tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193968969153274146.post8752404896489844145..comments2023-05-20T12:08:52.031+02:00Comments on In The Games Of Madness: Briefly Being FrictionalFrictional Gameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00278352641328669040noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193968969153274146.post-14855583756222587362009-08-04T21:10:13.135+02:002009-08-04T21:10:13.135+02:00I bought all your games, the first in retail and t...I bought all your games, the first in retail and the rest online and i must say i love all them. So I'm happy that you guys are going well financially and i desire all the success in the years to come. <br /><br />Now I'm a litle concerned about your decision to finance the game your selfs, i hope you don't run out of cash and so the game comes out unfinished or not at all just like 3DRealms that would be a blow to me and others.Hilário Martinshttp://argoon.cgsociety.org/about/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193968969153274146.post-50964333406151684872009-08-04T19:22:17.451+02:002009-08-04T19:22:17.451+02:00Well, it's good to know that you guys are stil...Well, it's good to know that you guys are still alive and doing well, although how do you guys manage to survive the long development periods between games, in which I'd imagine little money is coming in?<br /><br />The good news is that with the succesful Penumbra Trilogy, your name is already out there, which means that your upcoming game should generate a lot more interest (actually, that might not be good news for you guys... high expectations can be bad things sometimes.)<br /><br />Anyway, good luck. It's a rare feeling to actually like a game company, as it seems most of them don't seem to care about their consumer base at all (*cough* Ubiso-*cough*)<br /><br />P.S.- By the way, I can't find any recent news on Lexicon, but it seems like they are out of buisness seeing as their website lost it's lease. There's some good news for you guys.Dylannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193968969153274146.post-86437384660722013022009-08-04T16:31:14.047+02:002009-08-04T16:31:14.047+02:00PS: I sub-contracted for a company that worked com...PS: I sub-contracted for a company that worked completely from home and I ended up waking up at 4PM and going to sleep after the Sun came up.<br /><br />It really messed with my internal clock.<br /><br />I couldn't do it so I resigned.Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09455439104371337011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193968969153274146.post-81751111305781530802009-08-04T16:29:08.151+02:002009-08-04T16:29:08.151+02:00I went out and purchased your Penumbra series when...I went out and purchased your Penumbra series when I heard (1) All three were $11 CDN and (2) The games ran on Linux!<br /><br />That made me estatic so I purchased a copy immediately.<br /><br />I know you guys didn't get much money from me, but I just want to say, directly to the owner of Frictional games: I absolutely love your games (I play them quite often) and I'm so thankful for you releasing the game on Linux.<br /><br />Thank you!<br /><br />This was a very interesting post from someone who owns their own company too (Linux administration & programming).<br /><br />Please keep us updated and best of luck in the future!Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09455439104371337011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193968969153274146.post-59859236162277922012009-08-04T16:10:31.600+02:002009-08-04T16:10:31.600+02:00Tobias:
We are planning on writing more on this, b...Tobias:<br />We are planning on writing more on this, but in short:<br />- Some type of things, like helping each other when a problem arises, debugging, etc, are really hard when working at distance. We try to find ways around it but it is hard.<br /><br />- Not having an office saves a lot of money. If we had gotten an office at the start, we would not have survived.<br /><br />- We try and layout the work in a way that works over a distance and it often involves very careful planning.<br /><br />I have been "working" (lots of hobby hours included) like this for over 10 years now and Jens has too. So I guess one learns tricks along the way as well :)Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02945983378935089787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9193968969153274146.post-40370520034115997762009-08-04T14:51:37.683+02:002009-08-04T14:51:37.683+02:00In my experience, working at the same place (an of...In my experience, working at the same place (an office or similar) increases the effectivity of internal communication with roughly 700% compared to people working at different places. How do you manage this if you're all working from home?<br /><br />Obviously you're able to produce quality content anyway, but it seems a bit... impractical.Tobias Ljungströmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13848029681040433820noreply@blogger.com