Your game idea is too big

cbellanger · 1 month

This is the best thing.

MimiK · 1 month

Oops, sorry, missed this. Well, really, I went with what was most highly-recommended at the time (and most popular on the Unity asset store) - which was EZGUI. It is definitely very good, but does, alas, have plenty of holes. As of about a month or two ago though, NGUI seems to be the popular option, though I haven't checked it out myself yet. It certainly SEEMS like the better option from afar, though!

MimiK · 1 month

Oh, awesome! Yeah, a good reminder that this sort of thing should be easily discernible by the player. Thanks. :)

MimiK · 1 month

Yes, I liked that too! I didn't know about/don't remember the text disposition readout thing, though. Do you have a source?

MimiK · 1 month

Oh, I should stress that I still love Unity! This is simply about choosing the best tools for the job, and in hindsight, for a UI-heavy game like Redshirt, some other alternative may have saved me a lot of hassle. Of course, anything I work on in future won't necessarily be anything like Redshirt (quite simply because there's a whole range of types of games I'd like to work on). If the next thing I work on is more about a 3D environment, I will definitely be using Unity. (Not that I've been able to give 'the next thing' much thought yet - I'm far too busy/obsessed with Redshirt!)

MimiK · 1 month

Ooh, a good (and inevitable!) question! That's a tough one. I think if you'd asked me a month or so ago, I'd have said definitely not, but I'm now I'm trying to take as much advantage as possible of the fact that I'm using Unity. For example, we were going to use 2D character art for the player avatar, but instead, we decided to go for a 3D avatar, with lots of animations and such depending on how the character is feeling. It makes a massive difference to how the game feels (as most of the game is, as I said, UI-driven), and is obviously made much easier because of using Unity.

So, as I said, making the best of illogical decisions! You live, you learn.

MSTRGEO · 2 months

Taking my new flair for a spin. Thanks, MSTRGEO!

MimiK · 2 months

What do you mean? As in, the development workload? Well, a lot of the work on the game is actually already done in terms of systems & functionality (have been working on it over 7 months) - the only reason I couldn't show it off is because there's no art just yet. (which is being outsourced!)

MimiK · 2 months

Ahh, mood pics would have been a good idea in lieu of being able to show stuff from the game, d'oh! Apologies for the lack of visual content in this one - the rest will show off the game way more. :D

MimiK · 2 months

Oops, you're right! There's just a little announcement page up at redshirtgame.com but there'll be more content as the game gets closer to release. (Other relevant links: TTS Blog, Redshirt Facebook Page.)

MimiK · 2 months

Unfortunately it's pre-proper art at the moment so I don't yet have a trailer or anything up, but it's a life-sim game, in the vein of Positech's previous Kudos games (so about strategically managing your career/social decisions/activities), but with an added in-game mock social network (called Spacebook), in which it's possible for your character to insult, flirt, suck up to, etc, the other crewmembers to try to get ahead in your illustrious space career (or perhaps your illustrious social life, depending on how you want to play the game).

MimiK · 2 months

Thanks! Well, it's a life-sim game, in the vein of Positech's previous Kudos games, but with an added in-game social network (called Spacebook), in which it's possible for your character to insult, flirt, suck up to, etc, the other crewmembers to try to get ahead in your illustrious space career (or perhaps your illustrious social life, depending on how you want to play the game).

MimiK · 2 months

Eek, sorry about that, we were having DNS issues yesterday. Can you see it if you do a hard refresh? (alternatively, if you still can't, a mirror is up at http://redshirtgame.net)

MimiK · 2 months

As a fellow tabletop fan, I understand! Glad you like the sound of it, though. :)

MimiK · 2 months

I approve of your approval, Ensign. Also, I have an assignment for you, down on this alien planet...

MimiK · 2 months

Ah yes, the image resizes proportionally depending on screen width, so I guess it'd look tiny/wonky on a phone. Thanks for letting me know! And glad you like the idea. :)

MimiK · 2 months

Thanks! Glad you approve.

And eep, the website is supposed to be resizing proportionally, depending on your browser size/screen resolution (to ensure it looks okay for everyone!) - which browser are you using?

MimiK · 2 months

Okay, a functional mirror up at http://redshirtgame.net now too. :)

MimiK · 2 months

If you're having problems getting to the linked website (and I know some of you are), try http://redshirtgame.net instead. Thanks!

MimiK · 2 months

Hmph. ಠ_ಠ (Thanks for letting me know, though!)

MimiK · 2 months

Eek, that is definitely not supposed to happen. Alas, I don't have access to the webserver nor the domain registrar at the moment. Is it down at both http://www.redshirtgame.com and redshirtgame.com (without the www?)

MimiK · 2 months

Hey, this is being developed in Unity, which, unfortunately doesn't yet offer proper native Linux client support. If it ever does, I'm there! So, alas, not at the moment, but I'd love to if I could.

MimiK · 2 months

By Grabthar's Hammer, how did I never know about that show?! I will definitely check out it out, thanks!

MimiK

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