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Submitted by Funar on Mon, 01/28/2008 - 20:14

Just a few tidbits of info some people may find interesting:

Total Time in Development: 7 years*
Lines of Code (as of this post): 2,957,115
Languages Used: C/C++, Python
Current Dev Build Number: 20080126.15
Development Environments: Eclipse (Linux Servers), MS Visual Studio 2008 Express (Windows Client)
Number of Game Engines Tried: 4
Selected Game Engine: Torque Game Engine Advanced
Amount of Time Spent: (a virtual lifetime)
Phoenix Team Members: 3

* Development time includes 5 years of dreaming and waiting for the right technology to become available to an indy game group. MMO engines such as BigWorld can cost as much as $800,000.00 (USD)

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Submitted by dirtymeat80 on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 10:35.

only $800k? Pocket change bud, I got that no problem.............where did I put that Monopoly board...hmmm. lol

I still toy around with Torque when I have some free time, but I don't get much of it. Not that I have a busy life or anything, I just like to play the games :)

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Submitted by Prairie on Tue, 01/29/2008 - 11:21.

Wait, you're only giving me 5 years of dreaming time for content? Hrm. I need to sleep more. >:)

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Lol

Submitted by Funar on Wed, 01/30/2008 - 19:35.

And here I thought 5 years was too long. ;)

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