Comment by hn8788
5 years ago
How about how they say that the game will also include every genre, and all of this work will be done by two people? This is an absolute scam.
5 years ago
How about how they say that the game will also include every genre, and all of this work will be done by two people? This is an absolute scam.
I would hesitate to call it a scam, but it definitely seems like they're inspired by Ready Player One at least a little bit, and may well be overzealous.
It sounds like they want to compete with VRChat since VRChat can do almost all of their stated goals with the added bonus of users being able to create and upload content, and despite the name, you don't need VR hardware to play it. The only thing listed that VRChat doesn't have or can't do is a single, giant world.
Also they state worldbuilding will have a "catalog of objects," but VRChat worlds are just Unity levels, so you can put whatever you want in there. You're not limited to a "catalog."
I'm pretty convinced they wanna compete with VRChat.
It depends where you put a limit on genre. Minecraft for example covers a surprising number of genres using just the basic mechanics + user mods for goals/limitations. Same with Roblox. If you can modify the world, you get them "for free".
Minecraft wasn't marketed as having "every genre", while showing exactly none in their demo videos.
When you design a game you come up with a core game play loop, Minecraft had this, and notch was competent and humble enough to make his game from scratch, and release a MVP people could play.
This game doesn't have a core game play loop so it hides behind nothing burger statements like this.
Whenever someone makes claims that are both grandiose and vague you should take it with a grain of salt.
But do you know what it does have? it doesn't describe in ambiguities? kickstarter rewards, you get pets, and you get to put your name on a billboard, and the more you donate the bigger your name.
I'm not saying they're right, but given we know games can lose the core game play loop and succeed, maybe starting without it isn't a terrible idea. Secondlife is still around without one. Roblox doesn't really have one. Kids can spend hours in Scratch creating their own.