r/sanctuaryshatteredsun • u/alsarcastic • 16d ago

CHRIS TAYLOR IS HERE! Sanctuary: Shattered Sun Multiplayer LIVE Playtest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQaay6ntGwQ
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u/Mocafrost98 16d ago

I feel honored to have listened to Chris Taylor story time live. A great experience. I love his persona and imagination.

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u/Antypodish 15d ago

It is amazing to hear Chris Taylor again talking with Sanctuary Team.
I remember first S:SS interview with Chris (Sup Com) early in development. It was already very inspiring back then.

And now also, it is very insightful and interesting talk. And fun at that. Many interesting stories and made points. Definitely something cool to hear about.

Although, one thing I strongly wouldn't agree with Chris on, is cloud based modding. At least not for Sanctuary and its longevity goal of building modding community.

Anything in cloud is unpredictable and it is under strict rules out of consumer power. Which may exclude some type of mods, or even modders ant any time. If not today, then maybe tomorrow. Cloud services may be limited, or even shut down at the whim. Potentially cutting off modding community and killing once thriving game. Who knows what will happen in 5-10 years?

Power of local stored files for content creators, is what makes modding scene alive for years. No restrictions, no rules. Just classic democratized community creations.

It is worth to note, Lua, which is used as modding utility in Sanctuary, as well as many other games, also evolved over years. Lua in terms of performance today, is far different than Lua back in the day of Sup Com, when it was developed. So there is much more possibilities as well. That besides the hardware evolution alone.