Sourcing Ricochet

[{james}]

"I do not understand 'source'"

One of the many questions I get asked when making this mod is simply "What the hell is the point". In the FAQ section of the site I answered this question.
I will copy the answer here:

Q: Why create Ricochet for the Source engine ?

A: Ah this is a question I get asked many many times. When I first begun this modification I was pondering over this question myself "Will Ricochet work inside the Source engine ?" I was asking this question to myself when I had no team, all I could do was imagine, I had no idea if or how it would work. But the simple answer is it does, Ricochet inside the Source engine is much more fun than it was with the Goldsrc engine. And now we (The 3rd party developer) can expand the ideas of Ricochet to a new level with Source. So the answer to this question is we are creating Ricochet for the Source engine because:

1: The Ricochet concept plays well inside the Source multiplayer environment.
2: We can constantly expand and modify the game and receive feedback from the community.
3: The Source engine allows us to create ideas that where never really possible with GoldSrc.
4: We the 3rd Party developer are in control, we the community create, expand and modify ideas, we the community correct the mistakes, we the community make a game that we all enjoy.

I created this modification because I wanted to spark some interest back into an idea that was very unique and interesting and I hope that the community can help me and my team do this.



Just to finalize my point, what I have been doing for the past week or so is getting feedback from selected people who I like to call "Ricochet haters". I have taken several people I know, given them a copy of the game and told them to give me feedback on how it plays.

Here is one example:

Hey james,

I just looked at Ricochet Source and I'm very impressed. I was actually having fun playing against the bots =) The skybox looks sweet too. When you get back online on AIM send me a message. I want to talk to you more about this mod. Other than a coulple bugs with binding keys and etc it looks great. I got some ideas for the mod too that might actually be pretty good for the gameplay.