What the hell is up with Dominions 3???

Nerfix · #1 March 19th, 2006, 05:05 PM

Hmmm, nation and spell modding would be nice, but oh well.

Sounds good so far.

Endoperez · #2 March 19th, 2006, 05:38 PM

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Nerfix said:
Hmmm, nation and spell modding would be nice, but oh well.

I think you meant ITEM and spell modding. Nation modding was said to be "more developed".

Thanks for that, PDF! I quess I should thank KO and Th�ophile Monnier as well. Theophile is an interesting name, BTW, if 'th�o' is the same as 'theo' in 'theology'.

Nerfix · #3 March 19th, 2006, 05:43 PM

Ah, yes, indeed. Item modding.

Kristoffer O · #4 March 19th, 2006, 05:46 PM

> How come that Kris aint sure that what AI changes has been made?

I don't program the AI.

On the other hand JK is unaware of some of the new monsters and nations.

Our ignorances completes each other. We are certain that there are always thing we cannot answer. If we talk we might conjure a picture of a special feature or mechanic, but it will probaby be only partially right. Therefore we have betatesters. They might give us answers to some of our questions. They both play the nations and fight with the mechanics.

DominionsFan · #5 March 19th, 2006, 05:59 PM

Ah ok, I see Kris.

PDF · #6 March 19th, 2006, 06:06 PM

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Endoperez said:

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Nerfix said:
Hmmm, nation and spell modding would be nice, but oh well.

Thanks for that, PDF! I quess I should thank KO and Th�ophile Monnier as well. Theophile is an interesting name, BTW, if 'th�o' is the same as 'theo' in 'theology'.

Yes, it's the same "Theo", and if you know your Greek somewhat note that the second term of "Th�ophile" is derived from "philos", meaning "loving".
In fact his name means "God loving"... But I can tell you he sucks at Dom2 !

OG_Gleep · #7 March 19th, 2006, 06:18 PM

Word of Mouth will only get you so far, and for the most part with new products your mining your current customer base. My company used word of mouth for the first 15 years, and it did well enough to support my Grandma and Grandpa. When my father took over, the growth of the first year and a half was more then all 15 years combined...and that was only a minimal marketing budget.

It takes me 2-3 previews before I remember a game. I got really hyped about spore when I saw the video demo of it, but it took someone mentioning the article for me to remember I had already seen it. The preview in CGW was one screenshot and a couple paragraphs. IMHO your going to need multiple magazines, with more screenshots (the masses love screenshots) to generate a buzz outside your current fanbase.

PS. It took the Vs article in CGW for me to buy Dominions II. And as much as I love it, I can't sell it to any of my friends.