So basically it's a false dichotomy. It's actually 3 parts. Core, then branch to multiple and single. That's hopeful I guess. Really whatever it takes to see it actually happen, I'm for. All your revelation does though is scoot back my opinion. The second a "core" is developed, all my argu...

I understand that, but the facts remain. From a marketing stand point (I can't usefully comment on the technical side) announcing that you're focusing on multiplayer makes most people go away. Multiplay is open ended. People can envision you tinkering with it forever. In the minds of the end user th...

I'm no coder but human motivation is my area so I'll talk a bit about that. The reason multiplayer only is scorned in this context is simple. People do not play well with others. Also, in economic terms any multiplayer affair is a "network good." That is, the more the merrier and by defini...

He's right, the fact that there is a stable modern version somewhere is in all possibility the death knell of the project. I've seen this before, but by all means prove me wrong. It's a bad marketing call to focus on multiplayer. (for lack of a better word) It didn't work the first time, and it's no...

Just chalk it up to another great game lost to innovation thanks to intellectual property law. Oh well. Caleb would probably approve. He was always complaining anyway :) Good luck with he multiplayer thing, I'm sure you guys and like 4 other people will enjoy it. The rest of the Internet will have s...

Just a random stranger and very big fan of Blood here to voice my support for the quick and dirty anything single-player approach to generate interest. I hope I'm not intruding by posting this given my inability to contribute anything except perhaps testing. Even a simple square filled with whatever...