Artemis: Multiplayer Mayhem on a Starship Bridge
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And it was *first* done about 15 years ago. Some friends of mine built a game called 'Bridge Crew' (http://www.mithril.com.au/promo.htm) which was, more or less, this game. Of course, they've loooooooong since given up updating it that I am aware, but it was pretty solid for its day.
The more things change...
The more things change...
This actually looks amazing. Though, we didn't get a look at the gameplay. And I imagine that:
1. People would fight over being captain.
2. The guys not on the helm or tactical stations don't have all that much to do.
1. People would fight over being captain.
2. The guys not on the helm or tactical stations don't have all that much to do.
I'm sure we can find someone to host a server and have a kick ass time over the Internet.zama174 said:
Me too. If this ran with Bridge Commander then it would be perfect. Though there is little to if you're first officer. With al the BC mods you can install sometimes you need extra people to manage Engineering and such. Though I always take direct Helm and Weapons control. Those guys just sit on their arses as I fly the ship myself.Somethingfake said:
Are you sure it just wasn't operator error on the part of the appropriate stations?Timotei said:
On another note, I must have this game.
Aah! Not Again!
Seriously, I need to work more quickly and actually implement my ideas sometimes.
I mean, I keep running into people implementing things that resemble my ideas before I ever get round to it.
It's happened with Blender's UI.
It's happened with a time-travelling game. (although to be fair they worked out the details in a way that I wouldn't have considered possible)
And now this... Which has been something I wanted to do from at least the time of playing Bridge Commander... If not before.
So, yeah. Good luck to them, but damn. How annoying is that?
(Just think about it for a second... For every time this happens, if I actually ever get around to implementing my ideas, I'll get accused of copying it from somebody else. Never mind I might have had the idea first, since my implementation of it wasn't first, it'll look like I stole the idea. Argh! You have no idea how annoying that is.)
Seriously, I need to work more quickly and actually implement my ideas sometimes.
I mean, I keep running into people implementing things that resemble my ideas before I ever get round to it.
It's happened with Blender's UI.
It's happened with a time-travelling game. (although to be fair they worked out the details in a way that I wouldn't have considered possible)
And now this... Which has been something I wanted to do from at least the time of playing Bridge Commander... If not before.
So, yeah. Good luck to them, but damn. How annoying is that?
(Just think about it for a second... For every time this happens, if I actually ever get around to implementing my ideas, I'll get accused of copying it from somebody else. Never mind I might have had the idea first, since my implementation of it wasn't first, it'll look like I stole the idea. Argh! You have no idea how annoying that is.)
... If they turn this into a MASSIVLY multiplayer game... oh that would be awesome. Then again, could you imagine guys like these, dressed as different members of the USS Enterprise? Or Klingons? Or some other race in the Star Trek universe? Still, what a marvelously complex, yet simple idea.
Ok, I've been thinking about it:
I demand that the Escapist have an inter office competition with this game.
Break into teams, set the mission parameters the same way, and have a competition as to which team can win the fastest, and the most efficiently. Then make a video of it, and post it here for all of us to enjoy. Tell me that isn't awesome. I dare you. Because it is awesome.
I demand that the Escapist have an inter office competition with this game.
Break into teams, set the mission parameters the same way, and have a competition as to which team can win the fastest, and the most efficiently. Then make a video of it, and post it here for all of us to enjoy. Tell me that isn't awesome. I dare you. Because it is awesome.
This is a pretty awesome idea, but also clearly demonstrates why military personel do so much drilling of every task.
The coherence does not come by itself I guess. I will be neat to see what people are capable of in this game when given time to really learn.
The coherence does not come by itself I guess. I will be neat to see what people are capable of in this game when given time to really learn.
