Questions for Athena/Spirit etc

[SkulkrinBait]

I've got the go ahead from Athena to do an interview with the OR2 developers for my site, I've copied the questions below and would appreciate any feedback ie if you've got any more questions you'd like to ask or if any of the existing ones are too dumb.

1. How long has it taken to develop OR2 and what have been the most difficult obstacles to get it to it’s current state?
2. Why did you decide to make a space based game like OR as opposed to say a fantasy war game?
3. What features of OR2 are you most proud of and are there any aspects which aren’t so good?
4. Why should anyone play OR2 rather than other games which are out there?
5. What’s it like working as a games designer for a living?
6. Do you have any advice for anyone wanting to code their own game?
7. How do you see the future of OR2 and where would you like it to be in say 5 years time?
8. Without giving away anything which might be commercially sensitive, how important is it to the company that OR2 becomes profitable quickly?
9. Do you play any other online games and which are your favourites, if any?

(I’m lacking inspiration today so if there is anything else you’d like to add which might be interesting to include as part of the interview please let me know and I can make up a suitable question to go with it later)

Thanks for taking the trouble to participate in this interview and good luck with OR2.

I'll be sending these in an email to Athena in a couple of days and will let you know when I get a response.

[soiram]

Here are some to choose from:

1. Are there any actions in place to try and lure a reasonable amount of players to the game?

2. Why did you chose to keep various aspects of the mechanics of the game undocumented?

3. Does the participation of the creators in the game introduce some degree of unfairness to it?

4. How much time did playtesting / tweaking take?

5. Are you blonde or brunette?

[Natmus]

soiram said:

5. Are you blonde or brunette?

I think they even have some pics online somewhere on the site. Do your own research before embarassing us all

[SkulkrinBait]

I found this:

spirit.outer-reaches.com/wp/?p=3#more-3

Nice boots.

[Perun]

Do you guys RTFM?!?

There are their pictures!!!

And when I think how hard I was working to get you these...

;D

[SkulkrinBait]

Ah, now I see! I only RTFM when I need an answer to a particular question, so I'd not seen that part before.

Good work Perun, now you just need to get their phone numbers.

[Shendemiar]

skulkrinbait said:

I found this:

spirit.outer-reaches.com/wp/?p=3#more-3

Nice boots.

You sick pervert! ;D

[Starshatter]

Sorry, was that Athena or Xena?

[SkulkrinBait]

It's Spirit, allegedly, could be Sheldon for all I know.

[Starshatter]

skulkrinbait said:

It's Spirit, allegedly, could be Sheldon for all I know.

Hmm... I second Shendemiars thought!

[Perun]

Oh, no, not again!!!

[Natmus]

I miss Sheldon. You can say what you want, but he was one good flirter ;D

[ashimar]

Does Jenny know you're all here ? ;D

[SkulkrinBait]

OK, the interview is ready and you can have a sneak preview:

www.ogreview.org/index.php?content=display_article.php&article=7

I know the formatting needs sorting out.