Hi Dark, This is something I've been interested in making. One thing I love is procedural generation. You can create an entire universe using only that. The trick of course is the game play and making it interesting. Right now it has to stay an interest only while I work on Entombed. I'm fascinated by the possibility though.
Jason On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 10:49 AM, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi. > > a combination of reading starwars novels, playing Eamon and Sryth, and > watching my brother play Final fantasy crysis core on the psp is really > getting me in the mood for something scifi, but every online game I've > looked at in a scifi setting seems to be either a, galactic empire building > pvp stratogy, or B, galactic ship sales pvp trading! > > I must admit i'm getting a litle hacked off here. for me, one of the major > attractions of startrek, starwars, doctor who, babylon 5 etc is exploration > of the various worlds, different land scapes and alien races. > > of course as these are works of fiction I'm also interested in the > characters, the politics etc, but from a purely scifi point of view > (particularly in something like Starwars or Doctor who which has a very! > diverse landscape), there's quite a lot of stuff to explore. > > I find it completely astonishing that every single scifi game has only > focused on the statistical elements of player interaction and/or combat, > ---- and to be brutally honest, find it rather silly. Afterall, if people > want to play the stock markit, they can just pick up the financial times. > > while I can see the attraction of pvp combat (though as I've said before > it's not something which interests me at all), I'm amazed that nobody has > developed an online scifi game which does not have this focus. > > Admitedly I'm probably expecting a lot, afterall, the only things I've > found in the pure fantasy genre along these lines are Sryth and various > gamebooks, ---- and to a lesser extent any of the Logd or KoL varients. > > smugglers 4 I really like for the non linnier game structure, missions and > backstory, though I'm slightly disappointed that the actual planets > themselves don't play a larger part in the game in terms of being unique > locations, and also that there weren't any new systems to go to in S4 as > compared to S3. > > eitherway though, S4 isn't an online game. > > Basically, what I'm looking for is Sryth in space, ie, you have your > spaceship, fly around and have adventures, ----- basically sryth, in space! > > If anyone knows a game like that I'd be interested to here about it, ---- > possibly a mud? ---- though i admit I have heard many muds are pvp stat > grinders. > > Any input here would be appreciated. > > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
