Sniper mode I’m working on first, it’s totally asymmetric, which changes the dynamic completely. In SpyParty, especially in the core Spy vs. Assassin is symmetric, where everybody has a target and also is a target, and everyone is in the same space. Assassin’s Creed is basically a game of Assassin, the old college campus game, much like The Ship (and the new Bloody Good Time on XBLA/Steam, the sort-of sequel).

:( Wish you luck on yours and I hope it doesn’t get overshadowed and called a copycat. Shame that now Assassin’s Creed multiplayer has a similar concept. The sharing part was great, it really lessened the logistical load, and the booth had a great “AAA Indie” vibe to it that people picked up on. It was exhausting, but watching people come back time and again and get better and better, and then deciding to run a tournament and watching the fairly advanced play they’d developed after only a couple days was really motivating and inspiring! From a time/effort standpoint, it was totally awesome. It will probably end up being $2.5k or so each, and we got a lot of people playing the games and talking about them, and great press, so assuming I ever finish the game hopefully that stuff will pay off.

It’s hard to quantify whether it was worth it financially, but I think so. Also, I know you can’t wait for the post I’m going to do on my hand-cut foam core SpyParty sign! Yeah, sorry I haven’t written up the SpyParty tournament yet, I got slammed with unexpected GDC board stuff last week. Sounds like PAX was a blast, cannot wait for the final part of the write-up :) Also, did co-renting a booth with the Monaco creator work out as expected? Would you recommend that to other indy devs? Was it worth the cost?

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