Back when I was actively modding Starcraft 1, I remember a few people tried to set up a mini-race mod that was created through a community effort. Contributors would have made their own mini-race consisting of a few units and buildings. The end result would have been a mod with several small, but well-rounded races to play as.
I'm curious if people would be interested in doing something similar for Starfarer.
The premise would be pretty simple: each person wishing to contribute would make a small faction--maybe five or six ships, and new weapons if desired. Once completed, these new factions could be brought together in many different ways--maybe just throwing them into the game with the default factions present, or perhaps into a totally new star system with only the mini-factions present.
I figure a mini-faction mod would be better than a full-blown community TC or something, because this way people can do their own thing without worrying about others depending on them.
The only 'rule' I'd like to impose is that the factions created for this are unique--i.e., you shouldn't be scaling down the factions from another mod and then ask for it to be put in here.
So, would anyone be interested?
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Now that there's enough interest, this project is underway.
For everyone contributing/going to contribute, here's a quick few guidelines to follow so the end result is the best it can be:
-If you decide to contribute, let me know either by a post in this thread/a PM. It would also be nice of you to supply a rough outline of the faction you plan on making.
-There aren't any deadlines, or anything like that. Work at your own pace. But if at any point you decide to stop working on your faction, let me know.
-Anywhere from 5-8 ships per faction. Ships should ideally be spread out class-wise, but this isn't 100% necessary--meaning if you want to make a faction that uses mostly fighters with a single carrier ship, that would be fine.
-Keep balance in mind. It wouldn't be fair to others if your faction is super overpowered, and dominates all the others in the star system. Post-completion balance tweaks will probably be made, so don't worry too much about it.
-Your faction doesn't have to be just ships--you can include new weapons, portraits, or anything else you'd like.
-Don't add your faction into the campaign, as campaign integration will be taken care of all at once in the final stages. When you're finished with everything, upload your faction somewhere and shoot me a link.
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Current participants:
-Myself,
-TheSoldier,
-Sunfire + Upgradecap (team),
-arcibalde