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by dunkelza
Mon Apr 27, 2015 10:39 am
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Random Q
Replies: 33
Views: 30864

Re: Random Q

A lot of the server infrastructure stuff is still being decided. IIRC, they are trying to balance a lot of different concerns.

If you are interested, there are a number of discussions about server types, server locations, P2P, etc. on the D:U forums:
http://descendentstudios.com/community/
by dunkelza
Tue Apr 14, 2015 11:26 am
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Welcome
Replies: 1
Views: 11722

Re: Welcome

Thanks!

I hope that you will be pleasantly surprised!
by dunkelza
Mon Apr 13, 2015 6:07 pm
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Wallpaper
Replies: 24
Views: 24470

Re: Wallpaper

There is a slang expression "торчок". It sounds like a "torch". It knows every Russian. I was glad to help you. Thank you! It is good to know. I do not know that this knowledge will change the name, but maybe if there is a Russian translation they will change the name. It is not for me to decide. Th ...
by dunkelza
Mon Apr 13, 2015 10:44 am
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Wallpaper
Replies: 24
Views: 24470

Re: Wallpaper

sigma wrote:dunkelza, I'll tell you just a friendly. The word "Torch", if you say it in Russian, this designation hopeless drug addict. And it will be in the very negative sense.
Thanks! Is the word you are discussing spelled "факел", "topч", or a different way? Thank you!
by dunkelza
Mon Apr 13, 2015 6:07 am
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Wallpaper
Replies: 24
Views: 24470

Re: Wallpaper

Hunter wrote:I doubt the Torch is a final design though. They whipped it up pretty quick!
I agree. The Torch is likely to change.

Remember, there will also be other noses and tails and wings available later on.
by dunkelza
Sat Apr 11, 2015 5:09 pm
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: New game, new forum.
Replies: 6
Views: 8809

Re: New game, new forum.

This is a bad idea. Our moderators here are fair and honest. While I can see that the moderators of Descendent Studios, they are quite severe. It didn't really fit in our relationship here. You want me to be cruel? Easily. Although, of course we need to give them a chance. I apologize if we gave ...
by dunkelza
Sat Apr 11, 2015 5:06 pm
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: New game, new forum.
Replies: 6
Views: 8809

Re: New game, new forum.

Thanks Krom!

You guys are awesome and I can't want for us to have another Descent title to play!
by dunkelza
Sat Apr 11, 2015 5:03 pm
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Descent Underground - Kickstarter goal reached!
Replies: 24
Views: 19231

Re: Descent Underground - Kickstarter goal reached!

AFAIK, the Torch can be earned in-game, but the Torch KS (that's a different skinned version) must be bought. My understanding is that the Torch-KS will be given free to every backer who backs BEFORE the $650k target is reached. I'm not sure if the Torch (not KS) will be an unlock or how it will be ...
by dunkelza
Sat Apr 11, 2015 11:59 am
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Questions about Descent: Underground?
Replies: 145
Views: 133929

Re: Questions about Descent: Underground?

Huge THANK YOU to all of the Descent BB folks who are joining us on the adventure! If you haven't already, please make an account on our website to stay up to date with the latest news and be involved in the design discussions: http://descendentstudios.com If you missed out on the Kickstarter, we ...
by dunkelza
Fri Apr 10, 2015 8:24 am
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Questions about Descent: Underground?
Replies: 145
Views: 133929

Re: Questions about Descent: Underground?

Only about $50,000 to go to reach the base funding goal!



Now's the time to get in!
by dunkelza
Thu Apr 09, 2015 12:03 pm
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: The Clock Is Ticking...
Replies: 32
Views: 20291

Re: The Clock Is Ticking...

That trailer is so good, it really makes drool! :o WTF. If they had that trailer at the start of the campaign I would not have questioned anything. The appeal to emotion is such a strong marketing gimmick. I'm trying to make a sizable pledge right now but keep getting "network error." :/ Well, look ...
by dunkelza
Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:33 am
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Questions about Descent: Underground?
Replies: 145
Views: 133929

Re: Questions about Descent: Underground?

