Hi there everyone,

I have been working in the game industry for the 15 years.
I have worked for EA, Cyan, UBI and for the last few years Square. Last week Square started the unannounced layoffs.
Sadly I was one of them.
It may have been my fault I was pushing for a sequel that they were never going to do. Honestly I was thinking of leaving, I feel the industry is heading in the wrong direction due to details I can't go into.

I have given it a lot of thought and want to start a Design Group. I want to start giving players the games they want and beg for. For free of course.

The mission of SamaGames will start as remaking classic as true to the original as possible.
After a few titles to see hows things go we do our first squeal.

I am looking to with the Snes classic Shadowrun.
and if all goes well maybe even get a second team going for
Final Fantasy 6.

Anyway this is getting long so hit me back and lets get things started

As what?


And how to make money if not by selling the games?
And if you think that it is not needed to make any money with it, I wonder how long you expect the developement to take when the team just works on it in their spare time for like 1 or 2 hours a day?


Why should I then play your game if it is anyways the same as the original one?


I think this is a typo and you mean "sequel"?
What makes you think that a market with Call of Duty 6, Crysis 2, Portal 2, Medal of Honor 7, Doodle jump 4, Battlefield 3 (isn´t it actually 6 or something?), Angry birds 6, F.E.A.R 3, Minecraft and Total War 6 a sequel of a ripoff of some "classic" game? While I really think that there where great games with some great gameplay I would prefer to see their mechanics taken to a whole new level or of course some completely new gameplay in a new game instead of the hundred thousands sequel.
And if you think that there is nothing, that hasn´t been done before, you could at least try to make something existing better in a new game.

And as you are planning to release the games for free, you will pay the licensing of the remake from your own wallet to the company that laid you off?

By the way, are you going to work the games with Gamestudio, or with other engine?

Also as a point of intrest, what Slin said, it's just like that. The sequels sell only if the game gets really popular.

Sorry I've been gone the last day or so,
Look I should have been more clear I don't plan on doing this legally
I have been in this game for a long time and know that a little nostalgia is what will save the industry My reason for Shadowrun is personnel I was an Intern at Data east when it was being made. and it holds a deep place in my heart.

Have you some site or portfolio ?

You think that the industry which is growing year on year needs saving?

yep, it does need saving, hate the direction of mainstream game development now, theres been a dramatic reduction in the amounts of games / quality games being made, i just see alot of flaws with the industry, some developers do a great job, mainly the big guys. Basically the game industry as reached the point where either youre one of the big guys or noone cares about your game, sure its far from dead but i think it was alot better in past recent years

Do you know what people would do for a new chrono trigger a Stargate game or a remake of simons quest or metroid.
The idea of Sama isn't to make huge amounts of cash that's were everything went wrong to begin with. The point is to show the high ups what the players really want.

Will you join Darkinferno?

There is really good indie games coming , just seek for ome on Steam !
For example Torchligh 2 , Trine 2 will be great for indie market.
Big games are great, and can't be done by a little team :
Mass effect 3 , BorderLands 2 , BattleField 3 , Guild Wars 2 ,
Oblivion sequel, Zelda sequel etc ...
A a lot of people wait for this great prodcution games



The only problem is when big companies make bad games, and buy little companies doing good games ...
Like Microsoft that baugh Rare, it has just killed this Studio.
But hopefully , there is some little studios doing great : Retro Studio, Grass Hopper etc ...

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And don't be so sure about what players want, some are big fans of Warcraft, other is COD multiplayer ...
Not all players are big fans of RPG , Stragate or Metroid !!!
Even more i'm sure perhaps it would lot more people that would like FF7 remake than Chrono Chross or other ...
And i don't like Stragate so ...

Well the question is more what is the game that is on your heart and that personnaly you want to remake ??

that's easy the snes Shadowrun