff. Most recent of it being meme magic giving me ass cancer.
(Not sure if it's specifically that yet but I haven't dev'd for monts)
>>344231840
I'm mostly speaking from experience as a member from the previous team and someone whos been on a lot of other projects,
>>344229165
>not incuding deliciously beefy Shaman,
I'll kill you.
>>344232335
He would have been an NPC, but we couldn't keep him as a bro, the roster was just far too large and characters had to be cut.
>>344230192
This is essentially what happened minus the focus (unless you mean focus in terms of not being ambitious)
>>344230570
We hadn't even really reached that point, the problem is that we bled members and didn't have much in ways of replacing them, and people didn't work.
I'd say a big part of it was a lack of management, the team lead left at some part in and the person who could mostly be attributed as the team lead (though he was more a writer) is a soldier who doesn't have a lot of time and is rarely present.
The project would do well with someone telling what needs to be done and by when. We were all sort of left to do our own thing, without being told what really needs to be done, which quickly leads to no one doing shit.
>>344233334
Last group focus was kinda everywhere. No one was properly leading and a buncha people did jack shit and were dead weight.
>>344233334
>NPC
disgusting
At least I'm saved from such heartbreak.
>>344214835
STEALING YOUR DESIGN AND SELLING IT TO CAPCOM GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
>>344233794
We weren't big, so we couldn't go big. Can't please everyone and can't include absolutely everything. Characters we loved, like Con Artist or Iron Gen became npcs for that reason.
>>344233794
sorry m8, but Shaman isn't that important of a character, was just a random addition and honestly isn't all that interesting.
Asides from the religious aspect, Vengeful Viking already fits the big stoic man of few words. VV could easily be changed to have a more wiseman aspect
>>344234168
Honestly I think that any character that reached the bro list that isn't included as a bro in the end should at least have the honor of becoming a slightly more prominent NPC (in that they serve more than just a talk to once type of deal)
>>344223578
Because de/v/s moved to /vg/
>>344217240
The fuck happened to honorable kabuto?
Good news, everyone.
Seeing all this vaguely positive response lead to the team becoming UN-dead.
Our souls might have left this mortal coil, but our immortal bodies will keep on shambling towards the hazy, undefined future that is BROQUEST.
If you're a programmer, you're welcome to join. But at least our programmer-turned-artist will put the pen down and get to keyboard.
Hopefully we'll have something in TWO YEAR-ARIDOOS.
>>344234323
Of course that was the plan. Shaman would be like Redxxiii's father. No matter if you don't get to play it he still gives you the feels.
>>344234664
Go home supes you're drunk
>>344234664
DO IT FAGGOT
I FUCKING BELIEVE
>>344234664
wew
I'll be here two years from now writing the postmortem for yet another failed Broquest project.
>>344234323
That'd mean that pretty much everything that has artwork would become a bro/prominent NPC.
Pretty much every piece of Shwig's artwork has been reused as a bro at some poitn.
>>344234664
I'm cautiously hopeful for this BroQuest release.
>>344229165
PLEASE post a link to the lore at some point. I'd love just to see how you connected all the bros into a coherent world.
Unless this magically unkills itself so you feel the need to keep it secret until something physical comes around, then godspeed.
Say, if anyone wishes to take up these concepts/characters/lore that are public and make a BroQuest game, a paid for instance, can anyone complain?
Like, that purple fag made pretty much all of the cool character concepts. Could he claim its his in court?
I say this cause Ive seen BroQuest mentioned outside of /v/, and if someone took it up to make an actual game I could see them banking on the hype of it being made alone.
>>344235643
Funny that you won't read most of the lore. You'll be given some hints and you will explore and discover. Ask npcs, read item descriptions or investigate dungeons.
Tomes a la Morrowind were not planned, but...
>>344235989
Yes. Theres a pretty strong case involved for the artist especially.
Where my rank n file niggas at?
I would pay $60for afunbroquest game
>>344236383
RIGHT HERE!
>>344234664
I still wanna see that lore, faggot.
>>344234664
Let this be true. My friend and I were actually interested in Broquest and played the Christmas demo when it came out.
>>344236383
I fucking love the Rank n File design
>>344236183
Hey, if we get an actual game I'll be fine with whatever I get. I just meant if there was no chance of the project continuing then the lore would have been nice to see what could have been.
>>344236383
>>344234664
Turn it into a gay VN.
