What the hell have Nibris been doing this whole time? The article states they began working on the Gambryo engine a few months ago, which means they've been twiddling their thumbs for 1 1/2 years with pre-development? I call foul on the whole thing still. This is so suspect. Who takes 18 months to plan out a game before any development occurs?

I guess they most be working on something, since they wouldn't just go ahead and license an engine for no reason.

I didn't think it was vaporware, but I didn't think it would come out either. I still doubt it will, since they don't seem to have a publisher(last I heard) and probably require better funding.

I think this game will get spotlighted at E3. Hope so at least.

Hopefully it will come out someday. It does look and sound very ambitious which is more than a lot of games can say these days.

Onyxmeth said: What the hell have Nibris been doing this whole time? The article states they began working on the Gambryo engine a few months ago, which means they've been twiddling their thumbs for 1 1/2 years with pre-development? I call foul on the whole thing still. This is so suspect. Who takes 18 months to plan out a game before any development occurs?

 http://www.nintendolife.com/articles/2007/04/09/sadness_canned

Frontline decided to not help Nibris with development so that may be part of the reason it has taken so long.

bchery21 said: i won't believe (though i want to) this game is coming out iff (if and only if) it appears at E3 this year

 I don't think this sentence means what you think it means....

perhaps "I'll only believe this game is coming out iff it appears at e3 this year"?

totalwar23 said: Tuulikk said: totalwar23 said: Wait a minute? There aren't any colors in the game? Good news for color blind people but...how in the hell are we suppose to play games without colors? Well, we can but not quite as good. Ah whatever, I don't care. About the color thing, I mean. Now. Yes, it was impossible to watch movies before color TV, so it must be the same with games now? ;) If it gets harder to see and notice things because of the lack of color, it may actually make the game more scary.  What, color wasn't an important improvement over black and white? Anyways, we'll see if the design choice plays out well.

 

You're so naive.  Black-and-white rules when atmosphere is involved.

narfwack said: Onyxmeth said: What the hell have Nibris been doing this whole time? The article states they began working on the Gambryo engine a few months ago, which means they've been twiddling their thumbs for 1 1/2 years with pre-development? I call foul on the whole thing still. This is so suspect. Who takes 18 months to plan out a game before any development occurs? http://www.nintendolife.com/articles/2007/04/09/sadness_canned Frontline decided to not help Nibris with development so that may be part of the reason it has taken so long.

In that letter Frontline never acknowledges Sadness was ever in the making. What this seems like to me is a small team of people with a lot of ambition but not enough talent and money to see it through. I could have thought up a cool game idea, filmed a live video and swung a Wiimote at a screen to simulate actions also, but no one would believe me that I could make that live video into a game now would they? That's all Nibris has produced for us thus far, live action concept video. Considering how much trouble they have even getting development started, does anyone have a pretty good suspicion that even if Sadness is released it won't be that good? These are novice developers, needing support from outside studios and now a middleware engine that can't secure a publisher. Something's telling me this isn't exactly going to be Resident Evil quality, more like Escape From Bug Island quality.

 

Although Nibris has an official website, their main form of communication is through the messageboards of several websites including Cubed, IGN and GameSpot , under the username "nibris".

Isn't that awesome now we just need to get them posting here.

This was the post before the one up top

Dear IGN Boards Members,

Of course we are watching many sites and many forums. Many Developers and Publishers are doing this.
To make clear. You don't need next rumors, next conepts, etc. You need prove. You need see gameplay.
And you will see. But now all things about Sadness are just rumor.
So - no date. No promises. You will believe when you see.
Best Regards

So whatever that means of course after people asked about it they then posted the reply in the op.

kenzomatic said: Although Nibris has an official website, their main form of communication is through the messageboards of several websites including Cubed, IGN and GameSpot , under the username "nibris". Isn't that awesome now we just need to get them posting here. This was the post before the one up top Dear IGN Boards Members, Of course we are watching many sites and many forums. Many Developers and Publishers are doing this. To make clear. You don't need next rumors, next conepts, etc. You need prove. You need see gameplay. And you will see. But now all things about Sadness are just rumor. So - no date. No promises. You will believe when you see. Best Regards So whatever that means of course after people asked about it they then posted the reply in the op.

That sounds very much like even Nibris isn't sure they can pull this game off and are hoping for the best.