For this video, Game Design Analyst Josh Bycer looked back at Spacebase DF-9 and the lessons learned about how to handle early access development and scope.
Each month, I like to focus on a game that earned a negative reputation to see if the hate was warranted. For this video, I wanted to talk about Spacebase DF-9. The Dwarf Fortress game from Double Fine that almost cost the company its reputation among gamers thanks to them completely missing the point of early access development.
0:00 -- Intro
1:19 -- Basic Structure
2:37 -- Basic Gameplay and Playthrough
28:38 -- How Doublefine failed Spacebase DF-9
43:44 -- Final Thoughts
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