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I played that Orion Trail prototype, and I have to say the writing and art style were very compelling. I was sold when I tried to shoot my time clones, and one of them shot me (and the other clone) and immediately took my place, and the game continued. I almost hate to say it, since there have been a few Oregon Trail clones lately, but I found the prototype lacking some of those gameplay choices (how fast to travel, stopping at trading posts, fording rivers, hunting minigame, etc). I hope that you can find similar additions without making them straight copies. As it stands, even with the entertaining and varied writing and art, the core gameplay loop feels somewhat monotonous.
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Arnold of Soissons posted:e: "Orion Trail" is a fantastic name BTW, Orion Trail guy Thanks buddy. Modus Pwnens posted:I almost hate to say it, since there have been a few Oregon Trail clones lately, but I found the prototype lacking some of those gameplay choices (how fast to travel, stopping at trading posts, fording rivers, hunting minigame, etc). I hope that you can find similar additions without making them straight copies. As it stands, even with the entertaining and varied writing and art, the core gameplay loop feels somewhat monotonous. I totally agree. Because we only had five days to make the prototype (I know, excuses  ), we had to cut some features, making it feel a little flat.We're hoping to give it a little more variety through the away missions, which put your officers (and poor redshirts) directly at risk of injury and death. We've also been discussing having space landmarks that you run into, like space stations to trade with, or an asteroid belt that is always roughly in the same section - do you ford the asteroid belt, or pay one of the miners to show you a path through it? (Never trust miners) The approach we've been trying to take is to make it reminiscent of Oregon Trail without totally aping the mechanics, but it sounds like we could still lean on a few of those concepts. Thanks for the feedback! Hearing about what isn't great about the game comes with the job (and is totally necessary to make games not suck), so I appreciate the honesty.
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Feb 6, 2015 19:39
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Chupadupa posted:The approach we've been trying to take is to make it reminiscent of Oregon Trail without totally aping the mechanics, but it sounds like we could still lean on a few of those concepts.
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Feb 6, 2015 19:51
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Cicero posted:With it being sci-fi, 'hunting' should be a shmup! You blasted 1084710147892 pounds of Galaxians. You could carry 25.
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Feb 6, 2015 19:54
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Zaphod42 posted:You blasted 1084710147892 pounds of Galaxians. Added bonus: the phaser cooks the meat as you hunt it.
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Feb 6, 2015 20:01
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I just remembered that one of my buddies here in the Philly dev community worked as a community manager for the GameSprout project. Did you know any of them? Totally backed Orion Trail btw, looks great.
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Feb 6, 2015 20:03
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Yodzilla posted:I just remembered that one of my buddies here in the Philly dev community worked as a community manager for the GameSprout project. Did you know any of them?  I was actually on the GameSprout project as a pinch web programmer before getting shuffled into another project, so we were actually working together for a good chunk of time. That's a hell of a coincidence. edit: Cicero posted:With it being sci-fi, 'hunting' should be a shmup! The thought of an officer (or even better, redshirt) contra-ing through the wilderness is incredible Chupadupa fucked around with this message at 20:23 on Feb 6, 2015 |
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Feb 6, 2015 20:19
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Chupadupa posted:
Ha well Philly and Pittsburgh aren't too far away from each other. If you ever come out east you should stop by the Game Forge for the weekly dev night in Center City. Lots of cool people there. What's the local scene likes in Pittsburgh?
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Feb 6, 2015 20:24
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Friend and I played the demo six times over and I immediately backed. This is my jam.
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Feb 6, 2015 20:28
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Yodzilla posted:Ha well Philly and Pittsburgh aren't too far away from each other. If you ever come out east you should stop by the Game Forge for the weekly dev night in Center City. Lots of cool people there. I totally will, that sounds rad. Pittsburgh has a whole bunch of student groups (thanks to the countless schools here), but in terms of indies / other professionals, our studio is by far the biggest game in town. Schell also hosts a lot of the IGDA events, which are usually pretty good. Lonely Rolling Star posted:Friend and I played the demo six times over and I immediately backed. This is my jam. Thanks!
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Feb 6, 2015 20:39
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Chupadupa posted:The thought of an officer (or even better, redshirt) contra-ing through the wilderness is incredible
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Feb 6, 2015 20:42
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I demand that development on the game proper is paused while a fully featured FPS is implemented for the hunting portion
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Feb 6, 2015 20:52
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AnonSpore posted:I demand that development on the game proper is paused while a fully featured FPS is implemented for the hunting portion It
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Feb 6, 2015 20:56
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Cornerstone is going into a small team testing phase soon, I'll be on the team. So it's not ready, but the actual full game is making progress.
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Feb 6, 2015 20:57
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AnonSpore posted:I demand that development on the game proper is paused while a fully featured FPS is implemented for the hunting portion right after we implement guild banks
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Feb 6, 2015 21:00
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Chupadupa posted:I totally will, that sounds rad. Neat! I'm on the board of the Philly IGDA group so we should hook up sometime.
