by David Whyld » Tue Jun 25, 2019 9:19 pm
I haven't actually touched Quest in years. In fact, I think the last version I tried was one of the earlier releases of Quest 4 and I didn't like it much so I decided not to bother with any later releases. I remember thinking there was a lot of power there, but the interface was so badly designed it just took an age to get anything done with it. I probably should check Quest 5 out one day, but I always feel like it's a bit of a wasted effort to write games with it. The main website is just full of games people wrote in five minutes with dozens of wonderful ratings for each, likely rated by the authors themselves or people who haven't even played the games. There are good games on there, but they quickly get lost amid all the tripe. Write a brilliant, mind-blowing landmark of a game and it'll likely get worse ratings than a one room game with a typo in the title written by WickedFabKoolKid235.
Definitely disagree about their forum, though. Ever since they ditched the old forum and switched to the bland mess they have now, it just looks and feels dead. It's about on par with the eyesore they have on Int.fiction these days and no real substitute for a proper forum.