This is about both game development on BYOND and the progress of Fighters of Legend. Actually this generally a post response to Masterdan's foolishness.

First I'll go on about Fighters of Legend for those either clueless or ignorant about my progress, yet actually care in some way, shape or form. Fighters of Legend has hit the public eye multiple times, maybe not as much as people would like but it was only for the sake of bug testing. The game has been around for some time but it started merely as a small project to help a friend, since then it bloomed into a really big part of my free time and something I grow more proud of every day.

It hasn't seen the public eye in over a month simply because I havn't had anything to test, that and I have an actual deadline for another one of my favorite projects, the Meteorhigh cartoons. After I hit this deadline Fighters will be first priority yet again and there will more-than-likely be a few more public tests in the months of November and December as it makes its way toward open beta. Everything is made by myself simply because I don't trust anyone else to meet my ideals. Self-centered? Maybe, but I feel it's the only way to get my project exactly the way I want it. I don't set long-distance deadlines like the completion of my entire game, I simply set small goals at a time and meet them in order to progress properly.


With that aside I would also like to express my opinion on game design in general. I feel that in order to make a game correctly, a designer must really be into it. I mean it has to feel right to the designer, and time constraints are not a necessity.

Most people, especially on BYOND, have lives to live outside of their game development. Personally I have a daughter, a finance, and bills to pay. In my free time I like to film and cartoon on top of my game design.


I feel that my progress is fair, especially for all the things that I do in my free time. To say that my game will never be completed might not be far from the truth, simply because I feel that game design for an online world is never really complete. Small open testing sessions are my idea of the best way to tackle the alpha stage, hitting the public early only to fight speculation and the fear of people thinking your game will never be finished is foolish, if not completely unsound.

And to believe that your game is the best and that you deserve everyone's respect is almost as foolish as trying to conquer the world from home.

There are many great games on BYOND, if you want a few examples then check out my favorites list.

In conclusion, if you were under the delusion that Fighters of Legend will never surface you have already been mistaken. Rushing to release a game for speculation is foolish and should never be done unless you know it will never continue at a decent pace, and if you demand respect you will probably lose it quicker than you will gain it.

So look forward to FoL testing next month and the Meteorhigh: Halloween Adventure should be finished in the next 2-3 weeks.