Hmm. I think it's fair to say that what anyone else might make of LT's existing code won't be the exact game Josh would have built had he, mostly by himself, been able to do it. And I'm inclined to agree that building a game close to Josh's vision would indeed be "very, very challenging." But I don'...

Thank you, Josh. The most important thing in there was that you're converging on a solution for maximizing what you personally can achieve. This is very much an iterative process. ;) I believe it's good you're seeing it as such. And you'd better believe I'm super-eager to hear what lucky studio may ...

Josh, one other thing while I'm thinking about it. I'm not requesting a detailed post-mortem. But I sure would like to know, if you're willing to briefly describe it: was there something you decided the LT engine could not deliver that's required to make the game you imagined? Are we talking about s...

I've waited this long to try to actually build a Generation Ship game; I can wait a little longer to see if the LT Engine might be a good fit.

Mmmmmmmaybe.

But probably not. Whatever there is of the LT system, it's probably massive overkill for a game whose fun can pretty reasonably be delivered through several 2D screens.

Nice to think about, though.

Thank you, Josh.

But....

As glad as I am (as a code geek) that you're working on the code release, I can't help but also wonder: how are ypu doing?

What's next for you?

Is there anything we can do, or would you prefer that we leave you in peace on your own?

Pick breeding partners and attempt to prevent bad genetic matches. (although you cannot force two partners together, you can generally force them apart) you can totally force them together, if not as romantic partners then as breeding partners. Breeding assignment is absolutely a component of the b...

Some very nice suggestions. I particularly like the idea that embryos would be frozen, rather than adult humans -- that makes a lot of sense. So if one were to seriously consider building this as a game, what would be a good (simple / powerful / inexpensive) development system for it? HTML5/CSS/Java...

So here's the design doc so far. Still a WIP. GENERATION SHIP Idea: Manage the systems and crew of a starship as it carries multiple generations of humans to a new world. Gameplay : Roguelike ship management sim Player plays as AI "captain" (Optional pre-launch ship design mode) Select target planet...

...now where did I put my copy of Advanced Graphical Techniques in COBOL...?

Thanks for the interest, y'all.

I'll just post the design doc here; give me a little time to BBCode it for prettiness.

Several years ago I sketched out a few concepts for a "generation ship" game: you manage ~50 generations of crew on board a starship traveling to a new world. You control genetics and breeding, fix broken ship systems, and generally try to keep the ship and crew functional long enough to land safely...

Yeeeaaaah, baby, now we're talkin'.

Radiator fins and beams and handholds and trusses and tubes and wheels and covers of many kinds! Stuff that might have some understandable purpose.

Plausibly functional greeble.

If, in the end, you're only backing to give the person a chance to fulfill their dream project... then I would say your success rate is determined only by what percentage of the projects actually get their funding. It's all how you look at it. Sure. Other than Braben & Co. for Elite: Dangerous (for...

My Vilja mod for Skyrim glitches, so I've never been able to finish it. But I was able to play the first part of it... and there's a connection to Pratchett there as well. The first couple of characters you meet in Vilja's Skyrim mod are a big, tall barbarian type, and a small, sneaky rogue type. If...