Starpoint Gemini 2 - Developer Q&A @ RGN

Real Gamer Newz sent a few questions to Little Green Man Games to talk about Starpoint Gemini 2 with Art Director, and Co-Owner Tomislav Mihoković.

Even though Starpoint was a success for your team, in the reviews people can see it getting hit hard by critics. This obviously did not influence buyers as you are currently in development for a sequel, but how did it make you guys feel? The user reviews were generally more pleasant Vs. the critic reviews did your fans help you go through this upsetting time?

Currently, the main to – do list is compiled, almost all the other features are now added to our internal wishlist, which will be our guide to future expansions, dlcs, or a following installment, so every suggestion is still valuable.”

“Yes, well overall metacritic score was less then we expected, obviously, but at the same time it was one of those love/hate games. When designing SPG1, we have put the ideas in the table, and were aiming at the niche, no matter the critics, we partially succeeded in that aim. Another thing to take into account, SPG1 was our first game as a team, with very limited resources, with no background as a developer, and maybe the most important thing – with very limited exposure to players prior to game’s launch. A bit naive on our side maybe, but we persisted. There were times when we figured maybe it would be best to close down the studio, or reorient the work to mobile platforms, but in amidst of all the madness with SPG1, we started getting the emails with players having a lot of fun playing the game, sending their suggestions on what to improve, asking for possible expansions, even volunteering for VO-ing the game etc. Today we have players that have played SPG1 for mode than 400 hours. In the end, it is the community that defines whether the team will go on on close doors, and they are a reason we exist and work today, so a big thanks to all of our players out there”

After the obvious success of the first game did your company expand by adding some new additions to the team? If so how many/what percent?

“Right you are, all of us have learned, the team has grown, doubled to be more exact, from core members to seasoned outsourcing workforce. We hope to continue growing together with the community in order to meet their big expectations, since the genre we’re in is pretty demanding, and becoming even more so considering the big comebacks last year or so.”

Do you plan on increasing/decreasing the price when the game is released/enters different testing stages? An example of a company doing this would be the company behind Planetary Annihilation.

“We have seen the progress and price changes of Planetary Annihilation, and chose to follow a more „standard“ path, as we feel the price for the game should be at its top when the game is fully operational so to speak. Almost every alpha stage of any game is expected to be buggy and unpolished with features missing, so in our minds it would be unfair for our backers to pay more for less in a way. But that’s just our way of looking at things”