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Just a head's up that the best game ever is scheduled to get both a sequel and a prequel!
hmpph... looks like I haven't been posting enough here to post URLs.
The prequel is being done by Stardock and you can check it out by converting this to a proper link : www-starcontrol-com.
The sequel is being done by the original developers and you can check out their blog at : dogarandkazon-squarespace-com.
Whoa. I knew about the prequel, but the sequel is news to me. Very very welcome news.
Star Control II is one of the first few computer games I ever played, it quickly became a favorite, and I think it still compares favorably to new games today. I still go back and play it again occasionally. A sequel by the original creators is in the works? Where's the pre-order page, I'm ready to pay now?:smallbiggrin:
:O :O :O
Awesome!
I'm in the same boat as Douglas. I heard about the prequel quite some time a go, but the sequel is new news. And man, I'm delighted.
'Bout time. I hope it doesn't stray too far from II. Plus, the full ending of II basically says, "Hey, there's going to be a sequel."
While the ship in the ending of II looks pretty sweet, personally I hoped for a double decker.
EDIT: Here's a link for the sequel. Boy oh boy, some of those lines are promising. The sequel "will include a host of familiar aliens, ships, and characters, as well as new alien races to discover, befriend, and even annihilate." :D
EDIT EDIT: Just watched the new video for the prequel. Looks very promising.
The direct announcement from the developers is here. They specifically mention the Mark II - that's the ship in SC2's ending cinematic - in the list of things the game will include. Looks like it's going to be a direct continuation, and the same type of game, and I expect the people who made SC2 should have a good idea of what made that game so good.Quote:
Originally Posted by danzibr
The words "procedurally generated" made me wary at first, but then I remembered that there's hundreds of stars in the original and I probably never saw like 90% of them.
Truly, it is the will of Juffo-Wup.
Nice find!Quote:
Originally Posted by Douglas
I'm hoping to see some Black Spathi Squadron.
The only one on the list which was unfamiliar was Keel-Verezy. Hmm.
Yeah, almost all the planets were produced by a random number generator. They only bothered manually specifying the important places, like homeworlds, rainbow worlds, special artifacts, and of course the Sol system.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eldan
Their only appearance was in Melnorme dialogue. As I recall, there's one greeting sequence where the Melnorme captain says you almost crashed into a Keel-Verezy ship and expresses surprise that you didn't see it.Quote:
Originally Posted by danzibr
Good memory! For me, I recall that intro, about almost running into something and the Melnorme captain being surprised, but I can't "picture" the Melnorme captain saying what it was.Quote:
Originally Posted by Douglas
I guess my brain never understood what the heck he was saying and thus didn't record it.
Anyway. On the planets being randomly generated, I wonder if this is per playthrough? I wouldn't be a fan of that. It wouldn't be a deal breaker, though.
Also... I kind of disapprove of that in general. I mean, it seems to me that having certain kinds of planets in a solar system makes having other planets more likely. Like an outer gas giant increasing the probability of an inner life-sustaining planet.
Randomly generated almost certainly doesn't mean completely random.
It's much more likely that it simply means that each time you start the game, you get a different set of stars/planets.
For example, when you approach a star there's a 25% chance it will be main sequence.
If so, then you'll have 1d6+4 planets.
The first 1d6 planets will be rocky and the rest will be gas giants.
If more than 3 planets are gas giants then there's a 10% change of life in one of the rocky planets
and so on and so on.
I was reading this and thought to myself, "This sounds more like procedural generation than random generation." Then I Google it and find they're synonyms. Mind = blown.Quote:
Originally Posted by RobertB
Yeah, that sounds pretty good, but... I'm hoping they did it once and every playthrough is the same. I mean, I like knowing where the good planets are.
I have been summoned!Quote:
Originally Posted by Eldan
And I am overjoyed at the news.