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Re: Don't Let the Stars Fade Away Sat, 03 February 2007 02:11 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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So Iconian, it sounds heavily to me like you're in Category 1!
You want to build Stars! 3, and have it be Stars! in essence.
As you say, it doesn't matter what something is called or looks like that defines it, what's important is how it behaves and what its nature is.

It's difficult for me to explain exactly what I mean by keeping the essence the same, but I think we're on the same page here... you wouldn't want to turn it into some mutant RTS or first-person adventure game, and you wouldn't want to throw in something that would break the game or make it completely different while preserving the appearance. Now if I have to define something specific as far as "essence", well, - Stars! has player-designed races that give a multitude of options and various distinct advantages and disadvantages, and demand different approaches to play effectively. It has a turn-based engine with a predictable and specific order of events. It has planets, ships, fleets, research fields, et cetera. It has a battle engine that resolves battles between turns, using predictable and specific rules. And so on and so forth... there's a lot more you could add to this. What's important is to have it keep the things that make Stars! fun to play -- the scheming and plotting, waiting for your research to finish so you can start building your frigate swarm, hunting for a habitable planet and trying to grab it first, spending all day desperately hoping that your meager forces can somehow hold off the juggernaut fleet headed at your core worlds, so on and so forth.

Regarding graphics:
Personally, I feel that graphics are mostly irrelevant. Smile I like the FreeStars! tech item graphics allright, except for the shields. I'm fine with them looking completely different, or very close to the old Stars! graphics, or cartoonish, or Victorian English baroque, or having no graphic at all, or having a photo-quality rotating 3d animation, or whatever people feel is worth the effort. I'm not okay with having graphics development get in the way of actual progress, or spending money on graphics, or any such thing.
However, some things I'd like to see in the graphics area are a unique visual style of ship for each player, choosable at race design and able to use cutom content. I think somebody was working on this. Also, player badges should be able to use custom content.






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