I think I misinterpreted something...

(snip) 6. FREEDOM VERSUS CONTROL Listening to the video, I found myself wondering: who really gets to choose what NPCs are doing? Early in the video, we heard about NPCs that "they're all doing their own thing" (1:15) and "NPCs are allowed to choose what they want to do" (8:40). But later, we heard...

I have been wondering why a player/npc/overlord will join a faction. With the distinction between workers/serfs and players/overlords, having a faction doesn't seem as useful since, at some point, one player could easily have enough workers to control multiple systems. The only major possibility th...

JoshParnell wrote:She's up folks! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4PVSIShRgM

I really really really wanted to know what the blue splash / cloud / dust / etc. was on the right side of you screen at the 18:00 mark

When Josh says 3-4 Hours does he mean eastern standard time? :think: If he was saying that from a Central Time standpoint then he's already past the 3-4 hour threshold. Needless to say I'll just be happy that he's still alive. He said it would take 3-4 hours from the time of his posting. Timezones ...

Idunno wrote:When Josh says 3-4 Hours does he mean eastern standard time?

If he was saying that from a Central Time standpoint then he's already past the 3-4 hour threshold. Needless to say I'll just be happy that he's still alive.

I feel your pain, I lost my second corvette to an asteroid right as I was about to dock. Just heard a BANG of shields and plating then boom hes gone. Can you clarify, was it the asteroid base or another asteroid? I have fixed the problem related to docking at an asteroid base, but I have not observ...

I think that, since Josh is a one-man game company at this point, the actual cost of the game will be lower than your average new game on release due to the fact that he doesn't have a few hundred people on his payroll. And it was just then you realized that EVERYONE ELSE on the forums was an emplo...

[00:38] -CLC-Attila: http://youtu.be/kkmNhlB6U3M?t=6m34s [00:41] <-CLC-Bouchet has left the room> [00:48] <-CLC-Dircier has left the room> [01:28] <Voice chat now enabled (Highest quality)> [01:50] -CLC-Attila: I have no idea what's going on here http://youtu.be/JtQplexmobI?t=5m22s chat log... I don...

Hehe! Well, not impossible to be found... ... I'm sure we can come up with some excuse! Directly related to my lack of articulation: « I know the heat of a planets core doesn't come from a smattering of solar radiation. I'm simply talking about time scale. Stars blink out of existence over a period...

Micromanagement is definitely the biggest problem if ... ... you can usually only have two. Got me thinking (unfortunately) AI <--> Player interaction would have to be based on some sort of system. Maybe personality/ culture? Or possibly a "renown system" so that word of your exploits spreads... ma...

Forgive my... criticism? pessimism? I've spent the dominant amount of my game-play (4x, RTS, RPG, MMO, FPS, etc. ) dealing with Earthly ground-based things. I've only delved into this madness known as the final frontier after a love-hate relationship with Eve and a pretty solid love for Planet Side ...

Without any outside forces acting on the planet (solar radiation, extra-planetary gravity, extraterrestrial impacts) the thing would become a giant dark lump of frozen material. Devoid of any possibility of life... unless you want to go with the possibility that life exists near underwater volcanic ...

Anything that involves Space -> Planet combat I envision as being a bit like Eve did with Dust. Bear with me. (scary thought eh?) I know this is currently single player. But who's to say that there aren't PCG mercenary groups that'll fight a ground war for you? Next release would be awesome in depth...