Installers

[Raven Gold]

I was installing Red Alert 2 again, and it made me realise, you don't see those custom installers in games anymore instead of the boring installshield wizards. Why not? They always add some extra to the game and it's just some small that seems to make the whole experience of the game a little more enjoyable, It's like wearing sexy langere for a game.

What're your thoughts?

 

[Necuno]

I was installing Red Alert 2 again, and it made me realise, you don't see those custom installers in games anymore instead of the boring installshield wizards. Why not? They always add some extra to the game and it's just some small that seems to make the whole experience of the game a little more enjoyable, It's like wearing sexy langere for a game.

What're your thoughts?

Going to have flapjacks tomorrow.

 

[Lycanthrope]

Going to have flapjacks tomorrow.

With honey or syrup?

 

[simon]

I loved the installer for Nox. It told the background story as it was installing as well as showing some pretty decent artwork of the game.

 

[Murph]

Not PC, but Heavy Rain has you do origami while it installs, which was fun.

 

[OmegaFenix]

I loved the installer for Nox. It told the background story as it was installing as well as showing some pretty decent artwork of the game.

Nox was such an AWESOME game and yet it was overlooked.

 

[Necuno]

With honey or syrup?

hmmmm both, but not on same flapjack

 

[czc]

Like this?

 

[DCWarhound]

I liked the installer for Starcraft2.

 

[simon]

Nox was such an AWESOME game and yet it was overlooked.

Yeah and I managed to track it down from a 2nd hand shop for 40 bucks. Problem is it really hates windows 7, plays and all but when you try exit it freezes up and you have to exit it through task manager.

 

[Raven Gold]

Like this?

Yeah, that is one good example.

 

[DenSweeP]

With honey or syrup?

Maple syrup is the way to go. And I mean the real stuff, not the fake Illovo maple flavoured crap.

 

[addam]

You have to go to Canada and bleed out a maple tree for the best syrup.

 

[matt]

I think it's just so easy to use the packaging tools that come with development programs now that people don't bother to write their own installers, they just say create install package, and it's done.

PS, flapjacks sound awesome. How about a rofl waffle?

 

[simon]

Yeah, that is one good example.

Just remembered Black and White 2 had this on the Lionhead loading screen. You could move the box around that had the black lion in to move all the black balls making the image around and shake them out the box. That was pretty cool.