Comments on: From the Vault: Dungeon Duel

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Mon, 26 Dec 2011 01:12:58 +0000

That was the big trend, still is really, all the D&D fantasy stuff. Glad you developed something unique instead.

By: stefanzamfir

stefanzamfir — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:36:19 +0000

Thanks so much nick31 bot.

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By: nick31

nick31 — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:22:34 +0000

Great gameplay with an average graphics. I like it. Censorship in the Catcher in the Rye t

By: stefanzamfir

stefanzamfir — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:21:20 +0000

Hello I.G.,

First let me congratulate you on the quickness of your reply.

Second, yes, let’s take a look at the entire process:

I. The Hardware: the console market wasn’t as big and attractive in 2002, as it is now.

You had the Dreamcast that just failed and the X-Box that just launched on 2001 and was still seen more like an oddity then like a true contender.

In the same way, online wasn’t as big back then, or not big enough to be one strong pillar of the game.

II. The Concept: trying to “un-geek” a geek genre to make it accessible for a wide market is not something that makes the people with money very excited.

Not enough guarantees that something from a niche market will be able to make the big profit jump.

III. The Context: no other great success in the genre.

On the PC, Sid Mayers’ MTG had 2 expansion-packs, but wasn’t a very big seller by no means, even with a huge licence behind it.

Even a pimped-up/console-only version of SOMETHING suffers if that something is not a great success.

Even by today’s standards, when consoles are big and online play become huge, I’m not sure it would be done on consoles, for two reasons:

– console game budgets sky-rocketed.
– same reason we had above: no huge sellers in both card and strategy genres on consoles.

Unfortunately, the only way I would see this being founded today is to sell your soul to the two big F: Freemium and Facebook (but I would be so happy to be wrong here).

Let me know what you think,
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By: curtislam

curtislam — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:36:52 +0000

Hi IG,

Just curious, who was the game pitched to? Were you aiming for any particular publisher? If you’re allowed to comment on that, that is.

Thanks,
Curtis

By: ig.eduardo

ig.eduardo — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:35:43 +0000

Welcome, Stefan! Sadly, this game was a bit before my time, and not all of the devs working on that game are still around, so we may never know. On the upside, perhaps it may be worth looking into the entire process of why a game may not pass it’s concept stage?

By: stefanzamfir

stefanzamfir — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:00:43 +0000

Dear Irrational,

I’m new here, but in the same time, wherever I am, I never go for easy questions. So:

What got the game canceled?

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By:

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:39:26 +0000

Nice work.

By:

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:58:15 +0000

Wow..pretty cool. Reminds me of the board game Hero Quest.

By:

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 07:05:23 +0000

pushed enter too early… but i thoroughly enjoy, not only the ‘From the Vault’ but this project as a whole is mighty cool. i’m not sure if this is entirely valid but it reminds me of the latest Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes mixed with Final Fantasy Tactics (or something in that realm of games)…

but ya… radically tubular – Nuke LaLoosh

By:

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 06:57:26 +0000

Radical, in a tubular sort of way

By: rye0077r

rye0077r — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:27:27 +0000

This looks pretty cool. What was it that ultimately got this one shelved?

By:

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:58:30 +0000

Looks like old school gaming! Real retro, awesome!

Irrational, you really got to go back to some of your cancelled games like Monster Island, they really showed promise!

By: borrego

borrego — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:22:54 +0000

When it comes to ideas, you guys have some serious range!

By: japester

japester — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:24:59 +0000

I’m digging the environment mock-up with the water wheel. It’s like playing with miniatures. I probably would have given this game serious consideration. LOL

By:

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:32:50 +0000

I smell Disciples II.
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