Congrats, you had the first post!   And welcome.

I'm Graham, I work at BonusXP - the developers working on Servo.  I'm the Community Manager and I also do a bit of game design work as well.

Previously I have worked at Ensemble Studios on the Age of Empires franchise and Halo Wars.  I've also worked at Relic Entertainment and Big Huge Games.

Optimistically hyped for this! Still playing AoM regularly to this day. I really hope this game will be good, become decently popular and the community will be listened to for opinions on certain things.

Good luck! 

Probably a new topic would have been the best idea for this question/concern, but I'll throw in a response anyway:

Art is subjective so we all may disagree on what the game looks like or is going to look like, but here goes.  I'm surprised to hear the word cartoonish used to describe the art in the game, I definitely don't think any of our artists would use that word to describe the artistic vision for the game.  Cartoonish or childish, no.  The game is being built for the PC/Mac , not for phones or tablets.  It's being made for people that play PC RTS games, not for Clash of Clans or Candy Crush fans.

We fully agree, we've got LOTS of work ahead of us in terms of art, animations, and FX - hell a few weeks ago we had grey boxes for some things in the game and far fewer animations and almost no FX - those were jammed in for GDC and the video/screenshots.  We really are pre-alpha and concentrating on iterating on the game to make something truly fun at its core.  Until we are happy with that, playtesting and iteration are going to trump art.

I don't know if that addresses your concerns/questions, please feel free to start a new topic if you'd like to discuss further.

Now back to your regularly scheduled introductions...

excited about this ... I was heavily addicted to age of kings in college ....now I am a husband and father but still need a little competitive video game fix.  Lately I have been involved with ww2 aviation games but that old rts map based itch is back...this looks AWESOME.  My only request , please allow an option to browse the forum in a more generic "classic" looking mode so that it is more discreet while at work

-timos

Hello! I'm Josh. For my day job, I flip burgers at a McDonald's and play a bit of video games in my free time. I've always kind of sucked at RTS' but enjoy playing them. I grew up playing AoE 2 & 3 and a little Empire Earth.

I like the art style of this game. Reminds me of Supreme Commander 2's art style in a way.

Hey, I'm Jamie. I'm a UI/UX Designer and a massive RTS gamer. I've played everything for Age of Mythology to most of the Total War Games and everything inbetween. 
I liked the idea of Servo when I heard it in the SD news, and for an Alpha it is highly entertaining so far.

I'm also a father and a husband, so like others my time is restricted! Though if anyone is up for adding me on Steam and playing some Multiplayer sometime please feel free to do so: (Please ignore the SteamID, its an old, old, account!) - Undead1bunny

I'm looking forward to where the game is going! So keep doing what you're doing guys!

Hi, I'm Andy. I'm a software developer by day and a game developer by night.

I bought Servo right away because it looked like Metal Fatigue. Pretty much the only reason.

Hi all, My name is Joseph. I've been a long time gamer and cut my teeth on the ZX Spectrum. My first experience of RTS was Mega lo mania and I've been hooked ever since and played nearly all the seminal games from then on. Ive got a lot of favourite games from the genre too many to list (just typed and deleted 17). From what I have been able to play of Servo its a good idea and reminds me of the old Mechcommander games (that I loved). I know I haven't got many parts yet but I would love to see more variety in Servo designs.