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Announcements / Re: Last Oasis Announcement
« on: February 16, 2019, 02:06:24 am »
The 2nd beta wave was sent out, join our discord to check if you got invited
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Announcements / Re: Last Oasis Announcement
« on: January 24, 2019, 02:00:11 pm »Was there a first Oasis announcement?yeah, but the queen owns it now
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Announcements / Re: Last Oasis Announcement
« on: January 23, 2019, 04:33:56 pm »
no keep messaging pogo
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Announcements / Re: Last Oasis Announcement
« on: January 23, 2019, 02:30:13 pm »
check first post
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Announcements / Re: Last Oasis Announcement
« on: January 23, 2019, 02:14:55 pm »
Just a few more minutes for the trailer...
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Announcements / Re: Last Oasis Announcement
« on: January 23, 2019, 01:37:15 pm »
We'll most likely have a larger closed beta, if you ask pogo nicely he may be able to bump you up on the priority list.
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Announcements / Last Oasis Announcement
« on: January 23, 2019, 01:28:09 pm »
Alright guys, our new project is about to be announced in public.
We've been busting our balls to get this ready, two years of hard work, still going strong. I _think_ we have something really cool here, a new setting, new gameplay mechanics, and a lot of trollishness as usual. It is in many ways a survival game, so not everyone may be into that, but a strong focus is obviously melee combat, clan warfare, economy and other things we learned from cRPG/strategus.
We're now publishing ourselves, which is so much better than the situation was with OKAM. We get to make all decisions with trailers, release dates, direction, and things are going quite differently.
We hope that some of you will like it, we've been trying to avoid mistakes of our past, get better, and do something cool. If you want to hate that's cool as well, but know that it will make me cry myself to sleep at night.
We've been busting our balls to get this ready, two years of hard work, still going strong. I _think_ we have something really cool here, a new setting, new gameplay mechanics, and a lot of trollishness as usual. It is in many ways a survival game, so not everyone may be into that, but a strong focus is obviously melee combat, clan warfare, economy and other things we learned from cRPG/strategus.
We're now publishing ourselves, which is so much better than the situation was with OKAM. We get to make all decisions with trailers, release dates, direction, and things are going quite differently.
We hope that some of you will like it, we've been trying to avoid mistakes of our past, get better, and do something cool. If you want to hate that's cool as well, but know that it will make me cry myself to sleep at night.
join https://discord.gg/LastOasis for the beta
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Announcements / Re: Donkeys looking for new members (carrots guranteed)
« on: October 19, 2018, 09:11:35 am »
Pogo is like the guy in Good Will Hunting. He was brought in as a janitor, but when he turned out to be an astrophysicist, we pivoted.
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Announcements / Re: Donkeys looking for new members (carrots guranteed)
« on: October 18, 2018, 08:46:32 pm »
Mostly for heskey, but feel free to read anyway:
Look, I get it you're angry as fuck about the OKAM fiasko. I'm not even saying you're wrong, if it meant so much to you, I guess it feels like something very dear to you died, as it did for many of us.
The simple and complicated reality is that we were passionate, but young and naive and inexperienced, and I made many passionate, naive and inexperienced, and possibly downright stupid decisions that ultimately culminated in OKAMs downfall and nearly the end of our story in this industry. I'm not proud of that, but it was the most valuable experience I've ever received, but I, like you, wish it wouldn't have come at a price like this. Feel free to call me a fucking idiot. I often think about at what point should I have done what differently to have avoided what happened.
What you call "intransparency" is one of the results of this, we don't talk about stuff we're doing anymore unless we're certain we can pull it off. Or, to be more exact, we'll talk about it after we've pulled it off.
We're not here looking for money, or your blessing. We're looking for someone passionate, but possibly young and naive and inexperienced, who wants to work on fucking video games. Who wants to really get into the core of it and understand how it all works. Who has dreams of making games because he thinks that's what he should do with his life. Because we can show him now, not everything, but a little bit, about how this whole thing works. And because I wish someone would have shown that to me.
Look, I get it you're angry as fuck about the OKAM fiasko. I'm not even saying you're wrong, if it meant so much to you, I guess it feels like something very dear to you died, as it did for many of us.
The simple and complicated reality is that we were passionate, but young and naive and inexperienced, and I made many passionate, naive and inexperienced, and possibly downright stupid decisions that ultimately culminated in OKAMs downfall and nearly the end of our story in this industry. I'm not proud of that, but it was the most valuable experience I've ever received, but I, like you, wish it wouldn't have come at a price like this. Feel free to call me a fucking idiot. I often think about at what point should I have done what differently to have avoided what happened.
