Elite

[Penfold]

w00t!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20187897

[RizZy]

http://www.oolite.org/

[Sn00ks]

Used to play this on the Spectrum for hours and hours and I'm not sure if a remake will recapture the same emotions.
It was the first game of its type and its uniqueness was its attraction. Fingers crossed the remake, if it gets the £1.2 million needed, will be as enthralling.

[b00n]

w00t!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20187897

I wouldn't get too excited. The man behind this, Elite's co-author (the less talented I might add) David Braben is generally viewed as a money grabbing git who has tried and largely failed to recreated the success of Elite since it was first launched.  This recent development is almost certainly down to the success of kickstarter projects like Star Citizen, which Braben will be hoping to cash in on.  I personally don't think he has what it takes to rekindle the thrill of the original and I'm not sure if he ever did - I suspect much of that magic came from his partner.  In any case he hasn't managed it since despite other games like the X series, freelancer and EVE doing a pretty good job.

My money will be staying with Star Citizen, looks like a much better prospect since they actually prepared and developed their technology for a year or so before their kickstarter, in contrast to Braben who conveniently crawls out of the woodwork looking for funding but has precisely zero substance to show.

Disclaimer: I don't like the guy.

[Liberator]

He's done more than Ian Bell has.

Well. I'm signed up for the £20 pledge limited to first 10,000 peeps, then it's £30 for anyone else.

I used to spend a lot of time in Which Space shooting Thargoids and collecting the Tharglets.

[b00n]

He's done more than Ian Bell has.

Well. I'm signed up for the £20 pledge limited to first 10,000 peeps, then it's £30 for anyone else.

I used to spend a lot of time in Which Space shooting Thargoids and collecting the Tharglets.

Reading this interview should give a fair idea of why Ian Bell has been... less than productive (particularly the answer to the last question). And also why I dislike David Braben.  Ironically, today's game publishing world is ripe for him to make a comeback since he'd fit right in with that cesspool of amoral sharks.

http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/archive/b5081501.htm

[Liberator]

Reading this interview should give a fair idea of why Ian Bell has been... less than productive (particularly the answer to the last question). And also why I dislike David Braben.  Ironically, today's game publishing world is ripe for him to make a comeback since he'd fit right in with that cesspool of amoral sharks.

http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/archive/b5081501.htm

Actually, no it doesn't, it's an archived interview posted on his own website where he has had to remove certain sections because of the way he responded. All it says is that he had a falling out with David Braben who continued to produce games and run a small software company in a way which produced a profit. Why would that stop him doing his own programming  for another company.

Just reads whiny to me.

[b00n]

Actually, no it doesn't, it's an archived interview posted on his own website where he has had to remove certain sections because of the way he responded. All it says is that he had a falling out with David Braben who continued to produce games and run a small software company in a way which produced a profit. Why would that stop him doing his own programming  for another company.

Just reads whiny to me.

The point I was trying to make more subtly than I am about to is that he comes across as a hippy slacker.  Which is fine by me, even today many programmers would fall into that category and some have been among the smartest people I know.  If the man isn't interested in writing code any more that's his business.

Braben making a profit is fine. Braben, or anyone else for that matter, making a profit by exploiting the work of others without giving credit, and attempting to use the legal system to strongarm those same people, is not fine.

[Liberator]

Braben making a profit is fine. Braben, or anyone else for that matter, making a profit by exploiting the work of others without giving credit, and attempting to use the legal system to strongarm those same people, is not fine.

Not really using the legal system to strong-arm. A solicitors note saying please clarify the statement as it may be misinterpreted, they removed text instead of explaining it in the question itself. And that interview is over 10 years old.

More recently the pair of them appeared at a GameCity convention in 2009 and although they didn't hug and kiss, they shared the same message.

Brabens a trustee of the Raspberry Pi foundation and seems to be putting a lot back into the future of programming and teaching the new generation, also the few releases from Frontier developments over recent years seem to be pushing the new technologies of the time.

Not giving credit where credit is due is not to be forgiven and from the interview it is a statement which is prefaced with "I am lead to believe" which is damming him for the Chris Sawyer source coded. That's obviously something for Chris Sawyer to comment on, not Ian Bell.

But on the whole he seems to be doing more from where he is than any of the major publishers to promote future programmers.

Either way, I'll judge the KickStarter by what I receive.

[ArithonUK]

Worth the money for a pledge. It's already looking both good and true to Elite.

Elite was one of the first games I ever bought for myself for my old BBC Micro back in 1984. Yep, a gamer for 3 decades!!

[video=youtube;P5JYRyhxYhI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=P5JYRyhxYhI[/video]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous?ref=live

[DrunkenZombiee]

These guys are really close to me on the Cambridge Science park.

They were demoing it the other day at some meet in the conference centre so stopped by to have a gander.

Looks good!

[Seany]

I'm looking forward to this and it is the first project I have pledged to on Kickstarter.  Time is running out though and it looks like it is going to be tight on whether they get the funds or not.  They have released lots of media in the last few days.  The most recent vid is pretty nice:

[Liberator]

Well, they did it, the largest successful KickStarter target to date. It was looking close in the last few days, but the actually ended up getting £1.5 million, half a million over the last few days alone.

And it's looking quite good.

[video=youtube;Xg9k7E4ngFw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg9k7E4ngFw[/video]

[albert]

Premium Beta Bought to go with my pledge. Single Pilot version already available and the Premium Beta starts on Friday!! Looks amazing I have to say. I shall secure the dMw Clan if possible.

[BrotherTobious]

Good man I am on the waiting list for full game release