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internisus · . Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 354

Oh wow! Introversion has a dev blog now!

Maybe some of you knew this already and that's where you found out about Subversion, but man I can't wait to read all of this tomorrow!

Talk about the success and changes that are coming to Introversion!

dizzyjosh · . Joined: 20 Jun 2006 Posts: 64

i bought defcon, and really wanted to get hella into it, but it didn't hold my attention (of course, nothing, regardless of quality, has held my attention recently except Dwarf Fortress which makes me think I'm becoming autistic); but Introversion themselves earn some kind of Super Gold Star for being all independent and pretty and clever.

and generally yay for dev blogs; even a tiny bit of transparency does a lot for me in terms of building a company's or professional's appeal.

Nana Komatsu · weak sauce Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293

I hate to break it to you, but Subversion has been out for years now.

Note to anyone who knows where that link goes without mousing over it: shut up shut up shut up.

Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 5:13 am Post subject:

I quite like Introverion's work even though I haven't bought any of their games and am awaiting to see what will become of what they are beavering away on now. Granted, I'm more attracted by the visual styles they use more than how the games actually play but I have enjoyed myself to an extent with that part as well.
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dessgeega · Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:02 am Post subject:

i liked uplink a lot. the interface cultivates a really good suspense of disbelief, and it's a pretty good mercenary game. darwinia came out and was nothing like it: it doesn't look like anything, the maps are scripted, and the play is tedious and frustrating. i've only played defcon two-player (with cycle) and it didn't do much for me, though i could see it being good with a larger number of players. it does show that introversion learned from darwinia: defcon is much more coherent visually, and they seem to have learned that they're terrible at creating scripted content, because there is none in defcon.

i don't actually find them all that interesting as a developer. they've still yet to surpass their first project. all i know about their next project is it has algorithmically-generated roadmaps.
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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

They made lots of mistakes with Darwinia (I believe they've fixed a few now) but I still managed to enjoy it... it reminded me of the days when I played games where I had no idea what I was doing, how to do it, etc. I just had fun experimenting and seeing whats what.

Unfortunately, I've had trouble finding people to play DEFCON with. I mean, the public servers are packed, but I hate joining public servers for any game. Lots of people I used to play against have either moved on, lost interest or too budy to play. A couple of my friends just like playing as a team against the computer which I think is totally retarded and against what the game is a bout, but they're too scared to actually challenge each others wits. Ooohhhhh well.

I like the company though. Chris Delay was fantastic when I wrote an article about the company. It was nice to have someone who responded to my questions BEFORE my deadline.
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ApM · Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 1:48 pm Post subject:

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

Ok, so, fuck this

I got Darwinia

I installed it

Then it won't fucking work.

The worst part?

The demo will work.

I've done everything on their site, and I don't know what else to do. Any advice?

This is why I hate fucking PC games.
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dhex · Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 5:46 am Post subject:

do you have to uninstall the demo?
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Nana Komatsu · weak sauce Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293

No, he installed the demo after installing the game in a fit of rage, so I doubt that's it. He also spent the better part of two hours trying to upgrade his DirectX drivers and stuff to no avail.
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dhex · Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:44 am Post subject:

well, uh, what's the error/errors?

dx level 9.0c right? (i can't imagine it even needs that)
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Nana Komatsu · weak sauce Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 1293

Basically the game loads, the music plays for two seconds, and then the executable core dumps and a generic "Darwinia.exe has encountered an error." message comes up. When Matt gets out of the shower he can probably explain better.
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dhex · Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2007 10:54 am Post subject:

did you guys try this?

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

That didn't work Sad

Here's my error readout

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-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932

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dhex · Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:42 pm Post subject:

shit man, try posting it in the darwinia forums?
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

do they even work?

I went to them and got sent to another one and both are dead.
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-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932

"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"

dhex · Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 8:04 pm Post subject:

the forums seem alive:

http://forums.introversion.co.uk/darwinia/viewforum.php?f=5&sid=083f99db9e162069ff4d115a6de69400

http://forums.introversion.co.uk/darwinia/viewtopic.php?t=2373
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Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

I'm going to try this:

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

I'm giving up on this Sad

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simplicio · . Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 1091

Shaper, do you do all your PC gaming on a laptop?

Something must be done!

I've got spare parts up here, y'all.

Shapermc · Hot Sake! Joined: 14 Oct 2004 Posts: 6279

My desktop died a while back. I don't really use any other computer, and I can hook this one (my laptop) up to my TV so I can get the couch effect. I don't really like playing PC games though.
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"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!"