Question for the coder types regarding custom games. (Destiny)

by squidnh3, Monday, February 09, 2015, 16:24 (3382 days ago) @ Leviathan

Sometime before release Bungie said something like: custom games are not a shipping feature but Destiny is meant to be a back and forth between the developer and the players and if there's enough demand...

So yeah, it wasn't a priority, but I don't think it's out of the ballpark.

Unfortunately this now seems to be what game developers say when they have cut a feature that a minority of users are passionate about (see 343 and Halo 4 campaign films). I suspect Bungie took a look at custom game statistics, saw that the number of custom games was dwarfed by matchmaking games, and allocated their resources accordingly. Custom games require quite a bit of additional UI work (for the full suite of options we would expect from a Bungie game) and a lot of it must rarely get used.

That being said, it sure would be nice to have them. Matchmaking is fun, but custom game nights were/are a blast. However, what I might like to see even more is some new innovative gametypes. How about implementing a "Hold the Relic" gametype?

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Question for the coder types regarding custom games. - iconicbanana, 2015-02-09, 10:43
- Question for the coder types regarding custom games. - Blackt1g3r, 2015-02-09, 10:58
  - I figure exotic bounties are a big factor too. - iconicbanana, 2015-02-09, 11:01
    - Customs could work like the Raids: No XP gains - Beorn, 2015-02-09, 12:33
      - Customs could work like the Raids: No XP gains - Morpheus, 2015-02-09, 14:39
    - People already do this in Rumble games - Kahzgul, 2015-02-09, 14:29
      - Yep, precisely what I was suggesting. - iconicbanana, 2015-02-09, 14:44
- Question for the coder types regarding custom games. - dogcow, 2015-02-09, 12:28
- Question for the coder types regarding custom games. - Ragashingo, 2015-02-09, 12:34
  - Question for the coder types regarding custom games. - Blackt1g3r, 2015-02-09, 12:47
    - Question for the coder types regarding custom games. - Leviathan, 2015-02-09, 13:02
      - I remember that too - Blackt1g3r, 2015-02-09, 13:16
        
        Would love to know what Bungie's priorities are atm. - iconicbanana, 2015-02-09, 13:20
        
        But custom games would open up the realm of testing - Kahzgul, 2015-02-09, 14:32
        
        A very underutilized resource - iconicbanana, 2015-02-09, 14:52
        
        I have no idea - Kahzgul, 2015-02-10, 09:56
        
        Cross platform issues? - iconicbanana, 2015-02-10, 09:58
        
        Cross platform issues? - Ragashingo, 2015-02-10, 10:44
        
        Cross platform issues? - Blackt1g3r, 2015-02-10, 11:13
        
        Cross platform issues? - Ragashingo, 2015-02-10, 12:54
      - Question for the coder types regarding custom games. - squidnh3, 2015-02-09, 16:24
        
        Question for the coder types regarding custom games. - Cody Miller, 2015-02-09, 18:36
        
        Question for the coder types regarding custom games. - Ragashingo, 2015-02-09, 19:34
        
        Question for the coder types regarding custom games. - Leviathan, 2015-02-09, 19:09
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