Hey guys,

we've posted a new dev diary on the site talking about what's up with Strike Wing.

http://www.strikewin...for-strike-wing

Enjoy!

Kickstarter for Void space (sure their another games called that?) anyhow this one centers on resource collection from asteroids and building bases http://www.kickstart...-space?ref=live looking for a modest $3,000.

Demo of the current build can be downloaded on the Kickstarter page.

Tropical Games announces Void of Darkness, a space combat/trading/exploration game coming to Windows, OS X, and Linux in September of this year.

copy/paste from their website:
 

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In Void of Darkness, the player takes control of a Starship as part of a new Terran exploration fleet. You control the ship and all of its systems directly with WASD + mouse controls, but are greatly aided by your crew whom you will recruit at the beginning of the game. You start out with a basic ship and technology. Your goal will then be to explore the sector, interact with the alien nations present, upgrade your ship, all while moving through elements of the non-linear plot to the game. 

Wait, what? Yep, you read it right. For Business Reasons, we’re changing the name of the game to Starsector. All I can say about it is this will not have any impact on how things proceed around here – these things happen to projects from time to time, and I hope that everyone will be on board with the change. (If you’re not, my apologies. If you are, thank you for your continued support!) Personally, I’m looking forward to moving ahead with the new name, and am very excited about the future.

Early pre-viz of the landing sequence and areas which can be explored on the ground.  http://www.robertssp...ng-storyboards/

Looks like it be a combination of Privateer 2 and Freelancers FMV.

I have been thinking about this mission type for quiet some time. I really think 90 % of this can be accomplished with code reused from other missions, mainly Assassination. The goal is to scan another ship for illegal goods.

I do not know Lua or C otherwise I would have done it myself. Even so here is the pseudo-code if anyone wants to take a shot at this. Like I said most of this can be done using code from other missions to generate the mission, spawn the target ship + cargo and the police. Have fun

Mission type : Cargo Scanner

Generate Mission, messages and GUI; ((using the same code for other mission, Assassination as a template?))

Test if scanner equipment is present; ((using the same code for Delivery or Taxi to check if player has free space or enough cabins, but this time if scanner is part of the player's ship))

If {
  scanner is not present;
 then
   Message "You are not equipped for this mission";
   Aborts mission;
 Else
  Mission details are added as other mission;
}

Once in Target system generate Target ship to be scanned and cargo ((or this is done when the mission is accepted??)

Commence scanning;
If
 {
 cargo == legal;
  then Message "Mission Completed";
  credits added;
   End Of mission;
}

Commence scanning;

If
 {
 cargo == illegal;
  then
   spawn police;  (( using the same script as when player fires near a station, but now police hostile to the smuggler, not to the player))
   smuggler hostile to police;

   police hostile to smuggler;

   policed neutral to player;
   Message "Mission Completed";
   credits added;
   End Of mission;
}


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***Another variant of the mission Cargo Scanner****

*** The difference is that this mission is given by the Police from the Police screen only , has a higher probability that cargo is illegal and leads to a bigger reward if smuggler ship is destroyed.  Smuggler ship should also be better equipped for combat or perhaps have more shields, better hull****
 

Generate Mission, messages and GUI __from the Police Screen__;
Reward can be money OR clean criminal record OR police will pay/clean a fine;


Test if scanner equipment is present;

If {
  scanner is not present;
 then
   Message "You are not equipped for this mission";
   Aborts mission;
 Else
  Mission details are added as other mission;
}

Once in Target system generate ship to be scanned and cargo __with 80 % changes cargo is illegal__ or perhaps cargo is always illegal ;

Commence scanning;
If
 {
 cargo == legal;
  then Message "Mission Completed";
  credits added;  
  End Of mission;
}

Commence scanning;

If
 {
 cargo == illegal;
  then
  spawn police;
  smuggler hostile to police;
  smuggler hostile to player;

  police friendly OR neutral to the player;
  credits added or clean police record or fine is paid; Message "Mission Completed";

  End Of mission;

}

(im not sure if the below can be already implemented in the game, it forces combat and player must hang around to collect more money)

If
 {

 cargo == illegal AND
 player destroys smuggler ;
  or
 police destroys smuggler while player in system (not hyperdriving) ;
  Message " We have stopped the flow of illegal goods. Thanks for your help. Here is a bonus: Mission Credits = Mission Credits*2"

 Police returns to base;   End Of mission;

}

Hi! Im Working in a Remake of this great game for the Arvoch Alliance Engine

This is the Trailer

When i finish the mission/video design i need some people for the voices, volunteers?

Regards!

EDIT: The Dev. Diary http://spacesims.es/sw4/

Been quite busy with getting stuff integrated for the impending alpha release and haven't shown anything for a while, so I thought I'd post something up.

I'm hoping at some point Paragon is going to have modular containerized cargo so that big freight corporations can haul high value cargo that the player can escort/pirate. Hopefully there will be cargo items that can be docked with/attached to, so it will be possible to see ships visually being loaded and unloaded.

I'm working on what will be the multiple different classes of NPC cargo vessels, which will all carry a standardised shipping container, from 1 container for the Cargo Loader below, up to hundreds for the ULCS.

Cargo Containers;

Cargo Loader (basic little ship);

All still very much work in progress

Hello,

I've just cloned the project from github and have xcode 4 installed, including macports but when I run ./bootstrap I get the following error:

./bootstrap: line 3: autoreconf: command not found

Also tried building the project in xcode but getting a bunch of warnings, any idea how to resolve this?

Also I'm just starting out and a beginner in C++, any suggestions where to start?

thanks!

http://www.spacegamejunkie.com/featured/sgj-podcast-13-dominium-qa-malcolm-sparrow/#more-6485

Some harsh truths about the pitch honestly discussed, and further insights into what I want Dominium to be - enjoy

In this tiny thread I'll gather all the project related videos (current and futures  ).

Some atmospheric flights :

Viewer tool mod:

Lacuna Passage (sound painful) a 3d adventure game set on Mars where to try to find out what happened to the first man expedition 

http://randomseedgam...=Lacuna Passage

Mars seems to becoming a popular destination for games and according to RPS theirs no guns or monster just the story to uncover http://www.rockpaper...lacuna-passage/