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<t>I did a similar thing to Magnox. However, in my game, the object of the game is to do the job of the NPC freighters!Since I've not yet put in AI competitors, I put in some additional constraints. Firstly, I cap the price of tradeable stuff to within x% of a 'base price'. So say the price of rare ...

I finally resubscribed to Eve. My in-game name is "Spoon Thumb". Feel free to start a private conversation with me any time, or send me an evemail (in-game email system)

I think it's more the feeling that none of those settings or scenarios are particularly new nor innovative. They may be well written, but at the same time, they are just employing the same old tropes.

'DARI' wrote:
what a badly rendered image out of the 90' ....*duck and cover*
To be fair, it takes so long to develop and send the tech to another planet, curiosity is probably a decade old

<t>The planet in the alpha centauri system may be in tidal lock, and so have a cooler far side. However, it has also been suggested that systems with this type of planet often have other similar small rocky bodies further out as well, so there is still hope for finding another earth-like ...

Firefly. The only problem is in fleshing out the universe as the TV series was a little truncated. I heard rumor of a firefly MMO many moons ago but dunno if it ever materialised

<t>This is essentially a repost from another forum, but interested in what you guys make of it[url]http://www.nerds-fea...-exhausted.html[/url] I don't read prolificly, the name dropping can get a bit much, but the basic thrust of the argument is that since science fiction (and genres in general ...

Yeah, that's the other point: Making sure players don't get bored sitting around twiddling their thumbs whilst they wait for their ship to arrive in real time

<t>The problem with your population graph is it doesn't show the whole story. Traditional subsistence farmers typically have big families, because more children means more help on the farm, and most of those children will not survive to adulthood. For city dwellers, those kids become a burden, as ...

<t>(Sorry if this is in the wrong forum section, but I can't see where else to post)I'm designing a game where players trade goods between space stations in a solar system.I need to work out what the cost of travel should be. As far as I can tell, there are two options:1). Cost to jumpThe ship ...

Does anyone have any details about the universe star conflict is set in, how players will move around, whether there will be any capturing and holding territory or stations like in Eve Online?

<r>The guys that run the site have done a bunch of project in the past. Planet hunters has actually been going for a while before the BBC highlighted it.The other one they did that I took part in was the original galaxy zoo, where they identified something like 200million galaxies into either spiral ...

<t>I think increasingly, the geeks who grew up immersed in sci-fi and saw the moon landings as kids are now the billionaire owners of giant tech companies, and have come to realise that unless they put some money on the table, those dreams just aren't going to become reality.Of course none of them ...

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I am a hard ass by nature and I think that was my upbringing in that nothing should ever be given to you , YOU WORK FOR IT. Novel concept. 40% of the USA is on some type of assistance.... how are we ever going to get out of the hole if people are content on leeching off ...

<t>You can. I'd rather not dump an "oh and by the way, you could also add this really cool feature that utterly changes the game and massively increases development time" on someone :)Actually, having thought about it, if the second pilot is a gunner, and the guns can shoot anywhere, the first pilot ...

Are there any space sims (or combat flight sims for that matter) that have two pilots per fighter? Now that would be an interesting challenge

Maybe this is a good example of why the genre is unpopular. It may be a situation display, but if you call it a map, people get the idea of a map.

<t>You can solve some of the problems by giving frames of reference to the player. Scenery, especially that which is in the actual combat arena, such as a big battleship or spacestation help in allowing us to work out up and down, left and right. Even if the brain picks an arbitrary up, at least it ...

<t>I'd recommend you join the PC gamer corp. You will meet people and learn stuff you won't sitting on your own. You can always leave later and as long as you are up front about your intentions with the corp leadership, I'm sure they'll be happy to have you. Some corps in Eve are self-proclaimed ...

<t>I played Eve for about 5 years (up until this time last summer). I'm not currently subscribed (thinking of returning soon), but I can help you out if you have any questions or get stuck with anything (private message is the best way as I don't check forums every day).The eve universe is so big it ...