looking for fellow developers

[dominiclevey]

Hey there my name is Dominic levey, I am currently starting a project which is going to be the successor so silent hunter 5, I am looking for fellow developers and modders that are willing to volunteer there time to help this become a reality i have contacted the people who did twos mod, also fellow members of the silent hunter series could you comment below what you would like implemented into the game as it will help the development.

best regards
Dominic Levey

[InvisibleDeath]

I am a software developer -- two questions: what engine did you plan to use and what language did you plan to use for the core of everything?

[Damo]

Couple of questions.

What experience do you have with game development? Any examples of your work?

What is your area of expertise? Modelling, coding, animation?

What about your game will make it 'the successor' to SH5? Or any SH title for that matter.

Are you truly committed? Are you willing to back such a project 100%, even financially?

There's a good reason why I ask these things. A while ago we had a member, Hans Witteman, that also proposed to make the next 'Indy' subsim. He originally was working on a mere mod for SH3 but then his ambitions grew and it took on a whole new depth, a depth he drowned in as far as I can see. Unfortunately, during this process he enlisted the help and good will of many well thought of modders here and the whole situation led to a lot of ill-feeling and toxicity on these forums when Han's promises and deadlines went undelivered. It dragged on for ages and I'm sure that nobody here wants to see a repeat of that situation again.

Due to the above occurrence, you will most likely be met with a certain degree of skepticism here, even if it isn't expressed in this thread so I'd ask that you think long and hard about whether;

A: You truly believe you can deliver.

B: You can honestly say that you are proposing a realistic project.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see a new subsim that is a 'successor' to Silent Hunter 5, but I have absolutely no interest in sitting through another 'Witteman Saga'. Plus the fact that you'd be competing against the quality of Ubisoft who have oodles of cash to throw at games, a luxury you won't have, even if you use Kickstarter / Indiegogo / etc. Subsims will always be a niche market.

It's very much a case of 'once bitten, twice shy', so you'll need to be pretty convincing to get people to commit their time and expertise. I hope you don't see this as a negative post, merely a chance to reassure those that may have their doubts.

All the best.

[dominiclevey]

The engine im going to use is Amazon lumber yard the code were going to be using is c++ as that seems the best for open world plus so i can edit the source code i am a modeller i don't have any samples unfortunately. I am committed 100% to the project the only problem is going to be the financially part as I don't have a job so i might have to work on this project on my own for now until i can afford to hire people

[GT182]

Will you be doing the Type IX series U-boats?

[dominiclevey]

I havent thought that far ahead yet and i dont want to discuss about what is going to be in the game until its further in devlopment

[GT182]

Ok, no problem. But as you know, there is no Type IX and there should be. But thanks to UBI it was never included.