hi tom,
I have 1 more idea for stfc, it mite be for stfc version 3. make it a on
line game. so if I want too, I can play you, and the computer at the same
time. or I mite be able to play 3 other players. still being a move base
game. lets say I am player 1, and there are 3 other players. the game will
decide who will go first, second, and so on.so the game decided that player
3 will go first, player 1 goes second, player 4 goes next, and player 2 goes
last.and we all just take are turns and attack each other.it would be like
playing chess with 4 players. and if we only have 2 players, the game would
be the 2 other players.
I only came up with this idea too give you a nice big head ache for
Christmas!
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From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 9:26 AM
Subject: [Audyssey] USA Games Holiday News.
USA games news
Dec, 24, 2006.
Intro
Greetings gamers,
Welcome to this special edition of the USA Games news. We at USA Games
would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, and a happy new year. If
you don't celebrate Christmas we will simply wish you a happy holidays.
As the year 2006 ends we would like to announce where we are in
development of our projects, and let you all know what is in store for 2007.
We expect 2007 to be a big year for USA Games with Montezuma's Revenge
at the forefront of development, Raceway starting it's real development,
and perhaps laying the groundwork for STFC 2.0.
Montezuma's Revenge News
Many of you are no doubt wondering what is happening with Montezuma's
Revenge. The short answer is we have chosen to rewrite allot of the
engine for greater stability, better features, and to make it more like
James North's original vision for the game. As a result Montezuma's
Revenge is going through a long and complicated upgrade cycle. With the
end result hopefully more feature filled, stable, and more like what
some of you requested.
As many of you requested Angela was removed completely from the game and
Arizona Smith has made a return to the game. All of his sound effects
have been restored, and the storyline, plot, etc will follow the
original one from Alchemy.
One of the major changes that is taking so long is we needed to remap
the temples. In Alpha 1 we created the temples to large, and many of you
didn't like that. In this version we are resizing the temples to the
original size they were in the Alchemy version. In short most temples
are about 75 by 36 units in length.
For the most part the levels will be exactly as James North created
them, but we have decided to make a couple of miner changes for realism
sake. For example in rooms where there were metal ladders we felt it
would be better if we used stone steps. So we replaced all the ladders
with stone steps.
Another important issue we are addressing in this upgrade is the way
sounds are loaded and played back. In Alpha 1 all sounds were loaded and
started playing. The problem of this was if you walked near a wall you
could here the skull, spider, gem, gold, etc even if it was in a
different room. Now, sounds are based on your specific location. If you
are in room 1 and there is a potion in room 1 it is loaded and played
while you are in the room./ If you move in to room 2 the potion effect
is stopped, and the gems are loaded and played. This isn't perfect yet,
but we are working on it.
One feature we have started work on is a high score tracking feature. We
haven't yet worked on any sort of on line posting feature, but the game
itself will keep track of your high scores for easy, medium, hard, and
insane levels. You can access your high scores from the game's main menu.
Finally, one other massive area undergoing work is the games
environmental effects. We did find the games original ambiance was cool,
and it might be placed back in the release. Some effects are going away
since we have found better ones while some classic sounds are returning.
What exactly it will sound like by Alpha 2 remains to be seen.
Raceway News
I know it has been ages since we talked about Raceway. In truth not much
is going on to report. Although, thanks to one of the beta testers of
ESP Raceway I now have the original sound effects which by accident or
design Alchemy Game Studios failed to give me. Although, a few effects
I think I will not use as I have higher quality ones laying around on my
hard drive.
With the sound effects in hand, the original source code, and my own
ideas for the game I think Raceway should turn out to be a really good
racing game.
STFC News
As most of you are now aware STFC 1.0 was released earlier this month.
Do to losing the source code I was not able to fix everything or
complete the game the way I had hoped to. Although, all hope is not lost.
I have decided to begin work on STFC 2.0 sometime next year once
Montezuma's Revenge and Raceway is well on their way.I don't know
weather or not the game will be TNG, DS9, etc. However, I do know there
will be many things I will do differently.
In version 2.0 I fully plan to include a save game feature so games
won't get lost as it happened to me a few days ago when my laptop
battery suddenly died in the middle of a game. Not only that I have
found more and more often the need to save so I can do something else,
and come back to the game.
Another feature I think esentual in 2.0 is the ability or possibility of
your shots or enemy shots missing there target. The chance, no matter
how remote, often can change the tide of battle. If you lose all your
torpedoes on a failed attempt the enemy might be able to rip you apart.
If one enemy hits you, and the second misses you might be able to cut
down one or both of the attackers. I am sure many of you can see how
this would turn out.
Thanks to all of your suggestions the way coordinates are announce will
b be changed to give specific coordinates like 50 49 rather than say B3.
This I hope will make things easier for everyone to play.
One thing I have considered is making STFC 2.0 multiseries. You might be
able to run a DS9 version, TNG version, original series version, etc.
That would be very interesting, and different. Although, that is only a
thought.
In the end what STFC 2.0 will be like depends on how development goes,
and what we decide to do when we begin the game.
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