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[mendonca]

Evenin’ all. This is a thread in which I offer 8 16 free licenses for the in-development computer game ‘Starfarer’.

Thanks to Alex at Fractal Softworks for adding two EIGHT more copies to the pot!

Please read the rest of this post for further info.

This is mainly to try and give a bit more coverage to the game, as the developer has recently jacked in his day job to concentrate on this project full time, so he deserves a bit of support. Also the BAY12 community has basically given me all I ever needed in terms of up to date interesting game information, so this is a natural place for me to return some of the love.

There’s a healthy discussion thread already on the forums, so any specific game discussion should really go there:
Bay 12 Starfarer Thread

GAME SYNOPSIS

For those of you interested in:

a) Space Travel
b) Large Guns
c) High quality independently developed games
d) …
e) Profit

You could already be playing the Alpha build of Fractal Softworks ‘Starfarer’, in which you can currently fly about and command a small (or large) fleet of big spaceships with large guns in a 2D top-down atmosphere of civil and social local decline.

The alpha is at around 0.33 (which theoretically puts it at 33% complete?) but it is already a blast to play, and modding support is already alive and kicking.

In the future development of the game you will get to do all sorts of things, with the ultimate aim being to create a sandbox set against a politically dynamic sector of space.

BAY12 STARFARER GIVEAWAY EXTRAVAGANZA COMPETITION DETAILS

Because it’s coming up to the middle of the Northern Hemisphere summer, it felt appropriate to channel the spirit of Christmas, in which spoilt Christian children get things that they don’t deserve for free.

And you, venerable Bay12ers, get to play the role of the spoilt Christian child.

But I am attempting somewhat to slow down the cycle that creates an ever more craven generation of freeloaders by asking you to do something for your gift.

*muted gasp*

To enter with a chance to win one of 5 available licenses, please submit an original Haiku in this thread, on the theme of ‘Space Travel’.

Haiku (in English)- from Wikipedia

The winner from the entrants will be decided by random.org List Randomization of the successful entries (top 5 generated by the list will be winners), and the cut-off date will be Tuesday 14th June, 16:00 Bay12 forum time.

Yes, quality of the Haiku is not the main point, but hopefully some of you will amaze us with your creativity. Also there is no real necessity to give a Haiku, but anything that shows an equivalent level of creativity set around the theme of space travel will be accepted as a valid entry. The main point is to try and encourage entrants to actually want to play this game, and therefore invest slightly more than a simple response to the thread. Also I’ll have to take the final view on what constitutes a valid entry.

I’ll post the winners on this thread, and we can deal in PMs on this forum to get your activation code details to you.

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Please note that due to the current purchasing method, I need to register these accounts from my own credit card details, as such all I can give you is the correct activation code to activate your copy (which you can download from the Fractal Softworks site). As long as you keep this code safe, you can use it to re-activate any future versions of the alpha as it develops, but official support will be kind of limited if you do lose your code.

Having said that, you’ll have my details so I can try my best to sort anything out for you if you do have problems in the future. Hope it's not too much of an issue.

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Thanks to Majestic7 & Seabee for the idea, and hemmingjay for his inspiring generosity elsewhere.

Have fun!

And let me know if you have any questions or anything, I’m not around all that much this weekend, but should be able to pick any thing up today or Monday.

[Hanzoku]

green and blue fading
ahead, darkness and diamonds
the black sea beckons

[Krelian]

Into the black hole we shall venture
attempting to skip some light years
into the unexplored far space
but the captain is not a scientist
and the space ship shall became
a very long space noodle
falling into the deadly blackness

[RF]

Stars abound with light,
The abyss shines ahead of us,
Into this we go.

EDIT: Changed "fire" to "light", since fire can be pronounced as one or two syllables. ._.

Since I love doing haikus so much, have another for free. :p

Hopping pond to pond,
The metal frog defies gravity,
And explores new worlds.

Into the black hole we shall venture
attempting to skip some light years
into the unexplored far space
but the captain is not a scientist
and the space ship shall became
a very long space noodle
falling into the deadly blackness

Krelian, this isn't a haiku. :p

[Krelian]

Also there is no real necessity to give a Haiku, but anything that shows an equivalent level of creativity set around the theme of space travel will be accepted as a valid entry.

True haikus is too hard for not native english speakers >_<

[mendonca]

Also there is no real necessity to give a Haiku, but anything that shows an equivalent level of creativity set around the theme of space travel will be accepted as a valid entry.

True haikus is too hard for not native english speakers >_<

Just in case it needs clarifying, your entry will definitely qualify you for the list, Krelian.

This was the sort of thing I didn't want to be a problem by specifically limiting it to a 'English Haiku' (not just english speakers etc.).

Also bonus points if someone can actually give us one in Japanese

Nice start by the way, I'm well impressed!

[Poltifar]

Frontier worlds unknown,
To limits unreached we trek
Throughout space and time

[Nirur Torir]

May we submit a group of haikus for our entry, or were you hoping to see how creative we can get with just one haiku?

Today, we achieve
Greatness. The first Lunar base
Of humanity.

Onwards, we sail past
Endless paths through star-lit black.
We leave Sol behind.

The last of our race
Reaches Alpha Centauri.
We've found an Earth-like!

One shot. Our ship's dust.
To war - Insectoids approach.
The system is lost?

[mendonca]

May we submit a group of haikus for our entry, or were you hoping to see how creative we can get with just one haiku?

That's awesome, not got a problem with that at all!

I'll only be counting one entry per username for the final draw, though (if that wasn't clear).

[Toaster]

For our great homeworld
We shall conquer the night sky
To infinity

Neat idea.  Thanks!

[ndkid]

Down to the Planet
Doing my Cosmic Duty
Buy Low and Sell High

[drakkheim]

Ooh fun! Let's see...

Floating giants pass
Caresses of fire and steel
Loosing air, death comes

[Frajic]

Through the endless void
There, the behemoths wander
The fruits of science

[PsyberianHusky]

Blue sky then black space
Ascend, at leisurely pace 
On space elevator

[Knave]

I can't resist entering! 

The ship spots her prey
Pew Pew! Go her Laser Guns.
Fiery clouds of death.