What happened to Exanima?
Wicked Wizard
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What happened to Exanima, the "physics-based dark souls"? or you could ask, what happened to Sui Generis? Well the TLDR is that Exanima was meant to be a prelude to an open world RPG with physics based combat called Sui Generis. But with a small team, not the funding required for such a task and every system being custom. 15+ years in development kind of makes sense. Throw in player feedback as well as some perfectionism and high standards. And you've got yourself a decent Early Access, but a very long wait in development.
Exanima, holds itself up as an interesting and unique concept. One that's loved still by many. But how much long do we have to wait for Sui Generis? At this rate, it's anyone's guess.
SketchFab assets used in video → https://skfb.ly/pHWDE
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This video is similar to that of a What Went Wrong style video. I didn't feel that the story was deep enough to turn it into a what went wrong, however I do feel that it was worth at least bringing together the top level timeline of what happened to a game that now sits in many people's libraries.
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>new feature announced
>it comes to be that the new feature cannot be implemented without ground up rework of major base system
>a years minimum worth of kick-the-can diaries follow while they implement it
>update releases, systems implemented and its usually great but after the long wait it still feels slightly underwhelming
>new feature announced shortly after
>it comes to be that the new feature cannot be implemented without ground up rework of major base system
and on and on, basically every since I started backing the original project. Its funny though because I do really hope the devs can pull it off. It's such a unique and cool world/concept to me
Hats off but that's for the truly insane.
immediately learn why most games have linear stories
With that attitude, fifteen years is going to be the halfway point to completing this game. At least they can finally start on Sui Generis in 2041.
Even large teams of experienced developers struggle to estimate development timelines, let alone ambitious indie devs.
That's not how version numbers work.
What happened to Exanima?
Wicked Wizard
550,641 views
Patreon → Patreon: wickedwiz
Twitter → Twitter: WickedWizard15
What happened to Exanima, the "physics-based dark souls"? or you could ask, what happened to Sui Generis? Well the TLDR is that Exanima was meant to be a prelude to an open world RPG with physics based combat called Sui Generis. But with a small team, not the funding required for such a task and every system being custom. 15+ years in development kind of makes sense. Throw in player feedback as well as some perfectionism and high standards. And you've got yourself a decent Early Access, but a very long wait in development.
Exanima, holds itself up as an interesting and unique concept. One that's loved still by many. But how much long do we have to wait for Sui Generis? At this rate, it's anyone's guess.
SketchFab assets used in video → https://skfb.ly/pHWDE
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This video is similar to that of a What Went Wrong style video. I didn't feel that the story was deep enough to turn it into a what went wrong, however I do feel that it was worth at least bringing together the top level timeline of what happened to a game that now sits in many people's libraries.