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The DevLog Gets Personal
Posted by Andy in Cortex Command - November 20th, 2009

I personally believe that frequent, not-so-relevant blog posts are better than sporadic, on-topic posts. Dan agrees and has given me the go-ahead to post the general goings-on around the DataRealms HQ! In the coming weeks I’ll post some tidbits from here and there. The posts will probably get a bit more personable and not “all business” as they’ve been in the past.

But for today:

xmas

Over in the Forums we’ve started up the Official Christmas Mod Contest. It’s fairly free-form – from weapons to sprites to total conversions, anything goes! Check it out; it will run until mid-December so we have time to take our Christmas breaks.

Meanwhile, Dan is dreaming about one day being able to do one-handed pushups.

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55 Responses to “The DevLog Gets Personal”

  1. Ameefmu - # November 20th, 2009 at 2:10 am

    Those little windup bots are so cute! Do want!
    Inspiring stuff. Can’t wait to see a heat-seeking sleigh that explodes into presents.

    Goodluck Data, I’ve seen you topless on stage. I don’t doubt you could do those 1 handed pushups.

  2. The Advisor - # November 20th, 2009 at 2:28 am

    Don’t you mean one-handed handstands? 0-0

  3. CrazyMLC - # November 20th, 2009 at 2:48 am

    That handstand stuff is insane.
    Love the update, Andy.

  4. The Pope Man - # November 20th, 2009 at 3:12 am

    I agree completely, my Dev Log RSS feed widget would be much more useful…

  5. Lizard - # November 20th, 2009 at 3:38 am

    I really hope we get some cute wind-up robots for christmas…

    Or maybe a new CC build? Who knows…

  6. AtomicTroop - # November 20th, 2009 at 5:18 am

    Hehe, I made those wind-up robots a few years ago when that christmas picture was featured for the first time. Someone might still have it, so ask around. ;)

  7. CAKEDAEMON - # November 20th, 2009 at 5:52 am

    A Update? Im surprised!
    Hmmm… I just got a Idea… A Ballball (or however you spell it) brain jar…

  8. Yay - # November 20th, 2009 at 6:02 am

    ಠ_ಠ

    No, whait…

    ^_^

    Thats more like it.

  9. Ch33n - # November 20th, 2009 at 7:07 am

    ๏̯͡๏

    Yes…
    More frequent… *Coughs*

  10. CrazyMLC - # November 20th, 2009 at 7:07 am

    -_-

  11. teh somebody - # November 20th, 2009 at 7:16 am

    I can clearly understand the lack of new builds…

  12. Durza - # November 20th, 2009 at 8:15 am

    I would totally buy one of those wind up bots if they existed.

  13. CrazyMLC - # November 20th, 2009 at 8:21 am

    So would I.
    DATA, WE ALL KNOW YOU HAVEN’T BEEN WORKING ON B24, HOW ABOUT YOU JUST UNVEIL THE AWESOME GIFT SHOP FULL OF WIND UP ROBOTS AND ACTION FIGURES.

  14. FLUXDECAPITATOR - # November 20th, 2009 at 8:35 am

    It would be like the Apple store, except 20,000,000,000 times better!
    Like The U.S.’s debt amount better!

  15. Metalray - # November 20th, 2009 at 8:37 am

    Yes but… were is the final version of the game ??
    I bough it… I don’t remember when but it was at the very first pre-buy stuff.
    I’m nearly no more interested in CC and play so little time even if I love that game. Strange feeling about pre-buying stuff now.
    It’s similar to the Pandora machine feeling, 2 years and still nothing. At least I can play a bit with build 23, it’s way too long now.

  16. ZevN47 - # November 20th, 2009 at 9:00 am

    Awesome… an Update! I was hoping for a Holiday-time-esk mod contest and I agree frequent updates on HQ stuff is better than nothing at all.

  17. Will - # November 20th, 2009 at 9:55 am

    “In the coming weeks I’ll post [x]”

    How many times have we heard that i wonder?

  18. Lizard - # November 20th, 2009 at 9:56 am

    @Metalray: It’s coming, just wait.
    In the meanwhile enjoy the many mods there is for this game.

