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Groogy is from Scania, but we do have a scripter from Denmark. ForzaA is Dutch, DDRJake is from Britain, we have two Scotsmen and at least three or four Russians, a couple of people from Poland, one from France and I have probably forgotten where other people are from.
Well, this won't be techno babble, but maybe some answers.
1. They are all on different versions. Each time we start with a game, we branch off the engine so they all have their very own. We lift in good updates from time to time, but just the ones that are interesting for the game. The difference is in a ton off different small things, and a few bigger. It is going to be a bigger difference for the next game we start with, because that will have some major improvements from the engine. Mostly that makes it easier to work with for us, but that might also be noticeable in the games after that.
2. Very rarely any at all. We might merge selected pieces of the engine, but it's not really a where we need to be when thinking about design. Design should be made because of what will be more fun, and then we fix it.
3. Each game pushed the engines in different ways. HoI and Stellaris are both pushing right now, but even more consideration goes in the next title.
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Also, each having their own branch of the engine makes it more flexible. Each game can modify the engine to their hearts desire without having to consider if that will break something in another game. We had it different before, and this is way better, trust me.
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The new game gets the current version of the engine, so all new improvements that have been made by the engine team, or by a game team that has been branched back. Was that the answer you were looking for?
We have five people in the engine team. Three people working on the engine. One tools programmer and one build engineer.
Edit: they do rarely work directly on projects, but it happens. We try to have the game teams borrow resources from each other in the first place.
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True. If we decide this solution was a one-off, it won't be branched back. If we decide other game projects will benefit from it, it will.
Sorry, I have no idea. Not even sure what it is tbh. What EU game was it last seen in?
I don't have any numbers, but it's not uncommon. Our games are quite diverse, even if most of them are historical, strategy, and takes place on a map.
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Why would that go in the PDS forum? General Paradox Discussion would be more fitting.hey can a stickied thread be made linking to a bunch of PI twitter pages from here on the PDS subforum? because on my first ever twitter binge (after having an account i haven't touched for a year) through paradox employees, from cool (and illuminating) little things ranging from HOI 4 and stellaris screenshots to cool (well, awesome really) like Fredrik Westers' 6 year old having the greatest shirt ever (and SolSara buying half the birthday muffins in sweden), i think it would be helpful and a blast.
EDIT: damn that's a lot of muffins!
I'd be happy to post my list though; it's getting pretty long. I follow Paradox people whenever I notice them.
The PDS forum is for just that: PDS. For Paradox in general (E.G., anything involving PI rather than just PDS) I believe the General Paradox Discussion is the place to be.
As to the list, I've made it public now: https://twitter.com/Meneth_/lists/paradox (also contains some Colossal Order people)
As to the list, I've made it public now: https://twitter.com/Meneth_/lists/paradox (also contains some Colossal Order people)
I didn't buy those muffins, I baked them myself! A total of 72 muffins were made by me and only mehey can a stickied thread be made linking to a bunch of PI twitter pages from here on the PDS subforum? because on my first ever twitter binge (after having an account i haven't touched for a year) through paradox employees, from cool (and illuminating) little things ranging from HOI 4 and stellaris screenshots to cool (well, awesome really) like Fredrik Westers' 6 year old having the greatest shirt ever (and SolSara buying half the birthday muffins in sweden), i think it would be helpful and a blast.
EDIT: damn that's a lot of muffins!
More than three hours, I started when I got home from work at 17.00ish and the sixth and last batch was taken out of the oven at 20.30 perhaps. When I started whisk eggs and sugar together I kind of doubted that my largest bowl would hold the batter but it worked! Will remember to only make chocolate muffins next time though ^^
Dev diaries have gotten lazier lately.
Very good dev diary, although I feel like he might have a bit too much free time at his work ^^
(and SolSara buying half the birthday muffins in sweden)
EDIT: damn that's a lot of muffins!
She did not buy them, she made them! And they were delicious!
I think I'm the only one, though I'm far from sure about that.
And I'm a part-time contractor, not a full-time employee.
But, but... I'm not in there! Is is because I never, ever tweet perhaps?
I started an account up because "everyone else" had one, but I log in like twice per year. Once someone had sent me dm asking if we could go have a coffee in 15 minutes. I saw that three months later. I just don't really understand twitter I guess, so much white noice.
You're on the list now!But, but... I'm not in there! Is is because I never, ever tweet perhaps?
I started an account up because "everyone else" had one, but I log in like twice per year. Once someone had sent me dm asking if we could go have a coffee in 15 minutes. I saw that three months later. I just don't really understand twitter I guess, so much white noice.
Her.aw, you could've at least shook him down before acknowledging his existence, nothing like some chaotic neutral actions to make things interesting!