10 GOTO 10
Prelaunch is GO! So what does that mean?
I’ve launched the Captain Forever website. For $15 (USD) you can become a lifetime Captain Forever supporter, which gives you immediate access to the flash game. This is a single player, un-moddable, web based game. Of course, it might become more than a single player, un-moddable, web based game. This is where it gets fun. Becoming a supporter gives you access to future versions of the game as well. I haven’t made these yet, which is why I consider this a pre-launch rather than a launch proper. It’s also why I’m discounting the price from $20 down to $15. When I release the first extra-awesome version of the game it’ll only be available to supporters. I’ll make the original version available to non-supporters, but the supporter fee will go back to $20.
So… do you want in? I’m going to assume you’re interested, otherwise you would have stopped reading. To better inform your decision I present these two options:
Support Captain Forever Later
This is a good choice because:
- Your computer may be too puny to run the game, but if you wait for the free release you can use it to learn this crushing truth without having to pay anything.
- You might not like the game. Again, waiting to play the free version will help you figure this out.
- I may get hit by a falling satellite, and thus never release any premium content.
Support Captain Forever Now
This is a good choice because:
- You’ll get to play Captain Forever now while it’s still obscure and cool.
- I am fuelled by your love.
- It’s $5 cheaper.
Pre-launch in T-0:00:00:00
www.captainforever.com
<3 Farbs
Sweet! I’m in!
Except… o_O I only have $11 right now.
Sad, I know…
I’ll have to sleep on it, but it looks great so there is a good chance I’ll get it.
Good luck on it!
Guys, as a supporter, all I can say is get this game. It’s not to deep, but I found myself screaming at the screen things like: “You want some of that? Oh yeah, you like that. Oh crap, purple. Run run run run run OH GOD. I’M DOWN TO ONE PIECE. AHHHHHHHHH” It’s a great time killer, and with then expansions it’s going to be well worth the 15$. Plus you can support an upcoming indie. Awesome, right?
I’m in the process of buying it.
@ Stephen – No need to hurry, it can wait.
@mark & @Andrew – Thanks!
@Bood_War – Also thanks! Lemme know if you have any troubles with the payment/login stuff.
Just bought it. The flash applet popped up a confirmation asking for access to my webcam and microphone though… Normally I always click Deny, but is there a reason that the game would want this access?
Not that I’ve seen. But yeah, going to bed now (I played it for a good 2 hours while waiting for ubuntu to install). Congrats on a successful launch farbs!
@Derek – There is a reason, but it’s debatable whether or not you’d consider it a _good_ reason :)
If you allow webcam access (and have a webcam, and have it selected as the flash camera device in the flash settings panel, and it’s pointing at your face) then you’ll see your own face reflected in the screen glare, rather than the default pilot face. It’s quite affecting to see your own grinning visage reflect the bright glare of an innocent trader’s demise.
Bought it as soon as I saw the note, it’s awesome, can’t wait to see what you’re making of this, and even now it’s actually pretty neat.
(I’d love to have a missile like projectile :D)
Gonna have to get this later :D
man, where do I play the free version? I dont understand your website
@simo – Pretty sure the free version comes out much later.
gigantically impressed. Though very untalented.
Loader craps out on this url:
http://www.captainforever.com/captainforever.php?cfe=nqlbqdb3lppw22jnqw11n2peehn2ra2lrrwa2zocxvjbn1s2gt2ra5mmhwdovo0x0gbh1stmtigtrm3cxdrrudyz1bh1
Yeah, happened to me too. Try removing some of the last characters was the fix I think he said to me.
Nope, doesn’t seem to work :( Mah ship is gone…
I’ve learned that there’s no point in trying to save, seeing as how my rounds only last about 15 mins a piece. It did give me the idea of a website where users can share their ships though…
I’d really like to just collect a lot of parts and be able to try different combinations of the same parts…
Yeah i’d also really like to see an improvement to the xport thingy, seems to break quite often. :) but very addicting game :) luv it :P
@mark – I’ll try to get missiles into the next game.
@Bill S. – There does seem to be a bug in this system. I’m looking into it now. Andrew’s right that you can crop a few characters from the url to get it to work, but in your case I think it’s removing a lot of your ship. I found this works: http://www.captainforever.com/captainforever.php?cfe=nqlbqdb3lppw22jnqw11n2peehn2ra2lrrwa2zocxvjbn1s2gt2ra5mmhwd
Anyhow, I’ll see if I can figure out the problem.
