Paroxysm

JediYoshi

<a href='http://www.planethalflife.com/paroxysm/' target='_blank'>Little plug, Paroxysm</a>

Just remembering the old days* They seem to be slow on progress but not dead. I'm still looking forward to it, their Mapping release was somewhat impressive. The gameplay seems to remind me of SvenCoop, the RM at least.

*A long time ago, some of their dev members commented on some <i>very</i> new shots. And as you might have guessed, they were anything but positive, so, on their forums, of course, came a small little flameathon.

Jammer

Its a sweet looking mod, although the dev team had an ineriority complex with NS... I recall some pretty nasty flame wars. It basically resulted from NS stealing Paroxysm's 'best sci-fi mod' in development crown and some ill will on their side about NS attracting professional mapping talent.

It does look good though. Thankfully those days are behind us.

KungFuSquirrel

Actually, it was just because Flay and Squeal (and I think 1 or 2 other devs) worked or had worked professionally. I was the only professionally employed level designer at the time, and I highly doubt they were aware of that or even cared a lick about any of the LD staff given how thoroughly every NS map shot was shredded as inferior to their own. It was apparently "unfair" or something (if you want my personal opinion on the matter, feel free to read <a href='http://www.hl-nightwatch.net/devdiary.php?id=20' target='_blank'>this</a>) that pros were working on a mod, but whatever.

I'd hate to see what they'd have said about Nightwatch - we've got about 8-9 professionals on our team now. :X

---Edit---
I should clarify, this is only in reference to past events that are just that - past. Let's hope everything is beyond that at this stage.

Speed_2_Dave

KFS: woot.
Paroxysm should be a TON of fun, it's fundamentally different from NS in many aspects, and should be a great game when it gets finished. I hope your forum-goers aren't spamming you with "I want it out now! When's it going to be released?!!11oneone, etc." Finish it, and show it off. I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy playing it.

pardzh

I actually heard of Paryoxsm before NS, then got the two confused for a few days until I sorted my stupid head out.

But yes, Paryoxsm looks really fun. Sometimes it's just fun to group up against the monsters and blast them with a bunch of friends, rather then grouping up to blast a bunch of your friends. Hopefully it comes out soon.