>>344223578
>Why is it that even /a/ can make a game, but /v/ can't?
/v/ is fucking huge and is thought by most to be the worst board for a reason, it would be no different from asking /b/ to make a game.
/vg/, /vr/, and /vp/ are much more compartmentalized and so it's much easier to get a group game or mod project going on those boards.
>>344238617
Mind you /vp/ is making a Pokemon game, and /vg/ has /agdg/ with a surprising number (more than 0) of fairly successful games.
>>344238617
This is kinda accurate, but also not. The big reason is that you need a relatively small group of devoted individuals of moderate skill. Not only that, but you also need decent management and direction.
Honestly, /a/ got lucky.
>>344217752
>cant go on my adventure with the Iron General , Dwarf Mechanic , Rank and File Soldier, and Warrior Girl
Fuck the quest, I'll make my own kingdom.
>>344238746
Yeah, but how much of an influence does /agdg/ have on those games, like say Risk of Rain? I would imagine in most cases it would more like 'Anon's Game with a bit of help from AGDG' than 'Anon and AGDG's Game'.
I know about Pokemon Clover and Sage/Aus. Whether it's worse than /v/ or not they have a much more manageable environment at least to help stand a better chance.
/vr/ also fucking loves making Doom mods and maps.
>>344238891
Well yeah, that too. I don't think /v/ will have a lot of those folk though.
>Honestly, /a/ got lucky.
That's probably it.
>>344238617
>/vg/, /vr/, and /vp/ are much more compartmentalized and so it's much easier to get a group game or mod project going on those boards.
>/vp/
nope that's a mess too. We had to go offsite because it's impossible.
/v/'s next project:^)
>>344240157
I can't see that shit. Got a larger version?
>>344214084
>just pretty good
U having a giggle m8
>>344240337
My bad
>>344240157
Didn't this move to /tg/
>>344239892
/v/ has those people, but also the size of /v/ is kind of one of its downsides in this case. It has so many people that finding the good is a needle in the haystack problem, especially when a project gets popular.
Theres also the fact that 4chan in general is a shitty place to gather dedicated people because of how many trolls and listless people visit this site.
>>344240791
Some one is making a non-lewd game about the tower girls, I know this because I played the demo, how ever it's been months since I've last heard of it and I've since deleted it from my computer.
>>344240812
/v/ has been coming together to fucking sing songs together for three years in a row now. I'm sure we can eventually make a game.
>>344239892
But how much influence does the board have to have on the game in order to have come from there? Is just having people who frequent that board not enough? Do there need to be threads asking for what people on the board want?
>>344241042
How many princesses are there now? I remember seeing at least two more kinds of dragon princesses so the roster must be bloated as fuck by now.
>>344241362
Singing requires little to no work and prep. Putting together a game however requires assloads of it.
>>344240157
The tower girls game that they're working on now is super tedious. I can see how its to set up for the big battles and world changing consequences but those aren't particularly good or interesting right now either. I think they tried to include too many things at once instead of making any one aspect of the game really solid.
>>344240812
I think even if you wanted to do something you'd get wiped of the board instantly. Other /v/ would be better for putting something together just because there's less traffic. Sometime last year they started working on a sequel to 7th Stand User and an original 3D platformer Anton & Coolpecker. I guess both are still going because they put out progress reports somewhat recently.
>>344240812
Finding people isnt the hard part, finding dedicated people is the hard part. Anyone can code, but coding for more than a week on the same project takes dedication.
>>344240753
Orc all day every day.
>>344241531
Honestly, projects on /v/ last quite some time. Broquest alone can attest to this. The bigger problem however is that the more popular the project becomes, the more problems it brings.
I mean again, Broquest is a fine example. When the project first started, everyone was excited, a bit too much so.
Then when things had to be changed/removed, you started getting people who were personally offended. Their favorite character was removed? SHIT GAME. Now they begin to troll the threads/spread misinformation.
The catgirl thing was a prime example of the misinformation/shitposting. Shwig basically had to put the design on hold cause he spent too much time on that one thing, with the intent to revisit, and everyone lost their mind.
Too many progress reports and basically people start trolling even harder.
>>344212607
>we made everything except an actual game
even people posting garbage unity platformers are better than you
>>344241920
Well, its a bit of both honestly. You need to find someone who can do a specific thing, do it well, and do it reliably.
For instance, anyone can draw, but theres a massive difference between a stick figure and an actual drawing.
