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Alyx was the result of an acquisition (campo santo) and it killed their work a non-franchise game "Valley of the Gods" after "firewatch".
by schlauerfox 4y ago
Alyx was the result of an acquisition (campo santo) and it killed their work a non-franchise game "Valley of the Gods" after "firewatch".
- Cyph0n 4y agoCitation needed. Wikipedia at least says that they were acquired while Alyx was in development and that they just joined the overall dev team.
- schlauerfox 4y agoIt's an opinion comment on the internet, not a dissertation, but I base it on talking with one person who worked at valve hardware for a time and public information from the ex campo santo people's blogs and things. I could be very wrong and would love to hear from them, but I have a strong "what could have been" for 'valley of the gods.'.
- Cyph0n 4y agoThanks for explaining. You made a claim outside of your personal experience, so expect to be asked to back it up. I’m not sure why you’re surprised.
- astrange 4y agoKilled their podcasts too, which were good even if they were inveterate hipsters who played the video games you’d imagine Portland hipsters to play[0] and couldn’t pronounce Japanese names. [0] Earthbound inspired platformers about how it’s okay to feel sad sometimes