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[Aklyon]

I would suggest naming the planet Planet, but that may be due to watching my friend playing too much alpha centauri recently

[Viken]

Having a scripted scenario at the start isn't nessissarily a bad thing, especially if its part of the tutorial and story.  Conlan could always be considered a 'hero' character during that time; and I don't think anyone would have minded.

[ScriptWolf]

Hey Moped out of interest a few of the bay12 guys including me signed up for Alpha a LONG time ago now do we still get the privilege of getting to play with it first ?


Also I was just about to dig up the conlans thread and update it with his new info

[Flying Dice]

Glad to see that this is still around, I lost track of the old thread a while ago. I'm looking forward to the release.

[Jopax]

I would suggest naming the planet Planet, but that may be due to watching my friend playing too much alpha centauri recently

The planet, planet, is a planet in the planet system in the planet arm of the planet galaxy, in the planet sector of space.

I think we should call it...  This Land, yes, that would be appropriate. This Land!

[Aklyon]

This Land is my land!

[Taricus]

Pffft. Name it after colonising it

[MoPed_UnclaimedWorld]

Having a scripted scenario at the start isn't nessissarily a bad thing, especially if its part of the tutorial and story.  Conlan could always be considered a 'hero' character during that time; and I don't think anyone would have minded.

Yes, we do plan on having a tutorial with some scripted events, and Conlan will be guiding the player.
We drafted a back story where Conlan was a hero during the disastrous landing who stood up against an incompetent mission command and was framed/backstabbed and sent to fend for himself in the wilderness. But we went with a more simple back story because we have a lot on our plate already and having an elaborate narrative would take away some freedom to iterate on the game systems.

So now it's up to the player if Conlan will live on and claim a plot of land later.

[Flying Dice]

Speaking as someone who plays a lot of Aurora and somewhat less DF these days, the fewer unchanging narrative elements there are, the better. The beautiful thing with games like these is when stories just happen, rather than being scripted, and such events feel far more satisfying and interesting than something that plays out in a relatively set number of variations. 

[MoPed_UnclaimedWorld]

Hey Moped out of interest a few of the bay12 guys including me signed up for Alpha a LONG time ago now do we still get the privilege of getting to play with it first ?


Also I was just about to dig up the conlans thread and update it with his new info

Hi Scriptwolf, yeah we got all your email adresses so we can get in touch with you -let's  see what happens shall we 

Yes it's probably best you don't revive the old thread, what with the title change you know..

[Viken]

Not just the title change.  It seems you devs are also becoming much more active, which is always a good sign.  With a two-man team, its understable to be hard when trying to keep up with the afluence of community management and commentary.

Finally allowing alpha/beta testers is good news, as well.  I am excited. 

[MoPed_UnclaimedWorld]

Not just the title change.  It seems you devs are also becoming much more active, which is always a good sign.  With a two-man team, its understable to be hard when trying to keep up with the afluence of community management and commentary.

Finally allowing alpha/beta testers is good news, as well.  I am excited. 

Yes we had to buckle down for a while instead of talking. Our game needed a lot of development in every area, before it would be ready to play. Now we're getting close. It makes sense for some games to build and maintain a big community early on (especially if they're Kickstarting) but in 2010 we just needed to get in touch with a few genre fans to get some input, and that's what we got from bay12.

[Eagleon]

Oh, cool, so this is happening. I remember checking your site like every day back when I first heard of it, to see if there was any news. Silly obsessive me in the past. Can't wait to check it out, it already looked gorgeous in the first preview.

[lordcooper]

Your FAQ mentions episodes, could you give a brief overview of what this will entail?

[Flying Dice]

Your FAQ mentions episodes, could you give a brief overview of what this will entail?

I'd like to know as well. From the sound of it, it probably refers to scenarios/modes of play, but clarification would be nice.