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GES Update 09/30/11 Programming & Ourumov Redux
Rick Astley:
--- Quote from: deuxhero on October 11, 2011, 04:57:26 am ---Why call them bots and not Sims/Simulants (ala PD)?
I understand this, but still don't understand why Bond is some weird generic faced dude and not based on Fleming's sketch of the character.
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because of copyright reasons
Jonathon [SSL]:
I don't feel like we'd get in trouble for basing it off a Bond illustration. That's pretty much the only illustration of Bond given in the books, and doesn't even appear in some versions (I own every Fleming Bond book in paperback and they aren't in there). Plus the book content/distribution isn't based around the greedy movie companies/game publishers like the much more popular films are.
However, I don't feel like the Fleming Bond matches the Bond look we're going for. The illustration is basically Sean Connery with a different mouth, in Goldeneye we're going for a more Pierce Brosnan type look (which is much more "modern" looking than Fleming's early-mid-1900s style).
Though I totally like the idea of calling our bots sims like PD. They're pretty much the same word meaning (bot vs sim), but adds that Rareware nostalgia and uniqueness.
killermonkey:
Since PD was released, the word "sims" has taken on an entirely different meaning. Or did you forget the game that changed maxis forever?
Jonathon [SSL]:
--- Quote from: killermonkey on October 11, 2011, 04:22:37 pm ---Since PD was released, the word "sims" has taken on an entirely different meaning. Or did you forget the game that changed maxis forever?
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Shit, right. Ha, never played the sims so it didn't click with me. People would think we're making an FPS with an optional community simulation for singleplayer...
markpeterjameslegg:
Simbots ;)
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