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Space War

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Posted July 2, 2017 by NIFE

NOTE: I'm remaking this because it's been a *MONTH* since I first put up the signup system. All the systems it needs are in place now, and the map/recipes/etc are all fully designed as well.

Also a few things have changed since I've designed the game. Note them below!

Space War 1: Free Space

This game is half a test game and half a real game. It's very friendly to exploration/crafting and testing out some of the new NIFE systems.

  • Free-for-all game. There are no goals and no permanent penalties for dying.

  • Fully automatic (no host interaction needed). Infinite auto-actions. Rounds updated sporadically at Host discretion (to archive posts mainly).

  • Each player has a Home Base located around one of the five planets that only they have access to. Here they can store items and teleport to their Warp Pod.

  • Each player has a Warp Pod, which is a basic spaceship that allows them to traverse through space.

  • The game has 13 other ships to find and use, however, which have amped up stats and maybe better starting weapons.

    Gameplay

  • Travel through space with your Warp Pod or one of the spaceships. There are 21 Space rooms to explore.

  • Exit your spaceship and explore 5 planets, 3 alien derelicts, and 2 special areas.

  • Mine planets for raw resources.

  • Use raw resources to craft various types of items: trackers that let you know where other players are at all times, weapons, bombs, ship weapons, spears, and ammo boxes. Some recipes have multiple steps involved, as the game is very crafting-heavy.

  • Gain Stardollars every time you kill another player, shoot down a ship, or kill an non-player enemy.

  • Explore alien derelicts, solve machine-based puzzles to gain rare artifacts that can be sold for good money or scrapped into rare materials.

  • You can actually sell lots of stuff that you've crafted from raw materials perhaps.

  • you can also buy things at space station shops if you don't feel like crafting them.

  • There are three elements: Energy, Mechanical, and Biochemical. Energy weapons do 2x damage against Mechanical characters, Mechanical weapons are good against Biochemical characters, and Biochemical weapons are good against Energy characters.

  • Drink special potions to change your element at any time.

  • Through talking to NPc's and exploring, unravel the mystery of the Lost Race.

  • I might occasionally add more content, because that's just how I roll.

  • I will also be playing in some capacity.

  • When you die, you're resurrected to full health and respawn in your home base. Here, you can warp to your warp pod (wherever it is) and continue exploring.



    Sign up!

    Below, sign up if you're interested in this game. :)

  • There are 14 Replies


    yes

    July 2, 2017
    Xhin
    Sky's the limit

    @Pirate_Ninja: (I don't think you saw the other one)

    July 2, 2017
    Xhin
    Sky's the limit

    I'll do it and ask the people on xat to sign up

    July 3, 2017
    weid man

    What is the final objective?

    Or is there no win or lose?

    July 3, 2017
    chiefsonny
     



    July 3, 2017
    Moonray

    @chiefsonny:

    What is the final objective?

    There isn't one, though finding out what happened to the Lost Race is a decent stopping point (that requires doing a bunch of stuff).

    July 3, 2017
    Xhin
    Sky's the limit

    Didn't realize the previous list was cleared. Glad I checked this out.

    July 4, 2017
    Ghowilo

    @Count Dooku:

    July 4, 2017
    Xhin
    Sky's the limit

    @Helius:

    July 4, 2017
    Xhin
    Sky's the limit



    July 4, 2017
    Helius

    It's looking like a better idea will be:

  • Each player has a mobile "warp pod" where they can store items and travel through space without a spaceship.

  • Warp pods can't be destroyed and can only be accessed by their owner.

  • each player has a portable machine that teleports them to the warp pod at any time but maybe has some cost associated with it. This is also a permanent item.

  • players that die respawn on their warp pod.

    Piloting spaceships still makes a lot of sense but this at least allows for a "home base" and some means of getting through space without a spaceship.

  • July 4, 2017
    Xhin
    Sky's the limit



    July 5, 2017
    Count Dooku

    I would like to play!

    July 5, 2017
    Peon

    Just an update here:

  • I finished setting up all the vehicles, items, special items, crafting recipes, and other initialization stuff.

  • The space rooms / grids are also set up.

    Still to do:

  • Set up all the planet/derelic rooms (probably the stage where I'll set up all the room descriptions too)

  • Set up the Puzzles

  • Shops

  • NPC topics

  • Treasures / reasons to explore planets thoroughly

  • Some Misc stuff.

    It'll probably take another couple of days to set everything up / do some pre-game testing.

  • July 7, 2017
    Xhin
    Sky's the limit

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