Dean Hall leaving BIS and DayZ

[Excon]

"DayZ creator Dean Hall has confirmed he will leave the survival sandbox project to found a new team."

 

wat wat wat. People have given him constant shit over DayZ but this is a surprise... It shocks me that he called DayZ a flawed concept after working on it for nearly 2 years (mod and SA). Atleast he is starting his own studio, be interesting to see what they make.

 

 

Full article:

http://www.vg247.com/2014/02/24/dayz-creator-dean-hall-to-leave-project-bohemia/

[SAV1OUR]

hopefully who ever takes over can send the game in the right direction  

[Jogostar]

what happens to the SA?

[Excon]

what happens to the SA?

Still in alpha but progressing nicely.

[matin94]

is he leaving the Mod? or standalone

[RatedBlam]

So he couldn't take it anymore and said fudge it?

I find it very curious indeed that he just suddenly deems it a 'flawed concept'

[matin94]

hes leaving standalone to the team, hes got 3 new ideas for games and hes working on those and wants to chase that. happy for him, i really hope something as good and as new as dayz was when it came it, will come out. because rocket made a game that was pretty new to people, and it was aweosme, it was something new, i cant wait to see what he does next

[Toxiclegend]

I am confilicted about this. He started a project with the mod and it was a huge step to make it a SA game, but I'm hoping he sticks with the project until it's atleast out of Alpha, I held off buying the SA because I didn't really like the current state of it so maybe him leaving it to other people might be a good thing in that sense, but then again it might loose the direction he was trying to take the game in. I'm glad he is going to make his own studio and evertying that's good for him, but maybe it's a little too soon for him.

 

As you can tell I am conflicted because it could be both a good and a bad thing for him and DayZ as a game and franchise.

[Trail Mixorz]

Why even start the project for the standalone if the mod was that big? Bohemia better make this game good and not leave it sitting in alpha

[Toxiclegend]

Why even start the project for the standalone if the mod was that big? Bohemia better make this game good and not leave it sitting in alpha

I agree they have made a lot of money from the Alpha both them and Dean Hall so if they don't continue they must give everyone the money back and hurt the reputation of everyone involved.

[Trail Mixorz]

I agree they have made a lot of money from the Alpha both them and Dean Hall so if they don't continue they must give everyone the money back and hurt the reputation of everyone involved.

well I guess they don't NEED to give everyone their money back, but they will lose a lot of fans and money in the future if they don't fix it and leave it the way it is with no refunds

[Toxiclegend]

well I guess they don't NEED to give everyone their money back, but they will lose a lot of fans and money in the future if they don't fix it and leave it the way it is with no refunds

No the don't but it'd be the decent thing to do, they made millions from it. They need to do something. I don't see Deans no2 Matt (I think) Staying with DayZ I think he will follow Dean. so it's a difficult position the game is in now.

[Trail Mixorz]

No the don't but it'd be the decent thing to do, they made millions from it. They need to do something. I don't see Deans no2 Matt (I think) Staying with DayZ I think he will follow Dean. so it's a difficult position the game is in now.

unless Dean wants to start new all by himself, which I hope not. I want his second to stay with Bohemia and make the game good but I guess time will tell

[Toxiclegend]

unless Dean wants to start new all by himself, which I hope not. I want his second to stay with Bohemia and make the game good but I guess time will tell

Yeah I guess we will have to wait and see, it's early days and only time will tell. I do hope that it goes somewhere because the mod was awesome.

[Genecidalic]

well I guess they don't NEED to give everyone their money back, but they will lose a lot of fans and money in the future if they don't fix it and leave it the way it is with no refunds

I really dont see many problems with the way it is now. I payed 30$ for it and im content with what i got out of it.

[Rekx]

Why even start the project for the standalone if the mod was that big? Bohemia better make this game good and not leave it sitting in alpha

They said it would first become beta in 2015. So they can get all the money.

[Toxiclegend]

They said it would first become beta in 2015. So they can get all the money.

They said the Beta will come soon a few times before. I think it's just got on top of everyone who is working on it. It's a big project for a small team.

[TOMPPIX]

[Toxiclegend]

Mhmm it says "My work" So what does that exactly mean? He is going to leave once he's laid out his plan and chosen someone to replace him? Or does it mean until the game is done?

[BrightCandle]

Its a pretty cryptic announcement.

[Ethnod]

Hmm... I cant see this new studio producing anything good, the guys has been a disaster from day one. I mean, ok given he is not a pro (or at least was not one) and he was a modder but he was aspiring to and it was his project that was effectively backed by a major studio. I mean in IMHO you dont delay and delay a project and then fk off on holidays for a few months, come back and delay delay delay again... his new studio has zero confidence from me, a lot of proving them selves will need to be done tbh

[Toxiclegend]

Rocket seems to have taken to Reddit to straighten a few things out.

[FlamingDefibs]

Hmm... I cant see this new studio producing anything good, the guys has been a disaster from day one. I mean, ok given he is not a pro (or at least was not one) and he was a modder but he was aspiring to and it was his project that was effectively backed by a major studio. I mean in IMHO you dont delay and delay a project and then fk off on holidays for a few months, come back and delay delay delay again... his new studio has zero confidence from me, a lot of proving them selves will need to be done tbh

 

He didn't "fuck off on holidays" or delay anywhere near as much as you make it out to be. Dean changed visions of what he wanted the standalone to be like. First, it was just going to be a simple port, but then he wanted to expand the map and add more diseases and customization options and so much more.

 

If you consider literally climbing Mt. Everest a "holiday", one that was planned in advance, way before the DayZ mod became popular, then you need to realize that he couldn't just cancel it because his fans wanted him to make a game. The trip cost him thousands of dollars and was more or less as much of a life goal as developing DayZ was.

 

Yes, the devs need to shape up and polish the standalone, but with the backing from Bohemia and the new funds, things will likely work out in due time.

[totjup5]

I really hope they still finish the game. It's such a great game

[Osmium]

This is upsetting. I thought the man believed in what he was doing but it looks like he was just riding the wave. I really hope the project succeed without him because I would hate to see it suffer without him. I wonder if this is a psychological phenomenon this situation because literally the exact same thing happened with Notch the maker of Minecraft. Notch decided he wanted to move on under very similar circumstances.