(Click for full size)

Several hours in to my current test game I started to wonder – how big is this ‘verse? I whipped up a quick debug map (pictured) to see what was going on. See the letters huddled together in the middle? That’s everywhere I’ve been. All four hundred or so dots are undiscovered stations. The ‘verse is rather big.

<3 Farbs

 

Haulin’ and scrappin’

Something that bugged me about CF and CS is that there’s no reason to build large, intricate ships. All they did was make me easier to shoot. I would never build a ship like the one pictured on the left here, for instance. Now I do it all the time. I have to haul those modules out to scrap stations, so I can sell them and use the profits to fund repairs and better gear. It’s surprisingly satisfying, chugging along in a big ol’ rig like that. Then I dump the parts and zoom off in a sleek fighter configuration.

<3 Farbs

Bluh.

I hit the snow yesterday along with other members of the 5P supercrew. We had a great time, and now my everything hurts. Hopefully I’ll finish my PAX10 entry before diving into a coma.

Captain Jameson certainly isn’t finished, but then I hadn’t expected it to be. I’m still pretty sure it won’t be done ’till December, but what I have now is almost presentable and indicates where the episode is heading. I like where the episode is heading. Whenever I play I get sucked in to it for at least an hour, and I dread making updates that invalidate my savegame.

Fishie Fishie Fifty hit the marketplace on Sunday, but due to a bizarre quirk in the payment system I can’t see how many people are downloading or buying it ’till I sort out some US taxation issues. It’s weird and a little frustrating. Oh, and I have an interesting project planned for next month that might draw a little more attention to the game – more details soon.

Today’s musical selection (left) comes recommended by Andrew “I make the music for Captain Forever” Leys. I rather like it.

<3 Farbs

Whoa! All these things are happening right now (or thereabouts):

• IndieCade announced that PlayPen will feature in their E3 showcase
• Fishie Fishie Fifty has nearly completed peer review and could go live this weekend
• The Australian ski season starts tomorrow
• The PAX10 submission build of Captain Jameson is feature complete, which means I now have to make it fun

I’d better get back to it.

<3 Farbs

Not a minimap

This is not a minimap. It does not center on your ship, it is not always available, and it is not free.

This local area scan was transmitted to you by a nearby nav station. It is available because there happens to be a nav station nearby, and because you reactivated that station at substantial cost.

<3 Farbs