What you call "intransparency" is one of the results of this, we don't talk about stuff we're doing anymore unless we're certain we can pull it off. Or, to be more exact, we'll talk about it after we've pulled it off.
We're not here looking for money, or your blessing. We're looking for someone passionate, but possibly young and naive and inexperienced, who wants to work on fucking video games. Who wants to really get into the core of it and understand how it all works. Who has dreams of making games because he thinks that's what he should do with his life. Because we can show him now, not everything, but a little bit, about how this whole thing works. And because I wish someone would have shown that to me.
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Announcements / Re: Donkey Crew is back!
« on: May 23, 2018, 03:26:22 pm »
Once upon a time, there were ten little piglets. They came together from all around with a shared passion - the passion to build a beehive. It wouldn’t just be any beehive, no - they wanted to build not the largest, but the best beehive in the world, attracting bees from everywhere!
But soon the piglets figured out that this was difficult. They would have to trade materials from the nearby town, in exchange for honey. But the piglets didn’t have much. Luckily for them, many many of their friends, who also enjoy beehives, came along and brought them honey. They brought as much as they could spare wishing them luck in creating a wonderful, lively beehive.
The piglets were happy. They accepted the precious gifts, and carefully traded it in town for the resources needed to build. They knew how precious the honey was, and they started building, day and night, full of passion and full of dreams for how wonderful the beehive will be one day.
However, while the piglets were very motivated, they were also very young and naive. The beehive came along, it was around a third finished. The piglets were proud of the foundation, but certainly this foundation wouldn’t attract any bees. And slowly, the piglets ran out of honey, and their friends had no more honey to spare.
So the piglets were sad. Their dream of making the most amazing beehive now seemed impossible. But the piglets promised to make the beehive to their friends. All the honey that was given to them was to help the beehive. So what now?
Luckily, a goose came along. The goose heard the story of the beehive, and the goose seemed to also share passion for beehives. So the goose talked to the piglets, “what a most magnificent beehive you have here. Do you want me to help you? I really like beehives too, and I have friends who do too”
The piglets were happy, their hard work finally appreciated. So they went with the goose to talk to its friend, the dog. The dog said “I, too, appreciate beehives. I enjoy them so much, I will just give you some honey.” And the goose chimed in and said “and once your beehive is done, I will tell all the bees to visit your beehive”.
The piglets were happy, but also worried a bit. The goose and the dog seemed friendly, but surely they wanted something in return? “Just some honey”, they said. “We just want the honey back, and some more honey on top, so we can help others build more beehives in the future”. This doesn’t sound too bad, the piglets thought. They do like honey, but building an awesome beehive was more important than honey. So the piglets responded “this sounds fair to us, but we want to build our own beehive! It’s important that it’s our beehive, and that we can make it look like we want!”
The dog responded “Certainly. I have no interest in having a beehive, so it should be all yours. If you give me your beehive now, I’ll give it back to you once it’s completed. Just to be safe.“
The piglets, happy to be able to finish the beehive, agreed. Surely, once they show what an amazing beehive they can build, they will make more beehives together in the future.
So the piglets moved together, with a little bit of honey received. They rationed the honey very carefully, just enough for themselves for food and a bed, and the rest for beehive materials. Day and night, the piglets worked on the beehive. And it started to grow, and it became better and better, months after months.
One day, the goose stopped by, and said “The beehive turned out lovely! Look, you already have some room for bees even!”
The piglets were proud, and said “yes, but the beehive will be so much better when it’s finished!” And the goose sat down, and the piglets explained how magnificent the beehive will be in the future. The goose was astonished. It sounded like the most beautiful beehive that one could have. “Paint me a picture”, the goose said. “Paint me a picture of the beehive so I can imagine what it will be like.” The piglets, not very good with drawing, said they can try, but it will take a while. “No worries”, the goose said, “a picture will help me tell the story of your beehive. Everyone will love it!”
So the piglets, once again, agreed. What harm can a picture do? All the bees should know what the beehive will be once it’s finished. So all the piglets, not knowing any better, drew a picture. And, similar to the beehive, it was a beautiful picture. They gave the picture to the goose, and continued work on the beehive.
Soon, the goose and the dog returned. They’ve shown the picture to all the bees they know, they said, and everyone loved it! All the bees want to come, they said in excitement!
The piglets were worried. “This is just a picture”, they said, “the beehive is still not ready”. The goose responded “no worries, look, you can fit some bees here. And there. The bees are so excited, they just want to help with the beehive!”.
