** WARNING: This article contains shameless plugs of other Stardock software. If you're easily offended by cross-product whoring, I suggest skipping directly to another journal. ;) ** Well, unfortunately I wasn't in the office much last week due to a death in the family (my Grandpa), which is never fun, but It's always great to get together with m
It's that time of week where it's time to talk about how we spent our time during the week! ;) Since March is looming which means our work on the Beta will have to wrap up pretty soon, I spent most of my week trying to finalize some important GFX, as well as look forward to future graphical related projects! <a target="_blank" h
one of the best around...no flames or complaints, just good old fashoned constructive feedback! Thanks again guys!
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rth has already begun and I'm the only one discussing it!
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Well, I forgot to post another Journal last week and got the "Disappointed Glare" from Brad, so I'm going to make sure never to forget again by lowering my standards! From now one, I'll only be showing the top 3 images of the week...not because it's less work, I just want to make sure to keep some surprises in store for the players. :) <A hre
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I'm telling you guys...the Puppy Bowl is the way to go when you've had your fill of the football. http://boogiebac.joeuser.com/index.asp?AID=64080
OK, I admit that my wife and I often sucum to the guilty pleasures of Animatl Planet from time to time. Watching a feisty Australian but his extremities in harms way by way of snake, lizard, or croc? Sounds good! Tolerating the horrible one-liners whicle watching 'America's Funnies Animals'? Sign me up! But today, on the barren wastla
get note of this idea and we'll try to get a consensus
Since I suppose you need MULTIPLE installments of a series comparing weekly progress of a game...here's week #2 of 'Best GalCiv2 Week Ever'! The last few months we've been busy getting a playable version for Brad that could be taken on a "Media Preview Blitz" at the end of January. Since
soon as you make the benifit a matter of who can click the button the fastest, the computer will win every time
, these calculations are not final, but show what kind roads can be taken to uncover information on alien homeworlds.
When it comes to the bonus icons being colored, anything is possible at this stage of the game, but I fear that colored icons won't 'pop' the way the black-and-white ones do. Keep in mind you'll also be looking at the icons when improvements have been built on the tile, so too much color may cause the two to confilct. Like I said, though, I'm always up for making things better, so we can play around with some colors and see what works <img s
It'll be more like GC1 where you have to uncover Planet's by scouting the area first.
ScottT's Vote: Pizza (All da way!)
All ship hulls will have basic impulse engines on them, so nobody will be stuck in orbit due to forgetfulness.
Just Added to the Exchange - Angies Daughter Maddie And there were 21...
I'll start us off.... - ScottT's List - - Quaker Instant Oatmeal (in Bulk) - Jelly Wrist Pad for Keyboard - Joes 'Pirates' game (if it's not too expensive) - Subway Gift Cirtificate - Ratchet and Clank for PS2 (I saw it on sale for 15$ at one point, but it's normally 20$) - Work Socks
Welcome to the Official Blog for this year's Secret Santa gift exchange. Looks like most folks will be partaking, but the official list includes Angie, Paul B, Paul K, Debbie, Brad, Alex Wardell, Ryan Wardell, JR, Joe, Pat, Bob, Cari, Kristen, Kris, Nick, Jeff, Joe, Kim, Jake, and Myself (Scott). WIth exactly 20 people joining the fun, I thoug
Egg...once and for all...definatly the Egg
Make sure you've updated the game with the patch (https://www.politicalmachine.com/Download_Update.asp). The problem you're probably experiencing was fixed in the first patch, where the Campaign games were'nt saving as "Campaign Games", so if you reloaded a Campaign game and beat the opponent, it wouldn't advance your campaign status. Hope this helps!
I tend to side with the Idea that simple = fun. When trying to make a game for a mass audience, you have to take into account the amount of "learning commitment" the average player will withstand before they start to find the game boring. It's one thing to get players to learn how to create a colony ship, land on a suitable planet, and properly build it into a thriving world. The learning process compounds as you have variations of planet
I don't think we're going to differenciate the worth of a planet based on the race. Mostly with the player being able to play as the different races this time around, I think this sort of complexity will just make things more complicated then they need to be (ex. What happens if youre at war with the Water Race, you invade their planet and suddenly you have a worthless colony on your hands) Also, switching between races meens the player wou
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