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- Mar 02, 2024 15:51
- Forum: Game Dev
- Topic: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
- Replies: 30
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Re: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
This has turned out to be quite an interesting programming puzzle. The game itself may not be that interesting, but the implementation is interesting. It is much more complex than I initially thought, both in the data structures and game logic. I have some ideas for adding depth to the game, so hope...
- Mar 01, 2024 2:28
- Forum: Game Dev
- Topic: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5575
Re: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
Trade route creation screen.
- Feb 28, 2024 23:15
- Forum: Game Dev
- Topic: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
- Replies: 30
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Re: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
A preliminary status screen. I don't have all the data structures in place yet so this will change.
- Jan 27, 2024 7:10
- Forum: Game Dev
- Topic: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5575
Re: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
Just a little update. I have tried a couple of different approaches to this and both approaches were not very interesting. I left it over the holidays and let my subconscious think about it. My subconscious reminded me of the games Baseball Manager and Football Manager. These games were text only ga...
- Sep 23, 2023 16:33
- Forum: Game Dev
- Topic: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5575
Re: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
Making some progress.
- Sep 21, 2023 15:32
- Forum: Game Dev
- Topic: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
- Replies: 30
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Re: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
I thought I would mention that I am using Converseen to convert the PNG files to BMP files. You can convert the files in a batch, change the backgrounds and the quality of the conversions seems quite good. Free and open source. It is available on Sourceforge.
- Sep 20, 2023 19:36
- Forum: Game Dev
- Topic: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5575
Re: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
I picked up some pixel assets for planets, items, and ships over on itch.io. There are some really good assets over there and I like supporting the community. I think spent less than $20 USD for all of it. I used the Bing Image Creator to make some of my assets, but I don't really feel comfortable u...
- Aug 10, 2023 19:39
- Forum: Game Dev
- Topic: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
- Replies: 30
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Re: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
The Dune novels are in my top ten list of sci-fi series. I will look at the Elite Dangerous items for sure. I have been playing Satisfactory and that has given me some idea as well. I want to add some depth to the game rather than just trading but stick with the game's mercantile theme. I am conside...
- Jul 04, 2023 20:33
- Forum: Game Dev
- Topic: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5575
Re: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
I was looking at Trade Wars as my game is similar and they are using a presentation much like I am using so what I have may work all right. I am going to leave it the way it is for now and get a playable version going and then get some feedback on it. I need ideas for trade items so if you have any ...
- Jun 27, 2023 18:01
- Forum: Game Dev
- Topic: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5575
Re: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
I have made some progress on this but I am not happy with the format of the game right now so I need to look at a different presentation and gameplay model. I am going to put this on pause for July as I have finished my outline for a novel that I want to write, so I will devote July to writing the b...
- Jun 15, 2023 18:47
- Forum: Game Dev
- Topic: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5575
- Jun 08, 2023 20:55
- Forum: Game Dev
- Topic: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5575
Re: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
The game is moving along slowly but moving. Trying to get back into the swing. I look at my old code and wonder who wrote it. Haha. Not super happy with it at the moment but I want to get most of the gameplay in place to see how it plays. I may then do some changes at that point.
- Jun 01, 2023 20:37
- Forum: Game Dev
- Topic: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5575
Re: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
Haha. Thanks. Strange how it is all in there somewhere.
- May 31, 2023 1:01
- Forum: Game Dev
- Topic: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5575
Re: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
Yeah, it is basically text based. I am not much.of a pixel artist and assets are not easy to come by. The AI art generators are good at doing portraits, I am using some, but not too good at making game assets. Graphics aren't really essential to the gameplay in this game so I am making it mostly tex...
- May 30, 2023 21:03
- Forum: Game Dev
- Topic: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5575
Re: Star Trader Game (In-progress)
Thanks! I am glad FB is still being updated too.