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[EuchreJack]

Nice speech, I liked it.

[Jonathan S. Fox]

Nice speech, I liked it.

Thanks. I've been meaning to post it ever since you asked what my commencement speech was about. It turns out that telling people "You and/or your kids are awesome" in colorful but sincere hyperbole, at a ceremony devoted to making those people feel awesome, goes over extremely well.

Edit: By the way, for Neonivek or anyone else who doesn't want to watch the speech, the premise is that I've derived a tremendous amount of inspiration and joy from working on, releasing, and seeing the community response to Liberal Crime Squad, to the point that when I was asked to speak at our graduation ceremony, half of my speech was about how much this process inspired me. I love making games and I love getting positive feedback and suggestions for improvement. LCS has given me the chance to do this for years and it has long been a sort of anchor that grounds the process of making in the real world of player experience and delivering entertainment to actual people, rather than getting completely bogged down by theory and industry insider thinking. My involvement in LCS development has been extremely influential in my choice of career path and invaluable in growing my skills as a game developer. In short, I love this game and I love this community.

[Callista]

Ever considered creating an add-on that would let you play as the Conservative Crime Squad instead? I have to admit it: I'm politically moderate, and thus enjoy making fun of both sides... The change of perspective would allow for even more satire. But it could be a pretty big project.

[Neonivek]

Ever considered creating an add-on that would let you play as the Conservative Crime Squad instead? I have to admit it: I'm politically moderate, and thus enjoy making fun of both sides... The change of perspective would allow for even more satire. But it could be a pretty big project.

Isn't someone currently working on a possible Conservative Crime Squad?

[Jonathan S. Fox]

There have been multiple starts to a CSS game, none of which have reached an advanced state yet, as far as I'm aware; the most recent is Servant Corps' thread here, which he's said he'll update when he has progress. I like the idea of it but don't have a strong desire to do it myself.

[klingon13524]

Am I the only one who thinks that he looks like a liberal IRL?

[Putnam]

Am I the only one who thinks that he looks like a liberal IRL?

He looks like one of those you would recruit in the vegan co-op

[Neonivek]

Am I the only one who thinks that he looks like a liberal IRL?

He looks like one of those you would recruit in the vegan co-op

I guess if he lost his hair he would become Conservative.

In fact that is how you tell if someone is Liberal, Neutral, or Conservative in the game. The length of their hair.

[mainiac]

Jonathan posted his life story in LCS terms at one point.  The dude doesn't just look like a hippy, he's fully equipped to lead the revolution.

[Jonathan S. Fox]

Jonathan posted his life story in LCS terms at one point.  The dude doesn't just look like a hippy, he's fully equipped to lead the revolution.

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=45971#msg913303

I modified the life story a little to fit the options, of course, but it's not THAT far off. I was a class clown, my mom's ex-boyfriend lectured me, my parents divorced, I used to have a diary, I played a lot of video games, I spent a lot of time in counseling, I had outcasts willing to follow me to violence, I've volunteered for a liberal candidate (he won), I've saved a thousand bucks before, and I took college classes.

[klingon13524]

Jonathan posted his life story in LCS terms at one point.  The dude doesn't just look like a hippy, he's fully equipped to lead the revolution.

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=45971#msg913303

I modified the life story a little to fit the options, of course, but it's not THAT far off. I was a class clown, my mom's ex-boyfriend lectured me, my parents divorced, I used to have a diary, I played a lot of video games, I spent a lot of time in counseling, I had outcasts willing to follow me to violence, I've volunteered for a liberal candidate (he won), I've saved a thousand bucks before, and I took college classes.

And you're a stereotypical mellow liberal. I'm at the Juice bar if you need me.

[Duuvian]

This is totally a plug, but while I ponder future endeavors, I just uploaded one of two Flash games I worked on that are coming out soon. Right now it's hosted on Newgrounds, though we're going to have a wider distribution in the next few days. The game is Missilebreak Outvaders, originally designed by Nathan McCoy with additional code and polish by me, and it's an action arcade game that blends elements of Space Invaders, Missile Command, and Breakout. If you check it out, please rate it, and let me know what you thought; it really helps us out. We've already been added to the Newgrounds front page by Tom Fulp, huzzah!

Hahahaha, that game is awesome. I'm trying to plug my atari controller into my USB port. I think more force is required.

[Rowanas]

Awww. I'm one of those useless guys you pick up at apartments.

[Deon]

I just wanted to hop in and ask what are your further plans and are you okay with me adding some minor content to the code and releasing it as a small mod?

[Putnam]

I just wanted to hop in and ask what are your further plans and are you okay with me adding some minor content to the code and releasing it as a small mod?

The game is open-sourced by Toady, Fox couldn't do a damn thing about it if he wanted to