Since I haven't seen anyone post this, I thought I'd share the new Star Engine demo video from Cloud Imperium Games.

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    1 year ago

    Before Star Citizen got announced, I tried to get up a project that would've been better, bigger, and far more revolutionary… only I didn't lie about it, so funding fell on blank stares at best, and a bunch of insults at worst.

    Congrats, you voted with your wallet to get conned, so you got what you voted for. Same with No Man's Sky.

    The average citizen has no vision or perception of the costs involved, so you either con people, or nothing gets done.

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      1 year ago

      Are you a well-known developer though? One of the reasons why Starfield attracted so much attention was the name Chris Roberts attached to it. As flawed as his legacy is, he's a household name in the industry. Are you? What was your project about? How big was your team?

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        1 year ago

        Precisely, you just described what’s needed to pull a con. My project was just an engine capable of running a real-scale galaxy with consistent time travel, we had no great concept artists capable of churning out eye candy marketing material. Should have made it a solo project about digging mines, or something.