Dante, please check your PMs regarding SimHQ interview questions.

i am also happy to answer for the project too.

we're still working on it. fairly intensively as far as our jobs allow. The project recently received a boost when due to economic climate, i lost my job and got to work on jet thunder full time for some time.

we're now in a sort of alpha stage which shows most of the features in the game, but that they are unbalanced and unpolished. Its took 5-6 years so far since we started. And I really want to finish it this year.

i can understand the sentiment though - 5 years to make a game. bleh! for the last 3 year i was working at juice games making a game with about 30 other people, that got canned - its all over the public domain now, Stormbirds - these projects take some time - perhaps our mistake was to announce our intent to make jet thunder so early?

It ought to have been secret perhaps. ironically its my fault the world knows about it since I used to be a loudmouth on the forums

Its certain is not vapourware though it may seem that way when things take so long - its basically ruled our life for the past half decade. every waking moment is concerned with it. All spare time taken up by it - or if we get distracted by PS3 or something, there is that guilt to the project we owe it

I wouldn't worry too much about the graphical look of our project - it generally matches what is out there, performs extremely well on mid range systems including average laptops, and now that we begin to expand the programming team, the more superficial but finishing touches will be applied.

What a pleasant, upbeat little post. Thanks for that.

Moving on, I'm looking really forward to this mostly because no-one else has touched it, it has carriers (yay), and the avionics should be a little more fun and lowtech than most other modern jet sims.
Please keep us posted- and throw away the PS3, you know you'll go blind if you keep doing that.

Hey JT guys,

good to hear that JT is alive and dragging on.. somwhow

Now where are those pic sof hi-res Daggers and SHARs ...

Great post! Ladies and gentlemen, the life of a software developer. Even if the project is what you love, it's still work, and takes alot of time (your FREE time)..

Best wishes to you, scary_pigeon in finding a "paying" job. And when you folks feel your "second" jib us finished, we'll be around to support you all.

Dante, Scary_Pigeon, J T'ers, thanks for the update it's good to know you are still around and that J T is moving along. I will miss this banter when the sim comes out, it seems I have followed it's progrees from PCs around the globe! From the Iraq to France, Afghanistan to Aberdeen I have tuned in to see what you've been upto in the updates you post. I am visiting the setting for J T this year, and will finaly get to see the areas depicted as well as some of the crash sites of those who took part in this desperate battle. If I can help you with any GR.3 close up shots, let me know. Good luck.

S_P, Stormbirds looked good, a new twist to flight games.

I will send along the list of questions to you, then.

This means you know Steve Hunt and other ex-DID, right? Are you still in contact? If so, could you get a message to him? Tell him that we'd love to talk with him or any ex-DID on the SimHQ F-22 Total Air War board. I'm guessing he already knows this but just in case he doesn't.
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Thank you kindly,
Mark