It is perfect according to meKnutselmaaster wrote:Because the interview is essentially about the competitions in the first half, the first question concerning TM² is relevant to that:
Is TM² made for the E(lectronic)-sport, in other words is it designed for the casual gamer or for competition?
Hylis responds that the game will have the spirit of the first game (TMO), aimed at the gamer and what he wants to do, not really at the competition, like Nations was.
He adds that the main concern of the development team is to make a high quality game; beautiful graphics, good gameplay, purity (as in crystallized, something that feels complete), a game where the player can express itself (custom content, block import, scripting etc).
Surely there will be competition, as that is what the community does and the game lends itself to do so.
The quality of the game deserves it to have competitions, it is asking for it in a way.
Hylis would love to bring out the Alpha of TM² November 1st, as it is the 10th birthday of Nadeo.
He likes to speak about Nadeo², as they enter a new era with TM², ShootMania and QuestMania and the whole ManiaPlanet universe they are creating. Also he reveres to the binary number 10, which is 2 in decimals.
Still, nothing is sure, he promises nothing, he just tells that he would like it to happen that way....
The evolution in the games is something really nice, he explains, this won't be games that come out and let people wait for 2 or 3 years for the next edition.
With the new environments coming out every 3 or 4 months there will always be something new to discover for the players. Not that they will need that, as the quality of each environment will give a lot more than 3 months of gameplay, but there will always be new things peeking up on the horizon for those who would like to move on. ManiaPlanet is always on the move so to speak.
The question we are all waiting for; Will we have TM² at the beginning of 2011?
Hylis doesn't promise anything but he tells that when the Alpha has been launched, the Beta will come pretty soon and the momentum will accelerate everything, once the Alpha comes out, things are "on a roll" and everything will go very quick.
He closes up by saying that he is still pleasantly surprised by the community, the current TM game is already approaching 4 years of age, and still there are major events about every 2 weeks.
Like big competition finals, tournaments, new big community websites, etc.
Nadeo wants to feed that particularity of our community with the way ManiaPlanet works; new content on a regular basis.
Just like I said in another topic, we will take more time to start. And yes, once it does, we want to go faster. But I should stop predict the future and concentrate on making things at the moment.
Thank you very much for this translation!
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