HOUSEKEEPING'S PROFILE

As one of the human scum who has decided to make people pay for my work, I understand the sentiment behind making your work free for people to enjoy. I also know that if I spend the rest of my life working in a go-nowhere job, then I'm going to lose my mind.

Game development takes a lot of time and skill. I think it's absolutely fine to charge people for that. If Unity decides to go commercial with this (or a future project), then more power to her. If it sells well and she can ditch her day job and develop more, we'll just get better and better stuff from her, and that's a really good thing.

As for the special edition idea, it really depends on what's changed in it. Outside of a big graphical overhaul (so that it looks different at a glance), my guess is that it won't sell well outside of the community.

Yeah, I remember people always liking this one. I thought it was pretty good! The story didn't really hook me, but most games disappoint in that department. The gameplay was a lot of fun, though. Also, I haven't played Grandia 3, but I did play Grandia Xtreme, which, despite the lame name, was decently fun because of its progression elements.

I actually think the first Grandia was the best in the series, though. The story/dialogue had its share of cheese, and it kind of fizzled out in the last third or so, but despite being a cliche, I felt like Justin oozed naivete and clear-eyed optimism to the point where he felt like a legit depiction of a kid going on an adventure for the first time, and the plot for the first half of the game reinforced that and it made me feel like I was a kid going on an adventure for the first time, and I loved that.

Pepsi? I didn't realize I was sharing the internet with common street trash.

I get where he's coming from to a degree. I mean, I do enjoy putting that much time into a game; my biggest problem with my workload is that it also involves another job, which I don't particularly care for. But, I can also see that the huge amount of time I spend on game development has had a major impact on my social life. It's not a big deal now, but I can feel the weight of myself aging, and I want to pursue a wife, kids, even just other hobbies like music--other areas of a happy and fulfilling existence besides work (even for something that I love). And, there's a lot of unfun parts to the game development process; there are so many different things that go into it that it's natural you'll enjoy some less than others.

I...love making cut scenes. It's one of my favorite parts of the process, really. I just hate how they're one of the last things I get to.