The future of Fall from Heaven
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Doskias51
Chieftain
Sorry to hear the bad news. I got all excited about a standalone then 5 minutes later after hearing about it being so, I hear about it not being so anymore. 
Hear is hope that the chance will re-arise and will have better progression. I will definitely be excited about a FFH mod on ciV too though.
Hear is hope that the chance will re-arise and will have better progression. I will definitely be excited about a FFH mod on ciV too though.
UNIT 666
One of Many
Really wish there was more games like FFT.
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May you have good fortune in your future endeavours, Kael & co.
Valkrionn
The Hamster King
Really wish there was more games like FFT.
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May you have good fortune in your future endeavours, Kael & co.
I do too... Which is a big reason why I was looking forward to this one.
There's always Fallout: Tactics. Not a brilliant game overall, but they got the Tactical side of it pretty much perfect.
Hey, lets make an FFH mode for either FT or FFT!
Or perhaps Battle for Wesnoth, thats got the whole 'tactical level up battle' thingy going on.
Hey, lets make an FFH mode for either FT or FFT!
Or perhaps Battle for Wesnoth, thats got the whole 'tactical level up battle' thingy going on.
Nikis-Knight
Deity
I do too... Which is a big reason why I was looking forward to this one.
Me 3... of many, I know. Kael had some innovative ideas, and more games of this sort are always welcome by me (though I just discovered that there is a nice assortment on the PSP).
I hope to see it appear at some point (whether or not I am involved in it).
DirtyFinger
Prince
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Too bad, I was quite interested in seeing the result.
Anyway, at least you own your design document and shelved doesn't mean shreddered. Opportunities will come.
Anyway, at least you own your design document and shelved doesn't mean shreddered. Opportunities will come.
Verdian
King
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It is a shame that the budget fell through. To be honest, even though the project did not work out, there is still a lot of positive news in here. 1) You have a design document. 2) The FfH Team is working together still. You were willing to keep the people that made FfH2 great from fan mod to professional game, and that is great news. 3) Kael's official stance of "I like my current job and don't want to change it" has now been changed to "Actively pursuing FfH3". That, in my mind, is the best news of all. 
I am only familiar with one other game that runs on player donations to continue creating a game, and that is Dwarf Fortress. They make around $2k to $3k a month. I am not sure how much funding a team would need to create the project Kael has in mind, but I would gladly help pay.
Regardless of what happens, I hope FfH3 happens.
Also, I can't help but notice that this is happening at around the same time Stardock announced the closer of their newly planned second games division. Are these related?
I am only familiar with one other game that runs on player donations to continue creating a game, and that is Dwarf Fortress. They make around $2k to $3k a month. I am not sure how much funding a team would need to create the project Kael has in mind, but I would gladly help pay.
Regardless of what happens, I hope FfH3 happens.
Also, I can't help but notice that this is happening at around the same time Stardock announced the closer of their newly planned second games division. Are these related?
tokala
Emperor
Brad confessed that it looks like he bit off way more than they could chew, which in combination with a severe case of tunnel vision in the last half year of development led to a desastrous game launch. He decided to put all the resources of his gaming division towards fixing that mess, which meant not enough money for a second team. Stardock is financially independend, so no case of external funding drying up.
I am sorry to hear this.
If there's desire in you to finish up FfH2 you could fix the OOS's to make it the multiplayer fantasy TBS of choice for a long time to come and spice up the Armageddon as the event descriptions and how the world is actually affected tend to be way off and there needs be a set special armageddon events that become more usual and severe as the AC hits 100 and afterwards, to the point where the sun dies (universal severe health penalty or smth, a change in the world lighting, might not have to last infinitely), seas boil (tiles become unusable), vulcanoes spit our terrific elemental monsters and firestorms, coastal cities submerge, earthquakes destroy all kinds of cities with not enough population, mountains rise and fall, demonic creatures spawn all around. I'd suddenly find Armageddon a lot more intense than first having all my units go berserk and run off and then die off a few turns later in the Apocalypse and just start building a new army. Also, at AC 100 hell terrain should eat away the good nations too.
edit: also the naval AI
If there's desire in you to finish up FfH2 you could fix the OOS's to make it the multiplayer fantasy TBS of choice for a long time to come and spice up the Armageddon as the event descriptions and how the world is actually affected tend to be way off and there needs be a set special armageddon events that become more usual and severe as the AC hits 100 and afterwards, to the point where the sun dies (universal severe health penalty or smth, a change in the world lighting, might not have to last infinitely), seas boil (tiles become unusable), vulcanoes spit our terrific elemental monsters and firestorms, coastal cities submerge, earthquakes destroy all kinds of cities with not enough population, mountains rise and fall, demonic creatures spawn all around. I'd suddenly find Armageddon a lot more intense than first having all my units go berserk and run off and then die off a few turns later in the Apocalypse and just start building a new army. Also, at AC 100 hell terrain should eat away the good nations too.
edit: also the naval AI
Broken Hawk
Emperor
Bummer that stand-alone FfH will not proceed forward at this time. I guess I will be getting CiV if there is going to be a mod with Kael's name associated with it. Kael, any chance FfH2 will be cleaned up, finalized, whatever?
Which is probably enough to pay for one full-time developper if you hire one in 'cheap' countries, hoping to find one with decent English skills (India f.e.). However, you won't get any graphics done with such an amount of money (indeed Dwarf Fortress is not graphics-intensive
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