Five DVDs. The program code itself is going to be colossal, and it has to be included on each disc.
I mean, there's a bunch of bug-workaround code for dealing with that one boss battle on disc three that really should only be loaded in that one place, and then those fifty-seven odd other hacks that had to be added after to correct some other bizarre behavior introduced by the workaround, but by the time we thought about it, it had already been so tightly woven into the rest of the code that there was no pulling it out.
And don't even get me started on the copy protection code. The hardware dongle we ended up using plugs into the system's poorly documented expansion port and we had to license an expensive third-party library to abstract the interface to a level that it was usable. Nevermind that the hardware manufacturer has repeatedly recommended against utilising the port as future models of the system will have it removed…
If we throw enough money at Popular Review Site and Mainstream Gaming Magazine, I think we'll have a hit on our hands. Everyone and their grandmother will be rushing to the store to pre-order a copy of Shark Jumper XVII Online.
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Date: 2006-11-04 06:53 am (UTC)I mean, there's a bunch of bug-workaround code for dealing with that one boss battle on disc three that really should only be loaded in that one place, and then those fifty-seven odd other hacks that had to be added after to correct some other bizarre behavior introduced by the workaround, but by the time we thought about it, it had already been so tightly woven into the rest of the code that there was no pulling it out.
And don't even get me started on the copy protection code. The hardware dongle we ended up using plugs into the system's poorly documented expansion port and we had to license an expensive third-party library to abstract the interface to a level that it was usable. Nevermind that the hardware manufacturer has repeatedly recommended against utilising the port as future models of the system will have it removed…
If we throw enough money at Popular Review Site and Mainstream Gaming Magazine, I think we'll have a hit on our hands. Everyone and their grandmother will be rushing to the store to pre-order a copy of Shark Jumper XVII Online.