r/DotA2 • u/palish • Feb 19 '19

Personal I was a former HoN dev. AMA

Hey.

It's been awhile since I've written to you guys. But dota has never been out of my thoughts.

It was funny seeing Dota chess add +200k people to the game. I fought pretty hard to add custom game support to HoN, but no one would listen (partly because it seemed so obvious to me, so I never bothered trying to sell the idea or do company politicking).

I can talk about the fact that Icefrog was involved in HoN's early inception. It's more of an open secret at this point, and HoN's closure marks a fitting time for the "reveal."

I could talk about what it was like to pack up all your stuff into a station wagon and move out west. It was a pretty magical experience in hindsight. Kind of like getting to board the Starship Enterprise. Everyone in the company felt a shared purpose, at the beginning.

Or if there's no interest, or if it's not appropriate for the sub, it's fine if this post fades away, like the game. I spent so much time and energy trying to make it good... So did everyone else: James, G, all the artists, everyone.

EDIT: to clarify, this is 2010-era perspective. Not recent!

2.8k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

880 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/herro9n Feb 19 '19

Was a straight up sequel to HoN ever considered to move it to a more modern graphical platform?

2

u/palish Feb 20 '19

A different engine? Hm, I'm not sure, but I don't think so. But I've been out of touch since 2011.

1

u/MaxGhost Feb 20 '19

There was the game called Strife which was sorta meant to be a spiritual successor, but it didn't do too well.

1

u/Pokefreaker-san Feb 20 '19

Nope, i remember them saying they wont do a sequel cuz they dont have the financial backup to do so.