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crab: that article was needlessly skeptical to the point of missing information.It wasn't that i was expecting a full line up, just skeptical about them being given access to Google's market. But that's a hard thing to predict as you said below. And that hasn't stopped developers/publishers to date from submitting to separate. but compatible markets like Amazon or Nook.
Firstly, it's been merely 10 days since the Ouya has been public, and you're already expecting a full line up of launch titles? The console will already be compatible with a lot of games that already use the Tegra 3 and Julie Uhrman has said to site the Tegra 3 video that has been posted to see what games on the Ouya will be capable of, and titles that will be an easy fit for Ouya.
While it is not shown in production art currently, the Ouya controller is planned to have a touch screen on it to enable such functions. While it won't be as natural as using an actual mobile touch device, Julie believes that the experience of being immersed into a game via a large television screen, and all the nostalgia that comes from consoles will make up for that bit of unnatural-ness.My bad, I was looking a little too closely at he controller mockup.
The article then goes to accuse that the kickstarter campaign is most likely just to impress investors, which is simply untrue. Julie has said in her interviews that "friends and family" have already invested money into the project and that was enough for the prototype and to assemble the team. Rightfully she hasn't released every explicit detail about their finances, but she has said that the 950,000 that was the kickstarter goal would be all that is necessary for the console to be a reality.No harping felt. I guess it's partly a reaction to other attempts(Phantom) to break into the console market and a sense of the impossibility of it if others have failed before the Ouya. I kind of have a tendency towards negativity, so it figures the skeptical articles would jump out to me at first. It's a bold move to try and throw yourself into the console race, but I think there is a very real danger of irrelevancy should the current players start hyping their next generation hardware.
On the google play point:
Nothing is set in stone on that either way, I would at least wait till the project is funded before dismissing it's possibility.
The idea behind the Ouya is to give a new business model for console gaming. The "$99 console for the 99%" quote I think works well to explain their intentions. Not all casual gamers have the knowledge, or the devices to hook up a $400 dollar ipad or other tablet with a controller ( Ouya is also of course looking to have accessories such as wireless headsets), but every casual gamer does know how hard a $60 game hits their wallet, without them even being able to try it first.
I don't mean to harp on you, but I've seen a lot of undue, and uninformed skepticism about the Ouya ( the linked article being one of them) that as best as I can see, are just some trolls that have nothing better to do with their time than to try and flaunt what little knowledge they have and base the entirety of their points on flagrant assumptions.
I would rather listen to someone who is actually part of the project and doing the work than a skeptic that hasn't even gotten the facts straight. Here you can find the interviews that my information above can be found:Thanks for these. The joystiq article was probably the most interesting for me. It hits so many good points, but I think the quote by Brian Provinciano about the low barriers to indie publishing on PS3 is what struck me the most. It's an interesting place for an Indie dev these days
Latest & best articles:
Julie Uhrman interview 'console concept to reality'http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/17/interview-ouya-ceo-julie-uhrman/
Yves Beyar interview 'designing the Ouya' http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-07/16/yves-behar-interview
Julie Uhrman interview 'responds to skeptiscism'http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-07-16-ouya-responds-to-skepticism
Various indie devs 'thoughts on Ouya' http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/16/influential-indies-on-the-brouhaha-around-ouya/
Keep up on the latest snippets:
-on twitter https://twitter.com/playouya
-on kickstarter http://www.kickstarter.com/profile/ouya
Yeah, your definately making progress in the right direction (except the demon, I think you are right, maybe its just the background but he is unreadable atm).Thanks for the comments and crits. I think you're right about the red. I ended up just ditching the red entirely on the elves. The thing I didn't like about the tentacle guys from before is they were really flat. I was originally trying to make the tentacle look fuzzy and indistinct, but it wasn't working when I went with a flatter style on the dwarves. You might be right about it being harder to animate, It seems like I could've gotten away with more sloppiness on the fuzzy version. But I think the tentacle guys have more personality on the updated version.
I have to say that I LOVE the sleeping dwarfs, they are super funny. I also really like the reduced complexity on the dwarfs in general now, and am happy that you stuck with the red noses and ears - thats really giving them something. Even though I know this is a artist trick to make ears and noses red, I'd not use the same intensitiy on the elves, that just seems a bit too much.
You are right about the grass, it really has a nice fluffy feel to it compared to the rocktiles.
I'm not sure if I like your update on the purple enemies - From your last WIP I was able to imagine how you'd animate them, but now with those more massive "tails" you'll have much harder time imho.
Keep going and don't let some stupid crunchtime suck all the power out of you.