  19. Matty406 - # November 20th, 2009 at 10:13 am

    I would buy some of those wind up bote, attach fireworks to them, and re-enact the great CC battles.

  20. Yay - # November 20th, 2009 at 10:38 am

    I have no Idea what “Pandora machine” is so I googled it – pressed the first link (Hoping for a game) – And… And.. I saw nudity! My innocence in gone!

    Metalray owe me a new one!

  21. Captain Kicktar - # November 20th, 2009 at 11:24 am

    When he can do the one-handed thing he has to post a video. And I might try for the contest. And I agree with so far everyone else, more frequent posts about anything you want.

  22. Tomaster - # November 20th, 2009 at 3:02 pm

    Satisfied. This should hopefully shut up some people, but it’ll probably make others pissed.

  23. Lizard - # November 20th, 2009 at 3:44 pm

    I certainly hope that hardcore CC gamers will be hired for mod reviews…

  24. Duh102 - # November 20th, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    Only Weasel knows who he’s hiring, even I don’t know.

  25. Lizard - # November 20th, 2009 at 4:32 pm

    Well then I hope the hired persons are hardcore CC gamers…

  26. airburst - # November 20th, 2009 at 4:38 pm

    I hope for some more frequent updates, that would be nice. We will see if they will actually update over the next few week. If not: SADNESS!!!

    @YAY – LOL. That is extremely funny.

  27. Geti - # November 20th, 2009 at 5:38 pm

    Good to see data’s around to approve posts again. What’s the plan for the mailbag?

  28. Andy - # November 20th, 2009 at 5:55 pm

    @Geti: If I can get Data to answer the questions I’ll keep posting them. :) I’ve got three or four articles game-related and they are pending-approval. There’s some big plans in the future, coupled with a big pile of laziness, and Dan just got a copy of MW2.

  29. Duh102 - # November 20th, 2009 at 6:52 pm

    Andy: MW2

    Well there goes any hope of getting another build before 2012.

  30. Ragdollmaster - # November 20th, 2009 at 7:11 pm

    “Yes but… were is the final version of the game ??
    I bough it… I don’t remember when but it was at the very first pre-buy stuff.
    I’m nearly no more interested in CC and play so little time even if I love that game. Strange feeling about pre-buying stuff now.
    It’s similar to the Pandora machine feeling, 2 years and still nothing. At least I can play a bit with build 23, it’s way too long now.”

    The game has been in development a long while; more than five years if I’m not mistaken. And it has come an extremely long way (try out the earliest builds and betas to see what I mean) from where it started; but originally, it was just Data working on it. They’ve been hauling out more complex stuff for a while with a development team working on it but at least they release beta builds. It’s no Duke Nukem Forever, after all.

    Plus, they’re trying to refine the game as much as they can, all first-party content aside. It would be a risk to release a “FINAL” build and have complaints flow in about this bug here, or suggestions about this function there, when they’ve got so much planned out.

    (Chances are even when they release a ‘full game’ they’ll still have a few updates now and then)

    tl;dr: Be patient.

    “Data… just got a copy of MW2.”

    FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-

  31. Mooseral - # November 21st, 2009 at 12:56 am

    “I personally believe that frequent, not-so-relevant blog posts are better than sporadic, on-topic posts”

    Very true.

    This post may be a bit “meh”, but steady updates will certainly be better in the long run.

    Still waiting to hear about those game changes that it took Data so long to tell you about, though!

    Also, you need to post some goats. Because goats are awesome.
    http://208.106.250.72/_media/imgs/articles/a126_goat1.jpg

  32. Ch33n - # November 21st, 2009 at 2:46 am

    *Coughs*

    Those are dead goats hanging in the trees.
    HOW CAN ONE DO SUCH TO THE GOATS!?

    Oh, and.
    “Data… just got a copy of MW2.”
    SSSSSHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-

  33. Metalray - # November 21st, 2009 at 11:48 am

    Sorry for your innocence yay ^^
    May I suggest you this in order to retrieve it ?
    http://windel-net.de/uploaded_images/pampers-size-7-730120.jpg

    Maybe a little too much, maybe :)
    I think CC is in dev since 8 years now am I wrong ?
    No problem in waiting the final product, I would just love to see more update here and there.