So the piglets were getting nervous. They needed the beehive as good as it can be. They worked even harder, they started sleeping at the beehive, and stopped doing anything else. They did not want to disappoint the bees.
Soon, the goose came back, and with it many many bees! Many more than they expected. The bees were following the picture, but once they saw the beehive, they were confused. It looked a little bit like in the picture. It certainly was an interesting beehive, but it wasn’t finished. The goose reassured the bees not to worry, it will soon be like in the picture. So the bees gave it a try, they tried to settle down in the bees nest, but it just didn’t fit. There was not enough space, it was missing bits and pieces in the inside, and it was just overall unfinished. Soon, many bees left. This was not the beehive they wanted. Some of them were angry, some of them were planning to visit it again in the future when it’s ready.
This was not what the piglets worked so hard for. They were disappointed and exhausted, but they were motivated: “If we finish the beehive, surely the bees will come back!” So they planned to ration the honey, again very carefully, and to get more friends to help them with their work!
“One second”, the goose said while opening the beehive, “surely I deserve some honey for bringing you all those bees!”. “One second”, the dog chimed in, “surely you understand that I need to give some honey to my friends, too!”
The piglets looked at what was left of the beehive in disbelief. “This is not enough!”, they said, “we need more honey for materials and more friends to help us work!”
“Over time, more bees will come, surely they will bring enough honey for that”, the goose and the dog responded.
Now the piglets were getting angry. Obviously, making the most amazing beehive was not what the dog and the goose had in mind. “We want our beehive back!” they shouted. But the dog responded “Of course. You must know that, right now, I really like your beehive. But if you work really really hard, I’m sure you can have your beehive back, sometime, in the future. I’m sure you noted the fine print?”. The piglets tried to negotiate, they tried to offer what they could to save their idea of the beehive, but nothing worked out.
So the piglets sat down. They talked. They discussed. It was clear that this beehive was not theirs any more, and that it would not become what it was supposed to be. So they were forced to leave behind their labor of many years, with a broken heart. They set forth towards the east for a new beginning - again with passion and again with hope, but this time hardened with experience.
But soon the piglets figured out that this was difficult. They would have to trade materials from the nearby town, in exchange for honey. But the piglets didn’t have much. Luckily for them, many many of their friends, who also enjoy beehives, came along and brought them honey. They brought as much as they could spare wishing them luck in creating a wonderful, lively beehive.
The piglets were happy. They accepted the precious gifts, and carefully traded it in town for the resources needed to build. They knew how precious the honey was, and they started building, day and night, full of passion and full of dreams for how wonderful the beehive will be one day.
However, while the piglets were very motivated, they were also very young and naive. The beehive came along, it was around a third finished. The piglets were proud of the foundation, but certainly this foundation wouldn’t attract any bees. And slowly, the piglets ran out of honey, and their friends had no more honey to spare.
So the piglets were sad. Their dream of making the most amazing beehive now seemed impossible. But the piglets promised to make the beehive to their friends. All the honey that was given to them was to help the beehive. So what now?
Luckily, a goose came along. The goose heard the story of the beehive, and the goose seemed to also share passion for beehives. So the goose talked to the piglets, “what a most magnificent beehive you have here. Do you want me to help you? I really like beehives too, and I have friends who do too”
The piglets were happy, their hard work finally appreciated. So they went with the goose to talk to its friend, the dog. The dog said “I, too, appreciate beehives. I enjoy them so much, I will just give you some honey.” And the goose chimed in and said “and once your beehive is done, I will tell all the bees to visit your beehive”.
The piglets were happy, but also worried a bit. The goose and the dog seemed friendly, but surely they wanted something in return? “Just some honey”, they said. “We just want the honey back, and some more honey on top, so we can help others build more beehives in the future”. This doesn’t sound too bad, the piglets thought. They do like honey, but building an awesome beehive was more important than honey. So the piglets responded “this sounds fair to us, but we want to build our own beehive! It’s important that it’s our beehive, and that we can make it look like we want!”
The dog responded “Certainly. I have no interest in having a beehive, so it should be all yours. If you give me your beehive now, I’ll give it back to you once it’s completed. Just to be safe.“
The piglets, happy to be able to finish the beehive, agreed. Surely, once they show what an amazing beehive they can build, they will make more beehives together in the future.
So the piglets moved together, with a little bit of honey received. They rationed the honey very carefully, just enough for themselves for food and a bed, and the rest for beehive materials. Day and night, the piglets worked on the beehive. And it started to grow, and it became better and better, months after months.
