A Conversation with MinMax Games: Channel 44
Added 2024-03-19 17:00:07 +0000 UTCFred and Dan talk to Andrew Hume and Richard Clifford of MinMax Games, creators of Space Pirates and Zombies. The duo talk about building an indie game studio, the power of procedurally generated content, and the influence of The Ur-Quan Masters.
0:00 - Theme music
0:14 - Introductions
3:03 - Influence on Space Pirates and Zombies
10:14 - Discovering a game's focus
17:17 - Building an indie game studio
24:05 - Finding an audience
33:37 - Space combat
40:17 - Procedurally generated content
48:04 - Retro gaming
51:05 - The feeling of UQM
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Comments
I think having a loot system like Diablo 3 where legenday sets make a huge difference in play style would have made the game more fun such as getting legendary weapons/gear/advantages from certain captains or factions. There was a small amount of that with cores and items from certain factions.
Clint Huffman
2024-03-19 19:40:37 +0000 UTCI fired it (SPAZ!) back up again right before we talked and was reminded how much fun it was. :) Still holds up great.
Dan Gerstein
2024-03-19 19:05:30 +0000 UTCThis. Is. AWESOME!!! Space Pirates and Zombies 2 is one of my favorite all time games and of course SC2 as well! The story and fun banter between the characters in SPAZ2 is great! I have over 550 hours into SPAZ2 and I'm a professional software tester, so I'd be happy to test things out.
Clint Huffman
2024-03-19 17:45:56 +0000 UTC
