My ideas on the current situation.

[Niosai]

So... I haven't checked the GCN in awhile. I'll occasionally check out the Ura Project page to see the goings on, (such as the search for a new composer and all that jolly stuff) but not much more.

 

I used to be an active member of the whole Zelda modding community. I mean, I was terrible at the modding process itself, but I enjoyed playing around with a big part of my childhood, such as doing textures and all that jazz. 

 

I intentionally have not looked at anything on the forums before making this post. I was actually completely unaware of the situation until I saw ZeldaInformer post about it. I then decided to read the news sections and figure stuff out.

 

First and foremost: This makes sense.

Zeth and the team have been working tirelessly, it seems. This would normally sound like a good thing to the fans of this project, but I've seen what it takes to do simple maneuvers in the confines of the Zelda64 engine. They're doing stuff I didn't even fathom possible 5-6 years ago when I first saw this kinda stuff being done. They seemed like they were doing incredibly well on stuff, but again, I've seen how much it takes and I'm sure that what we've seen what with gameplay videos, screenshots, etc. is hundreds of man-hours of trial and error. 

 

Recently, a project I've been following for years now was cancelled. That project is called Shadows of Lylat (you can find it here: http://www.shadowsoflylat.net/).

This was a project that was a total conversion mod of the Freespace 2 engine to make a Star Fox game. It was looking incredible, and the team was making leaps and bounds on it. Then, after awhile, progress slowed. And slowed. And slowed. And not only were they making little to no progress at that point, they'd lost interest. That is the worst thing that can happen. Not only because the project wasn't done, but because something they were inspired and determined to make was also something they held dear, and getting tired of something you love to do is not a good thing.

 

EDIT: Just want to clarify, they also had jobs and personal lives and such to worry about. That's a big part of it.

 

Even if they won't admit it, the developers on that project probably like Star Fox at least a little less than they did when they started the project. 

 

That's why this break that the team is taking is a good thing. I'm going to go ahead and assume that one day, this project will come back. I'm also going to assume that everyone will be more experienced. Now, it won't be the same. I'm sure by that point, some people may move on past this community, but people like Zeth I know will come back. Zeth, specifically, had (has) determination that I've never seen anyone invest in something like this. He deserves a break.

 

Everyone on the team deserves a break. If they don't take a break, they will get tired of doing the project. They might have continued on the project, but begrudgingly. 

 

Now, a disclaimer. As I said earlier, I have a very very slight clue as to what's going on right now. This whole post could be pointless and I could be entirely wrong, but I do know that in my eyes, this all makes sense.

 

 

Thank you for reading.

[haddockd]

OMG not another post on this...for the love of god close this.

[Niosai]

I wasn't aware there were a lot of topics on it. Sorry. if it's an issue, I don't mind it being closed. Just felt like saying something about it. This was a big part of my life at one point. T_T