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Julian <jul...@mythosgames.com> wrote in article
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> I must admit to some mixed emotions when reading about X-com these
> days. The original X-Com was coded and designed by myself and my
> brother, with a couple of guys from MPS doing the artwork. It's great
> to see the game become something of a cult classic after 15 years work
> in the games industry, especially when MPS nearly canned the project a
> couple of times. TFTD was done by MPS after licensing our engine.
> Apocalypse was an extremly fraught development, suffering from some
> kind of crisis of expectation. Towards the end of Apocalypse we sold
> the entire rights to the X-Com Universe to MPS. I didn't expect them
> to use the license with a space sim and first person shooter - but
> then games publishers are somewhat mesmerised by technology these
> days. Anyway, since we parted company with MPS it is unlikely that
> they will be able or willing to produce anything similar to the
> original. I would certainly like to do so, but this seems legally
> impossible at the moment. 
> It has been great to read all the comments and ideas for X-Com, and
> you can be assured that as developers we do look at what people are
> saying. Publishers, however, are another matter.
>
How do you feel about players making and distributing user patches? I tend to
show my affection for a game by tampering with it and playing it with other
peoples tinkerings. I do this not out of dissatisfaction or disrespect but as a
way to enjoy a game longer and in different ways. I'm always very careful to
play a game extensively 'as released' before running an editor. However in
light of what has happened to X-Com up to the present, It is easy to imagine
you and your brother not wanting any more adaptation of your work.  

 
X-Com is a Metaphysical game, thank you for writing it.

Morgane