Yeah, Spore uses procedural functions to create an entire galaxy. It was a great concept, but a little neutered in that game. The only other game off the top of my head that did that was a space game called Elite. Actually, the BBS game Tradewars also created a universe in that fashion, but it was very limited. The magic behind a procedural universe is that it takes no resources at all to store. So I guess Tradewars really didn't fit the bill there after all.
A universe like that constrained to a few rules to make it like a game would be magic. But I don't want to get distracted thinking about it. Haha. Jason On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 12:32 PM, shaun everiss <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd like this to, all the games I have had are empires, etc. > Nothing has exploration, battle, adventure, etc. > st voyager I am sure was based of lost in space at least thats what I'd > imagin it being based off. > But yeah I'd like something like this. > either as a mud or even better as a full featured game with sfx, etc. > I'd pay good money for this, and I'd jump at the chance to test or help if > any game was made like this. > At 12:49 p.m. 1/01/2009, you wrote: > >Hi. > > > >a combination of reading starwars novels, playing Eamon and Sryth, and > watching my brother play Final fantasy crysis core on the psp is really > getting me in the mood for something scifi, but every online game I've > looked at in a scifi setting seems to be either a, galactic empire building > pvp stratogy, or B, galactic ship sales pvp trading! > > > >I must admit i'm getting a litle hacked off here. for me, one of the major > attractions of startrek, starwars, doctor who, babylon 5 etc is exploration > of the various worlds, different land scapes and alien races. > > > >of course as these are works of fiction I'm also interested in the > characters, the politics etc, but from a purely scifi point of view > (particularly in something like Starwars or Doctor who which has a very! > diverse landscape), there's quite a lot of stuff to explore. > > > >I find it completely astonishing that every single scifi game has only > focused on the statistical elements of player interaction and/or combat, > ---- and to be brutally honest, find it rather silly. Afterall, if people > want to play the stock markit, they can just pick up the financial times. > > > >while I can see the attraction of pvp combat (though as I've said before > it's not something which interests me at all), I'm amazed that nobody has > developed an online scifi game which does not have this focus. > > > >Admitedly I'm probably expecting a lot, afterall, the only things I've > found in the pure fantasy genre along these lines are Sryth and various > gamebooks, ---- and to a lesser extent any of the Logd or KoL varients. > > > >smugglers 4 I really like for the non linnier game structure, missions and > backstory, though I'm slightly disappointed that the actual planets > themselves don't play a larger part in the game in terms of being unique > locations, and also that there weren't any new systems to go to in S4 as > compared to S3. > > > >eitherway though, S4 isn't an online game. > > > >Basically, what I'm looking for is Sryth in space, ie, you have your > spaceship, fly around and have adventures, ----- basically sryth, in space! > > > >If anyone knows a game like that I'd be interested to here about it, ---- > possibly a mud? ---- though i admit I have heard many muds are pvp stat > grinders. > > > >Any input here would be appreciated. > > > > > >Beware the Grue! > > > >Dark. > >--- > >Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > >You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > >please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
