Message To Newbies and Whoever

[animatrix]

Just because someone else has the latest and greatest tech doesn't mean they can make a good game or movie.
The greatest creativity is when you use what you have and make it look great. Shaders an FX are not the end all for making a fun game that people play. The ones who made great sci-fi way back when had little or no hi tech or money but they made some of the scariest and best long running stuff out there. So don't give up and take heart , use what you have and make it work, if you have hi-tech then great. Sometimes having all kinds of hi tech makes people forget how to create.
Ani

[ardentcrest]

DITTO......

[Voltare]

That's what I've been trying to say for a while now.

Just because it's new and extremely high tech...does not mean it's any better.If you begin to use RF1, you may find that you continue to use the editors and many of the tools even if you go to an extremely high tech engine.

[Jay]

You put the nail to the head, ani!

The thruth is, when you have boundaries, like limited graphics, you begin to think.
When you begin to think, you begin to think about ways to forgo those boundaries, to make a new way to make those things possible that you imagine. Even if you don't find those things that you imagine to be possible, you will find other ideas that will be interesting too! Other ideas will come to your mind, and those ideas will be interesting too!

On the other hand, if you have wide boundaries, then you will be LIMITED to those boundaries. You will not think "Outside of the box", because it is not neccessary! Because that's just how our minds are programmed. Neccisity is the mother of invention.

Jan