larrypeters

There are a few games that I think of as art such as Flower and Braid, but the majority are just another form of entertainment. Later, LAR

[quote who="Polynomial" reply="83" id="2679609"]A lot of you act like there's other dev studios out there that can pump out titles with more production values than Bioware treating them like some third rate developer. You keep generalizing their games. When it gets to actually playing their games, the critical success of Bioware games speak for themselves.[/quote] FWIW, I've stated a few times on my blog that Bioware is my favorite game developer. I'll buy pretty much anyth

[quote who="Polynomial" reply="69" id="2679118"]I really don't agree with you. I feel Mass 2 is a smooth improvement over the first game. All that's really different from the 1st game is the wonky inventory system. Technically speaking, Mass 2 is a strictly better game than the first. Its better written, better shot cinematically, has way better audio and plays much better as a third person shooter. Bioware really hasn't failed in maintaining excellence.[/quote] But... it's not a thir

[quote who="Polynomial" reply="64" id="2678833"]None of you are still providing any ideas or proof of why EA is hurting Bioware. Or proving that EA is making decisions for Bioware that are bad. EA wants every game coming out of Bioware to be in the 90s. EA knows Bioware is one of if not their best studio.[/quote] I think you did a good job of that yourself. EA wants Bioware to make them a lot of money, they want games with scores in the 90s. It's not like there's an EA ove

[quote who="Polynomial" reply="59" id="2678454"]You people are being so dumb when it comes to EA. What proof do any of you have of anything that EA is hurting Bioware?[/quote] Origin, Maxis, Westwood Studios, Pandemic Studios

[quote who="-RAISTLIN-" reply="3" id="2675520"]The opposite for ME2, where I thought the characters were fantastic and the story was fun (if not inspired) but the gameplay was horrid and the RP elements significantly dumbed down.[/quote] I feel the same about Mass Effect 2 (Mordin is freakin awesome, btw). Some of my favorite games come from Bioware, but I do worry that EA's going to turn them into a third rate developer as they did Maxis. In a way it feels like we've alre

Oh I thought screenshots were frowned upon. That helps quiet a bit, thanks. Later, LAR

Ya, I could see that.=) I don't envy the task you guys set up for yourselves. Later, LAR

Feel free to use Elemental Nation . I could use some extra ppl testing file uploads. Later, LAR

I have to admit to not understanding what can and can't be liked. Take Gorstagg as an example (I don't have any beef with him, its just the profile I have open), he has http://www.facebook.com/elementalgame listed 17 times in a row. When I tried to do what I thought was the same thing they were all rejected. I'm just confused over what gets rejected and what doesn't. Later, LAR

I've updated the site so you can now track projects on it. This is for those of you who already have a ideas that they're planning on working on. Later, LAR

Spell Name: Fog Tactical Arcane Knowledge: 10 Mana Required: 10 Shards Required: 2 Air, 1 Water Area affect of 10x10 tiles. Reduces the visibility of all units within that area to 1. Spell Book: Air Note: Spell has a 10% chance of dissipating each turn. Spell Name: Summon Giant Worm Strategic Arcane Knowledge: 20 Mana Required: 20 Shards Required: 2

It is my pleasure to announce the launch of Elemental Nation . At its core Elemental Nation is about hosting Elemental mods, providing information about modding and giving modders a place to collaborate on their projects. But even more than that it’s about making Elemental as enjoyable to play as possible. Elemental Nation is by no means intended to be a replacement or competitor to the official forums. Rather it&rsquo

I like having them stay the same size myself.

[quote who="starkers" reply="20" id="2668341"]Oh and before anybody tells me to lighten up, it makes my blood boil to see this world going down the shit shute because Hollywood's influence has impacted on society in a negative and derogatory way. [/quote] Don't for get Video Games. They turn children into killing machines. Geesh. This reminds me of how my father use to hate Seinfeld. Absolutely refused to give the show a chance. That is until

Congrats! Perhaps I'm just showing my ignorance of Photoshop here, but isn't the prize the thing you needed to use to enter the contest? Later, LAR

You know this has been bothering me too and I didn't realize it until reading this post. I find I'm having to focus on wandering around killing stuff, not because I want to, but because I want to increase the level of my Sovereign/Champions. I think some/most of the issues can be fixed by being able to cast spells that increase various stats, but being unable to increase my essence without fighting does worry me. Later, LAR

[quote who="TCores" reply="8" id="2666646"]RE: Yes, the editor here does use javascript. I believe they're running a TinyMCE derivative that they forked a few months back.[/quote] Holy crap this is TinyMCE... and it's output doesn't look like pure garbage. Kudos to you Stardock. Later, LAR

Damn you for making me want to spend money. =) But really I'd be losing money if I didn't buy something. Later, LAR

You could have Elementalopedia entries automatically open on the second screen when you click on something that has one. Or you could leaving the unit design screen open on the second screen so you can interact with the game at the same time. Or diplomacy. I'm thinking more multiplayer focused here. Later, LAR

You could always try the windows version of vi. [e digicons]:grin:[/e] http://www.vim.org/ Later, LAR

I don't think this is a battle you're going to win. Even if the game wasn't a month from being complete, XML is a standard format for laying out data and is known far and wide. I had never heard of S-expression before this thread. This line is what bothers me the most in your posts "the most important thing to Me, The Modder — S-expressions require less typing and are easier to read." One of the main reason for having all those elements in XML is clarit

It would be nice if the game did a little bit more hand holding when it comes to studying spells. On my first time through it took a good 30 turns before I realized after I researched a spell I had to go study it. Later, LAR

I had the portrait image of one of my champions turn into the portrait of another. See screenshot below. Later, LAR

I was under the impression that the logistics cap Frogboy is talking about is for non-champion units only. You'll be able to have as many champions as you'd like in a stack. Later, LAR