Arrowhead initially planned to make Helldivers 2 in 3 years—instead it took 7 years, 11 months, and 26 days, but 'grit, camaraderie and compassion' saw the team through
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That's a long deployment.
  • krdo@programming.devEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Likely a lot of time was spent iterating and experimenting with different ideas, testing out concepts, tweaking, etc. Haven’t played the game but I do work as a software developer.

    • zaphod@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Probably, especially if you consider that the first Helldivers game was a top-down shooter.