Hmm... Not sure what I would use it for, but since it is completely community built, I'm not against it at all. One cool idea I had was to be able to share blueprint designs and star maps. There can be whole communities who help each other find great strategies, designs, and tactics. That could ess...

As to starmaps, I don't really care one way or another if they are exportable, its not my playstyle. I'm in the same boat as you, to a degree, but I think it could be useful for some to plan things outside the game. But that isn't something I'd do, I like a barrier between my online and offline exp...

I don't recall participating in a "I think this is cool"/"I think your ideas are stupid" argument in that quoted discussion segment, my apologies if it's been read that way, somehow. Ah, so we're actually speculating on possible new game-play additions for getting into the political arena itself? We...

But asteroids and other large bodies (planets) are static. I think this is for the best, I can't imagine how many extra calculations would be needed for an asteroid field to have 100 asteroids flying around at different trajectories, and the engine having to generate more as others fly too far out ...

But the question then remains in cases where traditional government are in place, how would that mechanic work? How would you go about the task of governing? In the case of corporations the act of governing is rather straight forward, broadly speaking Both cases are circumstantial. It depends both ...

*snip* To explain this i'd make in-universe time faster. So that 1hour of RL gameplay equates to 1 LT day. So while it takes an hour of gameplay to build an big ship, in the universe it takes a full day. No! 1 h gameplay = 1 h LT time. Stuff happens faster because of technology. In the far future w...

Kinda glad this was revived, thanks Necromancer, this looks interesting. By the accent the developer is Australian, but based in Seattle, which I completely understand because games development here in Australia is absolutely dead. Good on him for making the move, going to back him just to kick his ...

Behemoth wrote:

Basmannen wrote:Is this argument going anywhere?

No, it isn't.

Nope, lol. I only chimed in because I saw the response given to McDuff and felt I needed to jump in. As mentioned I am fine with whatever Josh implements because I trust his decisions will work out best as enjoyable gameplay, .

So are you telling me that historically 50% of all governments were corporations? No, I'm saying because colonisation occurred both with Government support, and as private enterprises, and the direction the present is taking with corporations backing political campaigns heavy-handedly, it is fair t...

So basically you're going to ignore the biggest company in history and the entire way colonialism was actually practiced because you just don't believe it. The Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and French empires also expanded in much the same way - private colonisers operating with implicit backing of wh...

ThymineC wrote:

5anitybane wrote:Sneaky, sneaky space ninja. Also, randomly just found you on YouTube after having watched a Cyanide & Happiness short, haha. Small (internet) world.

Oh lord.

The one with the sinking ship?

Nope, the Mother's Day cake one.

This is indeed what I had in mind, though I usually try to plant a seed and see what ideas pop out of it. Same here, I try things like scientific names, latin proverbs, and the name of my deceased pets to see what they can bring to different universes. Except that last bit. Hey, cool. What about ex...

It is funny to think about how what many people consider to be 'cultured' is, at a base level, a minority trying to establish feelings of supremacy. Circumstantial, granted, but applicable to many. That's my view anyway, obvious the actual term 'culture' itself is applicable differently, but when re...

For what it's worth, the 2.0 patch seems to rework the highways with mostly positive feedback on the beta forums so far. Also, there are reports that the combat is actually somewhat challenging when the game is played on "hard" difficulty (which it will include). This patch will probably be worth c...

I need to wait for a few reviews after that patch goes public. However if that is true it looks like I will go ahead and purchase it. I am going to wait through the summer sale tho to see if it goes on sale. They would be absolute fools not to do atleast a 50 percent sale during that event. Some pe...