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A few observations from the August update: The star needs the biggest gravity well, or are you leaving that out for some reason? The giant flora and fauna on the landing, survey, and super-melee screens really overshadow the planets themselves. Please don't keep the hyper-large flora and fauna! I can't even tell you what two planet types I saw, but you better believe I can draw the brown space-bunnies and giant mushrooms that were covering th

"Reasonably active!" That's the nicest thing you've ever said about me! I'm having a baby tomorrow at 7:30 AM and here I am tonight checking for vault updates...if that's not die-hard, I don't know what is! :)

Well said and I agree.

The July update was a very good one for me. It feels like the game is on a roll with development now. More than just (awesome) sketches, it's got some meat on the bones. Granted, there's not gameplay in it yet, but these sounds, effects, v/o's, and concept art are starting to create a good idea in my head of what the game will be like. In no particular order: Human ship design - Love the bright colo

[quote who="Vaelzad" reply="32" id="3644371"] It depends on how you define passive and non-passive. We aren't going to ask the founders to write code or make textures. We do however want any and all your feedback on the things we do share. Also feel free to share the ideas you have, and be sure to check out the vault as there are tons of screenshots there that you can draw over or use for reference. [/quote] July update asked for input on the teaser and f

Got it to work! Thanks!!! Here's my idea for the teaser, and for the first 15 minutes of gameplay. <span style="text-decoration: underline;

SC – Origin announcement/advertisement video script proposal Text, V/O, or both, spoken slowly while montage plays: “For thousands of years, mankind has reached for the stars.” (12-15 seconds: Montage of tribals around a fire, pan up to sky fil

I'll give it a try. Thank you!! The file type was "file" which was strange. :)

Good day! I downloaded it but can't see what the file type is, so I have no clue what program to open it with. It is a single 128MB file for me.

I'm still here. Proudly part of the 5%! Just waiting for more interactive bits... I am very glad to be a founder, especially on this game. However, it seems like being a founder has been pretty passive so far. I had a ton of ideas racing through my head for aliens, ships, systems, UI, and more, but basically everything I've seen so far has already been worked on for weeks or months by SD, so I'm not really sure what my role is here. <p

I agree with the OP entirely, but I'm glad Vaelzad has first hand experience and gave some reasurance. I'm interested to try it out, but I hope it's not a long/time consuming process each time one lands.

I agree with OP. I haven't a suggestion of how to get around it, but I agree...it's a thin line.

[quote who="Vaelzad" reply="7" id="3635133"] From a Game Design perspective when you look at what the areas of the game that player is going to be doing most often, you want to make sure that those areas are fun and enjoyable. One of the very repetitious parts that everyone did (and then stopped as soon as they didn't need to anymore because it was tedious) was search the galaxy for planets that had resources and mine them from the surface. This was something that was very much a gri

Don't worry Vaelzad! The founders know that. :)

[quote who="Lone_Utwig" reply="4" id="3632438"] + Btw. can we have some similar weekly news-updates like this one? So that we just do not wait for one day in a month, then discuss things within 3-5 days and then nothing happens. Give us some meat once per week and even more meat at the end of each month. [/quote] Love this idea. :) As for the size of the map, I don't think a firm number is important. As long as there'

[quote who="cuorebrave" reply="29" id="3631981"] It brings to mind the Orz fishy swimming guys walking around in giant, stomping mech suits! What??? You have no clue what to expect! And then they turn out to be friendly (as long as you don't ask about you-know-who too much...) and talk like 4 year olds?! [/quote] This is why they were so memorable. They were almost 100% from scratch! They can't help their fleeting resemblance to fish, but

[quote who="Eskaminagaga" reply="21" id="3631284"] Agreed, maybe even make some antimatter or even dark matter lifeforms. [/quote] Agreed! That would be awesome! Especially the anti-matter aliens. The first time you meet one and send an away-team, they shake hands and explode, causing a terrible PR nightmare.

This is the point where this thread goes back on track..I hope. Apparently the Tywom ship is associated with something your fanbase knows and likes, even if it's unintentional. The Mukay also. The iLien too. It's nice to see things that are familiar but different. However, that means we need some unfamiliar and different too, lest this become a satire or spoof game, without meaning to. I really do look forward to so

Multipass!!!

Ooh, if it is named Magellan, that would be great!!! Famous explorer, and the name of the nearest galaxy. (Dwarf)

Mukay ship looks great! Weapon B looks the best to me. I dig the weapon effect and colors - the go so well with the ship. The purple planet landing picture reminds me of Funkatron from Toejam & Earl. Not saying it's good or bad, just reminiscent. Thank you for stating that the player ship will be highly customizable. I don't like some of the art pieces (spinning cores and such) but I love many others

Welcome welcome! Download and view everything in the vault to get caught up. There's not too much in it that it overwhelms. Additionally, look for threads started by Frogboy or Vaelzad, as they are Stardock employees, and will generally be the most pertinent threads. Stardock released another big game this past week or so, so things are a little slow on this project right now, but it should ramp up now that they're d

Gabryelx, I felt the same way. I didn't get this last update in the vault until about 4 days ago...by then the combat topic was 5 pages in. Oddly enough, most everything I wanted to say about it hadn't been touched on. It's ok! You'll contribute just fine. :)

Hi all! For the commander sketches, please ditch A, E, and G. Commanding a space ship and going out for a morning jog should call for two different outfits. :) H, B, and D in that order are my favorite sketches! I like the female face...and I don't mind the gray hair. I started going gray at age 15, and now at 32, I'm about 40+% gray (thanks kids!). It endears me to the character.

[quote who="Lone_Utwig" reply="10" id="3624567"] Feedback re planet scan: 1) I think it makes no sense to orbit planet in such a way that the star is visible and etc. Waste of time and resources as nobody is going to care after firs two-three encounters. Planet-centric view with planet rotation in the middle of the screen makes more sense. 2) It would be great if anomalies-minerals-other points of interest could produce "radar bli