One day, the goose stopped by, and said “The beehive turned out lovely! Look, you already have some room for bees even!”
The piglets were proud, and said “yes, but the beehive will be so much better when it’s finished!” And the goose sat down, and the piglets explained how magnificent the beehive will be in the future. The goose was astonished. It sounded like the most beautiful beehive that one could have. “Paint me a picture”, the goose said. “Paint me a picture of the beehive so I can imagine what it will be like.” The piglets, not very good with drawing, said they can try, but it will take a while. “No worries”, the goose said, “a picture will help me tell the story of your beehive. Everyone will love it!”
So the piglets, once again, agreed. What harm can a picture do? All the bees should know what the beehive will be once it’s finished. So all the piglets, not knowing any better, drew a picture. And, similar to the beehive, it was a beautiful picture. They gave the picture to the goose, and continued work on the beehive.
Soon, the goose and the dog returned. They’ve shown the picture to all the bees they know, they said, and everyone loved it! All the bees want to come, they said in excitement!
The piglets were worried. “This is just a picture”, they said, “the beehive is still not ready”. The goose responded “no worries, look, you can fit some bees here. And there. The bees are so excited, they just want to help with the beehive!”.
So the piglets were getting nervous. They needed the beehive as good as it can be. They worked even harder, they started sleeping at the beehive, and stopped doing anything else. They did not want to disappoint the bees.
Soon, the goose came back, and with it many many bees! Many more than they expected. The bees were following the picture, but once they saw the beehive, they were confused. It looked a little bit like in the picture. It certainly was an interesting beehive, but it wasn’t finished. The goose reassured the bees not to worry, it will soon be like in the picture. So the bees gave it a try, they tried to settle down in the bees nest, but it just didn’t fit. There was not enough space, it was missing bits and pieces in the inside, and it was just overall unfinished. Soon, many bees left. This was not the beehive they wanted. Some of them were angry, some of them were planning to visit it again in the future when it’s ready.
This was not what the piglets worked so hard for. They were disappointed and exhausted, but they were motivated: “If we finish the beehive, surely the bees will come back!” So they planned to ration the honey, again very carefully, and to get more friends to help them with their work!
“One second”, the goose said while opening the beehive, “surely I deserve some honey for bringing you all those bees!”. “One second”, the dog chimed in, “surely you understand that I need to give some honey to my friends, too!”
The piglets looked at what was left of the beehive in disbelief. “This is not enough!”, they said, “we need more honey for materials and more friends to help us work!”
“Over time, more bees will come, surely they will bring enough honey for that”, the goose and the dog responded.
Now the piglets were getting angry. Obviously, making the most amazing beehive was not what the dog and the goose had in mind. “We want our beehive back!” they shouted. But the dog responded “Of course. You must know that, right now, I really like your beehive. But if you work really really hard, I’m sure you can have your beehive back, sometime, in the future. I’m sure you noted the fine print?”. The piglets tried to negotiate, they tried to offer what they could to save their idea of the beehive, but nothing worked out.
So the piglets sat down. They talked. They discussed. It was clear that this beehive was not theirs any more, and that it would not become what it was supposed to be. So they were forced to leave behind their labor of many years, with a broken heart. They set forth towards the east for a new beginning - again with passion and again with hope, but this time hardened with experience.
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Announcements / Re: Donkey Crew is back!
« on: May 11, 2018, 04:38:27 pm »Things must be going really well, cmp is smiling in one pic and smirking in another.
Contrary to stereotypes, our living and working conditions improved dramatically when moving from Belfast to China
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Announcements / Donkey Crew is back!
« on: May 11, 2018, 04:13:05 pm »visitors can't see pics , please register or login
So you guys probably heard the rumours that we were in china for a year. It was an amazing and interesting experience.
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However, it was a bit difficult to find enough and the right people for our crew there, so we decided to come back to europe to expand the team and finish here what we started.
We are now back in Europe, Poland to be specific. There's some donkeys who are no longer on board, and many new donkeys to meet and troll. You'll get to know them eventually.
We got a sweet office in Wroclaw, which is, btw, a beautiful and awesome city.
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So obviously we've been working on a new project. It's very different from what we did before, thematically. It shares some... "game design ideologies", but it's really really different. In short, we were given freedom to work on what we want, and we did. We'll release more info about what that is at some point in the future.
The plan is to have a playable version in some months, and we'd like to give you guys the chance to participate in early tests, if you want.
Also, we're hiring: If you have any skills that you think might be relevant to us (or check https://www.donkey.team/ ), and are willing to relocate, get in touch!