Goronmon@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoArrowhead initially planned to make Helldivers 2 in 3 years—instead it took 7 years, 11 months, and 26 dayswww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1203arrow-down110
arrow-up1193arrow-down1external-linkArrowhead initially planned to make Helldivers 2 in 3 years—instead it took 7 years, 11 months, and 26 dayswww.pcgamer.comGoronmon@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squarekrdo@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39arrow-down1·6 months agoLikely a lot of time was spent iterating and experimenting with different ideas, testing out concepts, tweaking, etc. Haven’t played the game but I do work as a software developer.
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoProbably, especially if you consider that the first Helldivers game was a top-down shooter.
Likely a lot of time was spent iterating and experimenting with different ideas, testing out concepts, tweaking, etc. Haven’t played the game but I do work as a software developer.
Probably, especially if you consider that the first Helldivers game was a top-down shooter.