Post by Rasteroid on Jun 21, 2009 2:01:11 GMT -5
Welcome to ProBoards.
This is where I will post new stuff, updates and such, rather than anywhere in the game itself.
The reason for such heavy use of this board is that I want to keep the game environment fairly sterile for now. Once you are on the site, you can only reach other players (myself included) by in-game means. Suffice to say I feel this modest preservation of disbelief is important enough to merit special consideration.
You can say what you like to each other in game, my character won't know unless he is directly involved, so I can enjoy the game right along with you guys. I'll try not to cheat, I promise! You can also say anything you like on here, as shall I, which may or may not be everything you guys want to hear.
That brings me to another important point: This game is yet wholly undocumented and will probably remain that way. It is intended to be a fairly straightforward simulation of life forms of various classifications interacting in a vague interpretation of an actual world, with climate, water, flora and fauna. Players take on an incarnation, and gain skill in activities through practice. You know you need to eat to live, so? Are you playing or not, get to it! Or don't and see what happens!
There is no guaranteed information on the game engine's workings. I'm anxious to see how beta testers feel about that, and whether the experience is fun or frustrating. Optimally, I will refine it until we are all able to find rewarding patterns, regardless of play style. There is a lot going on under the hood you don't know about, but after a while you may be able to guess. Please share everything on these boards!
If you are a beta tester, then I am respecting you to appreciate the game's infancy and its sole intellectual ownership by myself, Erik Walle.
Large changes are still being made in the mechanics of the game. During periods of upheaval, I will try to preserve character data and progress wherever possible, but can in no way ensure these due to ongoing revision in the game's logic.
Without further ado let's enjoy the game. I'm not sure it's fun yet but it's only about half done..? The HARD half, please enjoy the fruits of my labour! There is a lot more to come, which is good if you're into this sort of thing!
THANKS EVERYONE
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This is where I will post new stuff, updates and such, rather than anywhere in the game itself.
The reason for such heavy use of this board is that I want to keep the game environment fairly sterile for now. Once you are on the site, you can only reach other players (myself included) by in-game means. Suffice to say I feel this modest preservation of disbelief is important enough to merit special consideration.
You can say what you like to each other in game, my character won't know unless he is directly involved, so I can enjoy the game right along with you guys. I'll try not to cheat, I promise! You can also say anything you like on here, as shall I, which may or may not be everything you guys want to hear.
That brings me to another important point: This game is yet wholly undocumented and will probably remain that way. It is intended to be a fairly straightforward simulation of life forms of various classifications interacting in a vague interpretation of an actual world, with climate, water, flora and fauna. Players take on an incarnation, and gain skill in activities through practice. You know you need to eat to live, so? Are you playing or not, get to it! Or don't and see what happens!
There is no guaranteed information on the game engine's workings. I'm anxious to see how beta testers feel about that, and whether the experience is fun or frustrating. Optimally, I will refine it until we are all able to find rewarding patterns, regardless of play style. There is a lot going on under the hood you don't know about, but after a while you may be able to guess. Please share everything on these boards!
If you are a beta tester, then I am respecting you to appreciate the game's infancy and its sole intellectual ownership by myself, Erik Walle.
Large changes are still being made in the mechanics of the game. During periods of upheaval, I will try to preserve character data and progress wherever possible, but can in no way ensure these due to ongoing revision in the game's logic.
Without further ado let's enjoy the game. I'm not sure it's fun yet but it's only about half done..? The HARD half, please enjoy the fruits of my labour! There is a lot more to come, which is good if you're into this sort of thing!
THANKS EVERYONE
rast