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Feb 6, 2015 21:22
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Chupadupa posted:right after we implement guild banks
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Feb 6, 2015 22:20
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Just got a backer update that Hyper Light Drifter is going to appear in Star Mazer. They look so cute together  And I didn't notice that guy next to the blob who is clearly Klingon in the previous video. Was he in there? Cool stuff. And the girl at the bar is a twi'lek!
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Feb 6, 2015 22:48
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Zaphod42 posted:Just got a backer update that Hyper Light Drifter is going to appear in Star Mazer. This is adventurey pixel art done so right I wanna cry. So happy they are banking big time on KS!
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Feb 6, 2015 22:53
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Zaphod42 posted:Just got a backer update that Hyper Light Drifter is going to appear in Star Mazer. Ahem, that's actually a Togruta, good buddy
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Feb 6, 2015 22:57
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Hakkesshu posted:Ahem, that's actually a Togruta, good buddy  oh my god you're right.There goes my geek card 
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Feb 6, 2015 23:05
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Mr Underhill posted:So happy they are banking big time on KS! They're at 90k out of a 160k ask with 2 weeks to go. It's not exactly a wild success. Children of Morta did fund though, with 12 days to go, so good for them!
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Feb 6, 2015 23:12
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The manner pause 
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Feb 6, 2015 23:12
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Zaphod42 posted:Nobody cares, this isn't the right thread. These guys are putting their products on the internet and asking strangers to contribute money for potentially no reward, so I think it's probably ok to debate the merits of their products. It's definitely better than turning a bad analogy into an excuse to complain about the Simpsons. But again, given that the most notable aspect of their game (and certainly the one they make the most of in their blurbs up top) is apparently traced wholesale from other sources, and their team has no established credentials, I don't think it's worth backing. Other people might be more tolerant of risk than I am, and I hope it works out for them.
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Feb 7, 2015 00:06
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Haha, "This isn't the right thread to discuss a kickstarter's pathetic traced art." Good post, Zaphod42. Guess it isn't the right thread to discuss how nice the art is in Star Mazer either!
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Feb 7, 2015 00:36
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Wendell posted:Haha, "This isn't the right thread to discuss a kickstarter's pathetic traced art." Good post, Zaphod42. Guess it isn't the right thread to discuss how nice the art is in Star Mazer either! I meant the obvious derail debate about whether tracing is art or stealing, which was kinda starting up. If you want to say you're not backing because its traced that's cool, but leave it there eh? His second question was about this kickstarter in particular though so I apologize for writing him off.
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Feb 7, 2015 01:14
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They're leaning really heavily on their reference but they aren't outright breaking the law, they're just being incredibly obvious with their use of reference.
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Feb 7, 2015 01:43
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Zaphod42 posted:Just got a backer update that Hyper Light Drifter is going to appear in Star Mazer. I just noticed the guy on the far, far left looks a lot like a Space Quest 4 Sequel Police android.
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Feb 7, 2015 01:55
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Cosmic Afro posted:I just noticed the guy on the far, far left looks a lot like a Space Quest 4 Sequel Police android. I knew I recognized that character!
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Feb 7, 2015 04:12
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Zaphod42 posted:
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Feb 7, 2015 04:42
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CommissarMega posted:And not just any Togruta either- that's Ahsoka. Who's the dude on the far right? He looks familiar. The main character from Hyper Light Drifter.
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Feb 7, 2015 05:16
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That's also Worf standing next to the blue blob at the table in the middle
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Feb 7, 2015 05:46
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Cosmic Afro posted:I just noticed the guy on the far, far left looks a lot like a Space Quest 4 Sequel Police android. That's a time pod in the background, too.
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Feb 7, 2015 07:13
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Sigma-X posted:They're leaning really heavily on their reference but they aren't outright breaking the law, they're just being incredibly obvious with their use of reference. A Catastrophe fucked around with this message at 07:35 on Feb 7, 2015 |
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Feb 7, 2015 07:32
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The only thing that makes me apprehensive about Orion Trail is that it's so close at times that you might get into legal issues.
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Feb 7, 2015 07:32
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A Catastrophe posted:On the same page you have people giving the thumbs up to an epic trek ref, this is mind boggling. If it's any consolation the "haha look at all these nerd things we too like" gif dropped my interest in Starr Mazer from passing to non-existent.
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Feb 7, 2015 10:38
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NTRabbit posted:That's also Worf standing next to the blue blob at the table in the middle And the blue blob is from Monsters vs Aliens.
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So Starr Mazer's both a point-and-click and a shmup? I was about to be skeptical about how the two genres would interact but then Yahtzee punched me in the back of the head.
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Feb 7, 2015 11:32
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MikeJF posted:The only thing that makes me apprehensive about Orion Trail is that it's so close at times that you might get into legal issues. If Star Command could get away with it Orion Trail probably will too.
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Turns out nerds like referencing things, who would have thought.
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