Oh, did you guys see the new trailer video they just released?

by dunkelza
Thu Apr 09, 2015 10:32 am
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Descent : Underground. Did anyone here knew about this?
Replies: 166
Views: 285326

Re: Descent : Underground. Did anyone here knew about this?

It got posted in the other thread, but I'll share this new video here:

by dunkelza
Thu Apr 09, 2015 8:15 am
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: The Clock Is Ticking...
Replies: 32
Views: 20291

Re: The Clock Is Ticking...

If the developers are fans of the Descent, in any case they will make a good game. And they can make a good game. The question is, what if they make a bad game just because it was not collected enough money, they are not descenters. In this case, they're not romance, and the ordinary managers. If ...
by dunkelza
Wed Apr 08, 2015 12:05 pm
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Questions about Descent: Underground?
Replies: 145
Views: 133929

Re: Questions about Descent: Underground?

Funding is almost to $430,000 now!

That's a faster pace than yesterday and yesterday was way faster than the day before.

Also, they've redone some of the information on the KS page to make it clearer:

by dunkelza
Tue Apr 07, 2015 3:34 pm
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Questions about Descent: Underground?
Replies: 145
Views: 133929

Re: Questions about Descent: Underground?

For those interested in Single Player, they just put up a video about it:

by dunkelza
Mon Apr 06, 2015 3:18 pm
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Questions about Descent: Underground?
Replies: 145
Views: 133929

Re: Questions about Descent: Underground?

*Sigh* I can't help it but I'm still feeling a bit worried. There are just 4 days left on the Kickstarter campaign, and it still needs 38% to succeed! I know there will be a final rush on the last 48 hours of the campaign, but I feel afraid that it may not fully reach the $600,000 goal. Please any ...
by dunkelza
Sun Apr 05, 2015 5:47 pm
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Questions about Descent: Underground?
Replies: 145
Views: 133929

Re: Questions about Descent: Underground?

The one caveat I personally hold about this viewpoint is that it can potentially devolve into a situation where the design team becomes so swayed back-and-forth by public opinion that they lose sight of their original vision for the project. Design-by-committee has a lot of inherent risks involved ...
by dunkelza
Sun Apr 05, 2015 2:11 pm
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Questions about Descent: Underground?
Replies: 145
Views: 133929

Re: Questions about Descent: Underground?

sigma wrote:dunkelza, what your nickname in the multiplayer Descent 1-2-3? If it is not a secret.
When I am on, I use the same name.

I have played some games recently, but not many. The Kickstarter demands a lot of attention from many people.

I am a bad pilot, though, so I am not a challenge.
by dunkelza
Sun Apr 05, 2015 1:41 pm
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Questions about Descent: Underground?
Replies: 145
Views: 133929

Re: Questions about Descent: Underground?

So...

How about them Mets?

Or, rather...

Any new questions/observations about Descent: Underground?

Anyone planning a gathering for the end of the Kickstarter?
by dunkelza
Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:06 pm
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Questions about Descent: Underground?
Replies: 145
Views: 133929

Re: Questions about Descent: Underground?

Valin Halcyon wrote:
dunkelza wrote:If you're rather, PM me your preferred contact details and I will pass them on to him and try to get him to contact you.
Done! Look forward to hearing from him.
And done!

I can't promise anything, but they're pretty nice folks.
by dunkelza
Sat Apr 04, 2015 2:50 pm
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Questions about Descent: Underground?
Replies: 145
Views: 133929

Re: Questions about Descent: Underground?

