Alex, Myles (2D art and LD), Zynthetic (Music and Sound) and Marco (Warped Genius Coder.

ModDB: In total, how many people from the original team did you recruit for the development of Killing Floor?Īlan Wilson: Four. Oh - the zombie kitty is MY idea, so no nicking it! I’d have to say Alex took it all very well. There were a few moments of, “Yes, Alex, it would be lovely to include the self-detonating zombie kitty, but NO! GET ON WITH THE REAL WORK!”. We certainly saw Alex hitting that wall - he has spent 4+ years tweaking stuff and fiddling just however he pleases. Suddenly, you actually have to have a concrete vision and everything has to fit within it. Refocus from what odd, cool little things each contributor fancies stuffing into the mod and focus on a very coherent whole. You suddenly have to stop just trying stuff out, messing about with off-target stuff - instantly. Can you describe how it felt for you and how much of that do you see coming out in Alex now?Īlan Wilson: Alex hit the nail on the head in his piece. ModDB: Being former modders yourself, you must understand what Alex is going through. Eventually, we got to a decision that said, “If we can do it for $x then it is a go.” John discussed with Alex, Alex discussed with the mod team and the decision was made.

What might it cost? Engine licenses? People? How long? Will anyone buy it? We sat down the lead team here and discussed. So then we went into a blitz of budgeting, planning, and more budgets. We started playing the mod - and played for a couple of hours. He and I tend to have some similar tastes (exceptions being he likes Battlestar Galactica and I like Top Gear, but whatever). So on the Monday morning he started badgering me about it. John took an interest and did a port over the weekend, mostly to prove a point to himself. ModDB: What was the decision process that had you choose to bring Killing Floor to the retail space?Īlan Wilson: Alex prodded John (Gibson - Tripwire President) about porting to Red Orchestra. Alan's point of view represents the flip-side of the collaboration that went on between original members of the Killing Floor mod team ( detailed in Alex Quick's interview) and Tripwire: Until then, however, may our interview with Tripwire Interactive's Alan Wilson satisfy your interest. The retail version of Killing Floor has been unleashed upon the masses, have you played it yet? ( purchase here!) ModDB will follow up with its own review in due time.

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