Kavik_Kang

Kavik_Kang

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Reply to Main storyline quest. Will we have RGB explosions in the end? in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="Volusianus" reply="53" id="3614950"] It's not believable if there's no way to fail. The entire point of games is to teach us how to deal with consequences in the real world. In the real world, consequences have real weight. Sorry if you can't deal with that. People die, mistakes are made. Just because you won in a way that satisfied you does not mean there's a happy ending. Fury Road is one of my favorite films of the past 2 decades, but I still feel like the

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Reply to Main storyline quest. Will we have RGB explosions in the end? in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

But they are making a game. Pretty much all high-budget games are made to appeal to the widest audience possible. Many games fail financially, few go into it willing to make something they think will only appeal to a small segment of gamers. The need to appeal to the casual gamer, mass market audience is an overriding factor in most game design decisions. I would love a space exploration game that was like a submarine simulation in spaceships, but I probably won't

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Reply to Supermelee in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

I am still really hoping for at least a "supermelee" space hockey done SC-style. Even just a primative version would be great, but a well-done "space hockey on a pinball machine table" would obviously be even better. Base defense and capture the flag would give the game a complete multiplayer with 1v1, 2v2, 3v3 dueling, Space Hockey, Base Defense, and Capture the Flag. Modders might then be inspired to add more multiplayer zones, and the game would have the bare minimum fo

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Reply to Founders! Unite against a common foe! in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

I loved local BBSs before Windows95 and the world wide web. It was more fun having to find them, and then each was it's own little community. There was something about it that was better than the internet in ways. It's been like 25 years and I can still remember many of their names.

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Reply to Main storyline quest. Will we have RGB explosions in the end? in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

I actually have a great deal if experience with alignement systems, that was a major part of how my MMO top down space combat game worked. That's why I said "to do it well" as an adventure game you would basically need 3 different stories. Just following the same storyline with different conversation reactions that have no actual impact on the progress of the story is not "doing it well". For an adventure game, which is all about the story, that's not good enough. &n

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Reply to Main storyline quest. Will we have RGB explosions in the end? in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="IBNobody" reply="9" id="3612726"] Humans are all over the spectrum when it comes to being good and evil. How should we play our race? Corrupt? Fundamental? Benevolent? [/quote] Humans are always portrayed as "average" with no specific traits. Like a game will have a race of spies, scientists, warriors, etc, and humans are always the baseline "no trait" race. I have a long standing joke that the human trait should be "pesky meddlers". </p

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Reply to Pattern Recognition Addiction in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

The AI of the original SC that so many people seem so impressed with mostly consisted of "1) attack player, 2) Avoid player if his gun is pointing at you." Individual ships generally had some specific rules they followed based on their weapons/devices but it really was very simple. What gamers call "AI" is usually some type of illusion that is far more simple than the gamer believes it is.

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Reply to Founders! Unite against a common foe! in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

The quest I've been thinking of is a fight with a starbase. It should be barely winnable, so there should be another option to not have to fight the starbase for people who don't want to fight it. It could be cool to make it reminiscent of Star Wars. There could be a second solar system within range of the starbase, and that system has some kind of big planet based weapon overwatching the starbase that must be dealt with before fighting the starbase. There coul

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Reply to What do I play while I wait? Good to scratch an itch and help me come up with ideas? in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="sendingsignal" reply="4" id="3610330"] That's funny, I've actually felt that the GalCiv clones were more about war than peaceful building and exploration, but maybe those are our play styles! I'd love to have turn based games that were very exploration focused, but I'm not sure I've found one that really hit the spot. [/quote] There is really not much strategy game there if you decide to conquer the galaxy. You just make

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Reply to What do I play while I wait? Good to scratch an itch and help me come up with ideas? in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

I haven't played GalCiv3 either but I did play GC2. I don't really like Master of Orion clones much, it's a game I've played over and over for decades. They are all pretty much the same, Civilization in space, and more about peacefully building than a galactic war. I would be very interested in an actual "Grand Strategy Galactic Wargame" but how to make one of those is kind of lost knowledge at this point and I don't think anyone in a position to make suc

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Reply to Loot drops, unique foes, and rare items in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="Kavik_Kang" reply="23" id="3610311"] Quoting sendingsignal, reply 22 and the periodic rare loot - ship members? [/quote] Oh, I like this idea. People have mentioned having officers and/or ship bonuses and I haven't really thought that fit

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Reply to What do I play while I wait? Good to scratch an itch and help me come up with ideas? in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

There are shockingly few games featuring space ships. Good recent ones I know of are... Faster Than Light (NetHack in space... just get this if you don't have it, it's a classic) Galactic Civilizations 3 (the current reigning champion of Master of Orion clones) Sword of the Stars (older Master of Orion clone, heavily based on the Star Fleet Universe) Stardrive 2 (a minimalist Master of Orion clone that is pretty good) You might also try th

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Reply to Random events, stock items and etc. in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

I'd rather see random events be... random events. 5% bonuses to things don't really fit with such a simple game. For example a 5% bonus to weapon damage doesn't even work, weapons do damage based on how many crew units they kill per hit... 5% of 1, 2, 3, or 4, has no effect. This isn't that kind of game. But "random events" such as "a crystalline entity is attacking a colony, save the colony" could add "life" to the universe and provide little side

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Reply to System Defenses in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

More ideas for using system defenses... In addition to enhancing the player combat these could be used extensively to deny players access to areas until they are powerful enough to go there. There are many ways of doing this. If the map is a solar system and these defenses are just on that map then very strong defenses (5 or 6 battlestations) could even largely deny access to an entire solar system. Events later in the game, the assumed ongoing conflict, could then d

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Reply to Question on Solar System Map & Combat in Founders Starbase StarControl Forums

[quote who="Awkbird" reply="8" id="3609721"] I'm picturing something a lot more like a dynamic view that zooms in and out based on the situation and surroundings. While we are navigating around a star system, the view will dolly out to show a large overview, but as we approach a point of interest, engage in combat, or even go to Hyperspace, the view will follow us and dolly/zoom in to give a more intimate experience. At least that's what I'd like to see... [/

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