| theRepublic said: Development began in October 2007. When have not had screen shots since then. |
You're right, the first screenshots were from about April, 2008, showing everything from environments to weapons fire to enemies. You're suggesting, that, in less than 7 months time, The Conduit was near alpha? New engine from scratch, built to harness the Wii... right? And that only a handful of their current staff was onboard at the time?
EDIT: I read the gamasutra article that ringo posted below... they state that their R&D was basically done by the time the project started -- in other word, there's a whole lot of investment in their "bath house" tech demo, before said engine ever turned into "The Conduit" in Octobet, 2007. I think the 18 months dev time myth is dispelled -- The Conduit, inclusive of its engine tech, has been in development much longer than that.
