I'd help, being a mapmaker and all, but I'm afraid I'm rather busy working on Eternal. I wouldn't mind beta testing, of course. =)
: "Do you hear that sound? That, is the sound of inevitability, Mr
: Anderson..."
:
:
: Wee. It's good to be back. I estimate about one-half of you have no idea who
: I am, one quarter are pretty sure you know, and the last quarter have
: recognised me immediately and, in some cases, gone off to sharpen their
: knives.
:
: Anyway, I've been a busy little bee during my leave of absence - well, I've
: tried to be , anyway - and I come back here bearing some news that makes
: me rather chuffed and should make Steve, at the very least, slightly less
: suspicious of Australians bearing promises.
:
: A fair while back, Mr. Levinson, whom you should ALL know, contracted me to
: fulfill a little idea of his, a concept project if you will: To
: rearrange, reorder and recreate the Marathon series into a nonlinear,
: chronological scenario. Some might call it foolish and/or a waste of
: time, but Steve provided ample incentive and I was certainly not one to
: refuse what was on offer.:)
:
: Unfortunately, for various reasons, I spent much of the first part of this
: year avoiding doing this task, mostly because I am a pathetic, lazy SOB.
: But only a month or two ago our kind resident Ernie sent me an email which
: galvanised me into swift action, and now...
:
: Phase Two Of Marathon: Nonlinear Is Complete.
:
: Well, basically. Ingue Ferroque is still causing me problems, but with luck
: they should be resolved this week. ANYWAY, what does this mean? It means
: that all of the requisite Bungie levels have been placed in some semblance
: of order, all terminal tweaks complete, along with one little of my own to
: do the Durandal/Tycho choice, and all textures exported and fully
: functional.
:
: I could just release now. That would be boring, though, and probably not
: matching Steve's grand vision. So what I need is a metaphorical email show
: of hands of who'd like to be involved in the bringing of Nonlinear to
: Phase Three : That is, the overhaul and enlarging of the timelines to make
: the Tycho timeline flow properly, the addition of dream sequences to segue
: between timelines, Rubicon-style, the general overhaul of everything to
: better take advantage of the new technology available to us today, and
: maybe even new textures...
:
: This is a significant step, as it involves a substantial amount of new
: content creation(duh), and I am not willing to take it alone. For one
: thing, free time is a rapidly diminishing quantity for me, and I will no
: longer be willing or able to spend any significant time on Marathon
: post-october. So, this is a call: Mapmakers, artists, writers, artists,
: BETA TESTERS . I don't care if you're terrible, if you've never done it
: before. WE CAN TEACH YOU. WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY . You'll most likely be
: given a small, specific task and then another, and another, like
: breadcrumbs, so that the project does not balloon into impossibility. See?
: Easy! Simple way to work with the great Bungie Mythos and make your name
: live forever in a small corner of the internet.
:
: One, all, email me if you're interested. I have 100 megabytes of space now.
: Oh, sweet 100 megabytes.
:
: The Only Service With A Smile,
: Scifiteki
:
: PS I have a little thing for MaraFF to celebrate my official return and the
: completion of Phase II. Ernie, you should be checking your email. No, NOW.
: :)
:
: PPS I have more phases than you do, Forrest. :P