So, is this available for Mac? Like, now? If it is, I’m in.
It’s flash/web based, so yep it runs on Mac. I’ve had one Mac user suffer a bit of weirdness with the game, but it works for him most of the time. No other complaints yet.
Still trying to figure out the export bug…
Well, I’m wasn’t able to purchsae a supportship. (I’ts not anything to do yith your paypal account, so dont worry) The person who was supposed to pay me couldn’t. I’ll hopefully have it sometime this week though.
I <3 Captain Forever.
As a rad starcontrol 2 style multiplayer game it would be epicly amazing.
Farbs – High scores would be nice.. I just got done blasting for like a half hour and had a ridiculous rainbow-ey ship, and then died from a stray blast to the command module… I want some stats!
Awesome game BTW.
Stats would be great, you’re right. I’m going to have to figure out how to split my time between support and extra features for CF, and building the next game.
I wouldn’t worry about creating the new game for a little while. If I were you, I would keep making new content as fast as possible for the people who have bought it, so that they feel like they’re getting their money’s worth. You said it yourself: “I want this to be a game where you come back every day or so and there will be something new.”
Here are a few ideas:
1. Stats (I already said this)
2. Powerups
3. Ship tester (Sandbox mode)
4. Time Trial mode (X minutes to get as high score as possible)
5. Strafing AI
6. Multiplayer (Whoa.)
7. Dynamic Content that other players made. Ala. Spore.
8. Scripting interface (I doubt you could really do this without taking it out of flash, but the game would take off if you did manage to implement this).
9. Client (I love clients).
Thanks for the comments, suggestions and support everyone!
I’ve uploaded a new build with the export system fixed. I already knew what the awful clanging sounds were, and I intended to fix them as a low priority task. What I didn’t realize was the game initialization was failing because too many clanging sounds were playing! Anyhow, it’s fixed now so we can all take Bill’s ship for a spin. It’s pretty awesome.
http://www.captainforever.com/captainforever.php?cfe=nqlbqna2lkywa25oswj0amp2xgafe23g3nwa3ykswjc2mpd5gb4go3gihv2j5qcwlnb1pd3gn2nnaghnxno5n1ww0npc2dhavguzl3hxaifd1wv1tpc24havtdzlioxa3vh1wzyupcpnhavtnrlpmwa5oacxu
then you can try this one too ;)
Will give you a pretty imba start tho :P
@Westmark: By just holding down spacebar for a little while I was able to make it to while :P
@Andrew: hehe ;)
But d*mn those enforcers at the end are tough… I almost die instant :S
haha got to wanted level “????????”
@Andrew: what do the star thingy that that floats in on the main module do?
@Westmark you just gotta get two of them to destroy each other, then swoop in and grab the parts quick…
Farbs, sometimes I see ships fire diagonal shots, but I haven’t been able to figure out how to do that… How does that work?
Haha I just got CF and man, I’m loving it! I’ve only managed to get to 3 asterisks so far.
when i wrote @Andrew i meant @Farbs :S sorry for the confusion
@Westmark: What stars are you referring to? I know you didn’t mean it for me, but I still don’t get what you’re talking about. Want to take a screenshot?
@Bill I actually just got 2 “Prismatic” Laser that fire 3 directions.
http://www.captainforever.com/captainforever.php?cfe=nqlbqdnagftxa2en4wlun3pjdmamcnuhgywbjiq0wwtbopjmgave2jlaxwnoea0wlzbop
Holy crap the export works!
<3!!!!!!!!!!
@Andrew: i’ll take a srennshot once i get to that part again :)but it’s right when you go from the enforcer wanted level to wanted level: “??????” then there is a colorful star/ray thingy that zooms in on your command module.
You know what else works too? http://captaincustomization.homeftp.org/
Hmm, we need ramming weapons.
@Andrew: It seams i can’t submit any ships?
Whats the problem exactly?
It worked for me when I tested it (of course, it always does)
@Andrew: oh sorry… it says 1 to 10 hours :P didn’t notice :P
Yeah, because I’m still working on the script to make it automatic. One sec, let me do yours.
Actually @westmark, I need the html, not just the link. I want to be able to show the ship on the page, not just a link.
And it turns out that I can’t export other peoples ships. Which is why YOU need to resend it with the HTML export.