biglittleps
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This. Sony should get both Witness and No mans sky exclusive(at least timed) deal for Morpheus.
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Engadget: Braid creator Jonathan Blow sacrifices his fortune to build The Witness
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This. Sony should get both Witness and No mans sky exclusive(at least timed) deal for Morpheus.
SkoomaSuckinSwit
Member
Day1, looks so damn special. Really looking forward to it.
There's no guarantee of success for the type of game he's making. If Myst-like is true then we can go by Uru's performance, which failed spectacularly and caused financial problems for Cyan Worlds.
Ingueferroque
Banned
Pretty awesome of him. He definitely has my sale on day 1.
Pneuma: Breath of Life sort of as well.
Yes but Castle Crashers didn't get a hilarious review from Soulja Boy.
I can't imagine Blow's reaction if audiences latch onto familiarities between the two. I think, right or wrong, he would find that insulting. In an ideal world, both games end up being well loved, and both do things differently.
Doomshroom
Member
Im sorry to say i didnt like Braid and i dont think the witness looks fun but damn i hope it sells well.
I don't think it's largely regarded by anyone who actually played games before the Xbox 360 as the original indie. The writer is just an over-exaggerator who employed hyperbole in an obvious way.
Miles Quaritch
Member
I might be wrong, but I believe it held the record for best selling game on Live Arcade until State of Decay...
On topic, much respect for Blow for doing this and I hope it all goes well. I didn't much care for Braid and I can't say I like how Blow acted after Braid came out, but I'll be sure to support Witness as it looks exactly like a game I just know I'll love.
Dr. Black Jack
Member
Another instance of the egotistical cult he perpetuates. The games he makes are less important than the narratives of him making the games.
The "boo hoo hoo I'm broke because I spent all my money for my craft~" wank job worked out for him last time.
It will have Oculus support.
He's have to work under a time schedule though. He couldn't probably still offer a last minute timed exclusive deal if he thought the money would be necessary to fund future projects.
Honestly I think people can be a little jaded about understanding where risk lies. You support things you like by buying the game. It's not like he thinks everyone is following his game development. But those who are and even care, his own investment is noteworthy to the risk of investment. A would bite a harder bullet that some publisher who is invested in many things at any given time.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Nothing in my post was intended as a zinger. You seem touchy.
Let's not forget the narrative of his last actual game is basically a punchline at this point, the navel-gazing indie with a stupid message at the end.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Braid was absolutely one of my favorite games last gen, so I'm there day one for The Witness without a doubt. Can't believe it's taken so long, though.
I assume there would be strings attached to this deal, such as "put the fucking game out."
I assume there would be strings attached to this deal, such as "put the fucking game out."
Chairman Yang
if he talks about books, you better damn well listen
Wikipedia says The Witness is a timed exclusive for the PS4 (and PC/iOS). Even beyond the marketing they've already done, I expect Sony to put some resources into pushing the game.
Aside from that, I'd imagine Blow is self-funding to get all of the profits (rather than giving a big cut to whichever publisher holds the purse-strings). It's a big risk (one I probably wouldn't be able to take if I was in the same situation) for potentially big rewards.
That was Engadget's choice of words, not Blow's.
Good to know.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
What does that have to do with the poster's issue about the framing of the situation as "sacrificing his fortune" rather than "investing in a new product"?
Business ventures are always a risk. What does whether it's a guaranteed success have to do with it?
It will be released simultaneously on PC and PS4, iOS and other platforms later.
http://the-witness.net/news/about/
toythatkills
Member
If you can't appreciate the influence that Braid had on the indie scene which followed, then you're probably an idiot.
The writer of this article in no way meant "original indie game" as a literal, factual statement, and anyone interpreting it as such is surely doing so intentionally to further some peculiar agenda of their own. Let's just move past it.
The writer of this article in no way meant "original indie game" as a literal, factual statement, and anyone interpreting it as such is surely doing so intentionally to further some peculiar agenda of their own. Let's just move past it.
Yep. I loved Braid, and it did pave the way for a lot of great indie devs. Will buy The Witness day 1.
That will be marketing, promotion, possibly support with QA etc. I doubt any cash has changed hands.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
Well said.
On topic: Gimme da game, Blow!
He did mention on Twitter fairly recently that he was finally done adding puzzles to the game. So maybe it will come out in the first half of this year, god willing.
John Kowalski
Banned
I don't mean to push this farther than i ought to, because Blow deserves the spotlight, but i almost feel like he's agree with me on this. Braid may have been a very visible and successful indie game that was released during the early years of indie gaming revitalization, but it is hardly representative of it. At that point in time, Derek Yu had released Aquaria a year earlier, and would release Spelunky a year after. Jason Rohrer was getting more and more recognition, especially with Passage. Tales of Tales was also making the rounds. It was also when the "art game" nomenclature gained wide recognition, something fueled as well by independent games. And as others have noted Cave Story had been translated and published worldwide some years earlier. The scene was starting to become very prolific back then, and Braid may have been one of the most successful, but to call it the original?
That's hella revisionist.
Or it's just a filler phrase that a good editor would take out because it can't be substantiated.
Miles Quaritch
Member
What influence do you feel he had on the indie scene? Made it more mainstream?
I mean, I can agree with that to a degree, but that's pretty dismissive of the many indie games that came out before and just after that also had a pretty big impact on the indie scene.
Why exclusive?
Since this is about development and not distribution, I'm curious what the material expenses he's dealing with are. I mean, I'm impressed whenever a great mind can and does back their own work, but if it's basically his living expenses that they're alluding to, the money isn't the sacrifice they should be focusing on.
autoduelist
Member
That's an awful way to reference people who use kickstarter. Not everyone is in a position to fund their projects, and Kickstarter is/was a brilliant way to fund projects that otherwise would never have seen fruition.
Alec
Member
I understood what he was trying to say. I think everyone does. There is no way the author truly believes that Braid is the first indie game ever created.
Braid absolutely kicked the indie game revolution into high gear.