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RealityCheque

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• Jul 15, 2016

• #1

So Velocity 2X is one of my favorite games of the gen. Brilliant gameplay and a fantastic soundtrack. Played the hell out of it on Vita but I've wanted to own it on Steam for ages. However its had relatively mixed reviews on Steam because of a game breaking bug that was apparently never going to be fixed.

Well in the last few days Futurlab finally pushed a fix and it now works properly. They have documented the entire ordeal in a blog post. It's an interesting read and gives some insight into why it took so long to get this sorted.

And if you haven't played the game yet, it's well worth your time, on any platform. Those tunes man, those tunes......

 

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ChryZ

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• Jul 15, 2016

• #2

That was a good read.

 

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Pachael

Member

• Jul 15, 2016

• #3

Man, that was brutal, trying to find that particular bug that was crashing the level(s). Good to see they resolved it in the end.

 

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thumb

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• Jul 15, 2016

• #4

I think these sorts of write-ups are really important to remind users just how challenging some bug fixes can be. Things that seem trivial and inexplicable can represent deeply intractable problems.

 

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RealityCheque

Banned

• Jul 15, 2016

• #5

thumb said:

I think these sorts of write-ups are really important to remind users just how challenging some bug fixes can be. Things that seem trivial and inexplicable can represent deeply intractable problems.

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Seems that these sort of things can really help customers understand the problems that can arise. could help avoid some of the shit-talking you see on forums etc. I guess a lot of people think these things should be easy, that blog post is a real window into the reality.

 

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lcap

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• Jul 15, 2016

• #6

Great write-up. Thanks OP.

The saddest part of this is knowing their project got cancelled and they seemed quite in a bad position.

 

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Calabi

Member

• Jul 15, 2016

• #7

thumb said:

I think these sorts of write-ups are really important to remind users just how challenging some bug fixes can be. Things that seem trivial and inexplicable can represent deeply intractable problems.

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I wish more dev's would do thing's like this. We dont often get insight into how game development works, especially not this detailed.

 

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RealityCheque

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• Jul 15, 2016

• #8

lcap said:

Great write-up. Thanks OP.

The saddest part of this is knowing their project got cancelled and they seemed quite in a bad position.

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I know, can't help but wonder what that would've been. Hope they are in good shape now and are putting something new together, I've loved all their work so far and hope to play more in the future.

 

Tizoc

Member

• Jul 15, 2016

• #9

Bumping so more people can know about this.
Hope sales start picking up now and that its positive reviews encourage more people to get it.

 

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VLiberty

Member

• Jul 15, 2016

• #10

Great, cause every player with access to PS4, Vita, XB1 or Steam has to play this game. Absolute masterpiece in every regard

 

MrTroubleMaker

Gold Member

• Jul 15, 2016

• #11

Nice!

 

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iosefe

Member

• Jul 16, 2016

• #12

best game, one of my two GOTY choices from last year

even if you don't want to get it on Steam, it's currently 3.99 on PSN right now (flash sale) so definitely get it

 

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Parsnip

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• Jul 16, 2016

• #13

That was a good read.

 

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EVO

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• Jul 16, 2016

• #14

Calabi said:

I wish more dev's would do thing's like this. We dont often get insight into how game development works, especially not this detailed.

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If you're interested Casey Muratori's blog does exactly this, he worked on The Witness. He did a series of posts detailing the grass planting system that I found really fascinating.

 

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prophecy0

Member

• Jul 16, 2016

• #15

Great read, thanks for posting! I actually prefer Velocity Ultra to 2x but I still had a great time with 2x. Its nice to see that kind of dedication to fix a bug. I wish these devs nothing but success going forward.

 

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CHC

Member

• Jul 16, 2016

• #16

Never played the game but this blog post / story is somehow rivetingly interesting. Really good writing.

 

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wouwie

Member

• Jul 16, 2016

• #17

I wondered why Futurlab hadn't released anything since Velocity 2X but i always assumed it was because they were doing a much bigger project. So i was very surprised to read that their next project was cancelled and they apparently went through quite a rough period. I hope things are looking up now and that they will bring other great games in the future.

Also, i wish they brought Velocity Ultra to PS4. I actually preferred it to 2X due to not liking the walking bits all that much in 2X.

 

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QuickSilverD

Member

• Jul 16, 2016

• #18

So, did Nvidia ever get back to them?

 

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Servbot24

Banned

• Jul 16, 2016

• #19

I don't work in games, but I work on a software platform, and this is definitely something I wish gamers realized. Making tiny enhancements or bug fixes requires months of 60 hour weeks from Development, QA, Product Management, Support, etc. This shit is not easy.

 

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recurv

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• Jul 18, 2016

• #20

wouwie said:

I wondered why Futurlab hadn't released anything since Velocity 2X but i always assumed it was because they were doing a much bigger project. So i was very surprised to read that their next project was cancelled and they apparently went through quite a rough period.

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The games industry is bonkers. We spent an entire year working to get a game signed, it went through four iterations before it eventually got signed, and then it got canned at the 'First Playable' milestone: Not because the game sucked, it was ace, but there was internal restructuring going on at the publisher where a lot of projects were cancelled at the same time: http://www.futurlab.co.uk/10000-followers.html

This is not unusual, it's just the business we're in!

QuickSilverD said:

So, did Nvidia ever get back to them?

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Nope!

 

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wouwie

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• Jul 18, 2016

• #21

recurv said:

The games industry is bonkers. We spent an entire year working to get a game signed, it went through four iterations before it eventually got signed, and then it got canned at the 'First Playable' milestone: Not because the game sucked, it was ace, but there was internal restructuring going on at the publisher where a lot of projects were cancelled at the same time: http://www.futurlab.co.uk/10000-followers.html

This is not unusual, it's just the business we're in!

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That sucks. Never knew this happened. I always assumed you were working on a far bigger game after Velocity 2X, hence the longer development time.

I can't wait to find out what you're working on now and i hope everthing works out this time. Futurlab is a talented and exciting developer!

 

Shifty

Member

• Jul 18, 2016

• #22

smh, lazy devs

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Is exactly the kind of attitude this article is rightly working to avoid. Good stuff!

QuickSilverD said:

So, did Nvidia ever get back to them?

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