Main features (so far):
Zones - areas in space that belong to some factions
Factions - organisations that own zones in space, have reputation with other players
Reputation - depending on the reputation to a faction it will or will not trade commodities, equipment and/or ships, NPC (bot) ships will attack you if you are their faction's enemy
Trading - buy commodities on one base for less money and sell them on another base for more money
Trade Lanes - "means of superluminal travel within sectors of space", used to save time while going from one place to another
Hypergates - means of instant travel between sectors of space
Shield - protects your ship from outside damage, though decreases with every hit. Regenerates after some time after a hit
Cloaking generator - makes your ship invisible, downsides - decreased flight speed, inability to enter trade lanes/hypergates
EMP - disables all ships in 10 tile radius including yours for 5 seconds
Hyperdrive - allows instant travel between two points in space without the need of hypergates
Asteroid fields - fields of asteroids that have different resources in them (or none at all), grenade launcher is used to mine them. The amount of acquired resource depends on the asteroid size
Parties - create and manage your very own faction, invite people and become the dominant faction in the universe
Motherships (exclusively to parties) - mobile bases with massive firepower allowing repair and transport of friendly ships
Features to be added and changes to be implemented:
Equipment - as essential feature, you can buy different equipment for your ship (guns, rockets, mines, extras) on different bases. Only factions that are in good relations with you will sell equipment to you (WIP)
Ship variety - an essential feature, you can buy different ships on bases, every ship has different stats (higher guns level(s), more shield etc.). Only factions that are in good relations with you will sell ships to you (WIP)
Maybe some kind of a throttle system (thx Tobey), not sure about that though
Add so players can join different factions for a fee on those factions' HQ bases
Videos
Preview of the mod (done together with Sunny Autumn): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lbCLSO0fsg
First progress update: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41X7lS-DR44
Screenshots and other images:
Thanks to:
Arty - for hosting a beta-test server
palomino - for beta-testing
DannyDeth - for great help in coding
JetFighter - for great help in coding
Lee - for help in coding
archmage - for help in coding
CY - for awesome graphics
Time - for mapping help
BartNixon - for mapping help
Yates - for ideas
KimKat - for ideas
Aether - for ideas
Surplus - for ideas
Todesengel - for the mothership idea
More to be added...
AT THE MOMENT WORKING ON
Equipment and Inventory systems
Dev News
11/10/11 - Scripted weapons system almost finished, preview video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58N6oD1VrKg
I hope you like it - feel free to comment, criticize and suggest new ideas.
edited 12×, last 10.11.11 06:21:06 pm