Re: [Adonthell-general] Adonthell article on holarse

[Kai Sterker]

On 06 Apr 2002 19:57:09 +0200 Alexandre Courbot wrote:

> That's funny that guys who talk about games don't actually try them
> themselves. I'm sure that Georg didn't play neither :p

Well, as long as we play what we code ...


> Right. Although working again on Waste's Edge (which is already
> "obsolete", isn't it? ;)) can be discussed, as it will slow down the
> next version's development, supporting plenty of languages will bring
> us lots of players.

Exactly. I too think time spent in improving parts of 0.3 demo and
engine will not be totally wasted. As long as we don't forget the
greater goal. Although it's tempting, adding new gameplay for example
makes no sense.


> > Anyway, it's cool they have noticed it and made that article, even
> > if the author got most of the facts wrong. Makes me think whether he
> > has troubles with the english language, but the prologue summery is
> > retty accurate OTOH.
> 
> Well, let's not be hard - they are alreay nice to talk about us, and
> the site itself is good and up to date, from what I see. :)

Yeah, it seems to be good. I never looked at it before, as I thought
they only concentrate on commercial games. The news bits on
linuxgames.com regarding their site made me believe that. (Still
wondering whether all of their authors are at war with orthography
though ;)). 


> Makes me think: how about a section on the website where we would list
> all articles/reviews about Adonthell on the web and on magazines? This
> would be a good reminder for us, and could interest people who wants
> go get neutral opinions about whether the game is worthy or not.

Well, I thought about adding something to the links section (and a
newsitem about the new content). If that is okay, I'll do that one of
these days.

Kai