Very nice to see you're back, Josh. During your absence, many speculated that you've retired to your cave and vowed to absolute silence until you finish the game (or at least the beta). If you did that, you would be a very bad person IMO, and you would also be the person I misjudged most in my life....

Amazing stuff! Bosses (captains) issuing orders (contracts) based on their observations of the market conditions. Independents deciding to accept and execute contracts. Nothing scripted, pure AI work. Extremely powerful and intuitive UI for browsing and controlling all this complexity. My dream game...

Can't point my finger at the main reason(s) for it, but LT looks so much more appealing in this update. Not that I was concerned about visual aspect at all earlier, it's just that now it's starting to look more like the game means business. Scanner and mining mechanics look awesome. I can only imagi...

My question is: why? If you're twice my age you still have plenty of time :) :squirrel: Well, first of all, a project like that would need wast amounts of time to complete in any sensible way (at least for us, mortals :) ). I need to release games at much faster pace in order to provide for me and ...

I really rate this thread Duke. :) it amazes me how many neglect that inner child as they advance in years resulting in the death of their imagination and their dreams. :( I think you will find many in this community who feel the same way as you do. :thumbup: Welcome to the forums. :D Thank you! Be...

Katawa wrote:Don't ever grow up.

Luckily, I don't think I've grown up in THAT sense. There's still a child in me like there always was.
Guess that's why I can still dream.

Sadly, my growing up has completed long ago (I'm about twice the age of Josh). Seriously, I've been following the development of LT for several months and I've been amazed from the start. Reading Josh's daily dev logs with morning coffee has become a ritual for me. Josh often almost apologizes for a...