<Snip>... When you guys approach single player, I want you to design a game that would be totally fun and challenging to play over and over again even if it was only the size and length of Descent 1 single player level 7. Worry about making it longer, throwing in a plot, and some variety when you ...
by dunkelza
Sat Apr 04, 2015 2:41 pm
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Questions about Descent: Underground?
Replies: 145
Views: 133929

Re: Questions about Descent: Underground?

I understand Descent isn't just any game...for pretty much everyone here. I mean, my god, we're STILL here hoping 16 years after D3 released? There's just too many failures to just take some talking heads on youtube to convince me otherwise until I see the game itself. Hell, Orbital had some ...
by dunkelza
Fri Apr 03, 2015 12:52 pm
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Questions about Descent: Underground?
Replies: 145
Views: 133929

Re: Questions about Descent: Underground?

Yeah, I could contribute a not inconsequential sum, but all I've =seen= doesn't lend itself much to confidence in the project. What I'm hearing is good, but then, we've heard that before...my own company's attempt notwithstanding. Now if they're interested in perhaps contracting my company as a ...
by dunkelza
Thu Apr 02, 2015 8:05 pm
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Questions about Descent: Underground?
Replies: 145
Views: 133929

Re: Questions about Descent: Underground?

Re: Expert v expert piloting . . . I did send them this . They did puke, but only because the graphics were so bad by modern standards. ;) LOL! That was a good joke, I have to say. I'm sure some of you noticed, but the guys admitted right there in the video that they are... um... rediscovering ...
by dunkelza
Thu Apr 02, 2015 3:25 pm
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Questions about Descent: Underground?
Replies: 145
Views: 133929

Re: Questions about Descent: Underground?

Having been behind the last major attempt at a Descent game sanctioned by Interplay, I think I'll wait to be interested until there's a demo, at the minimum. Have you seen the new multiplayer gameplay demo video up on the Kickstarter page? Here's a direct YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch ...
by dunkelza
Thu Apr 02, 2015 3:19 pm
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Questions about Descent: Underground?
Replies: 145
Views: 133929

Re: Questions about Descent: Underground?

Hey Halcyon, haven't seen you around here in a while... ...and that's your opinion. You don't have to buy the game or back it if you don't think you'll enjoy it but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be made for those who think they will :wink: . Personally I'm curious to see where it will go but I ...
by dunkelza
Thu Apr 02, 2015 3:06 pm
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Questions about Descent: Underground?
Replies: 145
Views: 133929

Re: Questions about Descent: Underground?

Hi, dunkelza. I'm glad to see you here. Thank you! Not necessarily collect all 600K donations. Just make a game on the money that is already there, as it should look like in your opinion. If the Kickstarter does not reach $600,000 there will be $0, no money. Kickstarter does not gather the money ...
by dunkelza
Thu Apr 02, 2015 2:56 pm
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Questions about Descent: Underground?
Replies: 145
Views: 133929

Re: Questions about Descent: Underground?

I've been sitting back, seeing how this goes, and i'm reading the posts on the DU board. But I only have one question. What will you guys do if the Kickstarter fails to reach its' goal? I believe Wingman's response was something along the lines of "dusting off my resume". My understanding is that ...
by dunkelza
Wed Apr 01, 2015 8:45 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: So... about this Descent Underground kickstarter
Replies: 7
Views: 1502

Re: So... about this Descent Underground kickstarter

Descent underground may not be perfect, but I realized it's my best chance at another officially license Descent game anytime soon by a development studio that has the ability to pull it off on a top notch game engine. Just being official isn't enough for me, especially when there are more ...
by dunkelza
Wed Apr 01, 2015 8:14 pm
Forum: Descent: Underground
Topic: Questions about Descent: Underground?
Replies: 145
Views: 133929

Questions about Descent: Underground?

Hi there, I'm Dunkelza, the Lead Moderator over at the Descendent Studios forums. http://descendentstudios.com It seems like a lot of the good questions have been answered, but I wanted to see if there were any others that I could help with as we wrap up the Kickstarter campaign. I'll do my best to ...