Chris Taylor, Independent Expert - Total Annihilation – 20 years later
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Chris goes back in time to talk a bit about the development of Total Annihilation and the decisions he made to give the game a long life with a thriving mod and player community. He then talks about the current state of RTS gaming, and where he believes it is going next.
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Chris Taylor, Independent Expert - Total Annihilation – 20 years later
- 1. Total Annihilation 20 years later! Chris Taylor Born again Indie Developer
- 3. Disclaimer: This talk is all about TA and RTS With some terribly random stuff thrown in
- 5. Data Driven How Hardball II influenced TA
- 6. Make it “n” Why impose limits on… anything?
- 7. Mod Community Played a key role in TA’s longevity
- 8. Management Mattered Supporting Vision Holder
- 9. Simple Architecture Weapon Code Example
- 10. “That’s a great idea!” Nobody stopped us from doing it
- 13. And now some obvious questions...
- 14. Question #1 Where did the RTS genre go? Hiding in plain sight?
- 15. Question #2 Why didn’t RTS succeed on consoles and tablets? RTS Players are PC Gamers! They must be!
- 16. Question #3 Why was a sequel to TA never made?
- 17. Question #4 Will RTS ever return to its former glory?
- 18. Question #5 What next for the RTS genre?
- 20. Q & A What do you think?
- 21. Thank you!
Editor's Notes
- EA Canada, Dune 2, Waiting for C&C, USA, Ron Gilbert, Frozen Yak vs. Cavedog
- EA Canada, Dune 2, Waiting for C&C, USA, Ron Gilbert, Frozen Yak vs. Cavedog
- Pseudo 3D Terrain and Data Driven architecture, simple scripting system.
- Pseudo 3D Terrain and Data Driven architecture, simple scripting system.
- Who knew how this community could keep the game alive for 20 years!
- Ron Gilbert was a key to the success, trusting a vision
- One code path, easier to debug and maintain, allowed for surprising experimentation
- Shooting projectiles across the map, unit construction queuing, nukes, mini map advancements, real physics, shift click
- One code path, easier to debug and maintain, allowed for surprising experimentation
- Shooting projectiles across the map, unit construction queuing, nukes, mini map advancements, real physics, shift click
- Which are awesome, but it wasn’t the advancement of RTS per se