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General Discussion / A story of searches and finds
« on: January 20, 2012, 02:04:03 AM »
For some time I've been reading Jack Cambell's (John G. Hemry) Lost Fleet series of books which I find very interesting and tense. Being a rather hardcore gamer and developer I started to think about how and what kind of a game would fit into this theme and style. I started experimenting with Sword of the stars (I and II) and Gratuitous space battles, but they all didn't feel the same and there was something missing. I figured out that what I'm searching for (or at least, have an idea of) a space battle where you would control only one ship, your ship (or just the flagship) and could only influence other ships in specific ways. Free roaming in space, economy can be thought about later.
And as I was just roaming around, browsing and searching for some learning resources when I stumbled into a forum, which mentioned this game. I saw the website, but it was probably when the site was being moved or just bombarded with queries and searches, so while waiting for it to work properly I went to youtube to find references. And here I saw a few gameplay videos alongside with TB's review of the game.
A very strange beast woke up and I couldn't control myself anymore. I just came to the site and bought it without thinking. Had to wait for an hour to so for the activation code to come, but boy was it worth it. When I started playing it felt that I've found it! I've finally found it. And it's not even finished yet! My lord, that is exactly what I had in my head when thinking of this kind of a game.
I am still in shock and awe, so I cannot seem to find a lot of bugs or things I'd like to be improved. I think I will wait until more things come out with later releases.
But I just had to write this. A very large "Thank you" to developers and a very large "Thank you" to the community people. You are all doing a very good job!
And as I was just roaming around, browsing and searching for some learning resources when I stumbled into a forum, which mentioned this game. I saw the website, but it was probably when the site was being moved or just bombarded with queries and searches, so while waiting for it to work properly I went to youtube to find references. And here I saw a few gameplay videos alongside with TB's review of the game.
A very strange beast woke up and I couldn't control myself anymore. I just came to the site and bought it without thinking. Had to wait for an hour to so for the activation code to come, but boy was it worth it. When I started playing it felt that I've found it! I've finally found it. And it's not even finished yet! My lord, that is exactly what I had in my head when thinking of this kind of a game.
I am still in shock and awe, so I cannot seem to find a lot of bugs or things I'd like to be improved. I think I will wait until more things come out with later releases.
But I just had to write this. A very large "Thank you" to developers and a very large "Thank you" to the community people. You are all doing a very good job!