    Mod are cool yeah.

  34. Mooseral - # November 21st, 2009 at 2:34 pm

    From a random google (tree goats lol):
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQev3UoGp2M

    Seriously. Goats.

  35. Petethegoat - # November 21st, 2009 at 7:43 pm

    I approve.

  36. airburst - # November 22nd, 2009 at 12:31 am

    Fainting goats:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we9_CdNPuJg

    Funniest goats in the world.

  37. Mooseral - # November 22nd, 2009 at 1:38 am

    Yeah, I think I might have linked to those guys in the last comments section. Just another example of exactly why goats are awesome and should clearly be in the devlog.

  38. Ch33n - # November 22nd, 2009 at 5:41 am

    Goat actor?

  39. CAKEDAEMON - # November 22nd, 2009 at 8:05 am

    Whats so wrong with getting a copy of Mech Warrior 2? It aint really addictive…

  40. Lizard - # November 22nd, 2009 at 8:19 am

    Modern Warfare 2 stupod.

  41. Lizard - # November 22nd, 2009 at 8:19 am

    *id lol.

  42. Bluedrake42 - # November 22nd, 2009 at 6:38 pm

    yes, good! new posts! I agree yay! =D

  43. Tomaster - # November 22nd, 2009 at 9:44 pm

    I disagree with you to the max Lizard. MW2 is the shit.

  44. airburst - # November 22nd, 2009 at 10:58 pm

    Data time is very similar to Valve time, see:

    http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time

  45. Ch33n - # November 23rd, 2009 at 1:58 am

    M-M-M-M-M-M-MOOOOONDAAAAAAAAAAAAY

  46. Lizard - # November 23rd, 2009 at 6:34 am

    @toastmaster: i never said that mw2 sucks. I told cakedemon that it’s not mech warrior 2. COD6 mw2 is actually awesome in my eyes.

  47. ZevN47 - # November 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 am

    @Ch33n Ugh Monday…

  48. 3POK_PHALE - # November 23rd, 2009 at 9:11 am

    Stop buying games.

    Start making them.

  49. CrazyMLC - # November 23rd, 2009 at 9:44 am

    “I personally believe that frequent, not-so-relevant blog posts are better than sporadic, on-topic posts. Dan agrees and has given me the go-ahead to post the general goings-on around the DataRealms HQ!”
    Then we should have 50 more posts by now.
    weasel is weaseling out of the Dev Log, methinks.

  50. Tomaster - # November 23rd, 2009 at 11:19 am

    Andy is, however, very active on the forums, as some of us may have noticed.

  51. Footkerchief - # November 23rd, 2009 at 3:35 pm

    Over six months since the last build. No info of substance on a hypothetical next build. I think it’s safe to declare Cortex Command a dead project.

  52. Tomaster - # November 23rd, 2009 at 5:55 pm

    The above poster is either A) trying to incite people and generally get flamed or B) is an idiot.

    (http://www.datarealms.com/devlog/cortex-command/under-heavy-construction/)
    Although nothing ever came of it, it shows they are/were making progress.

  53. Mooseral - # November 23rd, 2009 at 8:58 pm

    Footkerchief, I think I might have seen you on the DF forums. Although CC certainly doesn’t have nearly as many updates as DF, (I think) it’s actually been longer since the last DF release than since the last CC release. Data has never been a good updater either, in any case.

    On the other hand, there has been little assurance of any real progress on the game. Other things like Andy apparently taking a long time to be told of changes to the game… and then posting filler, tend to raise certain doubts.

    Then again, despite the fact that Data has taken long breaks from CC in the past, he hasn’t taken those breaks after taking peoples’ money. I think that one main cause for optimism is that he’s actually been being paid by the community during this last period of non-updates, and therefore hopefully it has been a period of development.

  54. Footkerchief - # November 23rd, 2009 at 9:48 pm

    @Tomaster yes, I am trying to incite people, specifically trying to incite Data to post something more specific than “We’re working on the campaign,” although I know it’s not going to happen since he’s never even bothered to maintain a changelog.

  55. Lizard - # November 29th, 2009 at 1:01 pm

    you guys are never reading this.

    Ohoho I am sooo clever ^.^

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