AEON games team merge/working partnership

Any important points/quotes about AEON games can be put in here for reference.

We can also discuss how this merge/working partnership will work out and the best ways to set things up.

Personally, I think we could let them work as a studio independent from us (while staying in contact) to start with and we can assess how effective that is. If it fails, we will probably have to merge or will have to walk away from the offer.

Here's AEON games' Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AeonGames?fref=ts



Interesting points I've heard from the main guy Luke Cole via a Skype group chat:

• He can help with Paypal: "yeah one of my guys can assist you set it up...We have ours created...though we're using a free domain site on wix, due to the fact we havent received any donations to the current time because we're early development"
  
• He can get us a lot more publicity as his Dad owns a popular site: "1para is a gaming comunity my dad owns"
  
• He has a team of 5: a coder, a 2D artist, 2 3D artists and Luke Cole himself is mapper
  

Things we seemed to agree on:
No promoting of their team.
No promoting of anything until they have passed the test.
Be hard as steel.
Maybe 'integrate' them 'slowly' (as in: first the map, then X, then access to code, then access to assets).
We have one of our own in their proximity if matters get serious.

Yeah. What Schlechtwetterfront\Ben\Ande said.
I also think the partnership thing would be best. Less chance of interference from their side.
Yeah slow integration is best.
I will volunteer for communication and liaising with them, given the rest of the team agrees.
Of course, I will keep our interests always first and listen to our team's concerns.

Let's just set up a Skype chat with the most important people () from our team and their team. Communicating via middle-man (which is what you meant with 'I volunteer...' right?) only makes stuff get lost in translation and is not as effective.
I suppose me, you, Cam, Joseph, Josh, Stew and maybe Terry (I don't think they have a fulltime animator) will do.

Well you said 'one of our own'. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
Hmm, yeah.

I meant that Josh lives near them and can take action shall the need arise to assassinate one of them.

Drastic.
I like it

I think we should organise a meeting some time, maybe this weekend?

They have a Naboo presentation but I'm not sure how much progress they've made on the map itself.

[14:06:35] Kyllian (Lephenix): Did the AEON team showed something?
[14:06:57] Josh Archer: They have yet to show* anything
[14:07:01] Josh Archer: I think
[14:07:16] Josh Archer: To be honest I am not exactly interested in what they have to offer
[14:07:28] Kyllian (Lephenix): Same
[14:07:53] Josh Archer: If they want to be part of the team so be it but not part of a sub team
[14:07:59] Josh Archer: go all in or fuck off
[14:08:17] Kyllian (Lephenix): yes
[14:08:26] Luke Scerri: they havent show much TBH
[14:09:18] Ande: They made that awesome presentation
[14:09:43] Kyllian (Lephenix): Which one?
[14:10:05 | Modifié (14:10:09)] Luke Scerri: i hope youre ironic ben
[14:11:05] Josh Archer: He is being ironic
[14:11:20] Luke Scerri: thought as much heh
[14:11:27] Josh Archer: lovely powerpoint that showed their map is going to be a flat area of grass with a few stones to hid behind
[14:11:30] Kyllian (Lephenix): Can i see it plz
[14:11:43] Kyllian (Lephenix): lol
[14:12:14] Luke Scerri: i tried to give the guy some ideas but man....
[14:13:51] Josh Archer: So Luke have you now realised the folly of the idea?
[14:14:04] Josh Archer: As some of us ***COUGH*** have been saying for a while
[14:14:20] Kyllian (Lephenix): ^^
[14:14:50] Luke Scerri: no man
[14:14:59] Luke Scerri: i didnt prejudice before
[14:15:10] Luke Scerri: i see then i slam
[14:15:15] Luke Scerri: not the other way round
[14:15:31] Luke Scerri: but even when you try to lead them for what you want and they still suck
[14:15:32] Ande: Then we must have seen faster
[14:15:35 | Modifié (14:16:22)] Luke Scerri: meh
[14:15:38] Kyllian (Lephenix): found the pdf
[14:15:44] Luke Scerri: no you were just hostile from the begiinng
[14:15:51] Luke Scerri: sry man
[14:16:37] Ande: I wasn't
[14:17:17] Luke Scerri: sure...whatever...we all agree they are not good
[14:17:58] Ande: I never agreed with the idea of having a subteam, but otherwise...
[14:18:21] Josh Archer: Yeah my issues were never with their abilities
[14:18:29] Josh Archer: and I was joking, easy compadres
[14:18:44] Luke Scerri: your always joking
[14:18:45] Luke Scerri:
[14:19:01] Luke Scerri: and yeah you were hostile to the sub team idea from the beginning
[14:19:15] Luke Scerri: but I wouldnt let them anywhere near the full team anyways
[14:19:43] Kyllian (Lephenix): they showed the layout and a quick map with hills?
[14:19:45] Kyllian (Lephenix): ok
[14:20:47] Luke Scerri: yeaaa
[14:21:15] Luke Scerri: they have no direction...
[14:21:29] Luke Scerri: i vote for termination
[14:21:41] Kyllian (Lephenix): Also i don't find recreating naboo plains is really interesting
[14:22:07] Luke Scerri: i thought they was gonna do the palace TBH
[14:22:16] Kyllian (Lephenix): exept if they sculpt the landscape in Zbrush and make beautifull ruins with a great mood and lighting
[14:22:33] Luke Scerri: and then when he said' oh we gonna do the plains', i was like ...'hmm yea ok, try to make interesting'
[14:22:35] Luke Scerri: i doubt that man
[14:22:49] Luke Scerri: luke kept saying his modeler was lazy as fuck
[14:22:55] Luke Scerri: so eh
[14:23:02] Kyllian (Lephenix): So what's the point of joining?
[14:23:09] Luke Scerri: none
[14:23:26] Kyllian (Lephenix): We just end the collab kindly now, and basta
[14:23:27] Luke Scerri: guess Ben and Josh were right. musta smelled them from the begining lol
[14:23:36] Luke Scerri: i always like to give peoplea chance:/
[14:23:39] Luke Scerri: yea
[14:23:40] Kyllian (Lephenix): I was with Ben and Josh
[14:23:52] Luke Scerri: everyone was lol
[14:23:55] Kyllian (Lephenix): I gave them a chance too though
[14:25:14] Luke Scerri: yea let Cam talk to em and that's it.

Yea, thats pretty much it. :/

Well having spoken to Luke (from AEON games) recently, he's got a talented team built up and has been organising them well, so I've given him another chance to prove to us that his team is worthy.

He's got an exam to do soon, but once that's out of the way, he says that his team will start making more progress.