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[arcibalde]

I got question about first picture. For clarification, i didnt play Starsector for a long time (and not planing to play till it hits v1.0), so this could be something completely normal but for me it looks new. Anyhow, on that first picture whats that 3 things over Eochu Bres?

[xenoargh]

Thought:  naming the planets this way is a wonderful idea; gives everything so much more character.

Perhaps Stations should use a convenient naming schema that fits their role?

Pirate stations-  named after freebooters, famous soldiers-of-fortune, etc.:  Kidd, Nidal, Hawkwood, Bakunin, etc.

Mercantile stations-  named after famous capitalists:  Vanderbilt, Gates, Mooney, etc.

Military stations- named after famous military leaders:  Sherman, Halsey, l'Hermite, etc.

This seems like a sensible division and it fits the randomized schema well.

[Elaron]

Very cool blog. I do like a blended approach of human crafted core systems and procedurally generated distant ones.

Also +1 for bonus cat in a picture!

[Gothars]

So .... yeah, answer: we agree it'd be cool and want to try some stuff.

Glad to hear it


By the way, I really like the cathedral painting, especially the use of lighting and perspective!

I got question about first picture. For clarification, i didnt play Starsector for a long time (and not planing to play till it hits v1.0), so this could be something completely normal but for me it looks new. Anyhow, on that first picture whats that 3 things over Eochu Bres?

Those are solar shades/mirrors to regulate planetary surface temperature. Many of the symbols are new, though

[arcibalde]

Aha tnx man.

[HELMUT]

There’s also something to be said for the tone created by the names, both in their content and in how they actually sound/read. My goal is to aim for a somewhat dark tone in Starsector, what with this being a moderately dystopic sci-fi world where space is vast, frightening, and hostile.

Planets named after metal bands, bonus points for every umlaut you can fit in there.

Otherwise a very interesting blogpost, it's reassuring to see some handcrafted writing to break a bit the soulless procedural generation.

[Gothars]

Otherwise a very interesting blogpost, it's reassuring to see some handcrafted writing to break a bit the soulless procedural generation.

I'm just hoping it's not completely limited to the core worlds and there are some morsels of scripted content in the periphery, too

[Cycerin]

Im hyped about the proc systems, looking forward to, you know, explore them

[Dri]

I too am glad to hear that more manually created Core Worlds have been added. Everytime I hear a dev say "Massive procgen universe to explore" and "Over 100 million randomly generated items to discover", I immediately get turned off as I know that 99% of that crap is gonna be the same ole' content but chewed up and reguritated endlessly.

Really hope these systems aren't just the same 5-10 events/PoI scrambled up and seeded out. Of course, that might actually be the case with this first release here as surely the "contenting" will be ongoing until 1.0—that's understandable.

[Machine]

I'm not sure if it's a good practice to correct name misspellings for this case, after all words shift with time. Also if they are references I think it makes it more fun to find them, it could also lead to places with apparent multiple sources for their names.

Anyway, kind of curious on how random generation will work, will there be some level of theming?, something like of this star got randomly named Cthulhu, and then see it has a planet named Necronomicon with an orbiting derelict sporeship appropriately (nick)named "Old one". Or will we see that star Cthulhu is the parent star of the quite prosperous independent planet Gaudimon, and its orbital fortress " Triumphus Station".

Admittedly, even though I just went and picked a random bunch of words that did not fit together, searched for their latin equivalent and made small modifications, I guess I could still make a story about planet Gaudimon that makes some sense... with some work. But I guess that would require descriptions that the random generation would not be able to achieve.

[Alex]

I too am glad to hear that more manually created Core Worlds have been added. Everytime I hear a dev say "Massive procgen universe to explore" and "Over 100 million randomly generated items to discover", I immediately get turned off as I know that 99% of that crap is gonna be the same ole' content but chewed up and reguritated endlessly.

Really hope these systems aren't just the same 5-10 events/PoI scrambled up and seeded out. Of course, that might actually be the case with this first release here as surely the "contenting" will be ongoing until 1.0—that's understandable.

Just want to say I'm very much on the same page about that. For the procgen stuff, I think... well, it's a complicated topic. One thing is having enough variety, so that it's not always the same stuff, but pretty much no matter how much variety you have, it's going to get recognizable over multiple playthroughs. The other part is having it be fun to interact with/making it matter; that's what's going to give it long-term punch. If it's a fun thing, then it's ok even if it's not a new thing, as long as you haven't seen it 10 times in a row. It's a team effort between variety, tangible rewards, and fun interactions.

And, yeah, ongoing contenting will help with all of these. Part of the task right now is to band-aid some things to make planetary surveys at least kind of sort of useful; once the increasingly-less-hypothetical outposts are in, that should tie a lot of things together. But even without that, I'm feeling pretty good about what's going in now. Speaking of that, back to the contenting

[Dri]

Good to hear, man. Hype levels for this patch are out of this world. Hnnnnng! C'mon!

[Midnight Kitsune]

"The Hype Reactor is going CRITICAL! SHE CAN'T TAKE ANY MORE!!!"
 

[Sutopia]

Man I'm docking on Alex's pan !

[King Alfonzo]

With the inclusion of the Persean league...are we going to be seeing some of their planets show up in existing systems? Like Magec? Or is that system already a fustercluck?