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Having "a well-defined concept before beginning development" would seem to include Dota and other successful mods, because Valve is starting with a successful g
by flashman 10y ago
Having "a well-defined concept before beginning development" would seem to include Dota and other successful mods, because Valve is starting with a successful game concept (compared to the vast majority of mods that never find an audience). For Counter-Strike/TF2/Portal/Dota, Valve took a strong existing concept and developed it. It's exactly what's recommended in the takeaway.
- wingerlang 10y agoYou are probably thinking of Dota 2. Both Dota, CS and TF where most likely developed ad-hoc as they were mods that grew organically.
- ben_jones 10y agoTheir were Age of Empire mods that were essentially MOBA scenarios. I don't doubt many such ideas are ad hoc genius, but a lot of game dev is re-hashing with a twist.