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Updates from the land of Uplink

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2001 1:22 am
by Chris
A few people have asked me if there will be any updates to Uplink after its main release. Of course there will! We have plans, ideas...who knows where this could go. Here is what we have already decided on.

There will be a Bonus CD. We've actually got some pretty cool shit to put on this, and they will be quite rare. We're not certain how these will be given out...maybe to people who have helped us in the past, or maybe to people who win competitions (highest Uplink score? Best agent profile?)

Patches. Ah yes. We have some ideas for a set of small patches to the game, which add new functionality and gameplay. I love what Lionhead are currently doing with Black&White - releasing a patch every week, with cool and interesting stuff in it. It keeps people interested, and it's good fun. Why not just include them in the game in the first place? This is called Feature Creep, and it is one of the big problems when developing a game. Towards the end you are just fixing bugs...you get bored, your mind wanders and you start dreaming up new and cool ideas for the game. Before you know it, another month has passed and still no game.

I've got some great ideas for game patches, each of which is a kind of "mini-project" on Uplink. A few people have requested the ability to "skin" Uplink - ie create new graphics, fonts and colour schemes to make the game look different. This is classic patch material.

Just have to finish the actual game first ;)

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:54 am
by Pink21
I'm trying to sell super spam!

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 11:57 am
by Xocrates
Holy Necro Spam, Batman!

Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 12:41 pm
by Wasgood
Ah..............
(Sigh of desperation)

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 12:06 am
by The Daemons
Wow...

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:57 am
by cheesemoo0
I think we should keep bumping this with comments about how old post this is.

(and by making posts like this)

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:07 am
by elexis
Or we could lock all these old news threads?!?!????

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:08 am
by shinygerbil
holy craps, this post is old!

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:31 pm
by kingsknightuk
lol bloodly old

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:26 pm
by The Daemons
OOOOOOOOOLD!!!!!!!!

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 10:34 pm
by Phelanpt
shinygerbil wrote:holy craps, this thread is old!

Fixed.

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:52 pm
by The Daemons
Haha, nice. :)

Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2009 1:06 am
by Mas Tnega
Phelanpt wrote:
shinygerbil wrote:holy olds, this thread is crap!

Fixed.
Refix'd

Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 5:55 am
by dorianz
Pink21 wrote:I'm trying to sell super spam!

What do tou mean about that?
{Look at me, stealth spamming!}

Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 6:02 am
by xander
WISE FWOM YOUR GWAVE!

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