>>344242829
Exactly. And most of the people on this site are incredibly lazy as well, at least I know I am. Otherwise there'd be more helpers.
>>344242161
Broquest really needed to tone down its scale. People in charge should have been draconian in making sure that no new ideas would be considered until a certain amount of (coding) progress was made.
No new party members/NPCs or plot hooks until they got a working battle system, sprites for the existing characters, completed areas,etc.
In the end it was all idea guys and Shwig doodling ideas from the idea guys.
>>344243059
I can only speak for myself, but personally one big reason I don't do much is simply because I don't like wasted effort.
Making all of this crap to have it never finished and/or other people use your work without your consent just makes it all a waste of time.
>>344241402
There's no end to the princess. Every time I look there are even more with newer mechanics.
>>344242161
I guess that's true. It takes way too much time to put something together for so many progress reports. Broquest was like a 24/7 thread.
You know what game actually worked? /V/irgin Quest, because the guy made it in RPG maker and posted progress in one thread a week. A thread could ask for android mascots, autism dungeons, skeleton waifus, or gender swaps for the whole party and you'd get something the next week because he didn't have to try and delegate work between 8+ unaccountable people. More than anything it worked because people getting hyped and wanting to contribute art/music/ideas were able to, because there were actually game mechanics in place.
>>344242161
Broquest was always a clusterfuck. It was basically one or two artists and a bunch of ideas guys with nobody actually knowing how to make a video game. I've lost track of the number of times people have tried to restart it.
>>344243279
While in theory that sounds great, in practice that tends to actually hurt more than not.
Ironically, what you're talking about is one of the main reasons why the attempt with Shwig failed.
By saying we don't need X until we get Y, you're making it so when/if you DO get Y, you won't have X ready for it. For instance, if you had a battle system ready, but no artwork/sprites ready, that piles onto the time needed for the project, and more time is always a bad thing.
Using the prior attempt as an example, art assets were ignored/put off until the game engine was ready. But by then, a lot of interest in the project had dried up, and there were much fewer people interested, and thus finding people who were decent/skilled became even harder.
What you need is good management. Having multiple groups working on their individual parts to make one cohesive whole makes things work better in the long run. That said, you do have to know how to manage scope as well.
>>344243540
>pic
Yeah, that's looking pretty bloated to me.
>>344243540
The quality control is impressive, but there's a point when people just need to fucking stop. A lot of boards have this stupid mentality that good things have to last forever, and all it leads to is something good being turning into a bloated, festering, fly-attracting corpse. I'm not saying Tower Girls is going to turn to shit, but it's expanding vertically with new and different features on top of each other. That's fine if it's just theorycrafting and ideas, but it'll make it a bitch to turn into anything more without consciously cutting off a lot of fat.
>>344238891
>Honestly, /a/ got lucky.
I know someone who knew someone on the team.
The reason KS got made was because the dudes on the team were very strict about getting work done.
It got done because there was never a moment where it was allowed to stagnate and lose steam.
>>344241362
sings are easy as fuck
all it takes is one dedicated person to put together all the submissions, and takes no more than a dozen minutes at most for any random person to contribute to it.
A game requires countless hours of dedicated work over the course of numerous years (if the scope of the project is that large)
>>344246558
While thats great that they had someone managing the team well, I'd still say they got lucky in that people actually did their work at all.
Working for free often causes people to not take well to that kind of strictness. Though, those are also the people you generally don't need. That said, it can cause a project to fail simply cause you can't find/keep enough people around.
Strict or not, they got super lucky finding some dedicated people willing to put up with that.
I made this as a BQ parody. It's having its 5th birthday in a few months
>>344239892
>Yeah, but how much of an influence does /agdg/ have on those games, like say Risk of Rain?
nigga hoopoo is a regular and gets help nearly 24/7 in the chat because
>gamemaker
>>344250067
I remember this, hello again.
Inn towel's OP.
>>344245954
>the creator went this far out of his way to avoid waifu / free sex characters
And that's exactly why nobody cares about that image. No fun allowed: the adventure. Woo-fucking-whee.
>>344251876
>not sticking your dick in kenny
I know someone who has SHIT TASTE
>>344251876
>he wasn't here for hella funtime adventures with friends
>being upset a CYOA doesn't result in non-stop waifu posting
Sucks to suck. I don't have it on me but it even got an expansion pack.
