Comments on: Auran Is Dead http://www.doolwind.com/blog/auran-is-dead/ Pragmatic Thoughts On Game Development Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: nolsen http://www.doolwind.com/blog/auran-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-471 nolsen Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:07:43 +0000 http://www.doolwind.com/blog/?p=86#comment-471 So you are saying Auran is TU and I can't get to TRS2006 and I can't get to missing dependcies now? This is just so much bad news. Should have taken TRS2006 and the half of a gig with the dependent things and shoved it off to a dedicated hard drive. This news presents a problem. Al Barton has always been in favor of Virtual Railroading. It beats the hell out of $800 on a locomotive but there is always the real thing anyway. So you are saying Auran is TU and I can’t get to TRS2006 and I can’t get to missing dependcies now? This is just so much bad news. Should have taken TRS2006 and the half of a gig with the dependent things and shoved it off to a dedicated hard drive.

This news presents a problem. Al Barton has always been in favor of Virtual Railroading. It beats the hell out of $800 on a locomotive but there is always the real thing anyway.

]]> By: Gaiyamato http://www.doolwind.com/blog/auran-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-470 Gaiyamato Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:29:01 +0000 http://www.doolwind.com/blog/?p=86#comment-470 http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2007/12/tony_hilliam_rumours_of_auran.html Auran are not going bankrupt. It is part of a normal cull from post-release and development of the game "unleash the fury" (aka FURY). Which is a pity because FURY is only just coming right finally. :P I was an early FURY player and I can tell you, the game only flopped because they completely re-wrote the game 2 days before the pre-releases were to be handed out to those who purchased them (thus making it BETA again). Then after they screwed that up (we ended up with pings of like 500-600 on the main server, and thousands of bugs, which you would expect from a BETA verison) they completely re-wrote the whole game from scratch again. The screen shots and advertisements are nothing like the actual in-game now. Although the graphics engine was retained, most of the game play is different. Also there are many players who forked out for pre-release copies only to find they didn't get the promised armor code and then after the second re-write found they had limited free accounts and had paid the $90 for absolutely nothing. :P Talking to some people involved in the Beta I think bad planning and upper management are mostly to blame for the FURY debacle. http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2007/12/tony_hilliam_rumours_of_auran.html

Auran are not going bankrupt.
It is part of a normal cull from post-release and development of the game “unleash the fury” (aka FURY). Which is a pity because FURY is only just coming right finally. :P

I was an early FURY player and I can tell you, the game only flopped because they completely re-wrote the game 2 days before the pre-releases were to be handed out to those who purchased them (thus making it BETA again).
Then after they screwed that up (we ended up with pings of like 500-600 on the main server, and thousands of bugs, which you would expect from a BETA verison) they completely re-wrote the whole game from scratch again.

The screen shots and advertisements are nothing like the actual in-game now.
Although the graphics engine was retained, most of the game play is different.
Also there are many players who forked out for pre-release copies only to find they didn’t get the promised armor code and then after the second re-write found they had limited free accounts and had paid the $90 for absolutely nothing. :P

Talking to some people involved in the Beta I think bad planning and upper management are mostly to blame for the FURY debacle.

]]> By: David A. Seiver http://www.doolwind.com/blog/auran-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-469 David A. Seiver Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:42:41 +0000 http://www.doolwind.com/blog/?p=86#comment-469 What the scoop on Auran being sold to American Interest? What the scoop on Auran being sold to American Interest?

]]> By: #c0ffee and code » Blog Archive » 6 Weeks of Games http://www.doolwind.com/blog/auran-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-468 #c0ffee and code » Blog Archive » 6 Weeks of Games Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:20:44 +0000 http://www.doolwind.com/blog/?p=86#comment-468 [...] the beta has become an abomination, forcing its developers, Auran, into bankrupcy (Source 1 and source 2). In a final effort to stop the game from failing, it has been made F2P, with a restriction on [...] [...] the beta has become an abomination, forcing its developers, Auran, into bankrupcy (Source 1 and source 2). In a final effort to stop the game from failing, it has been made F2P, with a restriction on [...]

