Comments on: Manifesto Games http://blackcompanystudios.co.uk/blog/user/mrcranky/48 Thoughts on games, the games industry, and other gems from the life of the Company Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:29:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: MrCranky http://blackcompanystudios.co.uk/blog/user/mrcranky/48#comment-33 MrCranky Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:21:24 +0000 http://blackcompanystudios.co.uk/blog/?p=48#comment-33 Oh, there are always people out there to fund good ideas. The trick is finding them. :) With the PR blitz he's on just now, and the fact that he's getting favourable publicity everywhere, I don't think it will be too problematic. As for the colours, urgh yes. I understand he wanted a fiery, revolutionary feel to it, but I'll be prodding him to change. There's a note on his weblog acceding to the complaints, but he wants someone else to redesign it for him. I'll give it a try, but my design credentials aren't much better (hence the simplistic nature of this site)... :D Oh, there are always people out there to fund good ideas. The trick is finding them. :) With the PR blitz he’s on just now, and the fact that he’s getting favourable publicity everywhere, I don’t think it will be too problematic.

As for the colours, urgh yes. I understand he wanted a fiery, revolutionary feel to it, but I’ll be prodding him to change. There’s a note on his weblog acceding to the complaints, but he wants someone else to redesign it for him. I’ll give it a try, but my design credentials aren’t much better (hence the simplistic nature of this site)… :D

]]> By: PeterM http://blackcompanystudios.co.uk/blog/user/mrcranky/48#comment-32 PeterM Fri, 30 Sep 2005 13:17:04 +0000 http://blackcompanystudios.co.uk/blog/?p=48#comment-32 I also have to echo that about the colours. It's the programmer art of websites. But at least it doesn't have one of those animated GIFs of a fireball as a background image... I'll be rooting for Manifesto Games. I've not really dug deep on the site though - where are they going to get their money from? I also have to echo that about the colours. It’s the programmer art of websites. But at least it doesn’t have one of those animated GIFs of a fireball as a background image…

I’ll be rooting for Manifesto Games. I’ve not really dug deep on the site though - where are they going to get their money from?

]]> By: RealDark http://blackcompanystudios.co.uk/blog/user/mrcranky/48#comment-31 RealDark Fri, 30 Sep 2005 09:39:49 +0000 http://blackcompanystudios.co.uk/blog/?p=48#comment-31 That may be so, but the colours this man uses on his website.. my eyes! On a more serious note, I really hope this succeeds, game development at present is as Microsoft to software and rapidly heading down the qwerty keyboard route :( That may be so, but the colours this man uses on his website.. my eyes!

On a more serious note, I really hope this succeeds, game development at present is as Microsoft to software and rapidly heading down the qwerty keyboard route :(

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