What killed Tremulous?

[your face]

Which is why no one will see me there anytime soon.

You say this like it's a bad thing.

this kind of thinking is what will ensure the failure of your projects.

[Aelita]

i killed tremulous 

[CreatureofHell]

I thought Hendrich killed tremulous ?

[your face]

noooo, we ALL killed tremulous 

[amz181]

NoS killed tremulous.

[your face]

NoS took over tremulous.

fixed 

[Aelita]

 

[Repatition]

Life? Is there really posts from this year on Tremulous.net? nah, i'd believe in an alien invasion first.
Anyways tons of nostalgia as I see familiar names still living on here.

Repatition/ A.K.A. CreativeReach

[Aelita]

 

[your face]

inaki remember when u hacked khalsas account those were the good days. and the trem dev nazis who had to be stopped.

[CreatureofHell]

inaki remember when u hacked khalsas account those were the good days. and the trem dev nazis who had to be stopped.

The world used to be full of joy and laughs.

[Aelita]

im still mad about that ban

[dGr8LookinSparky]

lol, is that what happened to the majority of the old players?

[Sixthly]

lol, is that what happened to the majority of the old players?

There are more people on that vehicle than active, unqiue Tremulous players.

[your face]

cuz you left

[dGr8LookinSparky]

lol, is that what happened to the majority of the old players?

There are more people on that vehicle than active, unqiue Tremulous players.

cuz you left

Sixthly, jump off that truck and back on a Tremulous server.

[Sixthly]

Sixthly, jump off that truck and back on a Tremulous server.

Only if you can guess which person on the vehicle is me!

[your face]

the guy with the red turban

[Aelita]

face killed trem

[dGr8LookinSparky]

the guy with the red turban

Close

Sixthly, jump off that truck and back on a Tremulous server.

Only if you can guess which person on the vehicle is me!

You are the one in the red and white stripes at the top left waving.

[ULTRA Random ViruS]

waldo

[unimunk]

sry didnt mean to kil tremulous

[your face]

hia ooni

[Aditya k]

What killed Tremulous:
People saying Tremulous was dead and quitting.
How to save Tremulous:
Stop whining and do stuff.

[Tremulant]

How can we be sure it wasn't suicide?

[janev]

Well son... Come have a seat over here and I'll tell you what happened.


Shit got stale. Not enough players. Not enough maps. Even if you play them running backwards.


There were different ideas about how the game should play... So some folks tried branching out.


Others took the ride down.


Years passed and the old folks faded out...


Or moved on to new and exciting things


It was a good ride while it lasted.

[your face]

amen

[ArmoredPenguin0]

Why, whoever told you that Tremulous was dead? Tremulous can only die when it is forgotten.

tempus fugit, sed amor reliquias

face, come meet me where the stars are but one.

[tzaeru]

Interestingly, Tremulous died at around the same time as True Combat: Elite. I think it was just overall the time for it to go.

In 2011, we had games such as Skyrim, Modern Warfare 3, Battlefield 3, Dark Souls, Crysis 2, Killzone 3 being released. It's difficult to see how the likes of Tremulous or True Combat: Elite could have continued to attract players against those kind of games.

There was also kind of a lack for both games in community leaders and managers. Small gaming communities live or die on the mercy of just a few players. There are key characters who lead the whole of the community and lead the development of these games. When these characters leave, the communities tend to crumble if a new leader doesn't step in. This new leader never really properly stepped up Tremulous. Those kind of people are 1 in 1000s.

Overall open source games and open source game development are in an all time low. The gap of budgets between commercial games and truly free games are just getting bigger and bigger. I do not foresee any kind of a resurrection for open source gaming in the near future.

[ULTRA Random ViruS]

Interestingly, Tremulous died at around the same time as True Combat: Elite. I think it was just overall the time for it to go.

My estimate for tremulous' death was to be in 2018. I estimated that back in 2012.



When I say "death" I define it as pretty much being unable to randomly hop on the game and not have a game able to join (e.g. you need pick-up/pre-organised games such as natural selection 1, quake 3 arena + CPMA and fortress forever).

And it seems pretty accurate so far.. I don't expect tremulous to be abandoned anytime next year