]]> By: Belle McGowan http://www.doolwind.com/blog/auran-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-467 Belle McGowan Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:26:14 +0000 http://www.doolwind.com/blog/?p=86#comment-467 Hi guys, I specialise in the placement on gamers across Australia. Contact me and I will try my hardest to find you a job that suits you :D bmcgowan@aristotlecorp.com.au +61 3 8622 4014 Hi guys,

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]]> By: Sneech http://www.doolwind.com/blog/auran-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-466 Sneech Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:07:36 +0000 http://www.doolwind.com/blog/?p=86#comment-466 It's the end of the world! I'm switching my career to a full time alcoholic... It’s the end of the world! I’m switching my career to a full time alcoholic…

]]> By: David Gillespie http://www.doolwind.com/blog/auran-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-465 David Gillespie Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:26:36 +0000 http://www.doolwind.com/blog/?p=86#comment-465 I should just leave a brief comment saying Al and I had a chat this morning and agreed it is an awful situation any way you look at it. I went into Mother Duck mode as I still have a lot of respect for Auran and its staff and apologised thusly; Al acknowledged the headline was perhaps a touch dramatic. Looking forward to catching up when I get back to Queensland next week Dools! =] I should just leave a brief comment saying Al and I had a chat this morning and agreed it is an awful situation any way you look at it. I went into Mother Duck mode as I still have a lot of respect for Auran and its staff and apologised thusly; Al acknowledged the headline was perhaps a touch dramatic.

Looking forward to catching up when I get back to Queensland next week Dools! =]

]]> By: Matthew Ford http://www.doolwind.com/blog/auran-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-464 Matthew Ford Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:12:00 +0000 http://www.doolwind.com/blog/?p=86#comment-464 Hey Alistair, Cliff, David, Franky and the rest of y'all. Text or email me if there is a wake to go to in town anytime today or this weekend. I'm not hiring/poaching and I don't want to tapdance on anyone's grave, I just want to support anyone who needs it, or at least give them a drinking buddy. --Matt, first rat off the ship Hey Alistair, Cliff, David, Franky and the rest of y’all. Text or email me if there is a wake to go to in town anytime today or this weekend. I’m not hiring/poaching and I don’t want to tapdance on anyone’s grave, I just want to support anyone who needs it, or at least give them a drinking buddy. –Matt, first rat off the ship

]]> By: WEN http://www.doolwind.com/blog/auran-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-463 WEN Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:13:13 +0000 http://www.doolwind.com/blog/?p=86#comment-463 May I point out that although I've known auran for the past 7 years, though Trainz, its only one of the "sub companies" if you like, that has gone bankrupt, Auran Games will still be going as far as I know of. Since I haven't been told about any other developments with Auran, I'll assume that the 2 programs they developed (Trainz, which for them was a big successs and Fury, a flop at the moment) will continue to be developed for as long as possible. Yes, companies come and go, some go bankrupt for simple quality control reasons, others are due to consummer pressures (NTL) and governmont pressures (Sea Containers, the owner of GNER) May I point out that although I’ve known auran for the past 7 years, though Trainz, its only one of the “sub companies” if you like, that has gone bankrupt, Auran Games will still be going as far as I know of. Since I haven’t been told about any other developments with Auran, I’ll assume that the 2 programs they developed (Trainz, which for them was a big successs and Fury, a flop at the moment) will continue to be developed for as long as possible.

Yes, companies come and go, some go bankrupt for simple quality control reasons, others are due to consummer pressures (NTL) and governmont pressures (Sea Containers, the owner of GNER)

]]> By: Mr.Franky http://www.doolwind.com/blog/auran-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-462 Mr.Franky Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:18:26 +0000 http://www.doolwind.com/blog/?p=86#comment-462 wow... auran ex-employees flaming up together! hey guys btw ^^ good luck to all of you guys from Auran. wow… auran ex-employees flaming up together!

hey guys btw ^^

good luck to all of you guys from Auran.

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